It's festival time here in the city. The Fringe is now in full swing and soon NYMF will start, followed by the NAMT festival. It's an exciting melange of new works, and I'm thankful for the opportunity to experience even just a small sliver of the offerings this year.
Because I've mentioned it on this blog before when it was only in concert form, I am proud to say that I attended the first performance of Alaina Kunin and Bradford Proctor's Bunked! last night and had a really great time. There were some wonderful songs, touching characters, and it's a surprisingly wholesome, sincere show that explores sexuality and identity through the sunny eyes of a youthful summer. Check out the promo below (if anything, you'll be educated in the ways of "friendship sticks"):
Showing posts with label Bunked A Camp Musical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bunked A Camp Musical. Show all posts
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Get Bunked!!
For fans of the music from Bunked! A New Musical by Bradford Proctor and Alaina Kunin, they've recently received sponsorship from LOGO and will be premiering the show at the NYC Fringe festival this summer! Read the Broadwayworld article here, and check out their website for when official dates are announced!
To get you started on the Bunked! love, here is some pretty, Shakespeare-infused music with the voices of Natalie Weiss, Morgan Karr, Jarrett Cato, Cortney Wolfson, and Andrew Cristi:
To get you started on the Bunked! love, here is some pretty, Shakespeare-infused music with the voices of Natalie Weiss, Morgan Karr, Jarrett Cato, Cortney Wolfson, and Andrew Cristi:
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Back to Bunked!
I know I just wrote about the Bunked! A Camp Musical, but to share in the experience, I thought I would share some of the videos from said concert, now up on Bunked's youtube channel. Personal highlights from the concert include:
Morgan Karr singing "Selfishly" (and looking quite tan at the concert, may I say):
Morgan Karr and Autumn Hurlbert trying to out riff one another in "Leave It All Behind":
Eric Michael Krop delivering a bluesy and empowering "My Time":
And Nina Sturtz sparkling in "Working Towards Tomorrow":
Morgan Karr singing "Selfishly" (and looking quite tan at the concert, may I say):
Morgan Karr and Autumn Hurlbert trying to out riff one another in "Leave It All Behind":
Eric Michael Krop delivering a bluesy and empowering "My Time":
And Nina Sturtz sparkling in "Working Towards Tomorrow":
Thursday, January 21, 2010
It's Not About Me
I had a great time tonight at a concert at the Duplex that featured selections from Bunked! A Camp Musical. Never having had a summer camp experience myself, but having heard about it from those lucky enough to have done it, I know that summer camp is an environment ripe for drama, hilarity, and teen angst. This musical focuses on five camp counselors who, as the venn diagram on the programs illustrated, cross paths through varied relationships of love, lust, and unlikely friendship.
The concert featured a lot of familiar faces, but what I loved was that it really brought out the best in everyone’s voices. The songs that were presented were fairly mellow, but offered room for long runs of impressive rifts, the occasional falsetto, and belting where necessary. I thought that it fit the subject matter well—the music was sweet and optimistic, which I feel sets a good stage for a musical about the possibilities of summer. The mood was further enhanced by the presence of lanyard/friendship bracelet making materials at the tables and a couple of rounds of camp-related trivia.
I also have to say that I really loved the vibe of the musical’s writers, Alaina Kunin and Bradford Proctor. Their fun anecdotes about their process made the creation of this project seem very carefree and rather effortless. They cast their demo (as well as the concert, by extension) through performances in youtube videos, which I find rather apt and hilarious.
Overall, it was a very enjoyable evening of songs that I honestly can and will listen to over and over again. I look forward to seeing how this musical develops and hope to be around when it gets its first full production. With music as strong as it is, I can only wonder what the book is like. Check out the demos here. I highly reccommend Morgan Karr going to town in "Selfishly," but pick almost any of them and I promise it will be worth your time.
The concert featured a lot of familiar faces, but what I loved was that it really brought out the best in everyone’s voices. The songs that were presented were fairly mellow, but offered room for long runs of impressive rifts, the occasional falsetto, and belting where necessary. I thought that it fit the subject matter well—the music was sweet and optimistic, which I feel sets a good stage for a musical about the possibilities of summer. The mood was further enhanced by the presence of lanyard/friendship bracelet making materials at the tables and a couple of rounds of camp-related trivia.
I also have to say that I really loved the vibe of the musical’s writers, Alaina Kunin and Bradford Proctor. Their fun anecdotes about their process made the creation of this project seem very carefree and rather effortless. They cast their demo (as well as the concert, by extension) through performances in youtube videos, which I find rather apt and hilarious.
Overall, it was a very enjoyable evening of songs that I honestly can and will listen to over and over again. I look forward to seeing how this musical develops and hope to be around when it gets its first full production. With music as strong as it is, I can only wonder what the book is like. Check out the demos here. I highly reccommend Morgan Karr going to town in "Selfishly," but pick almost any of them and I promise it will be worth your time.
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