Art : Music : Light
10/8/18 – A beautiful day of rehearsals in New York with our Amazing Queer Songbook singers and creative team: Billy Bustamante, Annie Golden, Brandon Haagenson, Austin Ku, Jesse Manocherian, Sheri Sanders, Howie Michael Smith, and Nicole Van Giesen. Director Leah Bonvissuto and Musical Director Eric Svejcar. Also singing with us but not pictured: Donnie Hammond and Jillian Louis. So much talent and love in the room! Grateful …
9/21/18 – Thanks to all who contributed to our Amazing Queer Songbook crowdfunding campaign! We’re excited to share that in a few weeks we’ll be filming the first group of our songs in New York with a stellar group of musical theatre performers.
Photo by Bruce Cratsley, NYC Pride Parade, 1992
9/17/18 – Coming Saturday, October 6th, 6-9pm – private opening reception for an exhibition of new ceramic sculpture by Biello including collaborations with pleasure activist Annie Sprinkle and costume designer Tyler Holland, sensual pillows by Kellijane, and much more! RSVP HERE. In partnership with our colleagues at the Philadelphia Design District and Design Philadelphia.
9/12/18 – Our whiteboard session in New York with book writer Jennifer Robbins and director Bill Castellino.
8/1/18 – Our interview with WHYY’s Peter Crimmins where we chat about the Philadelphia Design District as a return to what Old City used to be …
7/16/18 – Our crowdfunding campaign has about a month remaining. We’re excited and grateful to have raised almost half the funds we need to film and record 20 original songs we’ve written during our 43 years together. Will you help us reach our goal?
Little did we know when we were 9 year old boys that we’d find each other and build a life together centered in love and creativity. As far as the culture has come, there’s still work to be done.
Our Amazing Queer Songbook will document, celebrate and share our unique story of love and collaboration. And hopefully inspire those of us who’ve seen the changing times as well as those just beginning the journey.
7/11/18 – At City Hall with photographer B. Proud for the opening of the Summer of Love Exhibition. Michael has two of his erotic altar books in the show and B’s portrait of us from First Comes Love is being shown too!
7/1/18 – Biello Martin Studio highlighted in Italian design magazine IFDM‘s coverage of the newly formed Philadelphia Design District.
5/22/18 – We’re excited to share the launch of a new project! A musical memoir about our 43 years together as songwriters and partners in life and love. We’re inviting some of the great musical theatre performers we’ve worked with over the years to film and record 20 of our original songs that reflect our history and the times we’ve lived through – from when we met in 1975 to the present. We invite you to take a look at our crowdfunding campaign and consider making a contribution. Thank you!
