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What We’re Reading

Welcome to What We’re Reading, in which we’ll share with you some of our favorite articles about theater and performance from all around the internet this week. First up, I recommend two articles about Ferguson that I think are interesting in tandem with each other. First, a short piece from St. Louis Public Radio, entitled […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Alec Fisher

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Alec Fisher What do you do outside of blogging? I work for a college athletic conference. I am […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Tyler Spicer

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Tyler Spicer What do you do outside of blogging? I work at a tech company. (Make that money.) […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Lauren Carlton

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Lauren Carlton What do you do outside of blogging? When I’m not blogging, I work as an outreach […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Nikki Shah

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Nikki Shah What do you do outside of blogging? I enjoy re-watching episodes of The Office, singing, and discovering everything […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Nathan Christensen

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Nathan Christensen What do you do outside of blogging? I am a bookwriter/lyricist who also produces theater and […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Nicole Pietrangelo

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Nicole Pietrangelo What do you do outside of blogging? I currently go to school for musical theatre in […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Matt Board

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Matt Board What do you do outside of blogging? I’m a composer and lyricist, writing new musicals in […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Katie Dudenas

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series.  Name: Katie Dudenas What do you do outside of blogging? I am working on a degree in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. […]

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Meet the Bloggers: David Brush

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: David Brush What do you do outside of blogging? I am a writer, lyricist, librettist, director, music director, […]

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Meet the Bloggers: Philippa Boyes

This fall, The Green Room is thrilled to welcome a fantastic group of new bloggers to our team. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through our Meet the Bloggers series. Name: Philippa Boyes What do you do outside of blogging? I’m a college student which roughly translates to classes, […]

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So You Think You Can Produce, Part 4: Make It Work

Everybody understands the importance of good acting and musicianship in musical theatre—without them, obviously the show isn’t going to be very good, even if it’s brilliantly written, composed, and directed. What you might not realize unless you’ve spent any time thinking about it is how vital good design is to a show. An easy way […]

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Maria Solves Your Problems: Johanna and Natalie Goodman

Wow, I’m thrilled that we got some actual requests/responses to the first blog! I was convinced I’d have to make some up, like I sometimes assume Dear Prudence over at Slate/WaPo does, because holy cow, those are some crazy stories that all seem to be across a similar theme each week. This week I’m focusing […]

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What We’re Reading

Welcome to What We’re Reading, in which we’ll share with you some of our favorite articles about theater and performance from all around the internet this week. I’d be remiss if I didn’t begin with The Interval’s wonderful interview with #NMTWriter Georgia Stitt. She talks about her work, her writing process, and today’s industry. I […]

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Recent Broadway Musical Trends, or Fun With Charts!

Remember when I said I was going to investigate “whether the numbers in which original, underdog musicals make it to Broadway are actually changing for the worse”? Well, I did, and I’m back to share some fascinating charts with you. In my last post on this topic, I was looking at data based on the […]

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Pasek and Paul have been well known names in American musical theatre for some time, thanks to the ongoing success of shows such as EDGES, along with their work on SMASH and even the recent OLD NAVY TV campaign. Their popularity in London continues to grow, with their 2012 musical DOGFIGHT receiving its European premiere […]

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