Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
ESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 51 - Lester Cook: We are in Transition
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Jay Michaels talks to indie artists about indie arts: Stage, Page & Screen.
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
My "UVX" buddy, Dave Morrissey, Jr. has always been on the cutting-edge of things. With Luxury Universal Xperience and then FUTUREPROOF, he was on the cusp of a new kind of theatre - a cinema/virtual/live hybrid. Many questioned, many laughed.
Who Laughing Now???
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Life and Music Sage, Bobbie Horowitz and i sat down to discuss the world. Little did i know I was speaking to someone who has an "in." Ms. Horowitz - amid discussing egg creams and being a nice Jewish girl - shared her philosophies on this time in history. They were powerful and deep. She was shocked to hear I thought she was a leader. I can't imagine her being anything else.
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Actress Casey Hartnett is doing just fine. She plays the lead in Anthony Laura's play, THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR, and is taking every second of this staycation to solidify her character.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Horror filmmaker Jeff Frumess talked of transformation in horror film ... but not about the monster. He then BRILLIANTLY answered my on-going question about what kind of horror movie are we living in. He waxed philosophical about making movies as well.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The founders of New York's finest improv troupe, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, have already set-in-motion when their season would resume; they have already connected with their troupe about the future; they have already began fundraising. Now Nannette Deasy & Robert Baumgardner just have to figure out how to simply STAND STILL!!!
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
One of the most visible names in Cabaret and a Broadway veteran, David Sabella's ability to read the hand-writing on the wall is as sharp as his reading music. Assessing the present and the hypothetical future, David is now a warrior making music possible - even from behind locked doors.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
So Edward Gusts captured my attention in two ways... he wrote an engrossing and topical horror film ... based on Shakespeare's Macbeth! We chatted classics ... literature and genre.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Indie filmmaker Nick McAnulty didn't think of himself as a horror film maker ... until I asked him.
Jay Michaels & JMC: Channel i
Jay Michaels Communications/Channel i – creating visibility for independent theater, film, music, and literature has been the battle-cry of this boutique promotion and production firm for more than 20 years. Through a diverse internal multi-media platform, this communications organization is able to supply guarenteed coverage to hundreds of emerging artists and their productions while growing its external network of promotional sites and groups. JMC’s non-profit arm – Genesis Repertory Ensemble, Inc. –continues to serve as a production company/consultation/umbrella for arts & education organizations throughout the tristate area, and has been since 1997. Jay Michaels, himself, is recognized as a prominent independent producer/director of stage and screen. he bgan his career as part of the original Off-Off Broadway movement and was present at Lincoln Center’s tribute to Caffe Cino, the original Theatre Genesis, and the movement itself, in 1984. Today, he teaches communications and media culture at various universities and is author of several books and publications on the topic.