Living In The Bonus Round

I was supposed to die, but I wrote a musical instead.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Opening Night Video Diary (NY Vlog #6)

Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook
Posted by Steve Schalchlin at 5:36 AM
Labels: Big Voice in New York, Big Voice video diary, video
Post a Comment
Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Steve's Newest Single!

Download or stream RESCUE worldwide. iTunes link. Spotify link.

Follow by Email

ABOUT ME

My Photo
Steve Schalchlin
I'm a small town singer/songwriter living in New York City.

I was supposed to die, but I wrote a musical instead. And the healing music from the show set me on a worldwide adventure that is still unfolding. 

Historically, I became somewhat of note for having created the first online "AIDS diary," which pre-dated blogs -- one of the first to use social media to promote a theatrical production. 

The diary was a daily report of a man dying. A "watch me die online" diary played out in real time. And then, by chance -- because my name was picked in a lottery for a new medication -- I did not die. The Death Watch became a Life Watch. Simultaneously, the little musical that could, The Last Session  was playing Off-Broadway to glorious reviews and was revived in London in 2012 to also glowing reviews.

Living in the Bonus Round is a blog, a philosophy of health and life and the true story of a guy from a small town in Texas on an adventure in life, where time speeds up and the prizes are better.

MUSICALS:
THE LAST SESSION
THE BIG VOICE: GOD OR MERMAN?

EXPERIMENTAL/IN DEVELOPMENT:
NEW WORLD WAKING


GLBT:
My latest project is refashioning "New World Waking" from its concert hall size into an experimental "crowd-sourced event" suitable as a school/church/community project that focus on redemptive non-violence, using real life examples of people who were victims of bullying or other forms of violence. People I met here on the Internet.

MORE ON NEW WORLD WAKING:
I wrote it after I got to play John Lennon's "Imagine" piano because I met Gabi Clayton online, and then wrote and sang the story of her son, who committed suicide after a gay bashing. Then, somehow, George Michael heard about it, and the next day they were filming us:

http://www.youtube.com/v/tZ-lAy3Yxow?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0

MUSICAL THERAPY:
I also donate my time as the Tenor in the back row and Resident Composer at Christ Church Bay Ridge, Episcopal church, which gives me a chance to learn from one of the great musical directors/musicians in New York, Mark Janas. 

Though my primary work, today, is in theater, concert or cabaret stage, I'm really just a simple balladeer, at heart and am likely to sing in a hospice as a huge auditiorium. I'm pretty much the same, whether you put me in a tux or overalls.

The healing power of music is what I believe in. 

SONGS:
If you're looking for material for your group, whether civic or religious, I got songs for you! Inspirational music suitable for any kind of campfire event, secular or religious. Easy to learn. With strong, emotional messages of thankfulness, courage and feeling reborn.

You can find these pieces at Watchfire Music. You can download sheet music to my songs as well as recorded demos to help those who don't read that well. 

View my complete profile

Translate

CALENDAR

BIRDLAND MAY 4. 5:00PM
STEVE AND JIM SING plus great stars for Zani's Furry Friends. TKTS: Availble online, or to place an order call Ticketfly at: (877) 435-9849. M-F 7am-6pm PST Sat & Sun 10am-6pm PST

http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/252497?utm_medium=bks

Tkts may also be purchased at: PETQUA Broadway bet. 98th & 99th Street, NYC, NY

WATCH FOR THE LONDON CAST ALBUM of THE LAST SESSION on JAY Records, produced by John Yap. The limited run at the Tristan Bates Theater was produced by Rob Harris for CliMar Productions starring DARREN DAY, SIMONE CRADDOCK, AJ DEAN, RON EMSLIE and LUCY VANDI.

PORTLAND OREGON
World Domination Summit.
July 5-7. Details pending.
Also, a crowd-sourced performance of New World Waking there in Portland at the same time. Details to come. But all are invited to participate. And if not Portland, then we'll do it somewhere else. Here is a google docs link to the material. It will be confusing. Write me.

Sing.

Get Steve's sheet music, complete with chord changes, suitable for theater, concert, inspirational, campfire, cabaret or any folk settings, at Watchfire Music.

BUY MUSIC HERE.

Listen.

Or purchase at Steve Schalchlin (Shack) - The Bonus Round Sessions

Listen on SPOTIFY.

Or purchase at Original Off-Broadway Cast Album - The Last Session

Listen on Spotify.

Social Media

Find me on Facebook and Twitter.

Subscribe To Bonus Round

Posts
Atom
Posts
Comments
Atom
Comments

Musical Awards and Honors

For the record and to impress our friends and relatives, a partial list of the honors for our musicals "The Big Voice: God or Merman?" and "The Last Session" which I wrote with life partner and playwright Jim Brochu of the recent hit play about Zero Mostel, "Zero Hour".

2013 The Autograph Best Original Music, The Last Session-London. What's On Stage.

Best Score, L.A. Drama Critics Circle 1997 & 2003.

Best Musical, L.A. Ovation Awards, 2005.

Best Musical, ADA Awards 2005.

Best Musical Director, ADA Awards 2005.

Best Lead Actor in a Musical nomination. L.A. Ovation Awards 2005.

PFLAG-LA Oscar Wilde Award, 1997 & 2003.

Best Concert of a Musical, Best Original Writing, Desert Theatre League Awards 2005.

Best Theatrical Production nomination, Off-Broadway & L.A. GLAAD Media Awards, 2004.

Best L.A. Theatre Production, GLAAD Media Awards, 1997.

(And thanks from me to all those groups. Prizes are fun. I like prizes.)

RSS FEEDS

RSS feed by Feedburner
RSS feed to LiveJournal
Atom feeds

Search archived diary.

only archived diary

This will search the archived original Bonus Round Diary created in 1996. If you want to search this blog (which replaced the diary beginning April of 2006), look in the upper left hand corner in the strip across the top of the browser window.

Friends & Family

  • Funny The World (Bev)
  • My Pet Virus (Shawn Decker)
  • Stilletos & Sneakers
  • Nueva Vida alpacas (Kim & Ronda)
  • Gabi Clayton
  • Peter Toscano's A-Musing
  • JayEss
  • Q
  • Jason Hungerford
  • Figaro & Jett
  • Travis, a friend
  • I Shot The Sun (Chris)
  • My niece, Elizabeth
  • Bill's Story
  • Pictures of the Floating World

BLOGROLL

  • Acid Reflux
  • AEGIS
  • AIDS Beacon
  • AIDS Combat Zone
  • All That Chat
  • AmFAR
  • Andrew Sullivan
  • Angst In Middle Age
  • ASCAP
  • Be One City (poz site)
  • Beyond ExGay
  • BMI
  • Box Turtle Bulletin
  • Bridges Across The Divide
  • Broadway World
  • Broadway.com
  • Confessions of a Southern Boy...
  • Crooks & Liars
  • David Ehrenstein's Fablog
  • Digg
  • Don't Get Stuck On Stupid
  • Dvorak Uncensored
  • Flu resources
  • GLSEN
  • hivpositive.com
  • Huffington Post
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • IAPAC
  • Interfaith Alliance
  • International Carnival of Pozitivities
  • Joe Brummer
  • Joe.My.God
  • Leo Laporte
  • New York Slime
  • NGblog
  • Paradoxy
  • Patient Safety Blog
  • PEP 411 (HIV)
  • PFLAG
  • PFLAG-Talk
  • Pig Sanctuary
  • Playbill
  • Project Shore Leave
  • Queer Music Heritage
  • Rhymezone Rhyming Dictionary
  • Rising Up Whole
  • Rosie's Blog
  • SESAC
  • Sharing Our Days
  • Son of the Cucumber King
  • Straight, But Not Narrow
  • Street Prophets
  • The Kids AIDS Site
  • Theater J Blog
  • Theatremania
  • Things According To Me
  • This Ol' Brit
  • Truth Wins Out
  • Watchfire Music

BLOG ARCHIVE

  • ►  2013 (63)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (16)
    • ►  March (15)
    • ►  February (10)
    • ►  January (10)
  • ►  2012 (129)
    • ►  December (17)
    • ►  November (16)
    • ►  October (9)
    • ►  September (8)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  July (9)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (12)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (11)
    • ►  January (11)
  • ►  2011 (144)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (23)
    • ►  October (21)
    • ►  September (5)
    • ►  August (8)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (7)
    • ►  May (10)
    • ►  April (7)
    • ►  March (20)
    • ►  February (9)
    • ►  January (19)
  • ►  2010 (278)
    • ►  December (18)
    • ►  November (9)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (26)
    • ►  August (33)
    • ►  July (15)
    • ►  June (15)
    • ►  May (21)
    • ►  April (32)
    • ►  March (25)
    • ►  February (22)
    • ►  January (43)
  • ►  2009 (341)
    • ►  December (40)
    • ►  November (34)
    • ►  October (21)
    • ►  September (40)
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (19)
    • ►  June (19)
    • ►  May (42)
    • ►  April (46)
    • ►  March (21)
    • ►  February (18)
    • ►  January (21)
  • ►  2008 (323)
    • ►  December (26)
    • ►  November (43)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (30)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (39)
    • ►  June (25)
    • ►  May (27)
    • ►  April (16)
    • ►  March (33)
    • ►  February (21)
    • ►  January (14)
  • ►  2007 (443)
    • ►  December (13)
    • ►  November (27)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (25)
    • ►  August (66)
    • ►  July (23)
    • ►  June (26)
    • ►  May (42)
    • ►  April (42)
    • ►  March (39)
    • ►  February (46)
    • ►  January (66)
  • ▼  2006 (337)
    • ▼  December (36)
      • On The Other Hand...
      • The Quiet Tourists
      • Christmas Day & The Missing Leg
      • From The Mailbag...
      • Charlotte Rae Visits The Big Voice
      • Grey Gardens, the musical. My review.
      • Lighting & Sound Post A Thoughtful Rave For Us
      • NY Daily News Raves!
      • YOU CANNOT KEEP ME DOWN
      • TV, Radio & Some Reflections about the Theft
      • My Laptop Was Stolen
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #11
      • Learning new things
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #10
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #9
      • The Men Event
      • Max & Donna Visit Big Voice
      • Busy Boys
      • Joey Reynolds Show Tues. Night
      • Christine Ebersole sings "Around The World"
      • New Link for Big Voice Video Diaries
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #8
      • "Instant Hit"?
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #7 (Reading the NY Times ...
      • Thinking About Reviews
      • The Village Voice Raves
      • Opening Night Video Diary (NY Vlog #6)
      • On the move again...
      • A Thoughtful Review in Curtain Up
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #5
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #4
      • The Times Review of a Lifetime
      • NY Big Voice Video Diary #3
      • Opening Night Photos
      • Theatremania Raves.
      • Variety Raves About Big Voice
    • ►  November (52)
    • ►  October (42)
    • ►  September (14)
    • ►  August (33)
    • ►  July (36)
    • ►  June (44)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (60)

ORIGINAL DIARY ARCHIVE: 1996

  • Vol. I Book 1: The Beginning
  • Vol. I Book 2: The Tarzan Years
  • 1997

  • Vol. I Book 3: The Lazarus Effect
  • Vol. I Book 4: Off-Off Broadway Bound
  • Vol. I Book 5: The Lazarus Reintegration
  • Vol. I Book 6: Fantasy, Faith & A Runaway Train
  • 1998

  • Vol. I Book 7: Reconstructing Steve
  • Vol. I Book 8: The Creation Machine
  • Vol. I Book 9: Life's A Beach (And Then You Open)
  • Vol. I Book 10: The Fall '98 Tour
  • 1999

  • Vol. II Book 1: Sunset Superman
  • Vol. II Book 2: Dystopia No More
  • Vol. II Book 3: Gullible's Travels
  • 2000

  • Vol. II Book 4: Does God Read Email?
  • Vol. II Book 5: The Glass Closet
  • 2001

  • Vol. II Book 6: 2001: A Specious Oddity
  • Vol. II Book 7: Into The Belly Of The Beast
  • Vol. II Book 8: Modern Mutuality
  • 2002

  • Vol. II Book 9: Life During Wartime
  • Vol. II Book 10: Infernal Optimist
  • Vol. III Book 1: Beyond The Light
  • Vol. III Book 2: I Married Ethel Merman
  • 2003

  • Vol. III Book 3: Theatre Camp!
  • Vol. III Book 4: Houston Texas
  • Vol. III Book 5: Climbing
  • Vol. III Book 6: The Stillness
  • 2004

  • Vol. III Book 7: The Quest
  • Vol. III Book 8: A Chicago Story
  • Vol. III Book 9: Incubation Period
  • Vol. III Book 10: More Light
  • Vol. IV Book 1: Love/Reason/Faith
  • Vol. IV Book 2: Musical Insurgency
  • 2005

  • Vol. IV Book 3: Uncommon Ground
  • Vol. IV Book 4: Reconciliation Express
  • Vol. IV Book 5: The Better Than Expected Tour
  • 2006

  • Vol. IV Book 6: The Emergent Sea
  • Simple template. Powered by Blogger.