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8 stories by "Katie Dudenas"

My Favorite Things: Reprises by Katie Dudenas

The reprise is a musical theatre staple " and with good reason. Far more than just repetition, reprises can be crucial to a musical's storytelling. Using the same (or similar) music in a dif…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 8:47am on December 12, 2014☆⚑

10 NMT Songs to Make You Laugh by Katie Dudenas

Comedy is all about misdirection, and that's why musical theatre is such a great medium for telling funny stories. Music can prepare an audience to hear one story, and then be completely sur…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 9:06am on November 20, 2014☆⚑

My Favorite Things: The Ensemble by Katie Dudenas

In a recent interview with The Ensemblist podcast, songwriters Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty talked about why they like writing for ensembles and described the dramat…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 8:15am on November 4, 2014☆⚑

My Favorite Things: Counterpoint by Katie Dudenas

"Counterpoint" is one of those fancy musical terms I was never sure I understood until I actually heard it in action. Once I did, I thought "witchcraft" might be a more accurate description.…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 8:07am on October 22, 2014☆⚑

Il Mondo Era Vuoto: Multilingual Shows and Why I Want More Of Them by Katie Dudenas

Adam Guettel's beautiful musical The Light in the Piazza tells the story of a young American woman named Clara who falls in love with Fabrizio, a young man she meets on vacation in Italy. Wh…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 9:15am on October 9, 2014☆⚑

My Favorite Things: "I Want" Songs by Katie Dudenas

When Howard Ashman came to Disney to work on The Little Mermaid, he brought his years of theatre experience with him, and he shared his expertise with the animators on the film. In an interv…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 8:07am on September 22, 2014☆⚑

My Favorite Things: Key Changes by Katie Dudenas

I'm going to state the obvious: I love me a good key change. Take, for example, Michael Jackson's "Man In the Mirror." I'm pretty sure that like every person alive knows this song, but just …

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 7:45am on September 14, 2014☆⚑

My Favorite Things: Demos by Katie Dudenas

Songwriters make demos for lots of reasons: to share with collaborators, show producers, or simply to have for their own records. I love a beautifully complicated arrangement as much as anyo…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 8:22am on August 28, 2014☆⚑
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