Thursday, March 31, 2016
As I’ve written about before, warm-ups are important for any performer – physically and vocally. Whether you consider yourself a singer, a dancer, an actor or a combination thereof, it i…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 10:00AMThursday, February 25, 2016
A while ago, I was surfing through Buzzfeed and ran across an amazing article called “Yes and…No. Standing Up To Sexual Harassment And Assault In L.A.’s Comedy Scene.” This is a be…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 10:00AMMonday, February 15, 2016
Because I have been off pursuing my MFA, I haven’t been focusing on my performing career for a little while. Lately, though, I have been going to more auditions and callbacks, preparing my…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:22AMThursday, January 28, 2016
Katya Stanislavskaya is an amazing composer, lyricist, musical director, and educator. She is currently the Program Director of Musical Theatre at Western Carolina University (my alma mater)…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:38AMThursday, January 14, 2016
Hi Nerds! If you have watched any Musical Theatre Nerd Alert videos put out by the MFA Musical Theatre Class of 2016 at San Diego State, you’ll know that that’s the traditi…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 06:50AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
If you are anything like me, you don’t plan your Christmas list out months in advance. Every year when my mom asks me what I need, I come up with a mediocre list of items I e…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:00AMWednesday, December 9, 2015
After approximately two weeks of rehearsal and two days with the creative team, the day of the staged reading was upon us! The MFA Musical Theatre Class of 2016 was dressed in “hip clo…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:14AMFriday, November 27, 2015
The SDSU Class of 2016 (plus two guests) learned all the music for the staged reading of On the Eve in about a week (only using 2 hours of class time a day to learn it as a group)! Once that…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:00AMFriday, November 20, 2015
What is a Cut System? If you have ever looked into a BFA program at the top schools in the nation, you have probably heard the words “cut system.” This means that a student is ev…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:12AMTuesday, November 17, 2015
I am thrilled to be able to share an exciting experience with you all – a real life look into the creation of a piece of new musical theatre! The MFA program at San Diego State Univers…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:53AMTuesday, November 3, 2015
Congratulations! You got the call – you booked a show! After about 3 minutes of pride, excitement and relief, the emotions of confusion, regret and nervousness probably start to set in…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:38AMThursday, October 15, 2015
I am sorry to say that my classmates are annoyed with me at the moment. Since the Hamilton cast album dropped, that is basically all I have had playing in the Musical Theatre Archive at San …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:03AMSaturday, September 26, 2015
If you have been a follower of my blog posts here on NMT Green Room, you know that in addition to pursuing my Masters in Musical Theatre, I have also been studying wine. I am sitting for my …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:07AMThursday, September 17, 2015
It’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the last ye…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:10AMMonday, September 7, 2015
How many times have you heard the warning from mentors, teachers, parents and even bloggers, “if you can see yourself doing anything else other than theatre, do that”? I know I heard it …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:00AMFriday, August 14, 2015
I consider myself to be a burgeoning musical theatre expert- I mean come on, I’m spending two years of my life getting a masters degree in it. I will be honest with you all: I finally sat …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:00AMMonday, July 27, 2015
While spending my afternoon surfing the Internet, as we all do, I ran across an interesting piece by Ben Brantley from 2010 (yes, ages and ages ago). This article basically asked the questio…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:40AMMonday, July 6, 2015
It is July, which means that most summer stock seasons are halfway over! This also means that the excitement and perfectionism when performing the show day after day has since worn off, and …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:31AMThursday, June 18, 2015
My first month of graduate school I was faced with the task of creating a two-hour presentation on the amazing and important musical theatre composer Jerome Kern. Besides being terrified of …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:16AMThursday, June 4, 2015
I really cannot believe it is already June! Some of us are knee deep in summer stock shows, while others are working on their craft in summer intensives, and even more of us are trying to fi…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:32AMFriday, May 22, 2015
Last semester I was required to write a very long research paper for my Research and Bibliography class- something I was not looking forward to, but hey, that’s part of graduate school. Li…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:42AMFriday, May 8, 2015
Some of you might not know this about me (and why would you), but in addition to my studies in Musical Theatre at San Diego State, I have also taken advantage of living in California and hav…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:03AMTuesday, April 21, 2015
Dear Juniors, It’s an exciting time of year! School is almost out for the summer, and college application periods are coming up quickly (or at least that’s the nagging you hear from your…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:17AMMonday, April 6, 2015
Last week in “Broadway School,” otherwise known as the MFA in Musical Theatre at San Diego State University, I was assigned the task of giving a partnered, two-hour presentation on Music…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 01:01PM 
