420 stories by "Michael Roderick"
This week's guest blog comes from Lanie Zipoy, An amazing producer who wants to let all the playwrights know about a remarkable new program. Take it away Lanie! "How does one adequately…
My apologies to those of you who follow the blog on a daily basis. Mom, you can breathe now. I am still alive I am currently General Managing the show Tour De Fierce by The Broadway Dolls an…
Some of you may remember the class PLAE that I have been teaching for the past three years. One of the challenges I was presented with was that the time commitment of 10 weeks was difficult …
This week's guest blog comes from Jillian Johnson who is creating work following the start up entrepreneur model. Below is a peek inside of the process. Enjoy. Excelsior! find three things u…
Yesterday we lost someone who inspired more entrepreneurs than any of us can ever imagine. Below are some videos about this genius. In some of my darkest times, I can hear this voice telling…
Given that I spend so much time reading as well as meeting people from all walks of life. I often get introduced to some really cool new things that may not have hit the mainstream yet. Belo…
I had mentioned on this blog before about going to the people who are hungry instead of the people who are full, but I wanted to also make you aware of the people who are waving. These days …
It's that time of year again. Every year I take time to create a survey for all of my blog readers so I can find out what is working and not working on the blog. You can take the survey...
This week's guest blog comes from Krystle N. Adams, an up and coming film maker. Take it away Krystle! When I was in High School (Professional Performing Arts School), I had an amazing Human…
This week's Awesome Person Thursday post comes from Domenic Mezzanotte, who also blogs. You can read all about him here. Domenic introduces us to the new group The Tempest Ladies. Take it aw…
When I was a kid, I loved going to the store and buying packs of Marvel trading cards. I bought tons of packs and there were even a few instances where I bought an entire box of these cards.…
Yesterday I had a slight challenge with my bank. I did what any individual would do and I called the bank hotline and got a representative. When I presented my problem, the young man on the …
It's getting, it's getting, it's gettic kinda hectic... Seriously though, below is a TED talk by arts marketing genius Adam Thurman. I personally subscribe to Adam's blog and it always deliv…
A couple of years back an actress by the name of Laura Ramadei asked to meet with me at a diner to pick my brain about producing and fundraising. I accepted and we had a great talk. I could …
Recently I sat down for a chat with a young man named Joshua Desjardins who took it upon himself to create a music video speaking up for a certain under represented group. Being a comic book…
When I started to get really good at dishes, I made a few mistakes that got me in a lot of trouble and recently I found that one of those main mistakes reared its ugly head in my existing bu…
The Woman Standing on the Moon is a new show that I have been consulting on that takes a look at intense political themes through the lens of a contemporary ghost story. There are moments in…
Over the weekend I realized that it has been a little while since I have updated my readers on what is going on so I thought I'd take today's post to do this. Enjoy. 1. Small Pond Entertainm…
This week's guest blog comes from Kate Powers who has a no-nonsense approach to exploring text. Take it away Kate! Excelsior! Act better, suck less Too often actors cannot find " and directo…
This week's awesome person has been brought to us by performer Erica Dorfler. I've known Lilli for quite some time and she's got something very cool that she's developing! Take it away Erica…
This weekend I spent a lot of time reflecting. I think that it's easy to get caught up in the projects that we are working on, what we are doing for others, and the things outside of our own…
The S.O.S is for Singing on Stage, the company started by this week's guest blogger Richard Biever. In his post below, he tells us about a new type of class his company has created and offer…
This week's Awesome Person Thursday Post comes from actress Sarah Corey. Take it away Sarah! I have been more and more inspired lately by Jay Alan Zimmerman. He's an incredible composer I ju…
Check your inbox right now. Is someone asking you for money? My guess is many people are asking you for it. Everywhere you look someone is raising money online. I have been approached by a f…
It's hard to believe that we are already coming up on the 10th anniversary of September 11th. I personally was not in the city yet, and the following year started my job at LaSalle with that…
