While running through a recent pounding and lively rhythm-section rehearsal in a Birmingham music studio, Karen Newman took swigs of an energy drink in between her vocal performances. So the energy ...
His legend notwithstanding, Newman has not been one to toot his own horn too loudly, and so his claims for “Faust” today are characteristically — almost comically — modest. “I thought it was funny and ...
When it comes to Randy Newman singing in public, his fans no longer have to say, as he once did of God, “I Think He’s Hiding.” Newman is back on record, and in a beautiful way, as a duet partner for ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Randy Newman’s fans know that while ‘I Love L.A.’ celebrates his ...
Randy Newman performed the entirety of his excellent Harps and Angels (due in stores August 5th) for a VIP-packed crowd that included Mandy Moore, Jason Schwartzman and ex- That Dog frontwoman Anna ...
The Detroit Red Wings have silently said so long to Karen Newman, whose rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was the last thing fans heard before the sound of slashing skates for more than 30 years ...
The devil is making them do it… or maybe it’s actually an exercise in divine justice. “Randy Newman’s Faust,” the only musical comedy ever written for the stage by the dean of barbed American ...
Newman and the show's director talk about bringing the underseen 1995 musical back to life for a Northridge engagement that was 10 years in the making. This “Faust” is being done with narration to ...