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 FEATURE  

Nine CDs for the New Year

Reports on the NINE soundtrack; Glee, Vol. 2; Memphis cast recording; new discs from Donna Lynne Champlin, Ashley Brown, and Regis and Joy Philbin and more…

By: Andy Propst · Jan 5, 2010  · New York

Million Dollar Quartet (www.milliondollarquartetlive.com)
This new musical from Chicago (and due on Broadway later this season) is a high-octane exploration of a 1956 recording session that brought Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis together. The CD is filled with some remarkably powerful covers of these legends' biggest hits.

Wonderland Concept Recording (www.wonderlandthemusical.org)
Frank Wildhorn's diverse, toe-tapping tunes for this update to Lewis Carroll's classic stories are delivered with vocal flair by a host of Broadway veterans, notably Janet Dacal, Karen Mason, Nikki Snelson, and Jose Llana.

Ashley Brown, Speak Low (Ghostlight Records)
Broadway's original Mary Poppins breaks out in surprising and generally satisfying ways with a variety of show tunes and pop classics. Her jazzy "My Funny Valentine" and a lushly robust "If I Were a Bell" are particularly enjoyable.

 Donna Lynne Champlin, Old Friends (www.donnalynnechamplin.com)
The musical theater vetran tackles a plethora of material from some of today's most gifted musical theater writers with delicacy and often heartbreaking intensity on a disc that's a testament to her talent as both songstress and producer.

Regis & Joy Philbin, Just You, Just Me (Big Dot Records)
This famous couple's enjoyment of one another -- and the romantic standards they croon -- is infectious on this charming disc that brings a more innocent era to life with genial aplomb.

Glory Days (Ghostlight Records)
This score for this short-lived Broadway show about four high school friends reuniting during their college break has a little more substance than one might imagine. Indeed, its youthful verve should ultimately make it a staple in colleges for years to come.

APPLYING FOR A MAC "RECORDING" AWARD

Heya cats and kittens-

So it's been a busy night-

sending out general CD orders from Amazon, etc-

sending out 'thank you' CDs to all the members of the Anna Sosenko Committee, (and Jonathan Herzog and Sandi Durell for their bringing the Trust to my attention in the first place)-

sending out 'thank you' CDs to my accountants for the EIN help-

and....

applying for the MAC 'recording' award.

I'm assuming/hoping I'm eligible because, even though I'm not personally a MAC member (although I'm considering it for my one-woman show "Finishing The Hat")- 

I have performed at many of the MAC affiliated theatres around town and I did perform a great deal of "Old Friends" live at the CD release party at the Beechman in November.

Basically....

I'm just doing with the application on the MAC site is telling me to do-

I've filled out the application and sent along copies of various interviews, reviews, articles, the press release and the sell sheet for the CD.

If you have something- a CD, a show, a performance that you'd like to be considered for a MAC award the deadline is January 16th...

so hie thee to http://www.macnyc.com/ and get it all in the mail, babies!!!

Will keep you posted.

I'm considering filling one out for "Finishing The Hat" under another category...

but i'm not sure if I should wait for the CD to come out....

hmmmmmmm....

will think on it.

but in the meantime...

keep your fingers crossed for OLD FRIENDS to win a MAC award.

;-)

Stay warm darlin's-

it's ccccccooooolllldddddd out there!

xoxo

dl

PARTING GLASS PRODUCTIONS HAS WON A GRANT!!!

I applied for a The Anna Sosenko Assist Trust in October to help pay for "Old Friends" and I received a check today in support of PARTING GLASS PRODUCTIONS!

http://www.annasosenkotrust.org/about.htm

Since I had so many marvelous Donating Angels who helped cover the cost of "Old Friends"- 

I will use this grant money to pay for my new CD in production, the audio of my one-woman show "Finishing The Hat- Live at the Beechman".

THANK YOU ANNA SOSENKO TRUST!!!!!

xoxo

dl

BYE BYE TD BANK!

Hello dolls-

As you might recall-

so that I could open my PAYPAL account for the CD, I needed to connect it to viable bank account online of my own to legitimize any payments they would make for me.

Because I am slightly paranoid about any of my personal and financial information being online- 

having been the victim of ID fraud twice in my life-

I didn't feel comfortable connecting my PAYPAL account to my main personal bank account.

So i opened a new bank account at TD BANK (formerly COMMERCE BANK) with the minimum of $100 in it since PAYPAL and online selling and buying were somewhat foreign to me.

Ironically, TD Bank's motto is 'AMERICA'S MOST CONVENIENT BANK".

I assure you it is not.

It is rather America's most IN-convenient bank.

And since I was able to open a proper and separate 'business checking account' in the name of my company Parting Glass Productions- 

with my own bank after getting my EIN....

and after I switched my PAYPAL and my AMAZON.COM merchant accounts over to said "business checking account"-

today...

i closed out my TD Bank account.

Just down to the wire as 2009 is hours away from being over.

it was a small thing but a huge relief to my peace of mind-

as I am not a fan of having all of my financial shit spread out from here to East Jesus.

I like everything in one place where I can get at it and bring the confusion-level to about a 'three'.

Also-

not to 'politicize' this blog in any way-

but i was even more inspired to close down this account after I read this article about moving all our money to local banks and credit unions to help the economy-

(and to kinda stick it to all the big banks who have just taken our 'bailout' money and done pretty much fuck all in return to help clean up the mess they made, in the process):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/move-your-money-a-new-yea_b_406022.html

So goodbye TD Bank...

and goodbye 2009...

I'm grateful for all the good things you gave me but I am also happy to see you go.

Here's to a much less complicated 2010!

Happy New Year everyone!

*bok bok*

xo

dl

THE FINAL SAY IN THE EIN SITUATION

Ok.

So my awesome accountant Trudy Durant who I've been going to for years and handles pretty much 80% of the actors in town called me last night at around 9pm.

She said that the EIN is FINE.

To have it or not have it....

it's not life or death...

as long as when you get the EIN you say on the form that you are a 'SOLE PROPRIETOR'.

which i did.

*whew*

But you can still claim unemployment-

and of course, if you make money by selling some CDs while you're on unemployment when they ask if you if you've made "such and such" money this week-

you should be honest.

But i THINK....

come tax time...

i fill out a 1099 for what i made in selling CDs for Parting Glass Productions.

I'm NOT sure about that...

but when I go do my taxes I shall report back.

I promise.

BUT-

having the EIN...

neither here nor there...

it helps to get a BUSINESS banking account...

and in the FUTURE if i have employees i'm all set...

but...

it's not gonna screw me in any way because i don't technically employ anyone at the moment-

because I claimed 'sole proprietor' when i filled out the form.

SO THERE.

Whew!

Awesome.

No worries.

Yay!

A HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL-

AND MAY 2010 BRING YOU ALL EVERY HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS POSSIBLE!

xoxo

donna lynne

OLD FRIENDS GETS A RAVE IN NEXT MAGAZINE!!!

Sweet!

http://www.nextmagazine.com/curtain/cd-reviews-rebecca-luker-steve ross-donna-lynne-champlin

CD REVIEWS: Rebecca Luker, Steve Ross, Donna Lynne Champlin

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Rebecca Luker
Greenwich time
 
The indispensable Rebecca Luker has released a new disc of contemporary theater songs that’s as ravishing as she is! Titled Greenwich Time, it’s filled with interesting tunes from Joseph Thalken, Steve Marzullo, Maury Yeston, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Ricky Ian Gordon and Tom Herman, just to name a few. In a word, Greenwich Time is thrilling—just like Luker! (PS Classics)
 
 
Steve Ross
I Remember Him Well
 
Steve Ross, the elegant raconteur who specializes in Cole Porter and Noël Coward, has released a new disc recorded live at The Oak Room titled I Remember Him Well – The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner. Filled with witty, melodic, and often obscure ditties from Lerner’s extensive catalogue, I Remember Him Well is the zenith of what a cabaret disc should be. (LML Music)
 


Donna Lynne Champlin
Old Friends
 
The ultimate example of chutzpah triumphing over commerce, the brilliant Broadway star Donna Lynne Champlin made her debut CD for $1,000 and did it the old-fashioned way—herself! The vocals (recorded in her bathroom), piano, accordion, flute, guitar, bass, strings, percussion and arrangements are by Champlin and the songs are all fresh, interesting choices. The result: a stunning knockout!(DonnaLynneChamplin.com)

12/25/2009

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ON SECOND THOUGHT...

...about that EIN...

uhm....

that "Employer Identification Number" that my bank was so intent on my having to open a business bank account?

Yeah.

DON'T DO IT unless you're actually an EMPLOYER-

EMPLOYING SOMEONE ELSE.

Hi.

Welcome to stupid-ass rookie mistake number 873409234o7823476234234 in this process.

So.

NOW i have an EIN which makes the government think that I am employing OTHER people.

Apparently ALL i needed was the DBA (doing business as) that I got from The Supreme Court.

Come tax time, if i don't get rid of this EIN immediately....

the government will think that I have a business that I'm hiding from them if i don't fill out the right forms.

Which i can't do-

because i don't actually employ other people.

obviously.

Jesus...

H....

this ALWAYS happens when i'm trying to the do the RIGHT THING.

Gahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

so anyway.

thanks to the wonderful help of Julie Thaxter-Gourlay who approached me on Facebook when she saw my status about an EIN and went "hmmmmmm, that doesn't sound right...."

With her help-

I am going to get the address of wherever I need to send whatever i need to to the government, so i don't get totally hosed.

Normally I wouldn't be so paranoid-

but i JUST got hosed by Unemployment last year where a movie company (who's now conveniently defunct) submitted the wrong dates of when I worked...

ending up in it looking like (to the government) that i claimed unemployment on days that I was actually working.

And there literally was no film company to go back to to tell them they had written down the wrong days for when I was on set--

So i had to pay thousands in 'fees'-

for something that wasn't even my fault.

I know it sounds insane...

and why would i do that?

Because a lawyer friend recommended to me that it would actually be easier and cheaper to just pay it as if i was guilty. Apparently the nightmare of trying to hunt down anyone from this movie company- and then even explain it to the system that is Unemployment? Is worse than paying thousands of dollars.

Yeah.

Bureaucracy.

Gotta love it.

So...

admittedly since then-

i am really nervous about dealing with the government because I can see how someone ELSE'S mistake can still cost you thousands of dollars.....

and this time the mistake is TOTALLY mine.

How much is that gonna cost.

Oy.

Anyway.

Heads up.

DO NOT GET AN EID UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY EMPLOY OTHER PEOPLE!!!!

and Happy New Year!

;-)

xo

dl