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Farah Alvin’s Broadway credits include: It Shoulda Been You, Nine, The Look of Love, Saturday Night Fever, Grease!, A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway credits and Original Cast Recordings include: The Last Smoker In America, The Marvelous Wonderettes (Drama Desk Nomination), I Love You Because, and many more. She is also a Certified Holistic Health Counselor, a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and SUNY Purchase and is AADP certified. Her private nutrition practice works with individuals to find health and balance in their life through better eating and lifestyle. She’s also a songwriter and a sometimes blogger. Visit her at www.farahalvin.com and on all social media. | Song Premiere: "Tell Me A Story" from Joel B. New's MACKENZIE & THE MISSING BOY | accompanied by Josh Kight.

Farah Alvin’s Broadway credits include: It Shoulda Been You, Nine, The Look of Love, Saturday Night Fever, Grease!, A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway credits and Original Cast Recordings include: The Last Smoker In America, The Marvelous Wonderettes (Drama Desk Nomination), I Love You Because, and many more. She is also a Certified Holistic Health Counselor, a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and SUNY Purchase and is AADP certified. Her private nutrition practice works with individuals to find health and balance in their life through better eating and lifestyle. She’s also a songwriter and a sometimes blogger. Visit her at www.farahalvin.com and on all social media. | Song Premiere: "Tell Me A Story" from Joel B. New's MACKENZIE & THE MISSING BOY | accompanied by Josh Kight.

Garth Kravits is an actor, singer, musician and composer and award winning film maker.He made his Broadway debut in the musical The Drowsy Chaperone.Kravits has appeared in the Off-Broadway productions of Old Jews Telling Jokes and Toxic Audio Loudmouth; regionally in Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play, and It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, (Bucks County Playhouse); The Producers (Gateway Playhouse) and Happy Days: A New Musical (Goodspeed Opera House); and as Benny Southstreet in the regional tour of Guys and Dolls.On television, Kravits has guest starred on 30 Rock, The Blacklist, Nurse Jackie, Hostages, Tin Man and The Carrie Diaries www.garthkravits.com. Song Premiere: "The Night Cafe" by Joel B. New (joelbnew.com), inspired by the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh, accompanied by Josh Kight (joshkight.com). To pledge to Joel's album Kickstarter campaign thru 4/6, please click here: bit.ly/1LPzB35

Garth Kravits is an actor, singer, musician and composer and award winning film maker.He made his Broadway debut in the musical The Drowsy Chaperone.Kravits has appeared in the Off-Broadway productions of Old Jews Telling Jokes and Toxic Audio Loudmouth; regionally in Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play, and It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, (Bucks County Playhouse); The Producers (Gateway Playhouse) and Happy Days: A New Musical (Goodspeed Opera House); and as Benny Southstreet in the regional tour of Guys and Dolls.On television, Kravits has guest starred on 30 Rock, The Blacklist, Nurse Jackie, Hostages, Tin Man and The Carrie Diaries www.garthkravits.com. Song Premiere: "The Night Cafe" by Joel B. New (joelbnew.com), inspired by the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh, accompanied by Josh Kight (joshkight.com). To pledge to Joel's album Kickstarter campaign thru 4/6, please click here: bit.ly/1LPzB35

JBN concludes his unedited conversation with Season One's Billy Bustamante, Christine Schneider (nee Paterson), Gay Marshall, and Chris York. Recorded live on Friday, February 26th, 2016. Hosted by the Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc. (dgfund.org) Song Premiere: "Dirge For A Dead Dachshund" from the Cabot Cove EP. Performed by Charlie Johnson with Josh Kight on piano. A Kickstarter campaign to produce the Cabot Cove EP is running through 4/6/16. To make a pledge and be part of this artistic endeavor, visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1319958753/lets-commit-to-a-murder-she-wrote-album-of-pop-son

JBN concludes his unedited conversation with Season One's Billy Bustamante, Christine Schneider (nee Paterson), Gay Marshall, and Chris York. Recorded live on Friday, February 26th, 2016. Hosted by the Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc. (dgfund.org) Song Premiere: "Dirge For A Dead Dachshund" from the Cabot Cove EP. Performed by Charlie Johnson with Josh Kight on piano. A Kickstarter campaign to produce the Cabot Cove EP is running through 4/6/16. To make a pledge and be part of this artistic endeavor, visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1319958753/lets-commit-to-a-murder-she-wrote-album-of-pop-son

Four seasons later, JBN caught up with four of the most downloaded episodes from his premiere season: Billy Bustamante, Gay Marshall, Christine Schneider (nee Paterson), and Chris York. Song Premiere: "The Dead Must Sing" from the Cabot Cove EP. Performed by Amy Jo Jackson, accompanied by Josh Kight. www.joelbnew.com

Four seasons later, JBN caught up with four of the most downloaded episodes from his premiere season: Billy Bustamante, Gay Marshall, Christine Schneider (nee Paterson), and Chris York. Song Premiere: "The Dead Must Sing" from the Cabot Cove EP. Performed by Amy Jo Jackson, accompanied by Josh Kight. www.joelbnew.com

Marion Abbott is a graduate of Musical Theatre Performance at Sheridan College and was named one of the Twenty Most Successful Graduates of the program. She also holds her Grade Ten Voice and A.R.C.T. in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2014, she created The Confidential Musical Theatre Project, which had its debut in Toronto and expanded to 8 cities by the end of its first year. There are now franchises in 14 cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago. She is looking forward to working as Musical Director for Drayton Entertainment's summer pantomime Aladdin and is preparing to produce a theatre festival that celebrates Women In Musical Theatre. Song Premiere: "Murder In A Minor Key" from Joel B. New's upcoming Cabot Cove EP, inspired by MURDER, SHE WROTE book titles. www.confidentialmusicaltheatreproject.com, www.joelbnew.com

Katharine Pettit served as Susan Stroman's SDC Observer on BULLETS OVER BROADWAY on Broadway. Recent Works include: PUMPED!(Dir.) TRU musical voices reading series, ANGEL IN MY HEART (Dir.) Fresh Fruit Festival 2014 Best New Musical & The York Developmental Reading Series, DAY OF WRATH (Dir.) NYMF 2015, YOUR NAME ON MY LIPS (Dir./Choreo.) Theater for the New City Dream Up 2015. Katharine is on the Tap Dance Faculty at Peridance Capezio Center and was featured in DANCE TEACHER MAGAZINE November 2015. I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE..., conceived and choreographed by Katharine, is a new dance theater piece exploring the struggles of addiction. The next incarnation of this new work will be presented as part of Green Space's Take Root Initiative, February 2016. Follow her on Instagram: @icouldneverloveanyone. katharinepettit.com. | Song Premiere: "Goodbye, Charlie" from Joel B. New's upcoming CABOT COVE EP. To watch the video of this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry5tZGkLBM8 | $17 Tix to I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE, Feb 19/20: http://www.greenspacestudio.org/Tickets.html