Music production

Music production

The London hit musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is heading to Broadway, and Playbill has an early look at three tracks from the romantic musical comedy. The show will play Broadway's Longacre Theatre beginning November 1 prior to an official opening November 20. Written by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) follows a naïve and impossibly upbeat Brit, Dougal, who has just landed in New York for his estranged father's second wedding.

The four-plus-minute track is an uplifting love song that sees Steven Tyler and Yungblud performing a duet, the former taking the mid-to-lower register while the latter carries the higher end. They blend together well in the mix - especially during the soaring melodic chorus. Meanwhile, the steady guitar playing of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford churns away for the duration.

Dolly Parton herself wrote the music to , running this month at the Victoria Theatre, and it's a slapstick revue featuring over-the-top wigs and a comedic commitment to specifically recreating the year 1980. The new production of at the Victoria Theater (running through September 27) is not one of those drag queen parody remakes that are so exceedingly popular in this town.

Known for its panoramic views of Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley, Smuggler Mountain was conveniently a couple of miles from the Aspen Ideas Festival campus. The band Lucius and our crew took a short trek up a dirt road to arrive at the historic Smugger Mine. Once inside, we walked through the cold and damp Clark Tunnel and arrived at a man-made cavern. There Lucius played "Dusty Trails," perhaps appropriate for the fossilized surroundings.