"Music and Theater Innovators" is a new series founded and curated by the former Broadway Performer and Billboard Featured Indie Singer Songwriter Nicola Vazquez. It puts together amazing NYC cutting edge and innovative indie/rock/folk/musical theater composerlyricists who are also performers. These shows gather 4 such established local powerhouse artists on a single bill performing their material in the round (taking turns while seated on the stage together), often in impromptu collaboration, along with storytelling. Approx Running Time: 90+ Minutes Please Note: the venue has a 2-beverage minimum per person.
A little bit about the performers/composers/lyricists:
Nicola Vazquez
Pop/Rock/Soul with Latin influences meets Musical Theater
“Adroit new presence…unadulterated pop/rock mastery” - Billboard Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7lCUMHOnhM
https://nicolavazquez.com
Sylvana Joyce
Balkan infused Drama Rock
“Sylvana is basically a human carnival. Her ability to inhabit a song's lyrics and create several diverse characters within the same set while retaining her own personal energy reminds me of the great vaudeville belters -- a Nora Bayes or even a Judy Garland”
Jaime Lubin, Huffington Post
https://youtu.be/O1r3CQJ7lzE?t=326&si=iV7iOlnhir4fHbuL
https://sjandthemoment.com
Benjamin Walton
Acoustic guitar-led folk or piano-driven contemporary musical theatre
https://youtu.be/2JJnKHPK-ws?si=fcicubtGBxQ9Qe63
https://benjamin-walton.com
Simon Gomez Villegas
Musical theatre meets indie pop meets Shakespeare folk.
https://www.simongomezvillegas.com/
Follow @music_and_theater_innovators for more info.
Genre: Live Music, Storytelling, Indie Artists
The Triad Theater is at 158 West 72nd. St. NYC, New York, NY.
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Broadway Magic Hour
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Down Once More
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A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
Hampton Theatre Company (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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A Marble Christmas Concert: Everlasting Joy, Narrated by Simon Jones
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Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies
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Lobby Hero
Manes Studio Theatre of Long Island (1/9 - 1/25)
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CHRISTMAS!CHRISTMAS!CHRISTMAS!
GREEN ROOM 42 (12/19 - 12/21) | |
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Transpositions: A Debut and Revue
Caveat (12/28 - 12/28) | |
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Song of Songs (New York)
IATI Theater (12/10 - 12/21)
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That 80s Improv Challenge: HOLIDAY & PUNK ROCK EDITION
TALE (12/18 - 12/18) | |
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Sing-Along White Christmas
Symphony Space (12/16 - 12/16) | |
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