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Our Songs Live in LA in June – “A Little New Music” and “Stupid Songs”

May 28, 2015

A Little New Music

We’re excited that two Los Angeles companies will be performing our work this June!

A Little New Music will be including our song “White Gurl Wasted,” alongside material by other fantastic new writers, in their June 3 concert at Rockwell Table and Stage (1714 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles).

8pm show. Tickets $10-20.
Click here for tickets and info.

Stupid Songs Hywd Fringe poster
Stupid Songs
will be featuring 2 numbers of ours, in addition to a host of original comic songs written by members of the company, in their Hollywood Fringe Festival production at the Lounge Theatre (6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles) on June 8, 12, 14, 20, 21, & 26.

Showtimes vary. Tickets $12.
For tickets and info click here.

Releasing Our First Album “Carner & Gregor One” on June 15th at (le) Poisson Rouge in a $1 Show!

May 20, 2015

CG-ONE-1400x1400-CREDITSWe’re thrilled to be releasing our first album, “Carner & Gregor One” on June 15th! It’s the culmination of several years of work with our band and our amazing singer friends, including Jeremy Jordan, Tituss Burgess, Natalie Weiss, Jackie Burns, Eric Michael Krop, Brian Justin Crum, Emma Hunton, and many more.

The album will be available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, etc. starting June 15th, but you can also get it in-person at our $1 album release show at (le) Poisson Rouge!

“Carner & Gregor’s One Dollar Album Release Show” will take place on June 15th at 7pm at (le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., in NYC.

It will feature incredible performer friends including:

Stephen C. Anthony (The Book of Mormon, Catch Me If You Can)
Kathryn Boswell (Gigi)
Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening, Wicked)
Prisca Demarez (CATS in Paris, Avenue Q in Paris)
Gregory Haney (Bring It On, Wicked)
Derek Klena (Bridges of Madison County, Dogfight)
Andrew Kober (Les Miserables, Hair)
Sophie Moshofsky
David Perlman (Baby It’s You, Yank!)
Mj Rodriguez (Rent)
Emily Schultheis
Sarah Stiles (Hand to God Tony Nom., Avenue Q, etc.)
Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture, Breaking Down the Riffs)
Teal Wicks (Wicked, Finding Neverland)
Nat Zegree
Hannah Zazzaro

And, in case this wasn’t clear, admission is just ONE DOLLAR! To reserve your ticket, CLICK HERE

ALSO, at this one event only, “Carner & Gregor One” will be available PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL! One cent or One Thousand Dollars, it’s all up to you, but you’ll walk away with one dynamite recording!

Sheet Music for “Advice to a Young Firefly” now available!

April 15, 2015

Firefly-regular for websiteWe’re happy to announce that the sheet music for “Advice to a Young Firefly” is now available on our sheet music music store.

We have both male and female keys available, and the piano-vocal score comes with chord symbols, in case you’d rather perform it with guitar.

CLICK HERE to see Tituss Burgess perform the song… and to get the mp3 on iTunes, CLICK HERE

Watch Lea Salonga singing the song in her recent “Kaleidoscope” concert:

Watch Eric Michael Krop perform the song:

Sam wins the 2015 Kleban Prize!

April 14, 2015

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We’re thrilled to announce that Sam Carner has won the 2015 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist!

In the 25-year history of the award, past winners have included Jason Robert Brown, Craig Carnelia, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marks, John Weidman, Adam Gwon, John Bucchino, and other distinguished writers.

Congratulations as well to Sam Willmott, the winner of this year’s Kleban prize for Most Promising Lyricist.

Check out the article in Variety.

Check out the article in Playbill

Starstudded St. Jude’s Benefit / March 6 @ 8pm

April 6, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-04-06 at 10.47.17 AMWe’ll be part of an amazing concert to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital on Monday, March 6 at 8pm at the Highline Ballroom (431 W 16th St., NYC).

The show features incredible performers like Jennifer Damiano, Ciara Renee, Lilli Cooper, and (singing our song), the pyrotechnic Jackie Burns. Original songs by fantastic writers including Tom Kitt, Bobby Cronin, Lyons and Pakchar, Zoey Sarnak, Joey Contreras, and the remarkable organizer of the concert Drew Overcash.

Tickets $25-45. Hope you’ll come have a great time supporting a great cause! For tickets & info, CLICK HERE.

FREE show at LINCOLN CENTER’s Bruno Walter Auditorium on March 30th at 6pm

March 14, 2015

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We’ll be the featured writing team in March’s Broadway’s Future Songbook concert at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. So mark down March 30th at 6pm in your calendars!

Our incredible line-up of singers features:

Leslie Kritzer (A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde, Sondheim on Sondheim, Rooms, Closer Than Ever)
Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls, Good Vibrations, Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt)
Natalie Weiss (Breaking Down the Riffs, Everyday Rapture, Les Miserables)
Teal Wicks (Wicked, Jeckyll & Hyde, Finding Neverland)
Stephen C. Anthony (Book of Mormon, Catch Me If You Can)
Jackie Burns (Wicked, If/Then, HAIR)
David Perlman (Baby It’s You, Yank!, Anna Nicole: The Opera)
Danielle Wade (CBC’s Over the Rainbow, The Wizard of Oz)
Mj Rodriguez (RENT)
And introducing: Sophie Moshofsky,
Nat Zegree, Elyse Moon, Emily Schultheis, and Michelle Beth Herman

March 30th at 6pm
Bruno Walter Auditorium
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
111 Amsterdam Avenue and 65th Street.

The show is FREE, and tickets are on a first-come-first-served basis, so make sure to line up early!

For more info, CLICK HERE. hope to see you there!

ISLAND SONG in PARIS! March 6th and 8th @ the Comedie Nation

February 28, 2015

10446282_10153082594249161_5145904901460811180_oWe’re thrilled to be heading to Paris this week for a pair of Island Song concerts at the Comedie Nation on March 6 and 8 — as well as the Broadway au Carre concert on March 4. We’d love to see you there!

ISLAND SONG at the Comedie Nation
77 Rue de Montreuil, 75011 Paris
Fri, March 6 @ 9pm / Sun March 8 @ 5pm
Tickets 15 Euros
CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND TICKETS

Broadway au Carre at le Carre Parisien
1 Rue du Général Beuret, 75015 Paris
March 4 at 9pm
Tickets 10 Euros
CLICK HERE FOR INFO