Michael Winther's guest appearances

Michael Winther

The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Podcast

Stewarding Your Influence

Perry Marshall

Ken Blanchard

Kelli O'Hara

Andy Wyatt

Robert Fischer

Michael McElroy

Michele Cushatt

Richard Ford

Santino Fontana

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Billy Porter

Megan Mullally

Judy Kuhn

Ronald Reagan

Steve Taylor

OwlTail

What do nail biting elections say about the hearts of the people? Do we realize that where we are as a society is a reflection of how people are educated? What can we do to tip the scales towards unity and to educate society on crucial principles? Join expert and Partner, Mike Winther, as he shares his story and answers many of our questions. Mike Winther's bio. PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/11/ul-podcast-129/

What do nail biting elections say about the hearts of the people? Do we realize that where we are as a society is a reflection of how people are educated? What can we do to tip the scales towards unity and to educate society on crucial principles? Join expert and Partner, <a href="https://pinnacleforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mike-Winther-Bio.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Winther</a>, as he shares his story and answers many of our questions. <a href="https://pinnacleforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mike-Winther-Bio.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Winther's bio</a>. <a href="https://PinnacleForum.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">PinnacleForum.com</a> Show Notes: <a href="https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/11/ul-podcast-129/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/11/ul-podcast-129/</a>

The Change We Seek Must Happen Outside the Ballot Box | Michael Winther | #129

Month Upon a Time, Episode #12 (May): It's the final installment of my yearlong song cycle! I did it! And I have the perfect guest with whom to complete the cycle, someone who knows a thing or two about song cycles himself: Michael Winther! I've known Michael since the early 90's, when we were Plaids at the same time (but never in the same production). Since then, Michael has had quite a distinguished theatre career, bouncing between musicals and plays, including the Broadway productions of Artist Descending a Staircase, Damn Yankees (with me!), 1776, The Crucible, Mamma Mia (with last month's guest Dee Hoty!), and most recently, 33 Variations.  But the reason I think of Michael when I think of song cycles is that he was at the center of a very distinguished one, Songs from an Unmade Bed, which began as an offhanded idea from the very talented lyricist/librettist Mark Campbell and blossomed into a theatre piece that became part of The New York Theatre Workshop's 2005 season, earning Michael a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance!  His interesting collaborations continue, most notably My Coma Dreams with Fred Hersch, the brilliant jazz pianist and composer, and When We Met with another previous podcast guest, Sally Wilfert!  The inspiration for this month's song comes from Brett Lowell, who gave me so many great ideas this month that I had to narrow it down. I particualrly liked his idea of incorporating "Mayday!," the distress signal, into a song about how in May, thoughts turn to love, etc. Add to that my own fascination to learn that "Mayday!" springs from the French, "[Venez] m'aider!" and the next thing I knew, there was a samba! (Special thanks to Caroline Bergonzi, David Turner, and Marcy Scott for their help with the French translation.) What a fun way to end the project!In closing, I'd like to express my gratitude once again to Bradley Kaye for the adorable Month Upon a Time logo, to all the wonderful singers who lent their time and talent to my songs, and to all of you who offered up ideas for songs each month.   Don't forget, if you want to perform any of these songs, they're available as sheet music in my online music store.Until the next episode...  This episode was recorded on May 28. 2012. 

<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1051747486" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Month Upon a Time</a><a href="http://archive.org/download/TheJeffBlumenkrantzSongbookPodcast-MONTHUPONATIME_Episode12-_Mayday_M_Aider__/maydaymaidersungbymichaelwinther.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">, Episode #12 (May)</a>: It's the final installment of my yearlong song cycle! I did it! And I have the perfect guest with whom to complete the cycle, someone who knows a thing or two about song cycles himself: <a href="http://broadwayworld.com/people/Michael-Winther/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Winther</a>! I've known Michael since the early 90's, when we were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Plaid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plaids</a> at the same time (but never in the same production). Since then, Michael has had quite a distinguished theatre career, bouncing between musicals and plays, including the Broadway productions of <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4258" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Artist Descending a Staircase,</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Damn-Yankees-Original-Broadway-Recording/dp/B000001E4U/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;tag=jeffblumenkra-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1338314671&amp;camp=1789&amp;sr=1-4&amp;creative=9325" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Damn Yankees</a> (with me!), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/1776-The-Broadway-Cast-Recording/dp/B000000GU0/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;tag=jeffblumenkra-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1338314765&amp;camp=1789&amp;sr=1-3&amp;creative=9325" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1776</a>, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13135" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Crucible</a>, <a href="http://www.mammamianorthamerica.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mamma Mia</a> (with last month's guest <a href="http://blumenkrantzsongbook.blogspot.com/2012/04/there-has-to-be-reason-sung-by-dee-hoty.html?zx=3cabcdbc285db1b0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dee Hoty</a>!), and most recently, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=482128" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">33 Variations</a>. But the reason I think of Michael when I think of song cycles is that he was at the center of a very distinguished one, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Songs-From-Unmade-Michael-Winther/dp/B000EHQ846/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;tag=jeffblumenkra-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1338315034&amp;camp=1789&amp;sr=1-1&amp;creative=9325" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Songs from an Unmade Bed</a>, which began as an offhanded idea from the very talented lyricist/librettist <a href="http://www.martinhennessy.net/mark.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Campbell</a> and blossomed into a theatre piece that became part of <a href="http://www.nytw.org/score_and_unmade_bed_info.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The New York Theatre Workshop's 2005 season</a>, earning Michael a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance! His interesting collaborations continue, most notably <a href="http://fredherschfilm.com/2011/04/12/speakersinger/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Coma Dreams</a> with <a href="http://www.fredhersch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fred Hersch</a>, the brilliant <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=jeffblumenkra-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;field-keywords=fred%20hersch&amp;url=search-alias%3Dpopular" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jazz pianist and composer</a>, and <a href="http://www.theoneill.org/summer-conferences/nmtc/2012-conference/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When We Met</a> with another previous podcast guest, <a href="http://blumenkrantzsongbook.blogspot.com/2006/01/im-free-sung-by-sally-wilfert.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sally Wilfert</a>! The inspiration for this month's song comes from <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/BrettLowell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Lowell,</a> who gave me so many great ideas this month that I had to narrow it down. I particualrly liked his idea of incorporating "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mayday!</a>," the distress signal, into a song about how in May, thoughts turn to love, etc. Add to that my own fascination to learn that "Mayday!" springs from the French, "[Venez] m'aider!" and the next thing I knew, there was a samba! (Special thanks to <a href="http://www.carolinebergonzi.com/CB-ARTS-US/INTRO.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caroline Bergonzi</a>, <a href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/content_display/news-and-features/e3i87577c0eb631045fd10a275aae66cde5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Turner</a>, and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marcy-scott/10/a61/619" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcy Scott</a> for their help with the French translation.) What a fun way to end the project! In closing, I'd like to express my gratitude once again to <a href="http://www.colonytheatre.org/bios/kayeBradley.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bradley Kaye</a> for the adorable <a href="http://www.jeffblumenkrantz.com/CLOCK%20final.gif" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Month Upon a Time logo</a>, to all the wonderful singers who lent their time and talent to my songs, and to all of you who offered up ideas for songs each month.  Don't forget, if you want to perform any of these songs, they're available as sheet music in my <a href="http://www.jeffblumenkrantz.com/musicstore.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online music store</a>. Until the next episode... <a href="http://archive.org/download/TheJeffBlumenkrantzSongbookPodcast-MONTHUPONATIME_Episode12-_Mayday_M_Aider__/maydaymaidersungbymichaelwinther.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This episode</a> was recorded on May 28. 2012. <a href="http://archive.org/download/TheJeffBlumenkrantzSongbookPodcast-MONTHUPONATIME_Episode12-_Mayday_M_Aider__/maydaymaidersungbymichaelwinther.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>

Mayday! M'Aider! - sung by Michael Winther