http://laurelcasey.com a harmless vocalist Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:44:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remind them that entertainment was the only business besides bootlegging that continued to thrive during the Great Depression. The worse things get, the more people want to drink and forget their troubles. Instead of cutting entertainment, club owners should consider replacing fresh vegetables with canned peas, corn and carrots. Customers ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/41 Why must I be pigeon-holed by Show Biz middle management? I'm an actress, okay? I can play Doris Duke or Jesus, the carpenter. I am perfectly comfortable in those roles and many, many others which I cannot reveal due to contractual agreements. I am building a bomb shelter in Vermont. I am also hob-nobbing with the beautiful ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/38 http://laurelcasey.com/archives/35 http://laurelcasey.com/archives/34 I will be dragging a bowling ball on a chain wrapped around my ankle and wearing handcuffs. Otherwise, I intend to make appropriate small talk with party goers celebrating the first edition of a new magazine featuring one of my stories. I am honored to be included in the ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/30 I am writing lately and my microphone and amplifier are collecting dust in the mud room. I really miss entertaining you guys, but I can't go back to singing in restaurants and bars and cabarets. My work belongs in a theater. My one woman show "This Can't Be Happening" will ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/29 Laurel Casey revels as a provocateur. Even though Casey, 49, has been performing for 25 years, nobody can come up with a good description of her act, which plays Fridays at Il Bico Restaurant in Kenmore Square. Rope-thin in a floor-length black dress and matching gloves, she "wraps a song around ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/16 Barry Singer explains that Cabaret in Weimar-era Berlin was everything that New York isn't. http://laurelcasey.com/archives/9 It has been a couple of months since my performance of Vermont Folk Music. As you know, I reinterpreted such songs as Blowin In The Wind in an effort to reveal the Far Eastern roots that have for so long been overlooked by my fellow Vermonters. I feel a deep ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/6 Laurel creates an hour long comic monologue in the form of a lecture from the information. She will take on a persona, such as Dr. L.H. Casey, Prof. Casey, Reverend Casey, L.H. Casey PHD- a persona that lends itself to the person or company being “roasted.” The persona is based ... http://laurelcasey.com/archives/1