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Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Salon Radio
Podcast Release 26 November 2019
Salon Radio Special Feature: Singer-Songwriter and Producer Denise Marsa
Announcing the NYC PREMIERE of her production THE PASS, a musical on November 26th
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Salon Solo {Radio} Guest: NYC-based Romanian actor, writer & producer Maria Müller
This episode is hosted by IWAS founder Heidi Russell with Giorgia Valenti presenting this show’s guests. Salon Radio is rounded out with our Women in The Arts world bulletin highlighting news about women in all The Arts, this episode curated by Heidi, and our Salon Bulletin highlighting Salonista’s and partner organizations’ work around the world.
Recorded at our production partner Funkadelic Studios with engineer Shivendra Rai.
Special appreciation shout-out out to Musae for supporting our mission.
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An invitation: Guests’ Upcoming Shows
December 7th at 6pm
a reading of Maria’s play On How To Be A Monster that she is also acting in.
at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo in NYC
November 26th at 7:30pm - NYC Premier of Denise’s THE PASS, a musical
THE PASS, a musical starring Denise Marsa explores Artistic Survival, Empowerment, Equality, Tenacity, Self-Expression, through Songs and Vignettes. Its first NYC performance will be Tuesday, November 26 at Revelation Gallery in the West Village, where Denise calls home.
$20 advance | $25 door, $10 off for seniors
Limited space — advance purchase recommended
THE PASS is a unique combination of song and story highlighting Denise Marsa’s entertainingly heartwarming take on career and relationships. It’s a show spanning decades, combining nostalgic appeal with contemporary relevance, as well as songs which will linger in your head for days. Featuring Tracy Stark on piano.
For tickets: https://www.musae.me/keymedia/experiences/703/the-pass
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Guest Profiles
Maria Müller
Maria Müller is a Romanian artist based in New York. She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a major in Drama and a minor in Dance. She is eager to create plays, films, dance pieces etc. that give voice to women and international people. Together with three other women, she founded Et Alia Theater, a company she wants to travel the world with. Her most recent projects include Running in Place, the company's debut show, the feature film Queen Marie of Romania directed by Alexis Cahill Sweet, the short film Staying Afloat directed by Elizabeth Katz and the TV series Love in NY directed by Matthew Russell. In the spring, she produced a film called My Mom's Dead and I'm Stuck in Suburbia, a coming of age drama directed by Jillian Rezen that is now in the festival circuit. She also wrote an autobiographical film called Where Are You From Again that she plays the lead in and that is currently in post-production. Her work has been featured in many Romanian magazines and newspapers, as well as American, Brazilian and Italian publications through her theater company. In the future, she wants to work internationally and to continue to grow, inspire and be inspired by wonderful artists.
www.etalia.wixsite.com/etaliatheater
Denise Marsa
Originally born in Trenton, New Jersey, Denise Marsa has been writing, singing and producing her own music for decades. She started performing in musical theater as a young girl and studied theater and fine arts at the University of Arizona. After college she moved to NYC and started getting attention from the music industry and fans alike. A self-taught musician, she has been mixing genres (pop, rock, classical, theatrical and Americana) since first moving to NYC in the 70’s. At the start of her career she performed in many NYC clubs including Max’s Kansas City Easter Festival with The Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads. The culmination of her career premiers at The Playground Theatre in London, as a music project in the forthcoming production of THE PASS.
In the spring of 2016 Denise formed a publishing alliance with BMG US. Previously her songs have been published worldwide by Warner Brothers Music, UK and Warner/Chappell Music, LA, and lived and worked in both cities as she developed her work. Denise started her career as the other lead voice on Dean Friedman’s duet LUCKY STARS and the THE FLIRTS (You Took My Love). She joined the indie revolution at its start while living in Los Angeles in 1997 and self-released two solo albums SELF and LIVE FOREVER (2012) on her label KeyMedia Group. The track STEADY from LIVE FOREVER won the 2013 Best Adult Contemporary Recording at the New Mexico Music Awards. In addition, for the past ten years Denise has been mentoring, managing and producing new young talent and several collections of artists have been released through her record label. In 2008 Denise started KeyMedia Public Relations and Denise Marsa Productions in 2010. Denise premiered THE PASS, a musical in London in September 2018 at The Playground Theatre.
“Once hailed as the next big thing, I’ve learned the hard way that lucky stars, can rise and fall. No longer a young ingénue with my head in the clouds, now older and wiser, I can feel the power that aging has given — to the shape of my dreams.”
~ Denise Marsa
“Denise Marsa is one of a kind. She’s a force of nature, a life-affirming singer, an overwhelmingly positive presence. Under the veil of glitter and naivety there are some beautifully deep gems to take home.” – A Younger Theatre, London
Tracy Stark: Pianist/Musical Director
Pianist/Arranger/Conductor/Singer Songwriter, Tracy Stark is a 8-time MAC Award winner, in the categories of Music Director, Piano Bar Entertainer, and Song of the Year. She is also a Bistro Award winner for Musical Direction, and winner of the Dottie Burman Songwriter of the Year Award. Tracy has worked with Lesley Gore, Phoebe Snow, Karen Black, Randy Jones (Village People), Jimmy Osmond, Tovah Feldshuh, Eric Millegan, Tonya Pinkins, Ann Crumb, Marni Nixon, and hundreds of other rock, jazz, and broadway vocalists. Tracy has conducted, played, and sung at all the finest and the sleaziest venues all over the world. She has played/conducted on numerous television shows, including The Today Show. Her songs are included on at least 20 different compilations and have been winning accolades in songwriting competitions for the past 2 decades. Her CD, ‘Feast for the Heart’ is exquisitely produced by Richard Barone and includes a duet with the inimitable Phoebe Snow. She recently recorded a new CD, Shades of Beautiful, The Tracy Stark Songbook, on the wonderful MIRANDA MUSIC label, with some amazing special guests, including Lesley Gore, Jane Monheit, Nona Hendryx, Karen Black, Ann Hampton Callaway, Barb Jungr, and other great artists! THE PASS, the London premier, was the first time Tracy and Denise are working together.
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