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September 18, 2011

Is this John Lennon’s long lost cousin?

I’ve been in Evanston, Illinois this weekend (or was it Liverpool?), and I ran into a fellow who purports to be John Lennon’s cousin, Lon Lennon. (See photo above.) The guy is the right age. Older than me. Plus, he … Continue reading →

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May 26, 2011

The Chicago Theatre Symposium & Other Cultural Treasures

My wife Victoria and I have just returned from a wonderful trip to Chicago and Evanston. It was a perfect weekend: a blissful mix of business, pleasure, family and friendship — right up until (almost) the very end. On Friday … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2011

Fight on, Wisconsin

Holy cry-eye! Come here, take a look once! We’re takin’ our message to the Capitol Dome… Wisconsin native, Practical Theatre veteran, and musical genius Steve Rashid’s pro-union marching song for the Cheddar Revolution was recently played on Thom Hartmann’s national radio … Continue reading →

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March 3, 2011

NU Dance Marathon This Weekend!

The Northwestern University Dance Marathon will be held this weekend, and my daughter Emilia is one of the emcees for the event. She and her fellow emcee, Jesse Swedlund, shot this bit of video fun in preparation for the Big … Continue reading →

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March 2, 2011

“Rock Me!” @ Northwestern this week!

Okay, I’ve been trying for a while, but I can’t get the cool video of Northwestern students working on “Rock Me!” embedded on this blog. So, if you want to see all these fabulously talented kids working on “Rock & … Continue reading →

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February 21, 2011

“Rock Me!” @ Northwestern…

For years my three daughters listened to the songs that Brad Hall and I wrote and recorded for our rock & roll musical “Rock Me!” in 1988. “Rock Me” was originally written for the Columbia College New Musicals Project under … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2011

A Wild Winter Weekend in the Windy City!

Brad Hall and I flew into Chicago on Thursday, February 3rd, to work on “Rock Me!” – our rock musical set to be performed by a Northwestern student theatre group on March 7 and 8.  The fact that Chicago had … Continue reading →

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January 21, 2011

Rock Me!

“ROCK ME!” – a Rock & Roll Musical written by Barrosse & Hall — will be performed at Northwestern University on March 7 and 8, 2011. More details to come…

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January 14, 2011

Retro Rockme…

(Left to right) Ronny Crawford, Tom Larson, Larry Schanker, Rush Pearson, Peter Van Wagner, Casey Fox, Tom Kalicky, the author, Brad Hall. ROCKME PHOTO FUN (Circa ’82-’83) On a sunny day in 1982 (or perhaps the spring of ’83), the … Continue reading →

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December 31, 2010

2010: The First Year In Review

This snapshot by Rob Mendel (above) appears to have been taken at The John Lennon Auditorium at 703 Howard Street in Evanston, Illinois on what looks to be New Year’s Day 1982.  (Note my Beggars’ Holiday hair and beard.) My … Continue reading →

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