Today at our second-to-last recording session for Man of the People, we are joined by even more Broadway talent!
Stephen DeRosa guest stars as insult comic Cappy Goldstein in Episode #8 "The String Kids" airing October 14. Hunter Foster and Brad Oscar are political consultants Doc and Wendell in Episode #9 "How To Lose An Election" airing October 21.
Don't miss Episode #7: "The Lawn Law" which airs tomorrow. Signup for email notifications and join the MAN OF THE PEOPLE Facebook group, too.
A new comedy web series I'm working on, "Man of the People", went live yesterday. Episodes are free and posted each Tuesday until Election Day (Nov. 4). I am the audio producer and editor for the whole series, and we're having a blast. You should really check it out.
Think 'The Nixon Tapes meets The Office'. Each episode of "Man of the People" is comprised of the "found" audio tapes of Francis "Woody" Woodson, the acting mayor of fictional small-town Daltonville U.S.A., as he records his time in office for posterity (and any future autobiographers).
Created by Kleban Award-winner Jeremy Desmon and his team of writers and voiced by amazing Broadway theatre talent (including one of the current Jersey Boys), each episode snatches an issue from the headlines of the 2008 election season and makes it local.
Our first episode, "Woody Takes on Childhood Obesity" was posted yesterday. Next week, "Woody Battles Big Oil" (canola oil) followed by the Reverend Wright-inspired "Mr. Doug's Haircuts for Boys".
To listen, just visit woody4mayor.com. There is a web-based player for each episode, or subscribe to our iTunes podcast feed to automatically download (and sync to your iPod) each episode mp3 (and sync'd to your iPod) when it's posted.
"Last Days of Left Eye" is available for pre-order on Amazon for $17.99 and ships September 9.
If you're still mad that Mo'nique's "Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School" preempted seeing our names in the credits, get yourself a copy and re-enjoy the movie too.
Click the image below to purchase from Amazon, and Frankie and Roscoe will get a scoop of food on you.
Here is track 3 from Through A Glass, Darkly, "Transitions". Billy is lost to his first high.
(We just got back from the GALA Choruses Festival 2008 in Miami. At least two major choruses will be performing "Darkly" in the coming year. More as this develops.)
See the Official Site for complete information on Through A Glass, Darkly.
Transitions
Music and Lyrics by Mike
Ensemble Vocals by Michael Kadin Craig, Matt Hinkley, and Steve Morgan
(c) and (p) 2007 FatLab Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved
Through A Glass, Darkly premiered on PBS in Minnesota last Saturday night, while Go-Go Beach simultaneously turned 100 (performances…ever) the same night.
"Darkly" video producer Emily Goldberg with Mike at a TPT screening in Saint Paul
Sunset falls on Go-Go's 100th at the Showboat Majestic, Cincinnati OH
More photos, including a rare Lorie Line sighting outside of the Christmas Season, are seen in this photo album.
And if you missed it in Minneapolis, Through A Glass, Darkly DVDs are on-sale. Order now from the TCGMC website. The video is *amazing* with the concert portion bookended by incredibly moving and personal interviews with some of the cast and artistic team. Get your copy today!
Twin Cities Public Television will be airing the premiere broadcast of Mike's theatrical-concert about meth addiction — "Through A Glass, Darkly". Hey Minnesotans: set your TiVos for TPT-17 on Saturday, June 21 from 8-9pm central. For the rest of us out-of-towners, we will find out if TPT streams online, and we'll post ordering info when DVDs go on-sale.
The TPT program guide lists it as "Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus: Reflections on Meth Addiction". We only had 50-some characters to work with, and the "Darkly" title alone was felt to be too non-descript — but the title has not changed, TPT just listed it differently for the program guide.
The program consists of the live concert as taped in March, plus maybe some special features and interviews with Mike.
Mike and I are traveling to Minneapolis next week for a couple of advance screenings, then off to Cincinnati to attend the 100th-ever performance of Go-Go Beach.
Minnesota's giant newspaper, the StarTribune, is running a feature about this weekend's upcoming premiere of "Through A Glass, Darkly". (If they ask you to pay, just delete your .startribune.com cookies…shhh!)
Someone else ran an article titled something like "A Meth Mess", which sounds like a review (it's not - they meant meth addiction is messy). But I couldn't find the link.
And, chorus member Vincent Doyle's interview with Mike about the background of "Darkly".
