Join us on the next Copper Robot program for a conversation with Second Life musician and real-life Broadway star Tamra Hayden (SL: Tamra Sands), followed by a concert from Tamra and party in Second Life.
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 15, 6 pm
WHERE: The lovely Seaside Theater, World2Worlds Island in Second Life, or watch the live video on the Web.
Tamra is a real-life Broadway performer, who starred as Cosette in “Les Miserables.” (No fooling. The real Broadway, real New York. Isn’t that fantastic?)
As Tamra Sands, she’s a frequent performer in Second Life, singing a sultry mix of jazz standards, Broadway tunes, and folk-rock, mixing up classics and original songs. She’s also an officer of Broadway Live Island here in SL.
Tamra’s RL performing resume includes “Cabaret” on Broadway, and she performed Off-Broadway in “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.” She traveled the US in tours of “Phantom of the Opera,” “Les Mis,” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” and she has a busy concert schedule all over America. Check out her upcoming show schedule on her home page. I’m exhausted just reading it. On the plus side, she must have about a gajillion frequent flyer miles.
Tamra has also produced two CDs: “A Day at the Fair” is a singer-songwriter album of original tunes, and “Unwrapped” is a Christmas CD. She’s currently co-producing a third CD, “I Believe in the Fire,” to be released next month.
Read more about Tamra in a brief New World Notes write-up: “Mixed Reality Profile: Broadway Star Tamra Hayden Makes the Metaverse Her Stage.”
Tamra on Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe. Tamra is the second guest – very good interview.
Second Life avatar Mo Hax writes about a day visiting Tamra and her husband. In real life, Mo is a programmer for a major multinational computer company. He writes: “Some people wonder if I have lost my mind when I gush about Second Life. But in what time or place could a closet-bound, pro coder, repressing his inner madrigal, ever happen to meet and befriend one of the biggest Broadway stars to live, let alone hear her sing live, dance with her, and eventually enjoy touring her stomping grounds with spouses?” I’ve had similar experiences in Second Life; it’s one of the main reasons I keep coming back.
What a great surprise to find this, Mitch. I’ll look forward to it.
“Surprise” is my middle name (although it has something else on my driver’s license).
so *that’s* what the “S” is for!