It is common knowledge that musical theater is, at least these days, a more specialized topic than one that falls easily into pop culture. I mean, you don't really go around town and expect …
Staging is a key element to setting up the place and plot for the story. I remember vividly the wonderful and mesmerizing experience I had watching the West End production of The Curious …
LGBTQI+ representation in media and entertainment has long been an issue within theatrical circles, with the stories of people who identify as anything other than straight and cisgendered la…
With the Tony Awards under everyone’s belt for the year, I can’t help but feel empowered to be living in an era where the best musical and best play are told through the eyes of …
Summer tends to be a time when I do A LOT of writing as well as a LOT of reading, listening, and viewing. I am a firm believer that as a writer, I am influenced (whether I like it or not) by…
In some of my previous posts, I promised you a post about the blockbusters of French-speaking musical theatre. Here it is. Every one or two years, a big show with a cast of at least 50 peopl…
If you're anything like me, you've been spending the month of June fully immersed in Playbill Pride, Playbill's celebration of the achievements and representation of the LGBTQ community in t…
It's that time again of the year where our timelines are filled with throwback pictures of all sorts of fathers"and if there's one thing I've noticed about musical theater, it’s that i…
They say you should never work with children or animals; fortunately, Broadway is generally speaking not exactly replete with fauna, but the modern musical is increasingly becoming the home …
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 …
Last summer, I found a production of Les Miserables that was playing in Texas. Usually, this would not strike me as particularly intriguing, but this production was different. It was Les Mis…
When I was growing up, my favorite Christmas movie was Irving Berlin's W​hite Christmas. ​I loved all the songs, all the dances and the story. It made me want to watch movie mu…
Last Sunday night was a historic night in theater, and I don't just say that because it was the 69th Annual Tony Awards. Something incredible happened. As a theater student, I have s…
From reasons to attend the theatre solo to two different bloggers’ reflections on the importance of contemporary musical theatre in their lives, The Green Room got personal this week. …
Anyone who has written for the stage will tell you that finding collaborators is like dating. The writing relationship is a delicate one and requires some back and forth to see if it's a goo…
If you're as nerdy as I am, you might also be very particular about how you like to listen to musical theatre. If I'm not experiencing a live performance, then the 2nd best way to listen to …
Are you sick of those looks of pity that are cast in your general direction when friends find out you have purchased a single ticket to the theatre? Are you unsure how to respond when they t…
Strange thing. I fell into musical theater pretty late. But I fell hard, and never got back up. And I guess I'm extremely happy as it is: sitting teary-eyed, in great seats I spent two hours…
As I was preparing to write this week's blog post, I began as I always do: by browsing through my favorite theater websites, looking for headlines that sparked within me enough interest that…
In May of 2013, high school Marion was just discovering The Last Five Years and was very sad that she would probably never see a production of it. She cast one last glance at the wikipedia p…
Where does Broadway stand in terms of representation, and what are musicals like Fun Home doing to change the status quo? And since representation behind the scenes matters just as …
I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready for the Tony Awards. (Here at NMT, Andrea and I will be live-tweeting the awards tonight with the hashtag #NMTonys – join us!…
Lately I have been thinking a lot about the ladies of musical theatre " not just the belters and the sopranos, but the composers, the lyricists, the librettists. Well I've been trying to, bu…
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…
With the Tony Awards coming up this week, I am entirely on Team Fun Home. In my opinion, this musical has changed what is possible to stage on Broadway, and I cannot think of a better candid…