tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.comments2023-10-24T10:45:07.876-04:00Kudzu, Mon AmourQueen Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07524984418016215108noreply@blogger.comBlogger456125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-7281167421096089812015-04-07T18:03:18.177-04:002015-04-07T18:03:18.177-04:00I just want to speak up and say that I acknowledge...I just want to speak up and say that I acknowledge her brilliance and yours. Anybody who takes this kind of singing seriously has been influenced by Billie Holiday, whether they know it or not. She did change the world, as you say. Frank Sinatra, her fellow 1915 baby, acknowledged her as his single biggest influence. I would call the two of them my two biggest influences. I was just listening to her and formulating my own tribute album in my head. Wish I could be at Minton's tonight. Knock 'em dead, Queen.Dogbloggithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937799428395034274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-83692834871717275812014-04-15T20:13:25.462-04:002014-04-15T20:13:25.462-04:00I am now a member. Thank you for the invitation. I...I am now a member. Thank you for the invitation. I hope you like what you read...!Queen Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524984418016215108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-44222147294869183322014-04-10T09:11:22.738-04:002014-04-10T09:11:22.738-04:00I love hot toddies. Also I started a NaBloPoMo com...I love hot toddies. Also I started a NaBloPoMo community on Google+. Would be great to have you join! :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-41360510029092043962014-04-01T21:25:34.919-04:002014-04-01T21:25:34.919-04:00Your post has valid points....
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I love that song lol!!!lyn41680https://www.blogger.com/profile/13019476149049642636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-59346315092757051002014-02-18T11:15:51.532-05:002014-02-18T11:15:51.532-05:00You are correct. (!!!)You are correct. (!!!)Queen Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524984418016215108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-69818340366534774402014-02-15T09:55:18.747-05:002014-02-15T09:55:18.747-05:00sure they are, it's you.sure they are, it's you.drinkycrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958738253508043448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-83263249546966922962013-08-20T01:28:18.909-04:002013-08-20T01:28:18.909-04:00There will be many ways to watch this amazing comi...There will be many ways to watch this amazing coming up fight night like live in person, bar, friend’s house. A very popular and easy way too it all go down on September 14th is via the<a href="http://mayweatheralvarezlivestream.com" rel="nofollow"> Mayweather vs Alvarez live stream</a> which is available to anyone who has a computer and internet connection. So do not forget, we are assuring you the best live stream ever.Nexushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11951769661864366383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-82584172247877308702013-07-29T19:25:54.760-04:002013-07-29T19:25:54.760-04:00Queen, you may've missed those Late Shows, but...Queen, you may've missed those Late Shows, but you certainly brought it to us in Unemployed Superstar with that character who opened the show singing Impossible! You made us feel like audience members right in the studio instead of Joe's Pub and that Kojo Ade (Audience Development Expert) has pictures too!AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-60091198316794940832013-07-07T13:53:03.607-04:002013-07-07T13:53:03.607-04:00Queen, you may not have thought about it that way,...Queen, you may not have thought about it that way, but that's how you delivered it. I know because I've seen a few! With very few changes it's a brilliant 10 minute play. How many times have we seen the inner conversations of Black young women on stage or on screen that's written with the intelligence, humor and nuance? I can tell you not enough, and you've got to ad this to the cannon. You can still write your book and put this in the book but it's almost ready to go as a short play. And it's funny that you mention Sylvester because our Renee Monique Brown has a friend named Anthony Wayne, whom I met through Renee and Anthony has been doing this unbelievably amazing show where he plays Sylvester with a live band and back up singers. It is incredible! Anthony just did it recently at Le Poisson Rouge and the next time he does it, you've got to see it! The last time I saw it, I think it was last year and Lillias White came to see it and she loved it! Anthony is currently in the Pippin revival. <br /><br />All that to say, your short play is a snapshot to that era in time (1970s/80s) and we can definitely see more light being shed on it!<br /><br />I command thee to finish it and then we can make some phone calls or send some emails to get it out so we can see it on stage!AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-80575578720626258562013-07-07T08:55:44.825-04:002013-07-07T08:55:44.825-04:00Yeesh! Thanks for the compliment but I honestly di...Yeesh! Thanks for the compliment but I honestly didn't think about it that way. I just let it blurt. *sigh* That's it. I'm writing a book. (Or something.) Queen Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524984418016215108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-447921057958289742013-07-05T23:20:58.574-04:002013-07-05T23:20:58.574-04:00Queen, this is perfect. I loved it. I laughed as ...Queen, this is perfect. I loved it. I laughed as I read it. It was just You have just written a 10-20 minute play that needs to be produced (at a venue such as E.S.T.'s Going to the River Festival which features plays by women of color, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, Estrogenious Festival etc.) and you compressed so much into it: pop culture, African American families, music, gender and sexuality, teens, intergenerational relationships, coming of age, and I can go on. I know you can write a lot more or have written some gems. AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-49804818701990739522012-12-13T06:12:22.482-05:002012-12-13T06:12:22.482-05:00Great thoughts you got there, believe I may possib...Great thoughts you got there, believe I may possibly try just some of it throughout my daily life...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kendalldodgechryslerjeepram.com/searchnew.aspx/" rel="nofollow">Dade Ram</a>Miami Ramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292317325190862010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-79488861767455507892012-09-18T09:30:06.973-04:002012-09-18T09:30:06.973-04:00Well, Queen that exercise is doing you good becaus...Well, Queen that exercise is doing you good because the last time I saw you which was at the Jazzmobile event in Central Park, you looked fabulous and you were wearing that dress!AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820478660492498850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-65609188613720318632012-07-05T08:46:54.920-04:002012-07-05T08:46:54.920-04:00It's funny what you can come across on the net...It's funny what you can come across on the net.<br />Dancers scare me - the vagueness of their existence - and yet, I'm never more alive then when I'm on the floor.<br />And some days I feel just like this - just as you describe when my body and my music and my story of the moment, are one.<br />Sometimes, just sometimes, I can dance the story of my life, past present and future.<br /><br />Great blog.<br /><br />http://kolembo.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/immigrant-2/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-47023598125864832582012-06-10T23:09:05.810-04:002012-06-10T23:09:05.810-04:00What a great story! And what you said about talen...What a great story! And what you said about talent winning out in the end is so true. I really enjoy reading your blog.Tiffany Gholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979768952670661700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-3993402901837827002012-04-29T23:53:02.354-04:002012-04-29T23:53:02.354-04:00Thanks for your support, AJ. It's so nice when...Thanks for your support, AJ. It's so nice when dreams come true, isn't it? Those shows at the Apollo were wonderful. I hope to have some really great news for you soon.<br /><br />And yes, I'm working on the album! Just remember: a lot of what you've mentioned can't happen without money - and I don't really have any. ;)Queen Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524984418016215108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-33528652848036776722012-04-29T08:39:44.145-04:002012-04-29T08:39:44.145-04:00And a few more thoughts...it is so fantastic that ...And a few more thoughts...it is so fantastic that you worked with Francesca on this project because as you know she is just like you. Nobody can put her in a box because she does it all just like you. She is an example of a multidisciplinary artist who has been quietly doing her thing: acting, Broadway, singing, choreographing, filmmaking. The is the whole package!!!! She even has her choreography in the repertory of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater!!!! Her talent knows no bounds and I know that you two will take on the world... I can even see you all taking the Billie Holiday Project to Europe and beyond!!!!AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-75261964932980793912012-04-29T08:33:41.824-04:002012-04-29T08:33:41.824-04:00That sign that you posted is right because as some...That sign that you posted is right because as someone I know says, the universe has impeccable timing!!!!<br /><br />Congrats on getting in to grad school but the musical theater world's gain had better not be our loss because you still owe us your another alt-rock/country album, the Big Payback finally seeing the light of day, a run of The Billie Holiday Project, and another show! There I said it!AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-41228636970467414642012-04-29T08:29:38.925-04:002012-04-29T08:29:38.925-04:00I have a few thoughts too! The Billie Holiday Pro...I have a few thoughts too! The Billie Holiday Project was wonderful! The setting, the staging, the acting, the dancing, the singing, the music, the band....was nothing short of fabulous baby! It was so refreshing to seeing veteran artists who are all triple and quadruple threats STILL surprise us with their fabulous-ity! In the battle of the sexes I don't know who won: the women or the men. Charles and Keith were phenomenal and so were you and La Francesca flashing her legs to Keith to distract his character during the second story!!!! Love it! Love to you, Queen, Keith, Charles and Francesca (the latter of the three are friends in my head since I haven't met them personally but are big fans of their work)! Talk about a DREAM CAST. You all must take this show on the road right now! When APAP comes to town next January, if you don't perform the show in front of arts presenters from across the world, I don't know what I'll do, except say to keep on working on the show by adding 1 last story to seal the deal! I always wanted to see Spunk, if they can revive everything else under the sun, but Spunk then this took Zora's stories in a whole 'nother direction. Here's to seeing The Billie Holiday Project again and soon!!!! We demand an encore!!!!AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-84504297908763323142011-11-16T13:41:43.130-05:002011-11-16T13:41:43.130-05:00Wow. Thanks for reading my blog. And yeah, this ta...Wow. Thanks for reading my blog. And yeah, this takes guts. <br /><br />I think this blog started because most of what I do involves wading through an avalanche of auditions and callbacks of all kinds, and as a D.I.Y. Blackgrrl, I wanted to document that blur.<br /><br />At the moment, I'm working on a Kickstarter campaign for my Black Americana album. Please stay tuned.Queen Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524984418016215108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-6164417409306674782011-11-16T10:11:21.460-05:002011-11-16T10:11:21.460-05:00Hi there.
I love this post. A letter to loyal patr...Hi there.<br />I love this post. A letter to loyal patrons over the years. You never think how a place truly watches the neighborhood GROW up, evolve, etc. <br /><br />Sidenote: I've been reading your blog forever, since it was "Unemployed Superstar." First learned of you on The It Factor! (Yep, 10 years ago.)<br />I was rooting for you w/ the Ocean Spray commercial, saw your Prego commercial, etc. I live semi-vicariously through your acting gigs and guts to sing and be entirely funky. Yep. <br /><br />All the way from Washington, D.C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-24303689329564491742011-11-03T05:24:17.365-04:002011-11-03T05:24:17.365-04:00I experience catching fish when I was a kid togeth...I experience catching fish when I was a kid together with my father.Now I don't know if I do it again.Flats to Rent Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778114656605896197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-14374959843742040532011-10-19T01:08:47.209-04:002011-10-19T01:08:47.209-04:00Queen, as much as you are decluttering and editing...Queen, as much as you are decluttering and editing your closets, I would think that there's nothing left except only the bare essentials!!!AJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9912774.post-57340229312188605832011-10-10T12:04:08.021-04:002011-10-10T12:04:08.021-04:00Hi Queen Esther:
You had mentioned directors so he...Hi Queen Esther:<br />You had mentioned directors so here's a list of directors you may want to contact re: the Billie Holiday /Zora Neal Hurston project and they're all on facebook and some of them you probably already know--<br />Patricia McGregor<br />Lydia Fort<br />Daniel Banks<br />Monica Williams<br />Nicole Watson<br />Passion Rhonda Hansome<br />Jonathan McCrory<br />Talvin Wilks<br />Keith Lee Grant<br />Niegel SmithAJ Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836385045288828911noreply@blogger.com