Last week, in an attempt to make small talk, a visiting friend of my parents’ announced to me that as of this week, there would be no straight plays running on Broadway. Sounds crazy, right? First of all, it’s not so crazy. It has happened before, at least once in my lifetime and more than […]
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When NewMusicalTheatre.com asked Drew and me to write a blog post about our upcoming concert and the associated Fresh Pens contest, we decided it would be best to sort of interview each other in a back and forth Q&A style-session. Below is the end result. Your cool key: DO = Drew Overcash; BP = Blake […]
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The last three shows that I saw on Broadway, Violet, The Bridges of Madison County, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, have some interesting things in common. All three were produced on Broadway this season for the first time. All three feature daring and beautiful scores, written for the musical stage by important musical theatre […]
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I had the privilege, recently, of seeing Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster’s Jasper in Deadland. It was a great piece of writing, in words and music. Clever and funny. And it was performed in a great little venue uptown, the West End Theatre, housed in a part of the La Gree Baptist Church. It […]
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I’m not sure when I first met Ryan Scott Oliver in person. But the encounter that stays with me was at a band rehearsal for Prospect Theater Company’s Annual Gala last year. One of Ryan’s songs from JASPER IN DEADLAND was on the bill as a preview of coming attractions, since plans for a Prospect […]
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I have a confession. Between my first application to the Dramatists Guild Fellowship and my last, the entire Bush presidency happened. To be more precise, a decade went by before I was invited to the table. That’s five generations of MFAs, two and a half Summer Olympics and every episode of LOST. Ten years ago […]
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This weekend I was lucky enough to see the London premiere of Frank Wildhorn’s 2009 musical Bonnie & Clyde in an inventive production by the musical theatre students at Arts Ed – one of London’s top drama schools. Despite holding amateur rights, the production was as professional as many fringe musicals, thanks in the main to […]
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There is always talk of the icons of musical theatre, particularly dealing with the writers. These are the ones we constantly refer to, the ones we worship as the gods of creating what American musical theatre is now, generally those who came to prominence during what is regarded as Broadway’s “Golden Age,” from “Show Boat” […]
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I have spent a few months working for a licensed ticketing agency located in Midtown Manhattan. Over the course of those three months I spoke to hundreds of tourists on the streets of New York who were looking to purchase tickets for Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, cabarets, concerts, etc… And I learned something very important […]
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Guys! I’m just so damn excited. I’m so excited that I just punched a kitten. I’m so excited that I peed on my neighbors car. I’m so excited that I started menstruating. I’m so excited that my DAD start menstruating. Guys. I’m fucking excited. So excited that I’ve disgusted half of you within the first […]
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When I first started the website The Write Teacher(s), one of my goals was to have it be a platform for concerts, readings, and shows. I love to create. I live to create, but never have I had the desire to center stage under a spotlight – that’s just not my jam. Instead, I’ve always […]
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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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