Host Luisa Lyons chats with the London based Australian director Brett Sullivan - the director behind the captures of Love Never Dies, Billy Elliot, Miss Saigon, Newsies, Kinky Boots, Les Miserables for BBC’s The One Show, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Waitress, and the upcoming releases Prince of Egypt, and Aladdin.
Topics include the impact of AI in filming live theatre, filming for live broadcast, working with stage directors who are also film directors, the process behind setting up for a live capture, capturing footage for Here Lies Love, what’s in the archive, and more! Brett Sullivan is a London based Australian filmmaker. He is a founder and Creative Director at Steam Motion and Sound, located in London and New York (steammotionandsound.com). His work across the West End and Broadway for the world’s biggest producers and productions has redefined how to film live stage shows for the screen. His directorial and producing roles span commercials, trailers through to feature film captures. Productions include Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, The Lion King, Billy Elliot, War Horse, Waitress, Newsies, and many more. Alongside the theatrical work Sullivan has produced music videos, tv specials and concert films for artists such as Michael Bublé, Ed Sheeran, Madonna, Phil Collins,, Natalie Merchant, Bette Midler, Josh Groban, Robert Plant, Bruno Mars and others.
The Filmed Live Musicals podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and on YouTube. Listen elsewhere? Find the show on your favorite podcast app here.
Like what you hear? Rate and review us on Apple or Spotify! Let's get social! Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Want early access to site content? Becoming a patron! Your financial support will help preserve the history of filmed stage musicals and the curation of one easy place to find them all. Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons, an Australian actor, writer, and musician. Luisa holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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9th Cancerversary
Sunday, July 23rd, will be 9 years since I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. The survival rate for this disease beyond 5 years is just over 25%. Needless to say, I am *very lucky* to be here. Although the treatment saved my life, there was a long stretch where I was immune-compromised and unable to ride the subway, eat takeout, or do my favorite thing in the world, go to live theatre. During that incredibly difficult time, I started Filmed Live Musicals. I’m proud that I’ve since created a database of over 180 musicals (with a back catalog of nearly 400 more), interviewed nearly 70 industry professionals about the making of filmed stage musicals on the podcast, and sent out over 180 newsletters featuring hundreds of upcoming musicals! I’m excited to share that Filmed Live Musicals was recently accepted for fiscal sponsorship by The Field. This means that folks in the US will soon be able to make tax deductible donations to continue the work of cataloging filmed staged musicals and the curation of one easy place to find them all. Watch this space! If you’re outside the U.S., or would like to make a one-off or regular donation, you can do so here. I can’t think of a better way to be celebrating my 9th cancerversary than to be in-attendance at BroadwayCon in New York City! You can bet I will be at the panels on podcast musicals, livestream and captures and proshots, musicals and mental health, and the world premier screening of Between the Lines: A New Musical with Jodi Picoult!
RENT in Concert: Symphonic World Premier
I’m also very excited to be attending the world premier of RENT performed with a symphony orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC next weekend! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed the concert will be filmed and made available to a wider audience. Directed by Sammi Cannold, the cast includes Jimmie Herrod (Angel), Myes Frost (Benny), Jordan Donica (Collins), Awa Sal Secka (Joanne), Andrew Barth Feldman (Mark), Ali Stroker (Maureen), Lorna Courtney (Mimi), and Alex Boniello (Roger). I loved Ali Stroker’s performance as Ado Annie in the most recent Broadway revival of Oklahoma! (I also very much enjoyed the intermission corn bread), and it would be amazing to see more representation of people with visible disabilities on the Broadway stage. New Streaming Platform: ReelAbilities Stream The ReelAbilities Film Festival, an organization dedicated to promoting accessibility and inclusion that presents awards to films by and about people with disabilities. The org has released a new streaming platform featuring films celebrating the lives and stories of people with disabilities. While the platform doesn’t (yet) feature any musicals, there are a few theatre-related shorts available to stream on demand for less than $5US each. Currently only available in the United States.
This Is Going to Be Big
A new Australian film about a group of neurodivergent teens as they prepare to come of age and hit the stage in their school’s time-travelling John Farnham–themed musical. The film will receive its world premier in August as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, and will be available to stream Australia-wide August 18-27, 2023.
Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert
The audio of a special concert performance of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s musical Ragtime performed at Tanglewood is now available to stream on demand. Conducted by Keith Lockhart and directed by Jason Danieley, featuring Alton Fitzgerald White (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Elizabeth Stanley (Mother), John Cariani (Tateh), Nikki Renée Daniels (Sarah), David Harris (Father), A.J. Shively (Mother’s Younger Brother), and Klea Blackhurst (Emma Goldman). Available via Classical 99.5. Oklahoma! on TV in 1951 I’ve been reading through the incredible tome The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II, edited and compiled by Mark Eden Horowitz, and nearly fell out of my seat when I came across a letter detailing the live television transmission of a performance of Oklahoma! in Berlin in 1951. I’m investigating whether or not the footage still exists but the surface level digging I’ve done thus far is proving fascinating. I can’t wait to share more soon! The Artist in the Open Jar: Susan Stroman, John Kander, David Thompson, Sharon Washington Open Jar Studios in NYC hosted a panel with the creative team of the new Kander and Ebb musical New York, New York. Filmed in March, 2023. This week on the calendar
?Between the Lines
World premier of the musical based on Jodi Picoult’s novel. ? Ragtime in Concert Stream the audio of the symphonic concert of Ragtime direct from the Tanglewood Festival. ? Come to the Cabaret Catch Lucie Arnaz, composer Emma Ashford , The Players from & Juliet, and Broadway veteran Lee Roy Reams performing in their own cabaret shows. ?Spring Awakening in concert Stream a performance from a sold-out run of Spring Awakening filmed live in San Francisco. ? Go to the Festival Catch brand new musicals from the Ice Factory @ New Ohio Theatre in NYC, She L.A. Arts Summer Theater Festival and the Orlando DigiFringe. 
On the Calendar:
?? Americana Get your international fix of Americana this week with cinema screenings of the National Theatre’s Oklahoma!, livestream events from The Great American Songbook Academy, or stream the Philip Glass opera about Walt Disney filmed live at the Teatro Real de Madrid. ? Stranger Sings It’s your last chance to catch a stream of the Stranger Things parody musical - available at prime times around the world this weekend. ? Sing for me Catch Broadway performers in new cabarets and discover a musical improvised from the love story of a couple in the audience. ? Go to the festival There are a slew of new musicals to stream from the New York’s Ice Factory Festival and the Orlando DigiFringe.
New on the website: A Store!
New on the website this week is a store page with links to purchase musical theatre books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, sheet music, cast albums, and musicals on demand! Not only can you find musical theatre treasures to keep and stream, you’ll be supporting Filmed Live Musicals with every purchase! Learn more at the Filmed Live Musicals store. Oklahoma! in cinemas! To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Rodgers and Hammertein’s iconic musical, the 1998 National Theatre production starring Hugh Jackman, Maureen Lipman, Josefina Gabrielle, and Shuler Hensley is being released in cinemas worldwide July 16, 18, and 19. Check Oklahoma in Cinemas for local listings.
Titanic
The UK touring production of Maury Yeston’s stunning musical about the ill-fated ship has teased the making of a film on Twitter. More details to come! New Books! Business & Marketing Strategy For The Proactive Performer: Former podcast guest Kimberly Faye Greenberg, is not only the star and writer of the gorgeous one-woman show Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice, she is a terrific performer business coach, and she has a new book coming out. Featuring “Actionable Tips, Tricks, and Templates Including...How To Get Representation, Approach Casting, Auditioning, Creating Your Own Work, and Working Smarter and Not Harder To Achieve Career Success!” Available in paperback from August 8. Pre-order now. Garland – That’s Beyond Entertainment – Reflections on Judy Garland: a new highly praised book that is not a traditional birth-to-death biography, but a deep dive that aims to remove Garland from the simplistic realm of such epithets as “world’s greatest entertainer” and “Miss Show Business” and reconsider her as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century’s Great American Songbook, one who took us beyond entertainment to a level of artistry unique in classic American popular music. The two volume book took over 30 years to complete and is written by award-winning music producer, critic, and translator Lawrence Schulman. Available now - Volume I from Amazon. Volume II from Amazon. Gerswhin’s Rhapsody in Blue with piano soloist Leonard Bernstein I loved Good Night, Oscar with Sean Hayes playing Rhapsody in Blue live on stage, but would have loved for that scene to have been performed with a live orchestra! Carnegie Hall Plus have kind of granted my wish by releasing a 1976 performance of Gershwin’s stunning piece with the inimitable Leonard Bernstein at the piano. 
Host Luisa Lyons chats with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, folk musicians, cancer survivors, and the creators and stars of the award-winning short musical All Wigged Out.
Go behind the scenes with Cathy and Marcy as they share the story behind creating the original musical All Wigged Out, which tells the story of Marcy’s journey through breast cancer. The duo talk about why they chose to film the musical, the filming process, and the inspiring story behind sharing it with the world. All Wigged Out is available on demand on Broadway on Demand, Hoopla, Google Play, and on DVD via Amazon and Bandcamp. TWO-TIME GRAMMY® Award Winners, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are an eclectic folk festival on their own terms. They have entertained the Queen of Thailand, been keynote singers for the AFL-CIO, performed at hundreds of folk festivals, appeared on the "Today Show" and on National Public Radio. Their superb harmonies are backed by instrumental virtuosity on the guitar, five-string banjo, ukulele, mandolin, cello-banjo, and many other instruments. Their eclectic repertoire includes classic country to western swing, Django style jazz to old-time stringband and bluegrass, contemporary folk and original gems. While their versatility defies a brief description, perhaps “well rounded Americana” does it best. SHOW LINKS WHERE TO WATCH ALL WIGGED OUT:
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STREAMING CALENDAR
Find out what's streaming this week from the Filmed Live Musicals calendar:
NOW STREAMING: New Releases
NEW STREAMING PLATFORM: Stratfest @ Home Stratfest @ Home is the new streaming platform from Canada’s Stratford Festival, the largest classical repertory theatre company in North America. The platform features a wide range of content filmed at the festival Shakespeare productions, original plays and musicals, and family-friendly content. $7.99CAN per month or $79.99CAN per year. A 30-day free trial is on offer until July 13, 2023. The platform is available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Android TV, Roku, and fireTV. More info and access via Stratfest @ Home. NEW PLAY ANTHOLOGY: Stage It and Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theater A new anthology from Rowman & Littlefield and edited by John Patrick Bray brings together new works from both emerging and established playwrights to explore the rich opportunities afforded by streaming theater. They reveal a range of styles and approaches to storytelling; encompass both traditional and experimental plays, from solo pieces to large-cast dramas; and take place within single settings, multiple settings, or even in a utopian “nowhere.” Throughout, these selections all help to bring playwriting fully into our new era, embodying the sense of magic that comes from simple moments of human connection, even when we cannot be together. Available from Amazon and Bookshop.
ICYMI: The Jimmy Awards
Be inspired by outrageously talented high school kids competing in the annual Jimmy Awards. The acting choices! The belting! The theatre kid spirit! Filmed live at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre. Watch the whole performance on YouTube, or stream highlights.
ICYMI: West End Live
Filmed live in London’s Trafalgar Square over the weekend of June 17-18, a free event that featured performances from West End musicals. See performances from the casts of Frozen, The Lion King, Wicked, The Wizard of Oz, Moulin Rouge, Tina!, Crazy for You, Cabaret, The Book of Mormon, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Oklahoma!, Jersey Boys, Operation Mincemeat, Glory Ride, The Choir of Man, Six, Annie Get Your Gun, Matilda (including a special appearance by Tim Minchin), The Time Traveler’s Wife, RIDE, and more! Available via YouTube.
Host Luisa Lyons chats with Jennifer Ashley Tepper, theatre historian, curator, producer, and Creative and Programming Director of 54 Below in NYC. Topics include the joy that is Florida Thespians, the importance of theatre on TV, using New York City as a musical theatre campus, and going behind the scenes of 54 Below, one NYC’s hottest cabaret venues.
Jennifer Ashley Tepper is the Creative and Programming Director of 54 Below, a position she has held for over a decade. At 54 Below, Tepper has curated or produced over 5000 shows. She is the producer of the musicals Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter, and Love In Hate Nation, projects that are part of a decade-long collaboration with the group known as Joe Iconis & Family. Tepper is the co-creator of the Bistro Award- winning concert series If It Only Even Runs A Minute, celebrating under appreciated musicals, and conceiver and director of The Jonathan Larson Project. She was the historian consultant on the tick, tick... BOOM! movie. As a writer, Tepper has authored four volumes of The Untold Stories of Broadway book series. Her other Broadway credits include [title of show], The Performers, Godspell, Macbeth, and The Parisian Woman.
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Waitress Capture World Premier
The live capture of Waitress premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12.
Watch Sara Bareilles performing live after the screening:
​LOLST: The Puzzle
The newly formed League of Livestreamed Theatre (LOLST) have partnered with Hedgerow Theatre to livestream the world premier of Juliette Dunn’s The Puzzle from June 16-18, 2023. The play blends clowning and neurodivergence to tell a story of connectivity and follows two clowns, Finneas and Quinton as they strive to escape a surreal scrap yard, and The Boy - a non-speaker with autism - whose arrival upends their plans. The cast features Tony award-winning clown David Shiner, Daniel Passer, and Michael Stahler, an actor with autism. Livestreamed from the Hedgerow Theatre in Pennsylvania. For more info and tickets visit LOLST.
Broadway Day Rally
A rally in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America East featuring performances from some of Broadway’s best that took place in Times Square on June 15, 2023. Hosted by Paula Pell and featuring Sara Bareilles, Craig Bierko, Norbert Leo Butz, Jordan Cooper, Adam Pascal, musical director Seth Rudetsky, and many more. The rally was livestreamed and is now available on demand on YouTube. 2023 Metro Awards The best in high school musicals across Westchester, Bergen, Rockland, and Putnam Counties filmed live at the Tarrytown Music Hall.
The 76th Annual Tony Awards
​Catch-up on the performances from the 76th Annual Tony Awards, filmed live at the United Palace Theatre in New York City. You can stream The Tony Awards: Act One - which included presentation of the technical categories, along with the Lifetime Achievement Awards for Joel Gray and John Kander - for free on Pluto TV. Re-live the stunning opening number, along with numbers from Sweeney Todd, Parade, Some Like it Hot, Shucked, A Beautiful Noise, Kimberly Akimbo, Funny Girl, New York New York, & Juliet, Camelot, and Into the Woods, along with Joaquina Kalukango’s In Memoriam Performance of "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera, ​all available on YouTube.
All Arts: Broadway
The free arts channel All Arts have curated an on-demand Broadway playlist featuring over 20 videos with performances, interviews, and behind-the-scenes looks from a wide range of Broadway musicals including Six, MJ: The Musical, Moulin Rouge, The Phantom of the Opera, The Book of Mormon, TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, Aladdin, Beetlejuice, Wicked, Funny Girl, A Strange Loop, Company, Hadestown, Come From Away, The Lion King, Beautiful, The Cher Show, The Band’s Visit, Mean Girls, Once on this Island, Kinky Boots, and Hamilton. Visit All Arts to learn more. “Not in my Body†from A Transparent Musical Watch a number from the new Broadway-bound A Transparent Musical filmed at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.
Vale Treat Williams
Stage and screen actor Treat Williams passed away earlier this week from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Among his many screen credits, Williams appeared as Berger in the movie adaptation of HAIR (available on DVD and Blu-Ray or to stream). On Broadway, Williams performed in the original production of Grease (Danny replacement), Over Here! Once in a Lifetime, The Pirates of Penzance (The Pirate King replacement; the 1981 production was filmed with its original cast starring Kevin Kline), Love Letters, and the 2001 revival of Follies.
Visit the Filmed Live Musicals calendar to discover what's streaming this week.
​For more musicals available on demand, take a look through the Filmed Live Musicals database. You'll discover musicals dating back to 1938 and from all around the world. 
Host Luisa Lyons chats with playwright, lyricist, book writer and producer June Rachelson-Ospa and actor-director-choreographer and publisherMichael Perry about the musical Welcome to Tourettaville which tells the story of a young boy who is diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. Topics include the challenges of creating work based on real people, the power of theatre to inspire and heal, and the world of theatre publishing and licensing.
June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden have collaborated on musical theater projects which include Bollywood and Vine, Bully on You, Gone to Texas, Triangle, Rapunzarella White: A Fairly Fractured Tale, Stupid Wig, S.W.A.K. (Sealed With A Kiss), The Hotel Belleclaire, The Tempest, Trixie Shmoop, True Colors of Weedle, and Welcome to Tourettaville. June won the VSArts Award and have had their work performed at The Kennedy Center; Bergen County Players; The Midtown Children’s Musical Theater Festival; Bryant Park, and The Public Theater. Her individual songwriting experiences date back to work sessions with Doc Pomus, and The FUGS Steven Taylor. Her work has been recorded by Grammy legend Dr. John; Peppy Castro; Luther Kent; Jennifer Lewis; Shannon McNally and, most recently, VOICELESS, recorded for animal charities by Broadway stars Ann Crumb, Olga Merediz, and Judy McLane (www.Broadwayvoiceless.com). June was a “POG” for Godspell at Circle in the Square. Investor for the A Christmas Story the Musical (at the Lunt Fontaine) Madison Square Garden. C. Michael Perry -- was born in Colorado and raised in Chicago, but now lives near Bangor, Maine. He found the theatre in High School and has made a living in theatre, film and television since then. He has worked major network television shows, and as a High School Theatre teacher. He has played in front of live audiences from Chicago to Utah to Canada to Germany and Italy in various plays and musicals; and has received acting awards for many leading and supporting roles. He has served as Director/Choreographer for over 70 shows on the Community, Educational, and Professional level. He is a Composer-Lyricist with over 40 produced/published musicals. (One in NYC: An Enchanted April) He is also the President of Premiere Theatrical Licensing, an umbrella organization that manages four subsidiary companies offering live performance rights on over 500 theatrical titles in all kinds of theaters across the world.
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Let's get social! Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Want early access to site content? Becoming a patron! Your financial support will help preserve the history of filmed stage musicals and the curation of one easy place to find them all. Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons, an Australian actor, writer, and musician. Luisa holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. 
Happenings in the world of Filmed Live Musicals this week:
Tony Tony Tony! The 76th Annual Tony Awards will be livestreamed from the United Palace in Washington Heights, the first time the awards have been held at the gorgeous “Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino-Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco” venue. The ceremony will be hosted by Ariana DeBose (Hamilton, Company) and feature performances from nominated productions Camelot, Into The Woods, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Parade, Shucked, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The night will also include performances from Joaquina Kalukango (2022 Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical), A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Funny Girl, and a special number for the Tony Award for the 2023 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients, Joel Grey and John Kander.
For viewing outside of the US, check local listings or purchase a VPN (this link will give you and Filmed Live Musicals 30 days free on ExpressVPN). My Old Friends: Sweeney Todd back on BroadwayHD The original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, filmed live in Los Angeles starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn, is once again available to stream on BroadwayHD (US only)! Ride: A New Musical Cast Album Out Now! The cast album of the gorgeous new two-hander musical about Annie Londonderry, the first woman to cycle around the world, is now available to stream.
Watch the world premier on Broadway on Demand.
Listen to composers Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams share the story behind the show, the Garrick Theatre workshop production, and the road to creating a fully fledged musical about an extraordinary woman on the Filmed Live Musicals podcast. Last Chance! You have until 11.59pm EDT on June 9 to stream Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best on PBS. Filmed live at Lincoln Center, the concert is a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Features performances by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more. Available on demand via PBS. Learn what else is streaming this weekend in the calendar! The Top 10 The Educational Theatre Association has released its annual list of the 10 most produced plays and musicals of the 2022-23 season. I think it’s worth noting that every single musical in both the full-length and short musical categories is based on a movie or TV show, or has had a well-known movie adaptation. 
Go Behind the Scenes of Some Like it Hot
This is the kind of promotional material I live for.
Multiple camera angles that give us a glimpse into a world we wouldn’t normally wouldn’t get to see as the average audience member, CHECK! Stage manager calling cues, CHECK! Glorious tap dancing and quick changes, CHECK! This minute-and-a-half long clip makes me want to buy a ticket because I feel like I’ve been invited in to the show. This is what filming live theatre is all about. What do you think?
New York, New York
Kick off the weekend with some “Wine & Peaches” from New York New York.
Alicia Keys and Hells Kitchen
Watch 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys perform "Like You'll Never See Me Again," from from Hells Kitchen on Good Morning America. Opening at The Public Theater in the fall, Hells Kitchen is a new musical loosely based on Keys’ own life growing up in New York City (New Yooooork, concrete jungle where dreams a made of…) which will be directed by Michael Greif (RENT) and choreographed by Camille A. Brown (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert).
This week on the Filmed Live Musicals Calendar:
Sugar, butter, film festival Waitress, Sara Bareilles’ musical based on the film of the same name and filmed live on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tony Tony Tony! The 76th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live from the United Palace Theatre in Washington Heights. Soul Doctor A new musical about the untold story of Shlomo Carlebach and Nina Simone will be screened in select cinemas. And more! Want to be in the know on upcoming filmed live musicals streams? Sign up for the Filmed Live Musicals newsletter to have weekly events delivered straight to your inbox! 
The Golden Cage with Deborah Henson-Conant
Host Luisa Lyons chats with Deborah Henson-Conant, a truly gifted musician, artist, composer, and storyteller.
Deborah shares the extraordinary story behind the intensely personal and beautiful new two-hander musical The Golden Cage. The musical was filmed live at the 2022 Off-Broadway “CreateTheater New Works Series” and is now available on demand on Streaming Musicals. Deborah Henson-Conant is a Grammy-Nominated composer & performer who combines stories and music in multiple genres from narrated concerts to song cycles, one-person musicals, operetta and musical. Her full-length music special “Invention & Alchemy” in collaboration with the Grand Rapids Symphony, appeared on PBS stations throughout the U.S. and received a Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Crossover album. She’s performed and premiered her works internationally with orchestras and venues including Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Tacoma Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic, Chicago Humanities Festival, Kennedy Center, Boston’s Lyric Stage and Central Square Theater. Her TEDx talk chronicles the development of the harp that’s named after her, the “DHC” body-harp – an instrument that enables one to become a single performing unit with an electric harp. Show Links The Golden Cage: https://www.hipharp.com/goldencagemusical. Use code GOLDEN25 for 25% off. Deborah Henson-Conant: https://www.hipharp.com/ |
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