I am sorry to say that my classmates are annoyed with me at the moment. Since the Hamilton cast album dropped, that is basically all I have had playing in the Musical Theatre Archive at San Diego State University and they are ready for a bit more variety in my choice of ambiance music. My […]
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Let’s be honest: being a theatre lover can be expensive. As much as we would all love to be able to see every new piece of work as it goes up and make trips to New York every weekend to catch shows, it just isn’t possible for a lot of us. As both a student […]
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All of the great lyricists have said (in one way or another) that lyric writing is about concision and character. When those two things collide, musical moments achieve an organic level that can only breed honesty. Lyrics where not one word is wasted are amazing to behold. Drew Gasparini represents a rare form of honesty […]
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By the time you leave high school choir and drama and enter into your college program, ideally, there’s a list of songs (and monologues) you should have already covered: “On My Own,” “Corner of the Sky,” “Where Is Love,” just to name a few. But then at the same time, due to your age and […]
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This spring, I graduated college with a BFA in Musical Theatre. I can sing, I can act, I can sort of dance. I grew so much as a person and an actor while I was at college and I wouldn’t trade the lessons I learned for anything. But there are a lot of lessons I […]
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Night after night, audience members walk out of the Broadway production of Hamilton feeling inspired. People are talking not only about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s score and Alexander Hamilton’s life and legacy, but also about the intersection of identity and performance in American musical theatre. For many avid theatregoers, they are inspired by the change this musical […]
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Ah, New York City: a city for the most hungry of dreamers, the most poetic of songwriters, and the ultimate playground for performers. The celebrated home of Broadway and all those neon lights. Ever since I saw Home Alone 2: Lost in Manhattan, I was head over heels…and wishing I lived at the Plaza Hotel with […]
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The movie musical: a staple genre in the movie industry. In the late 1920s, the “talkies” era ended and movies finally had the capability to capture actual sound for the screen. That meant that there were limitless possibilities for new directions the industry could go. Starting with the golden age classics such as State Fair or Singin’ […]
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Kansas City is quickly becoming a hub for new musicals. Whether it’s through private readings with nonprofit theatres, small productions through the local fringe festival, or full out-of-town try outs, Kansas City is seeing its share of new, original musicals. Most recently, the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, under the artistic direction of Eric Rosen, has […]
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Spring Awakening is back on Broadway this fall with a newly imagined production by the Los Angeles-based company Deaf West Theatre. I’m here with a friendly reminder that this production exists and to tell you a little bit more about what makes it so important. For some context, Deaf West was founded by Ed Waterstreet […]
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Musical revivals are fun for so many reasons. They can either bring back a classical show in its original staging, which gives younger generations a chance to experience a classic production (like 2011’s Anything Goes revival), or they can update it for today’s audience and put a fresh spin to it (like the 2013 revival […]
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Let’s talk about representation in the Broadway community. This is, after all, the perfect time to be discussing this topic – so many communities are now being positively represented on the Great White Way in ways they have never been before. There is the incredible production of Spring Awakening that recently opened at the Brooks […]
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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 year. Are you planning a cabaret and looking for the perfect stand-alone song? Are you a soprano looking for audition […]
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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 year. Are you planning a cabaret and looking for the perfect stand-alone song? Are you a soprano looking for audition […]
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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 year. Are you planning a cabaret and looking for the perfect stand-alone song? Are you a soprano looking for audition […]
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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 year. Are you planning a cabaret and looking for the perfect stand-alone song? Are you a soprano looking for audition […]
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