September 2009
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We're still here...
We’ve been busy trying to put together the most exciting BREAK OUT project possible (it’s gonna be HUGE!), but it’s taking longer than we anticipated. Until then, which daytime television show do you think should have a BREAK OUT IN SONG number: Ellen, Rachel Ray, Regis and Kelly, Oprah, Tyra, David Letterman, etc…?
August 2009
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If you wanna sing out, sing out...
Hey BREAK OUT Fans:
Which songs, and they don’t have to all be from musicals, should BREAK OUT IN SONG perform next? Let us know what you think!
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MSNBC: Bring back those cheesy movie musicals!
And look who they mention in the article!
Bring back those cheesy movie musicals!
Where is the ‘Xanadu’ for this generation? Give us our sweet, silly escapism
Vanessa Hudgens graduates from “High School Musical” to “Bandslam.”
COMMENTARY By Tony Sclafani
MSNBC.com, Aug 11, 2009
“Xanadu.” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” “Can’t Stop the Music” starring the...
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Ooh! BREAK OUT is featured on Urlesque.com
Seriously. If you’ve never been to Urlesque.com visit them now. They post the current ‘going’s on’ from the internets. And the BREAK OUT videos are currently on their home page!
Break Out in Song: Flash Mob Musicals Shock and Delight New Yorkers
July 2009
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CBS News.com report on BREAK OUT IN SONG
NEW YORK, July 20, 2009
If Life Were Like a Broadway Musical
“Break Out in Song” Brings Surprise Dance Numbers to New York Landmarks.
(CBS) This story was reported by CBSNews.com’s Gina Pace and Ken Lombardi
Play CBS VideoVIDEOBroadway SurpriseOnly On The Web: What, at first, appeared as a scuffle on the streets of Time Square in fact emerged as a surprise song and dance routine by the...
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WatchCBS News.com video features BREAK OUT IN SONG.
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Thanks, thanks, and ever thanks!
We cannot thank our performers, directors/choreographers, crew, supporters, families, friends, the venues and New York City enough. BREAK OUT IN SONG was a great success and we couldn’t have done it without you. We look forward to bringing a little bit of Broadway magic to you again very soon.
Our videos will be up shortly and they’ll be just as good as the performances. So please be...
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"Consider Yourself" Cast
A great big hand for the amazing cast of “Consider Yourself”, who blew Times Square away with their wonderful performance. Heck, we were even able to get the NYPD involved in the action (which was unplanned):
Leslie McDonel (Vocal and lead performer)
Theis Weckesser (Featured performer)
Kyle Pleasant (Featured performer)
The NYPD
Jolynn Baca
Ellen Zolezzi
Andrea Davey
Susan...
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"Anything Goes" Cast
We hope the Intrepid Museum got a kick out of our rousing rendition of “Anything Goes”, complete with a cast of over 100 —including 30+ dancing children, and one adorable little red head!
Katie Thompson (Vocals and lead performer)
Tyler O’Daniels (featured performer)
Christina Zanardi
Julianne Bozzo
Ashley Salerno
Aly Winegrad
Lauren Zwang
Taylor Blonder
Sydney...
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NY Times covers BREAK OUT IN SONG!
New York Times - City Room Blog
For Dance, 10. For Spontaneity? You Decide.
By LIBBY NELSON
The scene: The Shops at Columbus Circle in Time Warner Center at the end of a weekday.
The audience members: Shoppers and office workers, gathered around the balconies, waiting.
Then it happened: a musical number broke out, as dancers clutching small shopping bags came up the escalators and, reaching...
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"Don't Rain on My Parade" Cast
Wow! If you weren’t at South Street Seaport today, you missed something truly spectacular. Another wonderful performance and it’s all thanks to this talented cast:
Jessica Lea Patty (Vocals and lead performer)
Cody Smith
James Tabeek
Jason Lacayo
Michael Scirroto
Jacob Widman
Jessica Wu
Lindsay Chambers
Vicki Cave
Taryn Molnar
Angela Kahle
Jermaine Miles
Caleb Teicher
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Time Out NY has a bit more coverage on BREAK OUT...
Posted in Upstaged by Adam Feldman on July 17th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Two days ago we told you about Break Out in Song, a fun project that aims to surprise New Yorkers with public explosions of musical theater. Yesterday, the Time Warner Center was the site of the first of the week’s four planned numbers: Sweet Charity’s “If My Friends Could See Me Now.” TONY designer Marc Whalen, a friend...
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WatchNY POST covers BREAK OUT IN SONG’s performance of “If My Friends Could See Me Now” at the Time Warner Center.
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"If My Friends Could See Me Now" cast
A great BIG THANK YOU! to the cast of “If My Friends Could See Me Now”. We had tons of people and lots of press, and had a blast blowing the socks off the Time Warner Center. The video is in the works, but here’s the cast list for those of you not in the loop:
Heather Jane Rolff (Vocals and lead performer)
Tia Marie Zorne
Leasen Almquist
Katherine Schickert
Elena Gronlund
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Extra! Extra! Hey, look at the headlines!
BREAK OUT IN SONG launches today! And here’s when and where it’ll take place:
PERFORMANCE TIMES
TONIGHT - Time Warner Center, 6pm
7/17/09 - South Street Seaport (Fulton and Front Street), 5:45pm
7/18/09 - Intrepid, 3pm
7/19/09 - Times Square (in front of the Marquis), 1pm
Arrive early. And please don’t ruin the surprise for those who may not know (assume people...
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NY Press interviews Ryan (BREAK OUT's producer)
Breaking Out! Guerilla Musical Numbers Take Manhattan
In Section: NY comPRESSed »Posted By: Will AldenRyan Mackey had a dream, and today it’s coming true. His theater group, Break Out in Song, is staging its first performance, a large-scale pseudo-spontaneous dance number at Time Warner Center. Think of it as street performance with Broadway choreographers, hours of rehearsal and hundreds of...
Time Out NY's ditty on BREAK OUT IN SONG
Posted in Upstaged by Adam Feldman on July 15th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Have you ever imagined what it might be like to live in a musical-theater world, where ordinary people broke out into song on the street, backed up by passersby who happened to fall into tightly choreographed dance routines? This week, aspiring producer Ryan H. Mackey wants to gives you that experience via an ambitious...
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Our NY POST story!
ALL JAZZ HANDS ON DECK
By BARBARA HOFFMAN
The Antwerp train station filled with “Do Re Mi” from “The Sound of Music.”
July 15, 2009
YOU’RE standing there, on the street or in a store, when suddenly there’s music — and everyone drops their bags to sing and dance.
No, it’s not your Prozac speaking. It’s Break Out in Song, a public-works...
WatchChoreographer Josh Prince works with his Broadway crew as they learn the original moves to If They Could See Me Now. It will be performed live at the Time Warner Center on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 6PM.
WatchChoreographer Josh Walden puts these performers through their paces as they learn and brilliantly execute these original steps to Oliver’s Consider Yourself to be performed in Times Square Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 1PM.
WatchChoreographer Jessica Hartman and Associate Choreographer Jonathan Day work with performers on the upcoming NYC flashmob performance which will be performed at the South Street Seaport on Friday, July 17th at 5:30PM.
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Watch“Consider Yourself” 2nd rehearsal (we weren’t able to tape the 1st). Amazing work by the entire cast and Josh Walden, our choreographer.
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WatchThe cast pulled the entire number together in one rehearsal, thanks to Josh Prince (choreographer) and Sloan Just (associate choreographer).
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WatchFootage, as promised (though very brief). Hey, we don’t want to spoil it.
More tomorrow.
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A five, six, seven, eight!
Dance belt? Check. Leotard and leg warmers? Check. Tube of chapstick? Check. Stretching? Done did it. [Cue music]
Rehearsals begin today! And we will have some footage later this evening.
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There's always a first time.
Ryan (our lovely producer) just finished his very first interview with the New York Post. Let’s all give him a great big round of applause! [clap, clap, clap]
And what’s this we hear? The NY Times is next?
Stay tuned.
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Special Thanks
Thanks to the following people for their donations and support:
Joe McFadden
Caroline Wycislak
David Berlin
Arthur Klebanoff
Erica Shula and Noreen Chrissey
Art Meets Commerce
Albert Kim
David Cerda
Patrick Pearsall
Patricia Cassidy
Terry Schnuck
Stephanie Hartman
Ken Davenport
Denise Felton
Kate Mackey-Francisco
Johann Shudlick
Patrick Catullo
Jibril Younes
Tracy Goss
Anne and...
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Bios
Crew:
Josh Prince, Choreographer “If My Friends Could See Me Now”
Broadway: Shrek, The Musical. New York City: The Bridge Project (BAM/The Old Vic, dir. Sam Mendes); The Jerry Springer Opera (starring Harvey Keitel) at Carnegie Hall; and Camelot(starring Gabriel Byrne) with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center (Televised on PBS). Josh has also had the pleasure of choreographing...
June 2009
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Fiddlin' about.
Pardon our dust. We’re tinkering around with the look and feel of the site.
“Testing our Twitter account. Testing, 1…2…3… “People,...”
– BREAKOUTINSONG
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Audition day.
Not a bad turn out for a gloomy Father’s Day. We would have preferred to see more men, but we thinks they were probably a bit busy.
All in all, a very successful day. Thanks to the BREAK OUT team and all those who auditioned!
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Auditions!
Help make New York Break Out in Song
June 21st, 10am-6pm; email submissions to breakoutinsong@gmail.com
January 2008
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