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One of NewMusicalTheatre.com's current best selling songs is "Middle of a Moment" from Pasek and Paul's new musical adaptation of James and the Giant Peach. Musical theatre fans are downl…
It’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the last ye…
Being many miles away from NYC, it may seem hard to have a Broadway experience. However, there are plenty of ways to feel connected to Broadway from across the country. Not only are there th…
Welcome to #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! Today, Joe Iconis (The Black Suits, Be More Chill) int…
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I do not in any way condone the filming of Broadway shows live onstage. But do I watch these bootlegs? Yes. I do. Moreover, I think the Broadway commun…
It’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the l…
Welcome to #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! Today, Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (I Love You Becaus…
This might be a bit weird, but when I'm at college and I introduce myself, one of the first things I mention is that I'm involved in theatre. I start listing off the shows I've acted in, …
It’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the last ye…
How many times have you heard the warning from mentors, teachers, parents and even bloggers, "if you can see yourself doing anything else other than theatre, do that"? I know I heard it over…
Welcome to #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! Today, Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days, The Boy Detective Fails, Be…
Earlier this summer I had the pleasure of seeing Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's Fun Home. The musical memory play (adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir) had me captivated. It w…
After weeks of sunshine, the end of summer is near. This is the point in the year where schools start up again and students depart for college. Pumpkin flavors begin to fill up menus and swe…
Welcome to #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! First up: Drew Gasparini (Make Me Bad; Crazy, Just Like M…
The best theatre is live theatre. No matter what genre the performance is, there's something special about breathing the same air as the performers who are making something that can only be …
In today's society, keeping in touch with Broadway has never been easier. You can tweet the actors directly. You can use websites like Playbill Vault and Wikipedia to learn about shows witho…
Earlier this month, Benedict Cumberbatch made news in London by asking his fans who had come to see him in Hamlet to record a message using their cellphones. He urged fans to stop trying to …
Rave reviews and articles about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton agree that it is a groundbreaking show. One of the groundbreaking elements of Hamilton is a diverse cast portraying the Fo…
This summer, I went back to my roots in a way. I went back to the summer camp I had attended in 2011, while I was preparing for college auditions. US Performing Arts runs a camp at UCLA and …
Over the course of the first three parts of this series, new musical theatre writers have offered advice on everything from finding directors to getting your songs sung and into voices as so…
So you just discovered how wonderful, super-fantastic musical theatre is. Or maybe you've always liked musicals but you haven't loved them until now. We've all been there. You're starting th…
Gosh, It feels like summer has come and gone in the blink of an Eye-dele Dazeem. It's only August, and it's already happening. I can't finish one God-Dammit-Janet show on Hulu without see…
When it comes to the art of auditioning, there's a ton we could focus on and discuss. However, you probably know most of the tricks by now (how to fix your music, talk to the accompanist, dr…
Stand up if you've ever felt like no one understands you, but it doesn't seem like you're that complicated of a person? What about those of you who have so much to say but no one seems to be…
"Bookworm" is a title I have worn long and proud throughout my lifetime. If you are like me, nothing can be more comforting and satisfying than indulging in a good book. It is a unique way t…
