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I am officially one proud Father. Before we give my Mother a heart attack, let me clarify: I don't have a baby. I haven't lived through a nine month pregnancy that culminated in a long, pain…
Last time, I spoke with writer Cheri Coons about the winding path of a busy writing career outside of New York. But I also wanted to get more of her perspective on the Chicago theater scene …
In the aftermath of the recently-concluded, much-awaited day of hearts, I felt the need to make my own list of musical theater songs to commemorate the event. The thing with love is that the…
For centuries, opera singers and more recently musical theater actors have had the hard task of expressing all the passion and conflict of the heart to the exact measurement, like a…
You walk into a glowing room. There’s an ambience of calm and good vibes coming at you from all angles. You take a seat at a table swaddled in velvet and reach out your hand. The lover…
Barely two months into the new year and audition season is already in full swing — but then again, isn’t audition season all year round? Whether you’re gearing up to try fo…
A lot of the time if we take a leap and follow our dreams, things turn out to be a little more challenging than expected. That being said, when I was a sophomore in college I found myself in…
"This is just a strange sidebar story that you probably won't ever have time to include in your written piece…""Okay, you have to realize that I am now obligated to share this story. But w…
Let's start with an exercise: I want you to think of the last time you saw a show and spent the last few minutes of the act planning how to beat the bathroom line. C'mon, no one's going t…
Repeat after me: A medium rating is the best you can do. In the wake of the release of the highly anticipated Into the Woods film adaptation, the Musical Theatre community is again preparing…
When we think about musical theater we usually think about UK and US and the big budget productions they manage to make, but around the world there are countries that built a solid musical t…
“If music be the food of love, play on.” As Shakespeare expressed best in Twelfth Night, music somehow sucks us in to a world somewhere between comfort and melancholia. Is that w…
Last week I found myself at a local brewery with some friends with a live band playing. I found myself "head-bopping" to the beat as a form of socially awkward "I don't know how to respond t…
In earlier installments of this blog, writers Daniel Tenney and Rob Gardner both referenced the challenge of finding a writing partner when you live outside of one of the major theater hu…
I have had my fair share of public performances (the usual singing for friends and family, some recitals here and there) and almost every single time, my repertoire relied on dramatic and em…
Don't blame them for being confused. Over eight million people call New York City home, hustling and bustling on the island and in the surrounding boroughs day in and day out. But there …
What are the requisites to classify a dream as an impossible one? Is there a list somewhere? How do we know a dream is achievable, possible or impossible? There's an old saying attributed to…
Would you like to hear something cool? Something exciting going on in the world of theater that you may not have heard about? Then meet Nan Barnett. "I am the executive director of the Natio…
1. Get your headshots done BEFORE you move to the city. Surprisingly enough, the money stress you had during your senior year of college is NOTHING compared to the expenses that will hit you…
Sometimes, there are days when all you need is a musical to lift your spirits, to put a spring in your step, to make you feel like the world can be yours in a New York minute. And other time…
Shows are indefinite. It is a universal truth that no matter how challenging, successful, or simply amazing a production is, it is no exception to the heartbreaking possibility of coming to …
I listen to a lot of Musical Theater. Fine"I basically only listen to Musical Theater. Okay, okay…Hi, I'm Kevin…and I'm addicted to Musical Theater. Yes, I have other things on my iPod b…
The Green Room is thrilled to have a wonderful group of bloggers join us this winter. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name:�…
The Green Room is thrilled to have a wonderful group of bloggers join us this winter. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name:�…
The Green Room is thrilled to have a wonderful group of bloggers join us this winter. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name:�…
