Happy 50ish & Grammy Park
Happy 50ish, the new off-Broadway Musical and Grammy Park coming next spring.
Some breaking entertainment news for you right here on Valerie’s Gallery!
It has been announced that next spring, a venue featuring beloved recording artists in performance and vendors exhibiting their items as part of a community, will be developed in Prospect Park.
Grammy Park (TM) is a five day music extravaganza and will feature performances, interactive experiences, products and demonstrations. Stay tuned for announcements about artists and tickets.
Although May seems like a long way away, it gets here sooner than you think!
The off-Broadway musical, Happy 50ish, is definitely a theatrical piece geared squarely for Tomatoes. Tagged as “the musical comedy cure for everyone’s mid-life crisis” this is the perfect gift for your friend turning the big 5-0. Playing now through August 30 at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row
Next week, an article on Hamilton, now on Broadway.
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
