As you may recall, for 6 years here in LA and one year in NY, I had created a Penn “emerging talent” Pennfest event showcasing the work of Penn filmmakers and musicians. I am now happy to report that Pennfest has evolved. The event will now be split up into a performance-themed night and a […]
In addition to singing well and being the creator of a popular improvised musical troupe, add “blogger” to Jonah Platt’s (C’08, Off the Beat Musical Director) list of achievements. Started in January of 2007, Jonah’s site Media Maven Musings offers trustworthy, humorous and Penn-educated (wink) opinions on all things tv/film/music related. The site has had […]
> 1) Your name, class year and activities you were involved in at PennMatthew C. Johnson C’99, Mask & Wig, Phi Kappa Sigma 2) What news you would like me to consider: I directed and produced a number of new shorts hitting the internet: “Pepsi Challenge:” produced with my sketch group The Royal We(www.theroyalwe.org), this […]
Jonah Platt (C’08) is quite the renaissance man. Not only can Jonah sing well, and not only is he the musical director of Off the Beat, but he started and sustained an improvised musical troupe “One Night Stand” for the past 7 years (with a show in Los Angeles this week!). Talk about being involved! […]