Blake Allen

{{short description|American composer and viola player (born 1988)}}

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| birth_name = Blake Liahona Allen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|7|21}}

| birth_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

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Blake Liahona Allen (born July 21, 1988, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American composer and viola player who is most known for writing Insomnia—which debuted at Carnegie Hall— and The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, music directing the 2019 revival of Over Here!, writing the theme song for the talk show Doris Dear's Gurl Talk, and appearing on Shade: Queens of NYC.

Early life and education

Blake Liahona Allen was born in Tucson, Arizona on July 21, 1988, the fourth child of pianist Marsha Allen (née Wilcox) and San Allen, an engineer and chief operating officer for Winchester Electronics. His family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida shortly after his birth, then to Gainesville before eventually settling in El Paso, Texas, where he spent most of his youth.{{Cite web |url=https://thotyssey.com/2021/03/01/on-point-with-blake-allen/ |title=On Point With: Blake Allen |date=March 1, 2021 |publisher=Thotyssey |access-date=11 November 2024 |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824093639/https://thotyssey.com/2021/03/01/on-point-with-blake-allen/ |url-status=live }} He grew up a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was in the viola sections of both the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and Las Cruces Symphony while attending Franklin High School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm12056688/bio|title=Blake Allen|website=IMDb}}{{failed verification|date=November 2024}}

Allen studied viola performance at Brigham Young University and worked at the Primrose International Viola Archive at Lee Library.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Career

Allen was artist-in-residence at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in 2014 and was principal of the Little Orchestra. He has played with the New York Pops.{{Cite web|url=https://pipelinetheatre.org/meet-the-music-team/|title=Meet the Music Team | Pipeline Theatre Company|date=14 December 2016 }} He was Rob Fisher's music assistant from 2012 til 2022.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Allen joined the cast of Shade: Queens of NYC at its inception in October 2017, as Blake Allen, the then-spouse to Marti Gould Cummings. The series documents the daily reality of lives as Manhattan drag queens.{{Citation |title=New Series Looks at the 'Hustle And Sacrifice' of NYC Drag Queens - "Shade: Queens of NYC" examines the less glitzy side of Manhattan's drag stars |date=October 3, 2017 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shade-queens-of-nyc-preview_n_59d2bf76e4b065578154e761}}{{unreliable source?|date=November 2024}} In the series, Allen also music directed, arranged, and performed in several episodes culminating in the album A Very Marti Holiday,{{Cite magazine |last=Crowley |first=Patrick |date=November 3, 2017 |title=Gay Agenda, Nov. 3: Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic & Jake Shears Go Solo, Plus Sam Smith, Kim Petras & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8023036/gay-agenda-scissor-sisters-ana-matronic-jake-shears |magazine=Billboard}} an album of Christmas music featuring Daphne Rubin-Vega,{{citation |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Lesli Margherita, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Cady Huffman Featured on A Very Marti Holiday Album |date=October 31, 2017 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lesli-margherita-daphne-rubin-vega-cady-huffman-featured-on-a-very-marti-holiday-album}} Cady Huffman, and Lesli Margherita to raise money for the Ali Forney Center.{{Cite web |last=TV |first=BroadwayWorld |title=BWW Exclusive: Listen to Marti Gould Cummings & Daphne Rubin-Vega Duet on A VERY MARTI HOLIDAY Album! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Listen-to-Marti-Gould-Cummings-Daphne-Rubin-Vega-Duet-on-A-VERY-MARTI-HOLIDAY-Album-20171031 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}

In December 2017, Allen premiered a musical, The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, starring Alison Fraser, Teal Wicks, Kristy Cates, Hannah Cruz, and Michael Lowney. The musical was inspired by a friend's suicide while he was a sophomore in college.{{Cite web |author=BWW News Desk |title=Blake Allen's The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie Moves to Metro Baptist Church |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Blake-Allens-THE-SHARDS-OF-AN-HONOR-CODE-JUNKIE-Moves-to-Metro-Baptist-Church-20171130 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Alison Fraser, Teal Wicks Set for New Musical That Shines Light on LGBTQ Suicide |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/alison-fraser-teal-wicks-set-for-new-musical-that-shines-light-on-lgbtq-suicide |website=Playbill}}{{Cite web |title=New Musical "Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie" Tackles Gay Mormons, Suicide |url=http://www.newnownext.com/musical-shards-of-an-honor-code-junkie-gay-mormons-suicide/10/2017/ |website=LOGO News}} After the sold-out world premiere of shards in 2017 as a benefit concert for The Trevor Project, Allen's classical-crossover score was picked up by No Reverse Records to be released in July 2021 as a storybook album.{{Cite web |last=Mosher |first=Stephen |title=BWW Interview: Ashley Kate Adams And Mitchell Walker of NO REVERSE RECORDS |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Interview-Ashley-Kate-Adams-And-Mitchell-Walker-of-NO-REVERSE-RECORDS-20210111 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}

Allen was one of nine composers{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/watch-the-cast-of-folk-wandering-perform-2-songs-from-the-new-musical|title=Watch the Cast of Folk Wandering Perform 2 Songs From the New Musical|first=Olivia|last=Clement|date=March 2, 2018|website=Playbill}} and lyricists{{Cite web |url=https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/pipeline-theatre-folk-wandering-opens-off-broadway_84319.html |title=Pipeline Theatre Company's Folk Wandering Opens Off-Broadway |website=www.theatermania.com |date=March 5, 2018 }} involved with the Off-Broadway musical Folk Wandering,{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/folk-wandering-musical-opens-off-broadway|title=Folk Wandering Musical Opens Off-Broadway|first=Olivia|last=Clement|date=March 4, 2018|website=Playbill}} which premiered in March 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://pipelinetheatre.org/main-stage/folk-wandering/ |title=Folk Wandering | Pipeline Theatre Company }}

In 2019, Allen won the 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for Best Recurring Series for his "An Evening With... Series"{{Cite web |url=https://www.cabarethotspot.com/blake-allens-an-evening-with-series/ |title=Blake Allen's An Evening With...Series |first=Sue |last=Matsuki |date=January 27, 2019 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615100305/https://www.cabarethotspot.com/blake-allens-an-evening-with-series/ |url-status=usurped }} as well as the award for Best Special Event (Solo) for Marti Gould Cummings's Marti & The Cummers while being nominated for Best Musical Director and Best Independent Album, for his An Evening With..., Vol. 1 The same year, Allen won the 2019 GLAM Award for Best Cabaret for his work with Tina Burner on Witch Perfect{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-With-WITCH-PERFECT-Club-Cumming-Shows-Us-Which-Witch-is-Which-for-Halloween-20191026|title=BWW Review: With WITCH PERFECT Club Cumming Shows Us Which Witch is Which for Halloween|first=Bobby|last=Patrick|website=BroadwayWorld.com}} at Club Cumming with fellow performers Bootsie Lefaris and Tammy Spenks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartofbeingqueer.com/post/21st-annual-glam-awards-the-art-of-being-queer|title=21st Annual GLAM Awards - The Art of Being Queer|date=February 12, 2020|website=TAOBQ}} In 2020, Allen won Best Arrangement of the Decade for Mack the Knife and was nominated for My Funny Valentine, Best Musical Director, and Best Recurring Series for An Evening With... Series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Just-3-Weeks-To-Vote-For-The-2020-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-2020121033|title=Just 3 Weeks To Vote For The 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards!|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com}} Allen also performed at Birdland with Lortel and Drama Desk Award winner Kuhoo Verma{{cite news|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/the-35th-annual-lucille-lortel-awards-and-the-winners-are|title=Lucile Lortel Winners 2020}} in early 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://cabaretscenes.org/2020/03/04/the-lineup-with-susie-mosher-2/|title=The Lineup with Susie Mosher|date=March 4, 2020}}

Allen produced, music directed, and orchestrated the 2019 Off-Broadway revival of Over Here! at the Triad Theatre with Will Nunziata directing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.callmeadam.com/interviews/gw67dd2rbsl6mdxzkc645y4n5g7kd2|title=Conference Call: "Over Here!" at The Triad: Will Nunziata, Blake Allen, Debbie Gravitte, Jessica Hendy, and Haley Swindal|website=Call Me Adam}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-OVER-HERE-Back-with-the-Beat-at-The-Triad-20191113|title=OVER HERE! - Back with the Beat at The Triad|first=Richard|last=Ridge|website=BroadwayWorld.com}} The show starred Debbie Gravitte, Jessica Hendy, Haley Swindal, and Nikka Graff Lanzarone.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-debbie-gravitte-joins-concert-presentation-of-over-here|title=Tony Winner Debbie Gravitte Joins Concert Presentation of Over Here!|first=Andrew|last=Gans|date=October 28, 2019|website=Playbill}}

Allen also wrote a one-act play, Kelly [1955] based upon the Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter, which premiered at the Hudson Guild Theatre in March 2019 and also starred Jessica Hendy.{{Cite web|url=https://omny.fm/shows/bagels-and-broadway-with-valerie-smaldone/bagels-and-broadway-3-9-19|title=Bagels and Broadway 3-9-19 - Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone - Omny.fm|first1=Omny Studio is the complete audio management solution for|last1=podcasters|first2=Radio|last2=Stations|website=omny.fm}}

In 2020, Allen was an artist in residence at the Kimmel Nelson Harding Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Nebraska,{{Cite news|url=https://www.khncenterforthearts.org/resident/blake-allen|title=Blake Allen in Residency at KHN |publisher=KHN Center for the Arts |access-date=November 15, 2024 }} after which he released his album Sonatas on Earth Day 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.khncenterforthearts.org/about/news/blake-allen-announces-release-sonatas |title=Blake Allen Announces Release of SONATAS |date=May 10, 2020 |publisher=KHN Center for the Arts }} The album features music which premiered at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard charts Classical, where it stayed in the top 10 for two weeks.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/traditional-classic-albums/2020-09-19 |title=Traditional Classical Albums Chart |magazine=Billboard |url-access=subscription |date=September 19, 2020 }}

At the height of the 2020 Pandemic, Allen wrote Livin' the Dreamboat with lyricist Claire Tran for the Astoria Performing Arts Center in Astoria, Queens.{{Cite web |url=https://qns.com/2020/05/astoria-performing-arts-center-to-debut-six-musicals-about-the-covid-19-crisis/ |title=Astoria Performing Arts Center to debut six musicals about the COVID-19 crisis – QNS.com |first=Jacob |last=Kaye |website=qns.com |date=May 13, 2020 }} Also in 2020, Allen wrote the theme song and incidental music to Doris Dear's Gurl Talk, a weekly lifestyle show on Broadway on Demand.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-DORIS-DEARS-GURL-TALK-Walks-The-Walk-In-Six-Inch-Heels-20201113|title=BWW Review: DORIS DEAR'S GURL TALK Walks The Walk... In Six Inch Heels|first=Stephen|last=Mosher|website=BroadwayWorld.com}} Allen was music director for the Doris Dear Christmas Special, which featured Tony Nominee Karen Mason.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyc.com/broadway_tickets/doris_dears_gurl_talk.1627313/|title=Doris Dear's Gurl Talk Broadway Tickets |website=NYC.com }}{{failed verification|date=November 2024}}

Allen's Insomnia was developed for Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and premiered November 8, 2022.{{cite web|title=Interview for Insomnia featuring Jeanna de Waal and Blake Allen to play Carnegie Hall |date=6 November 2022 |url=https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/interview-insomnia-featuring-jeanna-de-waal-to-play-carnegie-hall/}}{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/jeanna-de-waal-to-lead-world-premiere-of-insomnia-at-carnegie-halls-weill-recital-hall|title=Jeanna de Wall to Lead World Premiere of Insomnia}} The piece was written and performed by Jeanna de Waal, Cree Carrico, Argus Quartet, and Christopher Koelzer. The album was released on No Reverse Records in 2024 featuring the Carnegie Hall cast.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Blake-Allens-INSOMNIA-to-Receive-Recording-Featuring-Jeanna-de-Waal-and-Cree-Carrico-20240715 |title=Blake Allen's Insomnia to receive recording |date=July 15, 2024 |publisher=Broadway World }}

Allen wrote Farmyard Follies with Tina Burner. The show debuted in 2023 in Provincetown at the Crown & Anchor and was filmed for a forthcoming documentary feature.{{Cite web |url=https://provincetownmagazine.com/2023/09/21/cock-a-doodle-doo-ron-ron-farmyard-follies-make-its-debut-in-provincetown |title=Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Farmyard Follies Makes Its Debut in Provincetown |date=21 September 2023 |publisher=Provincetown Magazine}} The show had been in development for three years before its debut. Allen and Seeber collaborated for several years on cabaret shows, including releasing two full-length albums and the Christmas single "I'd Rather Be Naughty Than Nice". Allen and Seeber were nominated for a 2021 MAC Award for Best Recording (LaMott Friedman Award) for their album and tour Maybe This Time.{{Cite web|url=https://macnyc.com/award-nominee/maybe-this-time-tina-burner|title=MAC AWard Nominee Maybe This Time}} They collaborated for seven years on the international hit Witch Perfect based upon Disney's Hocus Pocus (1993 film) including winning the 2020 GLAM Award for Best Cabaret.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamawards.net/21st-annual-glam-awards|title=2020 Glam Award Winners List}}

Shortly after Allen received his PhD from NYU in spring of 2024, Allen began work with librettist Will Nunziata on an operatic adaption of Virginia Woolf's 1931 novel The Waves.{{Cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/new-blake-allen-will-nunziata-opera-the-waves-in-development |title=New Blake Allen Will Nunziata The Waves in Development |first=Natan |last=Zamansky |date=November 5, 2024}}

Personal life

Allen moved to New York City in 2011 and married New York City Council candidate and drag artist, Marti Gould Cummings in 2016. {{Cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/what-it-feels-like-to-be-arrested-at-a-protest.html|title='The Next Thing I Remember, I'm on the Ground.'|first=the|last=Cut|date=June 8, 2020|website=The Cut}} They divorced in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6053475/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title='Marti Gould Cummings - IMDB'|website=IMDb}}

Television

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
2017 \|Shade: Queens of NYC \|Himself; music arranger \|Supporting Role
2018 \|Mozart in the Jungle \|Audition musician
2020 \|Doris Dear Gurl Talk \|Composer
2020 \|The Doris Dear Christmas Special \|Music director; composer
2021 \|In the Know Dragged {{Cite web\|url=https://www.intheknow.com/post/marti-gould-cummings-gives-their-husband-a-retro-inspired-drag-makeover/\|title=Marti Gould Cummings gives their husband a retro-inspired drag makeover\|first=Emerald\|last=Pellot\|date=January 19, 2021\|website=In The Know}} \|Himself; Emma Tallgal
2024 \|Conversion \|Composer \|Album producer

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

2017

|Shade: Queens of NYC

|Himself; music arranger

|Supporting Role

2018

|Mozart in the Jungle

|Audition musician

2020

|Doris Dear Gurl Talk

|Composer

2020

|The Doris Dear Christmas Special

|Music director; composer

2021

|In the Know Dragged {{Cite web|url=https://www.intheknow.com/post/marti-gould-cummings-gives-their-husband-a-retro-inspired-drag-makeover/|title=Marti Gould Cummings gives their husband a retro-inspired drag makeover|first=Emerald|last=Pellot|date=January 19, 2021|website=In The Know}}

|Himself; Emma Tallgal

2024

|Conversion

|Composer

|Album producer

Theatre

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Production ! Role ! Venue ! rowspan="0" style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}
rowspan="1" \| 2017 \| The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie \|Composer; Lyricist; Book Writer \|Metro Baptist Church \|
rowspan="1" \| 2018 \| Folk Wandering \| Composer; Lyricist; Musician \|Pipeline Theatre Co. \|{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/theater/folk-wandering-review.html\|title=Review: 'Folk Wandering,' a Wistful Musical Full of Story and Searching\|first=Laura\|last=Collins-Hughes\|newspaper=The New York Times \|date=March 5, 2018}}
rowspan="1" \| 2019 \| Kelly [1955] \| Playwright; Composer \|Hudson Guild Theatre \|
rowspan="1" \| 2019 \| Over Here! Revival \| Music Director; Arranger \|Triad Theatre \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theaterpizzazz.com/over-here/\|title=1974 Broadway 'Over Here' in Concert at The Triad Theater\|date=November 12, 2019\|website=Theater Pizzazz}}
rowspan="1" \| 2020 \| Livin' the Dreamboat \| Composer; Orchestrator \|Astoria Performing Arts Center \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fiveohm.tv/apac\|title=Astoria Performing Arts Center \| FOTV\|website=www.fiveohm.tv}}
rowspan="1" \| 2022 \| Insomnia \| Composer; Lyricist \|Weill Recital Hall \|{{cite web\|last=Wiltbank\|first=Michael\|title=See Jeanna de Waal, Cree Carrico, More Celebrate the World Premiere of Blake Allen's Insomnia\|url=https://playbill.com/article/see-jeanna-de-waal-cree-carrico-more-celebrate-the-world-premiere-of-blake-allens-insomnia\|website=Playbill\|date=November 9, 2022}}
rowspan="1" \| 2023 \| Farmyard Follies \| Composer; Lyricist; Book \| Provincetown, MA \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Production

! Role

! Venue

! rowspan="0" style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

rowspan="1" | 2017

| The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie

|Composer; Lyricist; Book Writer

|Metro Baptist Church

rowspan="1" | 2018

| Folk Wandering

| Composer; Lyricist; Musician

|Pipeline Theatre Co.

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/theater/folk-wandering-review.html|title=Review: 'Folk Wandering,' a Wistful Musical Full of Story and Searching|first=Laura|last=Collins-Hughes|newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 5, 2018}}

rowspan="1" | 2019

| Kelly [1955]

| Playwright; Composer

|Hudson Guild Theatre

rowspan="1" | 2019

| Over Here! Revival

| Music Director; Arranger

|Triad Theatre

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaterpizzazz.com/over-here/|title=1974 Broadway 'Over Here' in Concert at The Triad Theater|date=November 12, 2019|website=Theater Pizzazz}}

rowspan="1" | 2020

| Livin' the Dreamboat

| Composer; Orchestrator

|Astoria Performing Arts Center

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiveohm.tv/apac|title=Astoria Performing Arts Center | FOTV|website=www.fiveohm.tv}}

rowspan="1" | 2022

| Insomnia

| Composer; Lyricist

|Weill Recital Hall

|{{cite web|last=Wiltbank|first=Michael|title=See Jeanna de Waal, Cree Carrico, More Celebrate the World Premiere of Blake Allen's Insomnia|url=https://playbill.com/article/see-jeanna-de-waal-cree-carrico-more-celebrate-the-world-premiere-of-blake-allens-insomnia|website=Playbill|date=November 9, 2022}}

rowspan="1" | 2023

| Farmyard Follies

| Composer; Lyricist; Book

| Provincetown, MA

Discography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"\| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"\| Details ! scope="col" colspan="6"\| Peak chart positions
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="65"\| Billboard Classical ! width="65"\| Billboard Cast Album ! width="65"\| iTunes Classical ! width="65"\| iTunes Top 100 ! width="65"\| iTunes Vocal ! width="65"\| Amazon Classical
scope="row"\| A Very Marti Holiday \| Release date: 2017 Label: Cowboy Bear Ninja & Blake Allen \| \| \| \| \| \|
scope="row"\| An Evening With..., Vol. 1 \| Release date: 2019{{Cite web\|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Tennessee-Waltz-And-More-Featured-On-An-Evening-With-Series-Debut-Album-20190419\|title=Tennessee Waltz And More Featured On An Evening With... Series Debut Album!\|author=BWW News Desk\|website=BroadwayWorld.com}} Label: Traguna Productions & Blake Allen Nominated for Best Album at 2019 BroadwayWorld Awards.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Just-Two-Weeks-Left-To-Vote-for-the-2019-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-20191216\|title=Just Two Weeks Left To Vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards\|author=B. W. W. Staff\|website=BroadwayWorld.com}} \| \| \| \| \| \|
scope="row"\| Sonatas \| Release date: 22 April 2020 (Earth Day) Label: Traguna Productions & Blake Allen \| 4 \| \| 1{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \| 40{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \| \|
scope="row"\| One Thing Is For Certain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) \| Release date: 4 February 2021 Label: Traguna Productions & Blake Allen \| \| \| \| \| \|
scope="row"\| Tina Burner Maybe This Time \| Release date: 20 March 2021 Label: Tina Burner{{Citation\|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tina-Burner-Releases-Covers-of-What-I-Did-For-Love-Proud-of-Your-Boy-20210322\|title=Tina Burner Releases Covers, BroadwayWorld}} \| \| \| \| \|2{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \|
scope="row"\| The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie \| Release date: September 17, 2021 Label: No Reverse Records \| \|12{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \|2{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \|78{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \| \|1{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}}
scope="row"\| Conversion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack \| Release date: June 2, 2024 Label: Chronicle Cinema & Blake Allen \| \| \| \| \| \|
scope="row"\| Insomnia \| Release date: August 9, 2024 Label: No Reverse Records \|3{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \| \|1{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \|99{{citation needed\|date=November 2024}} \| \|
colspan="8" style="font-size: 8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| Billboard Classical

! width="65"| Billboard Cast Album

! width="65"| iTunes Classical

! width="65"| iTunes Top 100

! width="65"| iTunes Vocal

! width="65"| Amazon Classical

scope="row"| A Very Marti Holiday

Release date: 2017
Label: Cowboy Bear Ninja & Blake Allen

scope="row"| An Evening With..., Vol. 1

Release date: 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Tennessee-Waltz-And-More-Featured-On-An-Evening-With-Series-Debut-Album-20190419|title=Tennessee Waltz And More Featured On An Evening With... Series Debut Album!|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}
Label: Traguna Productions & Blake Allen
Nominated for Best Album at 2019 BroadwayWorld Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Just-Two-Weeks-Left-To-Vote-for-the-2019-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-20191216|title=Just Two Weeks Left To Vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards|author=B. W. W. Staff|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}

scope="row"| Sonatas

Release date: 22 April 2020 (Earth Day)
Label: Traguna Productions & Blake Allen

| 4

| 1{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

| 40{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

scope="row"| One Thing Is For Certain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Release date: 4 February 2021
Label: Traguna Productions & Blake Allen

scope="row"| Tina Burner Maybe This Time

Release date: 20 March 2021
Label: Tina Burner{{Citation|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tina-Burner-Releases-Covers-of-What-I-Did-For-Love-Proud-of-Your-Boy-20210322|title=Tina Burner Releases Covers, BroadwayWorld}}

|2{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

scope="row"| The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie

Release date: September 17, 2021
Label: No Reverse Records

|12{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

|2{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

|78{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

|1{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

scope="row"| Conversion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Release date: June 2, 2024
Label: Chronicle Cinema & Blake Allen

scope="row"| Insomnia

Release date: August 9, 2024
Label: No Reverse Records

|3{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

|1{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

|99{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

colspan="8" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" class="unsortable"\| Ref.
align="center"\| 2006 \| National String Orchestra Award \| \| \| {{won}} \|{{citation needed\|reason=Unable to find any reliable source verifying this award (the award itself, or this instance of it being awarded). The ASTA website doesn't mention Allen even once, and they are supposedly the ones who give out this award. \|date=November 2024}}
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2019 \| BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Recurring Series \| An Evening With... \| {{won}} \| rowspan="4" \| {{Cite web\|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-2019-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-20200113\|title=Winners Announced for 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Special Event - Solo \| Marti at Lincoln Center \| {{won}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Musical Director \| An Evening With... \| {{nom}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Independent Album \| An Evening With... Vol. 1 \| {{nom}}
GLAM Awards \| Best Cabaret \| With Perfect \| {{won}} \| rowspan="2" \| {{Cite web\|url=https://www.glamawards.net/21st-annual-glam-awards\|title=21st Annual GLAM Awards}}
GLAM Awards \| Best Cabaret \| Marti at Lincoln Center \| {{nom}}
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2020 \| BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Arrangement \| Mack the Knife \| {{won}} \| rowspan="5" \| {{Cite web\|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-2020-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-20210113\|title=Winners Announced for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards\|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Arrangement \| My Funny Valentine \| {{nom}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Musical Director \| Over Here!; An Evening With...; Witch Perfect \| {{nom}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Recurring Series \| An Evening With... \| {{nom}}
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards \| Best Special Event - Multiple \| Over Here! \| {{nom}}
align="center"\| 2021 \| Telly Awards \| Online Scripted Web Series \| Doris Dear's Gurl Talk \| {{draw\|Silver}} \| {{Cite web\|url=https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2021/online/series-webseries-scripted/doris-dears-gurl-talk/249503\|title=Doris Dear's Gurl Talk Wins Silver Telly Award}}

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

! scope="col" style="width:4%;" class="unsortable"| Ref.

align="center"| 2006

| National String Orchestra Award

| {{won}}

|{{citation needed|reason=Unable to find any reliable source verifying this award (the award itself, or this instance of it being awarded). The ASTA website doesn't mention Allen even once, and they are supposedly the ones who give out this award. |date=November 2024}}

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2019

| BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Recurring Series

| An Evening With...

| {{won}}

| rowspan="4" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-2019-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-20200113|title=Winners Announced for 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Special Event - Solo

| Marti at Lincoln Center

| {{won}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Musical Director

| An Evening With...

| {{nom}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Independent Album

| An Evening With... Vol. 1

| {{nom}}

GLAM Awards

| Best Cabaret

| With Perfect

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.glamawards.net/21st-annual-glam-awards|title=21st Annual GLAM Awards}}

GLAM Awards

| Best Cabaret

| Marti at Lincoln Center

| {{nom}}

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2020

| BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Arrangement

| Mack the Knife

| {{won}}

| rowspan="5" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-2020-BroadwayWorld-Cabaret-Awards-20210113|title=Winners Announced for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Arrangement

| My Funny Valentine

| {{nom}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Musical Director

| Over Here!; An Evening With...; Witch Perfect

| {{nom}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Recurring Series

| An Evening With...

| {{nom}}

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

| Best Special Event - Multiple

| Over Here!

| {{nom}}

align="center"| 2021

| Telly Awards

| Online Scripted Web Series

| Doris Dear's Gurl Talk

| {{draw|Silver}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2021/online/series-webseries-scripted/doris-dears-gurl-talk/249503|title=Doris Dear's Gurl Talk Wins Silver Telly Award}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|12056688}}
[https://blakeallen.org/ Official Website]

Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:American composers

Category:21st-century American violists

Category:Musicians from Tucson, Arizona