When I’m travelling for long stretches of time, which happens mostly when I drive to and from my university and my parent’s house, I sometimes like to take a break from whatever musical cast recording I’m currently obsessed with (it sounds crazy but it happens). Since I have to stay awake somehow, I generally turn […]
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In my last post, I told you about the stereotypical picture of Paris we can find in musical theatre. Fine, but then what kind of MT can we actually find in France? In this post, I will only tell you about shows or movies that were originally written in French. (Paris also welcomes translations of […]
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Within the theatre we all tend to wear a variety of hats. Whether you started off as an actor or started off as a lighting designer, within some point of your career you were needed for something more or something different. So many people define themselves as more than one label. Or as I like […]
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Dear Juniors, It’s an exciting time of year! School is almost out for the summer, and college application periods are coming up quickly (or at least that’s the nagging you hear from your parents). I wanted to share my tips to getting the most from your upcoming college musical theatre program auditions. I auditioned for […]
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Much has been written about the modern obsession and fascination with high belting, and there is no need for me to rehash it fully here. In short, musical theatre has gone from having a lady’s money note be a solid, chesty B flat to a throat-shredding F. People are divided on the merits of this […]
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What songs should you avoid if you want to stand out at your next audition? How can you stay involved in the contemporary musical theater scene if you live far from one of its hubs? What questions do bootlegs raise about theatre accessibility, and how can we find the answers? Bloggers explored these questions and […]
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You know how there are some songs that the person ahead of you at an audition always seems to be singing? Don’t be the person who sings one of those. It doesn’t matter how awesome you sound or how great the song is – and so many of these songs are so great, that’s how they got to […]
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Bootleg. What a simple, unassuming term. The child of the words boot and leg, all she wants to do in life is to perform her duty of giving us very low quality audio and video recordings of popular Broadway shows, but there are people out there who seek to destroy her humble goal: to combat […]
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My reaction to American Repertory Theater’s recent announcement of its upcoming season was pretty much in line with my reactions to similar announcements from any number of other laudable regional theater companies: I immediately texted some friends to begin planning a series of theater-fueled excursions to Boston, wherein we would catch the world premiere of Waitress and, even […]
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Firsts. This is both my first time blogging seriously in English and my first article for NewMusicalTheatre.com – a website I’ve adored from the first time I set my eyes on it while browsing for contemporary music sheets. So I thought it would be the right time and a great tribute to talk about firsts… […]
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I remember when I was a little boy in the last century, there was a generalized panic that the machines would take people’s jobs. The big car manufacturers were installing new machines that would do the work of the equivalent of ten people for a fraction of the cost. In a time when economic models were a reason […]
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What techniques can actors use to calm their audition room fears? How does the musical theatre canon portray Paris – and what is it actually like to live there? What makes “Waving Through a Window,” the new Pasek & Paul song featuring Ben Platt, so catchy? Bloggers explored these questions and more on The Green […]
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As actors, our lives are consistently filled with standing in front of people and proving to them why we are the right person for the job. Auditioning is the true job of an actor. Without auditioning there would be no way for us to get work, meet other actors and industry professionals and showcase our […]
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I’ve recently found my new favorite musical theatre song. And by recently, I really mean that I first listened to this song about four weeks ago, and I’ve had it on repeat ever since. What could this fabulous piece of music possibly be? Why, it is “Waving Through a Window” from the new musical Dear […]
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This is a (highly subjective and entirely subject to change at my own whim) list of what I consider to be the ‘best’ songs from Broadway and Off-Broadway from the past five years. These songs are such terrific showcases of craft and technique that they stand up equally as plot movers within their respective shows […]
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I said “kiss” frogs, not “eat” them. Now that this frog thing is clear, let’s start with the serious things. In a previous article on this website, it was said that France “rocked” at musical theatre. However, as a French MT lover, I feel it is my duty to inform you all that this is […]
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