Tuesday, December 30, 2014

2014 a great year by [email protected] (eric)

Yes, 2014 has been a great year. I have never before started so many new journeys in a sngle year. To start the year, I wrote a Rock Opera. Not a bad way to start off a good year. That rock…

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Grand public preview at the joburg theatre by [email protected] (eric)

Have you seen the news? Yes, we are going public. When? 16 November 2014 Where? The fringe at the joburg theatre Watch the video on youtube. There are many snippets from the music of the …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Wake Not The Dead by [email protected] (eric)

Introducing Wake Not The Dead and the Rock Opera Orchestra. What is Wake Not The Dead Let start at.....well...at the start. Ok. I know that was not very original. Rule number one in writin…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:07PM
Sunday, November 3, 2013

So, the show is over by [email protected] (eric)

And the body hurts.   Protea Stage Production's production of Aladdin and his magic lantern had a very successful run of total 11 shows. After the last show we had the traditional after sh…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 12:42PM
Friday, October 25, 2013

Making the magic of theatre happen by [email protected] (eric)

I am really blessed to have the opportunity to be involved with theatre. The greatest thing about theatre is the people that make theatre happen. Our current production is very special. I ha…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 05:56PM
Saturday, October 19, 2013

What is rock opera? by [email protected] (eric)

Wikipedia defines a rock opera as a work of rock music that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections in the manner of opera. The LA rock opera company virtually copie…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 02:15AM
Friday, October 11, 2013

The exile, the musical by [email protected] (eric)

The Exile is a musical in 2 acts, with book by Edward Swardt and music and lyrics by Eric Swardt. The story starts on freedom day celebrations, ten years after the first democratic election …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 12:53PM
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Is the number of social media managers declining? by [email protected] (eric)

I do not usually comment on other blogs on this blog. I know shooting at others give them good reason to shoot back. A recent blog post, Why the decline in social media managers is a good th…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 03:55PM
Friday, September 27, 2013

What did I ever do wrong (feat. Gabrielle) by [email protected] (eric)

  New song recording!   You can download the track here What did I ever do wrong. Or stream it from my web site at Dog-on-blues, or from Soundcloud. Every song has a story. This song ha…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 03:56PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013

St Albans college Copacabana by [email protected] (eric)

Last night I saw St Albans college's production of Copacabana. I go watch their productions every year. Maybe, the fact that I am great friends with the events director and musical director …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 02:29PM
Friday, September 6, 2013

Gloomy songs by [email protected] (eric)

Last week I looked at the analysis of some motivational songs. We have seen that the song form for these kind of songs leans very strongly towards the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 06:42PM
Monday, August 26, 2013

The motivational song by [email protected] (eric)

I was asked to write a motivational song. Easy enough. There is not much trickery to it. I just have to write something about how great things will turn out if you keep on believing in yours…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 01:35PM
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Strength to carry on by [email protected] (eric)

When you go through life, you have to find inspiration from many places. Sometimes that inspiration may come from other people. Sometimes that inspiration comes from a song. Sometimes that s…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:37PM
Sunday, August 18, 2013

So, I am an iPad musician by [email protected] (eric)

I own my iPad since the iPad2 was released and have found many ways to use the iPad. Visual.ly published an interesting survey done on how musicians use the iPad. One problem I find with mos…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 06:01PM
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

What is the job of a musical director by [email protected] (eric)

Last Sunday I blogged about the job of the music coordinator. Panic ensued in some places after reading the post, mostly from people who confuse the job of a musical director (MD) with the m…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 05:01AM
Sunday, August 11, 2013

So, what does a musical coordinator do? by [email protected] (eric)

If you google for a musical coordinator, you will find many pages telling you what a musical coordinator does. None of them are really in agreement, and none of them really describe what a m…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 06:12PM
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Life for convicted murderers by [email protected] (eric)

The newspaper reported this week that the murderers are now finally convicted for a crime I talked about in January. It was the murder of the parents of my friend, by two men who stuck them …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 07:33AM
Sunday, August 4, 2013

PSP.TV @ProteaStage interview with Shannon Hancock by [email protected] (eric)

Our PSP.TVT host, Michael, presents the second of our interviews with cast and crew of Aladdin and his magic lantern! Earlier this week we had an interview with the show director and writer,…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:44PM
Friday, August 2, 2013

PSP.TV @ProteaStage by [email protected] (eric)

PSP.TV Backstage with Michael Brownhill: Interview with Cameron Lawry Please subscribe to our youtube channel, like us on Facebook and follow us on twitter and go to our web site to subsc…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:27PM
Sunday, July 28, 2013

This is why we love theatre by [email protected] (eric)

We love theatre because of the wonderful people who are in theatre. With all the auditions over and all the roles casted, it is time to share some of the wonderful moments we had.      …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 03:26PM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Long long time by [email protected] (eric)

Track: Long long time Album: Out takes from the Exile concept album recordings Remember the exile? Off course you remember the exile! This is a blog started about the exile. The exile is a m…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:06PM
Sunday, July 21, 2013

We don't know what the future will hold, but we'll give it a chance by [email protected] (eric)

Track: Give it a chance Album: The Exile, the musical - out-takes Here is a bonus track for the fans. It's an out-take from the Exile concept album recordings. It is the second to last son…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 10:09AM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Protea Stage kicked off its SMM campaign by [email protected] (eric)

As I promised you, Protea Stage kicked off its Social Media Marketing campaign this week and to make this work, I am going to ask all my readers to help us making it a success. It took us a …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:21PM
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Essential elements of Social Media Marketing by [email protected] (eric)

Last time I introduced you to Social Media Marketing (SMM) for theatre. Today I want to talk a bit more in depth about it by introducing the two elements of Social Media Marketing. Without t…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 02:38PM
Saturday, July 13, 2013

The role of social media marketing by [email protected] (eric)

I gave you an overview of my theory on marketing for musical theater and I told you about our most important target markets, the people who care about us. Today I want to take this further t…

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 02:33AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards