As we enter the last month of a year that seems to have raced by even faster that the years before it, I inevitably find myself taking stock. It’s the nature of the impending rollover into the new year. We all do it. We ask: did I accomplish enough? Am I where I wanted to […]
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Rewrites are essential in every storytelling medium, but theatre remains the one where the most can change for a product’s legacy. A film can only be edited so much; television is so immediate that it’s forever fixed. A play or a musical, on the other hand, is always changing just by the very nature of […]
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We’re all inundated by email. It’s a veritable avalanche that never lets up from the moment we get up until we go back to sleep. To stay on top of it completely would be a full time job. But I have noticed that one of the few commonalities among the most successful theater professionals I’ve […]
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I’m going to take a moment and have a seat in Bob Martin’s red chair (of course, referencing the first Broadway show I ever saw, The Drowsy Chaperone starring the incomparable and hilarious Sutton Foster as Janet Van de Graaff) and tell you a bit about my favorite musical of all time. God willing, it will […]
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Pop quiz: name your top five new musical theatre composers. How many are women? If you’re me, maybe one half of a team. And it’s not that female writers aren’t out there, because they are. And it’s not even that they’re less talented, because give me five more seconds to think about it and I […]
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I was gonna use this month’s blog post as another outlet to promote my upcoming concert on December 13th at 54 Below in NYC, but the show is ALREADY sold out! We sold out a month in advance, so thank you all for the tremendous support. 54 Below gave me another concert date in January […]
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Hello, citizens of the NewMusicalTheatre nation – my name is Nick Blaemire, and I’d like to commandeer this here blog for a few paragraphs to talk about a seemingly innocuous, not at all innocuous four-syllable word – “temporary.” It’s been coming up quite a lot lately as I continue to make stuff with my friends, […]
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Congrats to this week’s #NMTvotw, with Alex Christ & Josh Kohane singing Funky Fried Piece of Man Meat by Drew Gasparini. This week’s #NMTvotw embraces all of the things a great performance should: it’s a duet full of passion with good video quality and well-dressed, great singers. And all of that is important. But none of […]
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I’m sure I’m the only one out there that needs a kick in the inspirational pants from time to time. No one else ever needs a trick or two to get the creative juices flowing. But just in case you have a friend who might need a little help, here are three of my quick […]
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If you like what you’ve read on the blog this fall, why not throw your hat into the virtual ring? NMT is currently looking for new bloggers to write for Green Room every other week. And if you want to be even more involved with NMT, we’re also looking for new customer service interns and […]
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I’m not sure there’s any torture greater than listening to your child practice the piano. Well, maybe violin. I’ll admit that listening to a child practice violin could be worse. I mean, at least our piano is in tune. (Mostly.) My daughter is eight years old and she has been studying the piano for four […]
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I’m the only blogger (I think) on the Green Room that doesn’t currently live in New York City. So when I visit the city, like I did just last week, I want to make every day worthwhile. And part of me thinks that those that live in the city feel the same way. As a […]
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I love buttons. For the uninitiated, the “button” is that little bump on the end of a song that tells the audience it’s over and prompts them to clap. Left to my own devices, I would button everything. Actually, I’d triple-button everything: music button, movement button, and lighting button. I have a collaborator who hates this. He’s viscerally opposed […]
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This is gonna be a short message this week. The #NMTvotw featured this week is absolutely amazing: Michelle Cosentino powerhouses Pasek and Paul‘s Ready to Be Loved. I’d like to address the final minute or so (starting at 3:12ish). This kind of singing is the kind that takes a lot of practice and is the […]
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A few weeks ago, we discussed the disconnect between the actual state of contemporary musical theatre, and what “Golden Age” die-hards perceive it to be. Reality: a thriving group of creative people humming along and tapping away (mmhmmm). Perception: a cacophony of “blecch.” Cacophonous because contemporary musical theatre reflects rap, rock, and all the wacky […]
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