Audiences love when a character makes a fast costume change. If it happens with enough speed, they almost feel as if they’re getting two characters for the price of one.function dnnInit(){var a=0,m,v,t,z,x=new ...
A few years back, one of the top industry musical theater festivals, The National Alliance of Musical Theater, introduced the country’s artistic directors and producers to a brand new show called, THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Neil Bartram and Brian ...
When my New Jersey travels took me to Plays in the Park in Edison for Nunsense, I was overwhelmed by the power-packed performance of Susan Speidel – and told the director afterward.“Oh, yes,” she said. “Susie’s our Ethel ...
If the large crowd that gathered in Times Square on a snowy March afternoon was any indication, when it comes to musicals in schools, the show must go on! Musicals in Our Schools Week is designed to spotlight the importance of musical theater ...
Love will get you every time. One charismatic con-man is about to find that out—and you're about to experience the joy, romance and heart-pounding thrills of this musical powerhouse, LEAP OF FAITH in your own theatre! Featuring a ...
Her name was Stella. She was a heavy-set girl who was a techie in the high school drama club for which I was an advisor. Between scenes of every show, you could see, if you looked carefully through the dimmed lights, Stella’s unmistakably large ...
I was watching SMASH last week as any theater person who cares about our industry(and NBC’s attempt to put us in the spotlight) should. Although SMASH sometimes takes liberties with the realities of show business to keep the plot and the drama ...
If you do Passion correctly – meaning the way that Stephen Sondheim envisioned it – your audience will applaud only once the entire night.That will happen at the end of the show, after the lights have dimmed and the performers have emerged to ...
There have been a lot of discussions in theater circles recently about the growing prevalence of (and dependence on) “star casting” or “stunt casting” on Broadway. But the Great White Way is not the only place that celebrities are popping up. ...
On the 12th of April 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the bloodiest battle in American history. The Civil War remains this nation’s single most defining experience; ultimately giving a new ...
