Premiering "Afterland" at Joe's Pub!

On Monday Feb. 4th @ 7PM, Katie and I are premiering the title song from our musical Afterland as part of the latest Cutting Edge Composers concert, produced by Laura Pietropinto and Jillian Robbins and music directed by Julie McBride.

We are so excited to have four incredible singers performing our song: Katie Thompson, Matt Saldivar, Jason Gotay and Preston Sadleir. Not to mention a full band along with the incredible Doug Goldstein on banjo!

I'll update with a video after the concert, but for now, here's the Press Release on Broadway World, and click HERE to BUY TICKETS! 

Premiering 2 songs from Afterland at "The Platform" →

Flute Bar

I'm really excited to be a part of this great concert put together by my talented friend and fellow songwriter Drew Gasparini, featuring several new musical theater writers and performers. 

The concert goes up this Sunday, December 2nd at THE FLUTE in Gramercy and I'm lucky enough to have the wonderful Beverly and Kirby Ward joining Katie Hathaway and I on "Old Country" and the mind-blowing Alexander Boikai on "Where Did the Wonder Go?", both from our new musical Afterland.

Will update with videos after the concert! In the meantime, check up the write ups at Playbill and BroadwayWorld.

***UPDATE*** Concert was a blast! Check out the video from "Old Country" below and find the rest of the performances at http://www.youtube.com/user/PlatformNYC

Kirby Ward, Bev Ward, Benjamin Velez and Katie Hathaway perform "Old Country" by Benjamin Velez and Katie Hathaway at the Flute Bar in NYC on 12/2/12 for Drew Gasparini Presents: The Platform! Filmed/Edited By: Christina Verde - cverde0312@gmail.com

"Neverland" Featured at Cutting Edge Composers 3

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My song "Neverland" was chosen to be performed at the third ever Cutting Edge Composers, which is partnering with the New York Musical Theater Festival to showcase the work of new composers. To top if off, I'm lucky enough to have the talented Nic Rouleau performing my song, who is currently starring in The Book of Mormon​ on Broadway. The concert is this coming Monday, July 23rd, updates to follow!

***Update - Concert was amazing! Check out the write up on BroadwayWorld.com

"Prove It" Featured at BMI Smoker!

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Katie and I were lucky enough to have our song "Prove It" featured in this years BMI Smoker, which is a concert that features yearly highlights from all workshop levels . It was a blast and an honor to be included. We performed the song ourselves, with fellow presenter Elyssa Samsel being generous enough to accompany us. As you can see from the picture, we definitely went all out in playing the characters. The song is from our original, though yet untitled, Post-Apocalyptic Musical, which you can check out on its official page.