Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen

Cocktails at Table 7: It's been a year?!

Episode Summary

On this week’s episode of “Cocktails at Table 7,” we celebrate our one- year anniversary the only way we know how… by posting the episode two weeks late! We think it was worth the wait though, because we got to interview not one, but TWO spectacular guests. First, Christina D’Angelo, bar regular and graphic designer extraordinaire, offered her insights on what makes Joe Allen her spiritual home away from home, and how she incorporated elements from the iconic flop wall into her brilliant logo for our podcast. Next, we enjoyed a chat with James Rubio, our co-worker as well as a brilliant composer, who shared with us the eclectic musical influences he drew upon to create our amazingly catchy theme song. Christina and James were integral to the launch of “Cocktails at Table 7,” and it was a joy to have them on the show! Also sprinkled throughout this episode are a few memorable snippets of warmth and wisdom courtesy of past guests F. Murray Abraham, Lauren Graham, Betty Buckley, John Glover, Marilu Henner, Kilty Reidy, and Jeffrey Whitty. It’s a fitting tribute to a delightful year of community and conversation, and the first of what we hope are many anniversaries to come. Cheers!

Episode Notes

Christina D'Angelo - Art director, graphic designer, illustrator and writer with a drive for smithing big ideas from concept to execution.

I've created collateral across all forms of media internationally — small gigs to corporate — from cabaret shows at Joe’s Pub in New York to foreign exchange stores in Panama, menus in Paris, and theatrical campaigns in Dubai.

With a background as a painter and writer (as well as studies in art history, US presidential history, cinema studies, and typography — plus extensive travel) I get a thrill every time I am able to meld both references and skills into arresting visual solutions; the more arrows in your quiver, the better your chances at hitting the bullseye.

I live in Manhattan with my husband and our beloved son Jimmy Carter McPickles (a grey tabby) who apparently loves when I’m “singing” along to Blossom Dearie on Spotify or he’s wishing he could call the police.

CONTACT christinasworld@gmail.com INSTAGRAMLINKEDINMEDIUM.

 

JAMES B. RUBIO is a composer/lyricist currently living in Queens, NY.

Works for Theatre: The Day Boy and the Night Girl, with book and lyrics by Katie Baldwin Eng (George MacDonald Award for Charity, Daryl Roth Award, NAMT finalist, Richard Rodgers Award finalist, workshop production at Indiana University, production at the Spirit of Broadway Theatre in Norwich, CT); Show People, with book and lyrics by David Caudle (New Harmony Project semifinalist, Anna Sosenko Assist Trust grant recipient, concert of scenes/songs presented by The Actors Fund in conjunction with the Ziegfeld Society); The Dwelling Time (book, lyrics and music); and Grotesquerie Lake (book, lyrics and music), which had a series of readings at Zeiders American Dream Theater in Virginia Beach (2018) and will be receiving a semi-staged workshop production at Zeiders Theater in October 2019. 

B.M. in Music Composition from Virginia Commonwealth University and MFA from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, NYU.  Contact: jbrubio.com