FROM CONTEST TO CONCERT at Feinstein’s/54 Below Wonderfully Showcases Songwriting Talent

Last evening at 54 Below folks crammed each seat within the membership to witness the WRITE OUT LOUD: FROM CONTEST TO CONCERT present. Having reached the ‘live performance’ portion of their annual contest, now in its third 12 months, the songwriting showcase has develop into a spotlight within the theatrical season, although this explicit live performance has been a very long time coming, for causes everybody is aware of. Developed by Taylor Louderman in 2019 as a method to make use of her MEAN GIRLS visibility to encourage different artists to higher heights in creation and visibility, the songwriting contest was a right away hit. Now, three years later, Write Out Loud boasts 13 contest winners between 2019 and 2021, two concert events showcasing the writing skills of the finalists, and two EPS that includes eight songs being carried out by the likes of Ariana DeBose, Jeremy Jordan, and Louderman herself. The program may also now proclaim (as Louderman did, excitedly, final evening) a non-profit standing. Taylor Louderman has, certainly, used her platform to create one thing good, certainly, one thing fantastic, and a complete lot of fantastic was on show final evening.

Since Write Out Loud is a contest involving artwork, and for the reason that Write Out Loud live performance celebrates the songwriters via performances by glorious Broadway performers (and Broadway-caliber of us who will get to The Street in the future), there actually is not something to assessment. It was a enjoyable, thrilling present full of excellence within the songwriting and song-singing fields. So Broadway World Cabaret is blissful to deliver our readers a photograph essay of the occasions of the night, moderately than a assessment. It ought to, nevertheless, be said publicly that Taylor Louderman and your entire Write Out Loud group are doing an awesome factor right here – artwork and artists want as a lot assist as they will get, and as typically as they will get it. Ms. Louderman is fast to level out that she didn’t create Write Out Loud alone – she has a fellow founder within the individual of Benjamin Rauhala, who stands, firmly, by her facet on this, as in all issues, as he’s recognized to with many who make up his creative household. The dream duo shared internet hosting duties final evening – she from the microphone and he from the piano bench – and their devotion to one another and to the competition was palpable. The unique Regina George and the one-and-only Fairy Godfairy are forces for good within the trade, and fairly doggone enjoyable to look at in motion, whether or not the motion is her emceeing the evening, or him conducting, each of them lovingly and with full funding. Theirs is a rewarding partnership on all ranges.

So, expensive readers, please take pleasure in these pictures from Write Out Loud and be taught extra in regards to the previous concert events, the competition, and submit your track to the subsequent version by visiting the WRITE OUT LOUD web page of the Taylor Louderman web site HERE.

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Visit the Benjamin Rauhala web site HERE.

Find different nice exhibits to see at the 54 Below web site HERE

Photos by Stephen Mosher