MUSIC: "Painkillers"

A girl from Tennessee moves to Los Angeles at the age of 16, lives at one point with Lisa-Marie Presley, and sings with a reggae band. Later she stars in the hit Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" for a couple years before packing up and moving to England. Now, at the still young age of 22, Lauren Pritchard is releasing an album due in October called "Wasted In Jackson" with "Painkillers" as her debut single.

As a songwriter, Pritchard has a talent for crafting a song as a storyteller would. Her vocals are equally impressive, combining a raw tender coffee-house texture with the pipes of a rocker. A promising debut for an artist who seems to clearly have paid her dues!

Sergio del Limonar

MUSICAL: American Idiot (reprise)

Back in October, punk band Green Day's rock musical "American Idiot" got a ZONINO! when it was just a start-up in Berkeley, California. Well, the production is headed to BROADWAY! (You heard about it here first, folks!)

The show opens at the St. James Theatre on April 20th with previews beginning March 24th. Check out the official website for show times and other details. As an added bonus, tune in to the Grammy Awards on Sunday to see the band appear alongside the entire production cast as they perform the Grammy-nominated song "21 Guns".

Sergio del Limonar

YOUTUBE: "If"

How Kristen Chenoweth is not more famous, I'll never know. Most people know her as the girl from the Broadway production of "Wicked," and some television viewers probably know her from her stint on the final two seasons of the West Wing and for stealing scenes in Pushing Daisies. Other than that, her mainstream star power seems to be elusive.

In this clip, Chenoweth performs a song from the 1951 musical "Two on the Aisle" called "If (You Hadn't But You Did)." The lyrics, theatrics, and choreography together will have you playing it again at least twice. I wish I could have seen this live!

Sergio del Limónar