Review: RUTKA at Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park
by Ana-Brit Asplen - Nov 8, 2024
Rutka is a new musical that adapts the diary entries of a young Jewish girl's final months before being killed in 1943 in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Featuring an original indie-rock musical score, Rutka finds the balance of telling a nuanced account of her adolescent experiences while growing up in a time of terror and isolation.
Video: Go Inside the Recording Studio with 'The Match' From RUTKA
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2024
The critically acclaimed RUTKA, a powerful new musical adapted from Rutka's Notebook, has released “The Match,” performed by the show's songwriters Joceyln Mackenzie and Jeremy Lloyd-Styles. “The Match” is available today from Rialto Records on all streaming platforms. Check out video of the show's composers performing the song in the recording studio below.
Previews: THE GARBOLOGISTS Is A Hopeful Examination Of Finding Common Ground At Dezart Performs
by Kay Kudukis - Mar 23, 2023
THE GARBOLOGISTS rounds out the 15th Season for Dezart Performs April 14 - 23. As the lives of a white conservative and a Black liberal working together in a New York City garbage truck become more entwined, they discover some things are easier to toss than others. It is a play that is a hopeful story about finding common ground in uncommon times.
Jocelyn Mackenzie Releases 'Mango Leather'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 19, 2021
Multi-faceted Brooklyn artist Jocelyn Mackenzie has released her new single “Mango Leather” today, available to stream via all DSPs.
Jocelyn Mackenzie Announces Debut Solo LP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Sep 24, 2020
Brooklyn musician and hyper-creative Jocelyn Mackenzie – formerly of the critically acclaimed indie-folk trio Pearl and the Beard – has announced her debut solo album PUSH
Pearl and the Beard Performs at Capitol Center for the Arts Spotlight Café Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2014
Brooklyn, New York based trio Pearl and the Beard brings their genre-bending sound to the Capitol Center for the Arts Spotlight Cafe as part of the On The Edge series tonight, February 21, at 7:30pm. The group's three-part vocal harmonies and eclectic instrumentation, featuring a mix of cello, guitar, glockenspiel, and drums, has been heard on NPR's World Cafe and earned the group opening spots for singer-songwriters Ani DiFranco and Ingrid Michaelson. Tickets for this intimate performance are on sale now and start at $15.
Pearl and the Beard to Perform at Capitol Center for the Arts Spotlight Café, 2/21
by Hilary Kelly - Jan 8, 2014
Brooklyn, New York based trio Pearl and the Beard brings their genre-bending sound to the Capitol Center for the Arts Spotlight Cafe as part of the On the Edge series on Friday, February 21, at 7:30pm. The group's three-part vocal harmonies and eclectic instrumentation, featuring a mix of cello, guitar, glockenspiel, and drums, has been heard on NPR's World Cafe and earned the group opening spots for singer-songwriters Ani DiFranco and Ingrid Michaelson. Tickets for this intimate performance are on sale now and start at $15.