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Katie checks in with actor, Eli Mayer (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Barrington Stage, the MUNY, Ride the Cyclone at Arena Stage and McCarter Theatre Center, and currently Reuven in The Chosen at Cincinatti Playhouse).
Barrington Stage Company will present their 13th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, part of the 2024 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
One of AKB's longest friends, Ellen Harvey, the queen of switching characters mid-scene, brings us her quick wit for this episode. Did you know she grew up in a house that was actually haunted? Neither did we! But that certainly might explain a few quirks we love about her. Broadway: Present Laughter (Miss Erikson w/ Kevin Kline), How To Succeed in Business... (Miss Jones w/Daniel Radcliffe), Phantom Of The Opera, The Music Man, Thou Shalt Not. Off-Broadway: Little Women, Big Love. Shakespeare In The Park: Into The Woods. National Tours: Mary Poppins (Miss Andrew), Disney's High School Musical (Ms. Darbus), Mamma Mia, (Tanya). Regional Favorites: Lend Me A Soprano (Mrs. Wiley, Alley Theatre), Knoxville (Aunt Hannah, Asolo Rep), Company (Joanne, Barrington Stage), Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett, KC Rep). TV: “WeCrashed,” “House of Cards,” “Blacklist,” “Gotham,” “Younger.” @ellenharveynyc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Kushner is one of New York's leading multi-hyphenates, photographer, producer, actor, podcast host, and author. Michael is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association, and has featured in notable performances, including On The Town at Barrington Stage directed by John Rando, Much Ado About Nothing at Barrington Stage directed by Julie Boyd, Sons Of The Prophet at GableStage directed by Joe Adler, and Toxic If Swallowed at Ars Nova directed by Charles Quittner. As a photographer, Michael's work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, The Tony Awards, and in publications in print and online. He is the creator of The Dressing Room Project, a photographic journal of actors prepping for their roles on Broadway. Michael has photographed Idina Menzel, Julie Andrews, and many more notable artists. As a producer, Michael is one of the founding members of Musical Theatre Factory, currently in residency with Playwrights Horizons. He is an Executive Producer on the award winning and EMMY-nominated web series, Indoor Boys, created by Wes Taylor and Alex Wyse. Michael and Wes' short film XaveMePlease, starring Isaac Powell, played Frameline43 Festival in San Francisco and OutFilmFest in CT. He served as Associate Producer on Bernie and Mikey's Trip to the Moon with 59E59 and Strangemen and Co. Michael is proudly on the Advisory Boards of Out of the Box Theatrics and Wingspan Arts. He is also an investor in Be More Chill on Broadway. Every year, Michael participates in Stage and Screen Sleep Out with Covenant House. He has worked with the youth of Covenant House, NY and helped them create the project I Am Worth It,. Michael and the Broadway Podcast Network launched Dear Multi-Hyphenate, exploring how multidisciplinary artists exist in show business. He is also the creator of his one man show, Moo With Me directed by Max Crumm. Michael is now an Expert Contributor to Backstage. Michael graduated with distinction from Ithaca College with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Hey everyone! Welcome to today's episode of the Wright Conversations Podcast! For today's episode, I'm joined by Michael Kushner to talk about being a multi-hyphenate, the sexless actor expectation, and sex and sexuality in the studio. We also talk about Michael's most incredible shoots, establishing trust and comfort, and get Michael's advice to aspiring multi-hyphenates. Let's delve in! In this Episode You'll Learn: [01:47] A bit about Michael. [02:52] What is a multi-hyphenate? [08:02] Introducing Rachel. [10:37] Sexless actors. [13:55] Sex and sexuality in the studio. [17:19] Creating comfort in photoshoots. [19:27] What it takes to trust someone. [23:32] Michael's favorite shoots. [30:02] Michael's advice to aspiring multi-hyphenates. Quotes: “We exist as many things, all at once.” [12:32] “Communication and conversation in photoshoots is really important.” [18:22] “A headshot doesn't belong on your mom's fridge.” [22:36] “Multi-hyphenating is different to multitalented, multifaceted, and multitasking.” [30:39] Connect with Michael Kushner Website: www.michaelkushnerphotography.com. www.michaelkushneronline.com. Instagram: @themichaelkushner. TikTok: @themichaelkushner. Podcast: Dear Multi-Hyphenate. Connect with Rachel Wright Website: https://rachelwrightnyc.com Instagram: @thewright_rachel Twitter: @thewrightrachel Resources How to Be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business. Get 20% OFF Your First Order at The Honey Pot! Use Promo Code: Rachel20 WIN A FREE INTIMACY AFTER DARK DECK! Get 30% OFF the NEW After Dark Deck! Use Promo Code: Rachel Get your Zumio Discount! Call to Action Please, if you love this episode, share it with your friends and others. To help this podcast grow, please leave a review, and don't forget to subscribe.
Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts opens its first mainstage show of the season this week as Artistic Director Alan Paul directs “Cabaret.” Set during the twilight of the Jazz Age in pre-war Berlin, “Cabaret” is Kander and Ebb's party at the end of the world with a book by Joe Masteroff; based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Chstirtopher Isherwood. “Cabaret” will play in Pittsfield on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage June 14-July 8. Krysta Rodriguez will take on the often bobbed and never forgotten role of Sally Bowles.
Last week we spoke to playwright Mark St. Germain about his new play, "The Happiest Man on Earth" which has its World Premiere preview tonight and runs through June 17 at the Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage in Pittsfield. "The Happiest Man on Earth" is based on the memoir of the same name by Eddie Jaku and stars Kenneth Tigar as Eddie.
Sound Designer Matthew Nielson & Tony Angelini share stories and lessons about the joy and the craft of sound design for the theatre and for film. Based in the Washington, DC Area, Matthew M. Nielson is a producer, composer, sound designer, recording engineer, audio post production engineer, songwriter, and orchestrater for Film, TV, Theater, Radio, Web, and MusicHis music for film has been heard in film festivals across the US. He has composed and designed more than two dozen short films, feature-length documentaries and feature-length narratives, including Poker Face, Lulu and Josie, A Sleepover Story, Fire's Daughter, Death in Time, Londinium, and Elbow Grease. He has won several film festival awards for his work and been nominated for several more. His music and sound design for television have been featured in branding packages for Epix Drive-In and Spike TV, and his commercial clients include Delivery.com, NBA, UFC on FOX, Bounty Hunters, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, NBC Sports, v05, and Hometrust Bank. His work can be heard in video games, including Drone Command.Theatrically, Nielson has designed, composed, orchestrated and written songs for hundreds of productions around the world. Off-Broadway: Shakespeare's Villains and Lakawanna Blues (Public Theatre). Regional credits include Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Delaware Theatre Company, Barrington Stage, NC Stage, Triad Stage, Ford's Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Contemporary American Theatre Company, Library of Congress, Folger Theatre, the National Gallery of Art, and many others. International credits include productions in Germany and Russia. Nielson has mentored sound design students and taught master classes at the University of Maryland and American University.During the pandemic, Nielson worked on many digital content projects for theatres in the DC Area and across the US as a location audio recordist, sound designer, composer, and audio post engineer. Projects include Homebound, a 10-episode web series available online, several theatre/film hybrid projects, and more than a dozen streaming versions of live theatrical productions. Nielson was a founding member of the audio theatre company The Audible Group (now Listenably), who produced holiday productions of A Child's Christmas in Wales and Gift of the Magi for charity. With The Audible Group, Nielson wrote, directed, scored and designed the dramatic audio series Troublesome Gap. He co-founded Sound Lab Studios; a premier full-featured audio post-production house and The Curious Music Company; a production music library and custom music shop.Nielson has won five Helen Hayes Awards and been nominated for many more, including the League of Cincinnati Theatre awards, Barrymore Awards and BroadwayWorld.com awards. He is currently enrolled in the songwriting program with the Berklee College of Music Online.Some Links:Holding for Lights: https://curiousmusic.bandcamp.com/track/holding-for-lights Mary Stuart (Original Score by Matthew Neilson: https://open.spotify.com/album/5WxQXrkqW172hToax0jXOt?si=_eFQQ_2CT0C-PCGwXfu32w A track from The Book of Will at Round House: I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org
Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of new Artistic Director Alan Paul, will produce a 2023 season that will feature two major musical revivals, two world premiere plays, and two modern classic play revivals.But first, we will get a preview of the Barrington Stage Company's 2023 10×10 New Play Festival – 10 Ten-Minute Plays by 10 playwrights which runs from February 16 - March 5 on the St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an inaugural filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. Please join us for a career Conversations with Michael Urie moderated by Broadway World's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!" About Michael Urie For originating the role of Alex More in Buyer & Cellar at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater this spring, Michael Urie received the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and nominations for the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards. New York theatre credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Broadway), The Cherry Orchard (CSC), Angels in America(Signature), The Temperamentals (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, Drama League nomination), The Revenger's Tragedy (Red Bull), Another Vermeer (HB Playwrights). Regionally, Urie has worked for The Old Globe, Vineyard Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Folger Shakespeare, Barrington Stage, Hyde Park (Austin) and The Blank (L.A.). Film: He's Way More Famous Than You(also directed), Thank You for Judging (co-director/exec. producer), Beverly Hills Chihuahua, WTC View, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, The Decoy Bride, Petunia and the upcoming Such Good People, The Hyperglot (director) and Grantham & Rose (exec. producer). TV: "Hot in Cleveland," "Partners" and Marc St. James on "Ugly Betty." Training: Juilliard.
On this episode, Roberta spends the hour talking with Joe Gunn from Barrington Stage.
Katie checks in with actor of stage (St. Louis Rep, Barrington Stage, Arden Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, the Mint, the Metropolitan Opera) and screen (Law and Order: SVU, The Good Fight, Elementary, Gossip Girl), Peterson Townsend.
Katie checks in with actor (the Mint Theater Company, The York Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group, Barrington Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Theatre Works Hartford, Law & Order SVU), Claire Saunders.
Today's episode is a bit of a jump in Aaron Tveit's career timeline, but I wanted to do this episode now because of it's relevance. Today's episode is all about Aaron's time playing Bobby in Barrington Stage's production of Company. Right now, as this episode is being released, we are in the middle of the five year anniversary timeline of the show's Barrington run, which opened on August 10, 2017. Aaron's performance of Bobby is one that many fans wish they could have seen. I hope you enjoy this week's episode all about Company!
Founding Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Julianne Boyd, will vacate her role on September 30. The Board of Trustees of Barrington Stage Company (BSC) has announced Alan Paul will take over as the company's new Artistic Director.In this exit interview, Alan Chartock speaks with Boyd about founding the company, her plans for after she leaves, and this summer's production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."
Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. At a special meeting the Great Barrington Selectboard listed affordable housing and the predicament of the Housatonic Water Works as primary issues for the town: Indeed, the Selectboard has called for an audit of the troubled Housatonic Water Works — a relic of the days when a public utility were privately owned and maintained: 2. Meanwhile, some good news for this summer's Berkshire cultural season: The number of COVID cases remains low: 3. Julianne Boyd, founding director of Barrington Stage, is retiring… and she was celebrated at a farewell gala. She has been a creative force for the arts and theatre in the Berkshires: 4. The town of Great Barrington has been presented with a number of promising proposals for the reuse of the Housatonic Elementary School building:
Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts presents Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Weeler's “A Little Night Music” on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage August 6-28.Outgoing founding Artistic Director Julianne Boyd directs the love-laden and confused weekend in the country in a new production starring Emily Skinner as Desiree Armfeldt and Jason Danieley as Fredrik Egerman.
Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. At a special meeting the Great Barrington Selectboard listed affordable housing and the predicament of the Housatonic Water Works as primary issues for the town: Indeed, the Selectboard has called for an audit of the troubled Housatonic Water Works — a relic of the days when a public utility were privately owned and maintained: 2. Meanwhile, some good news for this summer's Berkshire cultural season: The number of COVID cases remains low: 3. Julianne Boyd, founding director of Barrington Stage, is retiring… and she was celebrated at a farewell gala. She has been a creative force for the arts and theatre in the Berkshires: 4. The town of Great Barrington has been presented with a number of promising proposals for the reuse of the Housatonic Elementary School building:
Episode 3: Julianne Boyd - Barrington Stage Company by Alison Blakeslee & Eve McDougall NOTE: This episode was recorded in Spring 2021. Some information may be dated. Today's episode is hosted by Alison Blakeslee, a freshman at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Eve McDougall, a junior at Monument Mountain Regional High School. In this episode of Thinking Like a Region, Blakeslee and McDougall interview Julianne Boyd, theatre director, founder, and artistic director at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Boyd discusses how her passion for theatre from a young age shaped her future career, how she was led to Barrington Stage, the Stage's mission and endeavors, and more. Boyd believes that “you don't have to be brilliant to be creative…you just have to be in touch with your emotions.” This episode focuses on the creative capacities of deep listening, experimentation, and collaboration. Listen in to hear how Barrington Stage Company serves a passion of a region. You can find the transcript for this episode here. Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County's Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Lisa Donovan and Leslie Appleget. For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4. THIS EPISODE'S VOICES: Julianne Boyd is a theatre director and the founder and artistic director at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Boyd received her B.A. in theatre and education at Arcadia University and her doctorate in theatre at the City University of New York. Notably, with the Company, Boyd produced the Tony Award-winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2004. Alison Blakeslee is a freshman at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Eve McDougall is a junior at Monument Mountain Regional High School.
In this episode, Jennifer talks to Analisa Leaming about learning to separate your emotions from your thoughts, being willing to examine what is on the other side of fear, and using our bodies as the vessel through which feelings can pass. They both discuss what creativity means to them & the notion of embracing possibility over probability. Plus, Analisa shares tools from her work with the Paradox Process. About Analisa: Analisa Leaming is an actor/singer/coach/speaker/storyteller/risker-taker + perspective expander. (Not necessarily in that order.) She has appeared in the Broadway productions of School of Rock, Hello, Dolly!, The King and I, and On the Twentieth Century. Additionally, she has been seen regionally at the MUNY, KC Starlight, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse and Barrington Stage, to name a few. When not on stage you'll find her unraveling the query “How do we live the big, rich, beautiful life we desire independent of our résumé, bank account and society's definition of success?” As a coach + speaker she uses the Paradox Process to free artists from limiting beliefs and return to their power, wisdom and creativity. Analisa is also the creator and host of the podcast A Balancing Act. Her proudest creation yet, though, is her 2-year-old son, Gabey. Analisa's IG: @Analisaleaming Want to coach with Jennifer? Schedule a session here! https://appt.link/jenniferapple Monologue Sourcing Promo Link! https://empoweredartistcollective.com/podcastpromo Learn more: https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/podcast EAC IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective EAC TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective EAC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweredartistcollective/ Check Out Our Merch! https://www.empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com/ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com
Barrington Stage Company presents “Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show” on the Boyd-Quinson mainstage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “Ain't Misbehavin”' is a musical revue tribute to the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and '30s. Conceived by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz, the Tony Award winning musical is choreographed and directed this season at Barrington Stage by Emmy Award-nominee Jeffrey L. Page.
Mikey Scirrotto / @michaelscirrotto Mikey Scirrotto is currently a part of the cast in Chicago on Broadway. We chat fitness, life in Florida, and how he also does commerical finance while being a Broadway actor! NY: Camelot, Lincoln Center. Nat'l Tours: A Chorus Line, West Side Story. Regional: Paper Mill; Goodspeed; Barrington Stage; Maltz & Northern Stage. International: Tokyo Disney. Proud Graduate of Dreyfoos S.O.A. & New World S.O.A. Try a Free Trial of BFTS and work 1 on 1 with Coach Joe! https://builtforthestage.com/free-trial www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mikey Scirrotto / @michaelscirrotto Mikey Scirrotto is currently a part of the cast in Chicago on Broadway. We chat fitness, life in Florida, and how he also does commerical finance while being a Broadway actor! NY: Camelot, Lincoln Center. Nat'l Tours: A Chorus Line, West Side Story. Regional: Paper Mill; Goodspeed; Barrington Stage; Maltz & Northern Stage. International: Tokyo Disney. Proud Graduate of Dreyfoos S.O.A. & New World S.O.A. Try a Free Trial of BFTS and work 1 on 1 with Coach Joe! https://builtforthestage.com/free-trial www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More doubt and confusion! We are here for it. We are living it. We dig into it with Ali. She talks to us about growing up deeply Jewish and both the gifts and the questions she found on that path. We investigate the power of nature, long walks, and regular showers. And how the body holds all our secrets. As an actor, Ali has performed on Broadway and off, and in venues across the country including The Roundabout Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, Cincinnati playhouse in the park, Fault Line Theatre, Barrington Stage and more. Ali loves movement theater and recently completed the international residency program with Frantic Assembly in London. As a painter, her saturated, rhythmic use of color to paint women's bodies and faces, describes the womxn up against herself. She questions the scope of femininity by capturing moments of rage, torture, complacency, joy, nostalgia, and desire. Ali is an expressionist with occasional abstract tendencies. Ali has taught art all over the world with Artists Striving To End Poverty, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs. Ali is a certified Yoga instructor specializing in Vinyasa, Yin, Hatha, hot yoga and Meditation. Follow her on IG: @mayimarts For this week's "do," check out all the amazing organizations helping Ukraine that need your support: https://www.obama.org/updates/help-ukraine/ Follow us: On IG: @art.fully.grounded On FB: @art.fully.grounded On Twitter: @AFGpod Podcast's website: www.sweptbythewind.com/podcast
Katie checks in with stage manager Ryan Gohsman, whose credits include Here Lies Love, The Death of the Last Black Man, The Light Years, and Mary Jane, and who is currently the production stage manager for Little Shop of Horrors at The Westside Theater (featuring Christian Borle, Tammy Blanchard, and Conrad Ricamora).
Barrington Stage Company's annual 10x10 New Play Festival is part of Pittsfield's 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival. This year's new plays will be performed February 24 – March 13 at the Boyd-Quinson Stage and are directed by Julianne Boyde and Matthew Penn. We are joined by actor Matt Neely.
Clifton Guterman is a casting director, director, producer, teacher, and member of the Atlanta performing arts community since 2001. Presently, he is Head of Film & Television Division at Big Picture Casting. Clifton formerly served as the Alliance Theatre's Artistic Assistant (four seasons), as Casting Director and National New Play Network Producer in Residence at Actor's Express, where he is an Associate Artist and Teaching Artist, and as the Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director of Theatrical Outfit (eight seasons). He is a member of the Advisory Committee for The Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Shulers), the Chair of the Artists Advisory Council of ArtsATL, and a member of Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta's class of 2020. Clifton has cast over 100 productions in Atlanta (for Actor's Express, Agnes Scott College, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, True Colors Theatre Company, and others). He has directed locally with Alliance Theatre (Kendeda Festival), The Atlanta Opera, and Theatrical Outfit. As an actor, Clifton has appeared locally with Alliance Theatre, Actor's Express, Dad's Garage, Synchronicity, and Theatrical Outfit. Regional acting highlights: Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, California Shakespeare Theater, San Jose Rep, Weston Playhouse, Barrington Stage, and The O'Neill Center. He has appeared in numerous Atlanta-shot films, TV shows, commercials, and industrials. Education: BA in Drama, University of Georgia; MFA in Performing Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design. Clifton is originally from Iron City, GA. He, his husband Chad, and son Griffin live in Atlanta's historic Cabbagetown neighborhood. In this two part candid interview with one of Atlanta's beloved casting directors, Clifton Guterman-Gough, we explore his life, his loves, his devastations and one event that changed his life forever. You will learn: One important reason why you should bring your all to even one liners. The ways in which casting is on your side even months past your audition. How things can work out in devastation periods of your life that will truly surprise you. Follow Clifton on Instagram @cliftonguterman If you want to be able to see this interview Ad free you can hop over to my Patreon page where all interviews from launch will be stored in their extended form. https://www.patreon.com/sloanewarren You can also join me to do Qigong meditation work on that same page! Not sure if Qigong is for you, you can learn about it here: https://atlbodyretreat.com/what-is-qigong%3F FREE MEDITATION: https://www.subscribepage.com/morning-meditation Follow Sloane on Instagram @sloanewarren and on Twitter @sloaneawarren Or join our Facebook page at Undetoured-Navigating The Artist's Journey : https://www.facebook.com/groups/548220022934192 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sloane-warren/support
Clifton Guterman is a casting director, director, producer, teacher, and member of the Atlanta performing arts community since 2001. Presently, he is Head of Film & Television Division at Big Picture Casting. Clifton formerly served as the Alliance Theatre's Artistic Assistant (four seasons), as Casting Director and National New Play Network Producer in Residence at Actor's Express, where he is an Associate Artist and Teaching Artist, and as the Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director of Theatrical Outfit (eight seasons). He is a member of the Advisory Committee for The Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Shulers), the Chair of the Artists Advisory Council of ArtsATL, and a member of Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta's class of 2020. Clifton has cast over 100 productions in Atlanta (for Actor's Express, Agnes Scott College, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, True Colors Theatre Company, and others). He has directed locally with Alliance Theatre (Kendeda Festival), The Atlanta Opera, and Theatrical Outfit. As an actor, Clifton has appeared locally with Alliance Theatre, Actor's Express, Dad's Garage, Synchronicity, and Theatrical Outfit. Regional acting highlights: Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, California Shakespeare Theater, San Jose Rep, Weston Playhouse, Barrington Stage, and The O'Neill Center. He has appeared in numerous Atlanta-shot films, TV shows, commercials, and industrials. Education: BA in Drama, University of Georgia; MFA in Performing Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design. Clifton is originally from Iron City, GA. He, his husband Chad, and son Griffin live in Atlanta's historic Cabbagetown neighborhood. In this two part candid interview with one of Atlanta's beloved casting directors, Clifton Guterman-Gough, we explore his life, his loves, his devastations and one event that changed his life forever. You will learn: One important reason why you should bring your all to even one liners. The ways in which casting is on your side even months past your audition. How things can work out in devastation periods of your life that will truly surprise you. Follow Clifton on Instagram @cliftonguterman If you want to be able to see this interview Ad free you can hop over to my Patreon page where all interviews from launch will be stored in their extended form. https://www.patreon.com/sloanewarren FREE MEDITATION: https://www.subscribepage.com/morning-meditation You can also join me to do Qigong meditation work on that same page! Not sure if Qigong is for you, you can learn about it here: https://atlbodyretreat.com/what-is-qigong%3F Follow Sloane on Instagram @sloanewarren and on Twitter @sloaneawarren Or join our Facebook page at Undetoured-Navigating The Artist's Journey : https://www.facebook.com/groups/548220022934192 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sloane-warren/support
For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/KqVoNdhPlOU Lisa Howard was last seen on Broadway as Tammy in the new musical Escape To Margaritaville. Before that, she was a Drama Desk Nominee for her starring role of Jenny Steinberg in the musical comedy It Shouda Been You directed by David Hyde Pierce. Other Broadway roles include Diva 1 in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, Missy Hart in the new musical 9 TO 5, Head Nurse in Lincoln Center's revival of South Pacific and Rona Lisa Peretti in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She has toured with the national company of Les Miserables and performed around the country at such prominent regional theaters as St. Louis MUNY, Olney Theater Center, Goodspeed Opera House, Barrington Stage and Kansas City Starlight. In the concert scene, Lisa performed her solo show at Feinstein's/54Below and has made many appearances at the famed Town Hall in NYC as a part of Broadway By The Year & Broadway Unplugged concert series. TV credits include: “Ugly Betty,” “Power,” “Madame Secretary” and “The Good Fight.” Her solo CD, “Songs of Innocence and Experience” is available on itunes. Lisa is a graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. www.lisahowardnyc.com In celebration of this recording, Ms. Howard will appear at Feinstein's/54Below (254 West 54th Street – between Broadway & 8th Avenue) performing with Mr. Shaieb and his trio in “What Christmas Means To Me” on Sunday, December 12th at 7pm. Tickets are available at www.54Below.com and (646) 476-3551.
Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. It means different things to different people. In this short-form interview, Broadway leading lady, Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Escape to Margaritaville) is Baring It Slightly about what Christmas means to her, weight loss and so much more! Lisa Howard brings her brand-new holiday show What Christmas Means To Me to Feinstein's/54 Below on Sunday, December 12 at 7pm! Click here for tickets! P.S. Lisa's new holiday album, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, is available to stream and download! Connect with Lisa: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with Feinstein's 54 Below: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, Alex, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Adam Rothenberg Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Lisa: Lisa Howard was last seen on Broadway as "Tammy" in the new musical Escape To Margaritaville. Before that, she was a Drama Desk Nominee for her starring role of "Jenny Steinberg" in the musical comedy It Shoulda Been You directed by David Hyde Pierce. Other Broadway roles include "Diva 1" in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, "Missy Hart" in the new musical 9 TO 5, "Head Nurse" in Lincoln Center's revival of South Pacific and "Rona Lisa Peretti" in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She has toured with the national company of Les Miserables and performed around the country at such prominent regional theaters as St. Louis MUNY, Olney Theater Center, Goodspeed Opera House, Barrington Stage and Kansas City Starlight. In the concert scene, Lisa performed her solo show at Feinstein's/54Below and has made many appearances at the famed Town Hall in NYC as a part of Broadway By The Year & Broadway Unplugged concert series. She has also sung with the Cincinnati Symphony and with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops. Lisa made her feature film debut as "Siobahn" in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn Part 2, and can also be seen in the indie psychological thriller, Decay. TV credits include: Ugly Betty, Power, Madame Secretary and The Good Fight. Her solo CD, Songs of Innocence and Experience is available on iTunes. Lisa is a graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Voice Inside with Ray BokhourToday we are joined by actor, composer and writer Ray Bokhour. Ray is currently on Broadway in Chicago the Musical, and is producing the new play A Sherlock Carol, making its Off-Broadway debut November 2021 at New World Stages in NYC. Ray gives us a look backstage at his creative writing process, shares about producing the wonderful new off-Broadway production of A Sherlock Carol, and gifts us a story that he's not told before about finding and listening to his inner voice through playing guitar. Join us in conversation as we discuss:- Ray's background and current projects - Having creative time backstage - A Sherlock Carol - Learning how the money works in theatre - Hearing your heart when you pitch - A personal story about finding his own voice in music - Queens, NYC, 1970's + guitar - Listening and trusting your inner voice - How important it is to find time to be alone, and to only wear one hat at a time - A project in the works for 2022 - The Glorious Death of Comrade What's His Name Guest Bio: Raymond Bokhour is the 2008 recipient of BMI's Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement, and 2015 Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing. He is the co-author of The Glorious Death of Comrade What's-His-Name, performed in concert at Barrington Stage directed by Tony-winning director John Rando. Also an actor, he holds the record for performances as Mr. Cellophane in Broadway's Chicago (over 4,000). He opened the 1st National Tour of Once as Da. Recent work includes Williamstown Theatre Festival's The Closet, opposite Matthew Broderick. Also a composer, his music has been recorded by the London Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, and Moravian Philharmonic orchestras.Connect with Ray on Twitter: @RBokhourA Sherlock Carol: https://asherlockcarol.com/A Sherlock Carol on Twitter: @asherlockcarolA Sherlock Carol on Facebook: @sherlockcarolCity Springs Theatre: https://www.cityspringstheatre.com/Email Ray if you are interested in learning more about investing in A Sherlock Carol: Ray at bokhour.com Connect with Story and Horse!Facebook: @storyandhorseInstagram: @storyandhorseSign up for our newsletter the Weekly Canter and receive creative resources and inspirations direct to your inbox: https://storyandhorse.ck.page/weeklycanterWebsite: www.storyandhorse.comPodcast: www.thestoryandhorsepodcast.com Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storyandhorse)
Barrington Stage Company is presenting Tony and Emmy Award winner Billy Crystal in a presentation of a new musical in development, Mr. Saturday Night, on the Boyd-Quinson Stage (for nine performances - October 22-30. Joining Crystal is famed character actor David Paymer – known for City Slickers, Quiz Show & State & Main returning to his film role of Stan Yankelman, Buddy's brother, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.
Ethan Slater is an actor, writer and musician (mostly) based in New York. He was nominated for a Tony Award, and won the Drama Desk Award for playing SpongeBob in The SpongeBob Musical, which also happened to be his Broadway debut! As a writer, some upcoming projects include the films Intervenors and Silent Mode, both of which he co-wrote and co-stars in. He's released two EPs of original music, available on Spotify (or wherever you listen to stuff). As an actor, other theater includes: Who's Your Baghdaddy..., PEMDAS, Camelot (Lincoln Center), and when theater returns this fall (!), he will be playing Lee Harvey Oswald/The Balladeer in Assassins at Classic Stage Company. Some TV/film credits: Fosse/Verdon (FX), Law and Order (NBC), Murphy Brown (CBS), SpongeBob: Live On Stage (Nickelodeon), Evol, Untitled Vanessa Del Rio Biopic (upcoming), Kurt. (upcoming). IG: @ethanslater TW: @ethansaslater Nick Blaemire is a writer and performer based in Brooklyn. At 23 years old, Nick wrote the Broadway one-night-sensation rock musical Glory Days, which has since had over 50 productions around the world -- and will re-open in Japan in Fall 2021. He has written five other original musicals: A Little More Alive (commissioned by Broadway Across America, produced at Williamstown, Kansas City Rep, Barrington Stage, and is optioned as a feature film); Soon (premiered at Signature Theatre, upcoming at the Prima Theatre Fall 2021); Fallout (with Kyle Jarrow), Edge of the World (with Ethan Slater) and Space Dogs (with Van Hughes, upcoming Winter 2022 Off-Broadway at MCC Theatre). Nick has released three EPs of pop songs, all available on iTunes, Spotify, etc. As an actor, he most recently completed the National Tour of Falsettos as Mendel, recurred on Dash & Lily on Netflix, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance as Jon in the Off-Broadway Revival of Tick, Tick...Boom!. IG: @blaemire TW: @nickblaemir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shakespeare In The Park, Lincoln Center, Steppenwolf (Chicago), The Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles)
The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community. Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. The town of Great Barrington is assessing what it will take to clean up three brownfields sites: https://theberkshireedge.com/burdensome-brownfields-town-eyes-cleanup-of-three-important-but-polluted-properties/ 2. On a happier note, Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) is creating enrichment summer activities for immigrant children: https://theberkshireedge.com/vim-berkshires-aims-to-make-summer-accessible-to-all/ 3. We may be enduring a pandemic, but there is still theatre to take our minds off the masks we must wear. We take note of two productions; At the Great Barrington Public Theatre there is a terrific production of David Mamet's “The Christopher Boy's Communion, https://theberkshireedge.com/theater-review-christopher-boys-communion-at-great-barrington-public-theater/ While at Barrington Stage, local playwright Jessica Preovenz's “Boca” comes to life. Peter Bergman gives us a behind the scenes look at this production: https://theberkshireedge.com/behind-the-scenes-jessica-provenz-brings-boca-to-life-at-barrington-stage/ 4. Our Business Monday feature this week portrayed how artists are trying to make a living — in these pandemic times: https://theberkshireedge.com/business-monday-how-do-artists-make-a-living/ 5. And from our calendar, authors and environmentalists Bill McKibben and Sue Halpern will be talking about climate change at the New Marlborough Meeting House on August 14 — my birthday! https://theberkshireedge.com/event/?event_id=MTk5Mzk= 6. Last but not least, in spite of the pandemic, Berkshire Hills Regional School District Superintendent Peter Dillon expects to the district's schools will be open this fall: https://theberkshireedge.com/in-spite-of-recent-outbreaks-in-person-learning-likely-this-fall-for-berkshire-hills/
This week's guest is Nick Blaemire! I'm especially excited to release this episode today because I'm chatting with Nick and Ethan Slater this Friday (August 6th) at 2:30pm, the day Edge of the World's concept album is released on Broadway Records. Tune into bwaySHO YouTube and comment along in the chat! Nick Blaemire is a writer and performer based in Brooklyn. At 23 years old, Nick wrote the Broadway one-night-sensation rock musical Glory Days, which has since had over 50 productions around the world -- and will re-open in Japan in Fall 2021. He has written five other original musicals: A Little More Alive (commissioned by Broadway Across America, produced at Williamstown, Kansas City Rep, Barrington Stage, and is optioned as a feature film); Soon (premiered at Signature Theatre, upcoming at the Prima Theatre Fall 2021); Fallout (with Kyle Jarrow), Edge of the World (with Ethan Slater) and Space Dogs (with Van Hughes, upcoming Winter 2022 Off-Broadway at MCC Theatre). Nick has released three EPs of pop songs, all available on iTunes, Spotify, etc. As an actor, he most recently completed the National Tour of Falsettos as Mendel, recurred on Dash & Lily on Netflix, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance as Jon in the Off-Broadway Revival of Tick, Tick...Boom! Nick was in the original Broadway Cast of Cry-Baby and worked on the Joe Iconis hit The Black Suits. Here's our conversation from May 6th, 2020, recorded for my live YouTube series: The SHO Must Go On...line! Thanks for listening to the 28th episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast! If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes. Tune in this Friday, August 6th, on bwaySHO YouTube for my live chat with Nick Blaemire and Ethan Slater on release day of Edge of the World! Listen to that fabulous album and check out Nick's SPACE DOGS at MCC January 2022. Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels. Shannon Wheeler, Naomi Cotner, Judy Cotner, Alyssa Walles, Theresa Piliero, Cindi Howard, John Benson, Julie Larkin, Ashley Stasak, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Andrea Gilderhus and Eva Fink Clausen. If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. You get exclusive access to filmed performances, photos and interviews, as well as up-to-date news on what's going on in the theatre world. It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out. Thanks as always to Khayle Braxton AKA Gedun for these Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy for the Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, for the cool cover art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening! Broadway SHOs are announcing their new opening dates. While we're excited to see everyone get back to work, we must stay vigilant in our calls to make theatre a safe space for everyone involved. We need reports on how companies will be enacting anti-racist, anti-transphobia, anti-abelism and anti-abuse work. We can't go back, we must move forward. Get your vaccine, wear a mask, be safe and let's take care of ourselves. We'll see you at the SHO Instagram: @blaemire / Twitter: @nickblaemire / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com Proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today I welcome back Broadway Vocalist Sally Wilfert. In this episode Sally is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about her theatrical legacy, including her work with the legendary composer William Finn, singing at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), lessons learned & so much more! Listen to Part 1 of our interview here! We paid tribute to Sally's best friend, Three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker Be sure to catch Sally in her triumphant return to the concert stage this summer! July 10: Broadway Under The Trees at Harmony in the Woods: Click here for tickets! July 18 & 20: How Did I End Up Here? at Feinstein's/54 Below: Click here for tickets! Connect with Sally: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, Alex, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Sally: Sally Wilfert has appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning production of Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and King David. She toured the country in the first national tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway, Sally's credits include See Rock City, Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn, The Mistress Cycle, and The Prince & The Pauper. At Carnegie Hall she has appeared in Cole Porter's Jubilee, South Pacific in Concert (starring Reba McEntire), and Sondheim: A Tribute, (all for PBS). Performing with the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center and Tokyo, she was featured soloist, singing “Somewhere” for their performances of West Side Story Suite. Sally has performed throughout the country, including shows at the La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Barrington Stage, Houston's Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), Goodspeed Musicals, Northshore Music Theatre, Cap 21, Hartford Theatreworks. She has appeared at The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati in Mamma Mia, Chasing Rainbows, Damn Yankees, Kiss Me Kate, The Light in the Piazza, Footloose, When We Met, LMNOP (World Premiere), Little Miss Sunshine (World Premiere), Marry Me A Little, Elegies: A Song Cycle, Les Miserables, The Last Five Years, Amadeus, Into the Woods, & The Threepenny Opera. Sally performed in concert in Rob Kapilow's What Makes it Great, American Songbook's Rebecca Luker, Sally Wilfert: It's Time, William Finn's Songs of Innocence and Experience, Broadway in South Africa, Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook, New York City Christmas in such venues as 54 Below & NJ Performing Arts Center, Jacob Javits Center, The Allen Room, The Zipper Theatre, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Joe's Pub, & Birdland. Her recording credits include One Voice: Natalie Weiss & Sally Wilfert, See Rock City, New York City Christmas, Make Me A Song, Assassins, King David, The Prince & the Pauper, and A Christmas Survival Guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oscar winning actress Regina King directs One Night in Miami, a fictionalized account of the meeting in 1964, post the Clay/Liston fight, between Cassius Clay, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcolm X. It is adapted by Kemp Power from his own play of the same name. Kemp made history himself as the first African-American to co-write and direct a Disney animated feature with 2018's Soul. Dan and Vicky cover their first film released during the pandemic with One Night in Miami. They also discuss some recently seen including 1959's Anatomy of a Murder, Polanski's 1966 thriller Cul-de-Sac, Inherit the Wind, 1937's Pepe le Moko, the 1981 slasher Madhouse, and Truffaut's The Man Who Loved Women. Check out Hot Date 129 and leave us some feedback. Visit our website for all things Hot Date at hotdatepod.com. And see Dan in his reading with Barrington Stage, Get Your Pink Hands Off Me Sucka and Give Me Back, from June 4th-6th. Tickets here: https://secure.barringtonstageco.org/givemeback/1536
In Part 5 of The Visceral Voice's "Consider Your SELF" series, Christine and Kimberly have a conversation with their guest Analisa Leaming.Analisa Leaming has appeared in the Broadway productions of School of Rock, Hello, Dolly!, The King and I, and On the Twentieth Century. Additionally, she has been seen regionally at the MUNY, KC Starlight, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Barrington Stage, to name a few. She has a B.M. from the Eastman School of Music and is one of the youngest winners of the Lotte Lenya Competition. When not on stage, she is teaching voice, hosting workshops, and helping artists get out of the struggle and into a joyful pursuit of their dreams. Analisa is the creator of A Balancing Act podcast. Connect at www.analisaleaming.com and @analisaleaming on Instagram. Be sure to check out my Self-Care Membership, courses, and events at www.thevisceralvoice.com! And follow us on Instagram!Are you willing and able to becoming a Supporter of The Visceral Voice Podcast to help keep this podcast running? Please click here.
Sally Wilfert & Rebecca Luker were best friends. In celebration of what would have been Rebecca Luker's 60th Birthday (4/17), Sally & I pay tribute to their amazing friendship, their final project together, All The Girls, and much more! After listening to this episode, please consider making a donation to Target ALS, in honor of Rebecca Luker who passed away from ALS on December 23, 2020. Stream All The Girls on Spotify and Amazon Purchase/Download All The Girls on PS Classics and iTunes Connect with Sally: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, Alex, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Sally: Sally Wilfert has appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning production of Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and King David. She toured the country in the first national tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway, Sally’s credits include See Rock City, Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn, The Mistress Cycle, and The Prince & The Pauper. At Carnegie Hall she has appeared in Cole Porter’s Jubilee, South Pacific in Concert (starring Reba McEntire), and Sondheim: A Tribute, (all for PBS). Performing with the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center and Tokyo, she was featured soloist, singing “Somewhere” for their performances of West Side Story Suite. Sally has performed throughout the country, including shows at the La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Barrington Stage, Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), Goodspeed Musicals, Northshore Music Theatre, Cap 21, Hartford Theatreworks. She has appeared at The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati in Mamma Mia, Chasing Rainbows, Damn Yankees, Kiss Me Kate, The Light in the Piazza, Footloose, When We Met, LMNOP (World Premiere), Little Miss Sunshine (World Premiere), Marry Me A Little, Elegies: A Song Cycle, Les Miserables, The Last Five Years, Amadeus, Into the Woods, & The Threepenny Opera. Sally performed in concert in Rob Kapilow’s What Makes it Great, American Songbook’s Rebecca Luker, Sally Wilfert: It’s Time, William Finn’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, Broadway in South Africa, Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook, New York City Christmas in such venues as 54 Below & NJ Performing Arts Center, Jacob Javits Center, The Allen Room, The Zipper Theatre, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub, & Birdland. Her recording credits include One Voice: Natalie Weiss & Sally Wilfert, See Rock City, New York City Christmas, Make Me A Song, Assassins, King David, The Prince & the Pauper, and A Christmas Survival Guide. More on Rebecca: Broadway: "Helen" in Fun Home; Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother; "Winifred" in the original Broadway production of Mary Poppins (Tony Award nomination); "Claudia" in Nine, opposite Antonio Banderas; "Marian Paroo" in The Music Man (Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); "Maria" in The Sound of Music (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination); "Magnolia" in Showboat (Tony Award nomination); "Lily" in The Secret Garden (Drama Desk Nomination); "Christine" in The Phantom of the Opera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leo Ash Evens is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in Acting / Musical Theatre. Co-Owner/Director of Musical Theater College Auditions (MTCA) and entering his fourteenth year of expert preparation for musical theatre and acting college auditions, Leo balances and integrates a diversity of artistic disciplines, drawing from years of professional experience as an actor, voiceover artist, and educator. Leo infuses his students with the tools and confidence to prepare for successful college auditions. Broadway credits include School of Rock, Shuffle Along, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in Jasper in Deadland, Finks at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Wanda’s World, and Ionescapade;The Works of Eugene Ionesco at The York Theatre. He has played Riff in West Side Story in a multitude of productions including London’s West End, The 50th Anniversary US Tour, Houston TUTS, Barrington Stage, and North Carolina Theatre. On tour, he has appeared in 42nd Street in Moscow, Disney’s On The Record; and Casper The Musical, starring Chita Rivera. Regionally, he’s appeared as Black Stache in Peter And the Starcatcher (Pioneer), The Emcee in Cabaret (Houston TUTS and The Arvada Center, winning Best Actor in the Houston Theatre Excellence Awards), Jamie MacRea in Matthew Lopez’s world premier play Somewhere, (The Old Globe and TheatreWorks in Palo Alto), and Tulsa in Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone (Chicago Ravinia Festival). In the spring of 2021, Leo returns to TheatreWorks playing Tateh in Ragtime. National voice overs have included: Siemens Technology, Sharp, Foster Grants (starring Brooke Shields), JC Penney, V8, Avus, and GoGurt. Leo’s currently the voice for Monster. Follow Leo on IG: @leoashevens and More information at www.leoashevens.com In this episode, Leo chats with host Maggie Bera about the process of college auditions and how to best prepare for them. MTCA: http://mtcollegeauditions.com To join the Actor Aesthetic Alliance Facebook group, click here. Spread love and don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the Actor Aesthetic Podcast on your favorite podcast app. Visit actoraesthetic.com for more info. Follow Maggie Bera on social media Instagram: @actoraesthetic / @maggiebera Facebook: www.facebook.com/ActorAesthetic/ Email: maggie@actoraesthetic.com
Dogfight, Falsettos, a new EP out this week, movies, plays, musicals, Godspell... THE MAN IS NON STOP. Broadway multi-hyphenate Nick Blaemire is HERE!!! So you know that one friend you always ask for help? That one friend you constantly lean on who asks nothing in return? For us... That's Nick Blaemire. We have asked Nick Blaemire to "help us move" approximately a thousand times. "Hey Nick! We're writing a TV show.. will you help us?!" .. "Hey Nick! I wanna write a movie ... where do I start?!" .. "Hey Nick! Wanna come on our podcast..." Dan and Joe are MOOCHERS. Nick is the greatest guy. This guy writes musicals, tv shows, and movies, he acts, sings, plays music, writes music... he is one of the greatest, most talented men on the planet. And we're thrilled he's here this week. Thank you Nick. We love you. Nick Blaemire is a writer and performer based in Brooklyn. At 23 years old, Nick wrote the score to the musical Glory Days (book by James Gardiner, OBCR on Ghostlight Records). Since its historic one night engagement on Broadway, it has had over 40 productions all over the world. He has also written book, music and lyrics for four original musicals: A Little More Alive (commissioned by Broadway Across America, produced at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Kansas City Rep and Barrington Stage, optioned as a feature film); Soon (premiered at Signature Theatre, won the Stephen Sondheim Young Artist Citation); Fallout (with Kyle Jarrow, in development); and Space Dogs (with Van Hughes and Tina Landau, in development). Other writing projects include the film adaptation of the novel This Song Will Save Your Life and a romantic comedy for Universal Pictures. Nick has released two pop EPs, both available on iTunes and Spotify. As an actor, he recently completed the National Tour of Falsettos as Mendel and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance as Jonathan in the Off-Broadway Revival of Tick, Tick...Boom!. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An episode for Sondheim fans! This week, we turn our focus to Sondheim Unplugged, one of the most popular and long-running series presented at Feinstein's/54 Below. A celebrated New York event since 2010 (It's a Hit!), the show features some of Broadway and cabaret's most dynamic voices, accompanied by piano only, delving into the musical world of Broadway's master composer. In December 2020, Sondheim Unplugged was recorded and streamed as part of 54 Below Premieres, the club's new streaming series. God, That's Good! We are joined by creator and host Phil Geoffrey Bond and performer Lucia Spina. Phil Geoffrey Bond created Sondheim Unplugged, the long-running, award-winning monthly series, in 2010 and has served as its producer and host ever since. His novel, The Last Year at Low Tide, is currently available on Amazon from Chess Books as are his other titles — My Queer Youth, Small Town Confessions, The Fall of Mrs. Parsons, The Disney Diaries, and All the Sad Young Men. Phil has served as Director of Programming for The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, The Laurie Beechman Theatre as well as Feinstein's/54 Below, where he later became Director of Original Programming. He is the recipient of seven Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets (MAC) Awards, two Backstage Bistro Awards, a Broadway World Award, and a Nightlife Award. Lucia Spina made her Broadway debut with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona Lisa Peretti) in 2006. Her Broadway credits include Kinky Boots (original cast), South Pacific, Legally Blonde (Enid), and Les Miserables. Off-Broadway, she originated roles in Silence! The Musical (Catherine/Senator Martin) and Fugitive Songs. She toured the country with Legally Blonde, and her regional work includes credits at Goodspeed Opera House, Long Wharf Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Barrington Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and The Hangar Theater, as well as Sunday in the Park With George (Nurse/Mrs./Harriett) and Anyone Can Whistle (Osgood) at the Ravinia Festival (Lonny Price, director; Paul Gemignani, musical director). She has sung with the acclaimed American Pops Orchestra and has graced cabaret stages all over New York City garnering her Best Female Vocalist for BroadwayWorld's 2015 Cabaret Awards. www.luciaspina.com Sondheim Unplugged premiered online Saturday, December 26, 2020, and is available on-demand through January 23, 2021. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.54below.com/Sondheim. View clips from the show: Natalie Douglas sings “Losing My Mind” https://youtu.be/j9FLx8Z4Qfg Telly Leung sings “Being Alive” https://youtu.be/viXRnxui0Uc All music clips in this episode are from Sondheim Unplugged at Feinstein's/54 Below, filmed on December 5, 2020: “Being Alive” from Company, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, featuring Joe Goodrich on piano “The Ladies Who Lunch” from Company, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Lucia Spina “Marry Me a Little” cut from Company, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Nicholas Rodriguez “Move On” from Sunday in the Park with George, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Lucia Spina & Nicholas Rodriguez “Something's Coming” from West Side Story, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Darius de Haas “Losing My Mind” from Follies, music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Natalie Douglas “Being Alive” from Company, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Telly Leung “Anyone Can Whistle” from Anyone Can Whistle, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, performed by T. Oliver Reid Instrumental from “Beautiful Girls” from Follies, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, featuring Joe Goodrich on piano Credits This podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and produced by Grace Benigni, with support from the Feinstein's/54 Below marketing staff. Original artwork by Philip Romano. Follow Nella on Twitter at @spinstripes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Award-winning playwright, actor, writer and first-gen badass femme Ngozi Anyanwu (IG: @gozeface) joins Chisara for a Joy+Well Conversation you do not want to miss. Like what you heard in this episode? Leave us a review, rating, or comment. Or visit us on Instagram— @livejoywell — and drop us a note. Thanks for listening!Here's some more about Ngozi Anyanwu (Playwright) Education: University of California, San Diego (MFA in Acting), Point Park University (BA). Acting: The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The City Theatre, Barrington Stage, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and The Mark Taper Forum. Television credits include “Limitless,” “Deadbeat,” “The Affair,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” and “The Deuce.” Good Grief, Victory Is Ours, The Homecoming Queen, and Nike or We Don't Need Another Hero. Film credits include Split and Women Who Kill. Good Grief(kilroys list 2016, semi finalist Princess Grace, Humanitas Award) was produced at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles in Spring 2017 which Anyanwu also starred in. NIKE(kilroys list 2017) was recently workshopped at The New Black Fest in conjunction with The Lark and The Strand Festival in conjunction with A.C.T and Space on Ryder Farm. The Homecoming Queen(kilroys list 2017, Leah Ryan Finalist) recently had its world premiere at The Atlantic theater which also had a sold out run. Anyanwu has also received residencies from LCT3, Space on Ryder Farm, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, The New Harmony Project, New York Stage and Film and Page 73. Anyanwu is developing a pilot with Juvee Productions and Abc Signature. She is also commissioned with NYU, The Old Globe and The Atlantic Theatre.Intro Music:Too Cool by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-coolLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sherrice Mojgani is one of only a handful of women of color designing lighting for professional theatre in the United States. She has designed for Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, and San Diego Repertory Theatre. In 2019 Mojgani’s design for Into the Woods at Barrington Stage won a Berkshire Theatre Critics Circle Award and in 2017 she served as Associate Lighting Designer for the legendary Howell Binkley on Broadway’s hit musical Come From Away. Mojgani is a member of United Scenic Artist 829 and she is an assistant professor in the School of Theatre at George Mason University. Originally from Orange County California, Mojgani holds a BA in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz, and an MFA in Lighting Design from UC San Diego.
This week we continue our conversation about the moral dilemma, THE SURROGATE (2020 SXSW Official Selection). J Jessica (Jasmine Batchelor) a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, "Looking") and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, Slave Play). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of action, the relationship between the three friends is put to the test. We are joined this week for PART II with the cast behind this moral drama that brings up conversations surrounding race, sexuality, class and activism while taking a glimpse into the down syndrome community. In this first part, writer/director, Jeremey Hersh, introduces us to Brooke Bloom: Theatre credits: Cloud Nine at Atlantic Theatre Company (2016 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play), You Got Older with Page 73 (Obie Award Winner & 2015 Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress in a Play)...I’m Looking For Helen Twelvetrees at the Abron Arts Center, Somewhere Fun at Vineyard Theatre, Lungs at the Studio Theatre in D.C. and Barrington Stage, Becky Shaw at the Wilma, The Grown-Up at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Marie Antoinette at ART, as well as A Feminine Ending, Completeness and Hamlet all at South Coast Rep. Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Ceremony, He’s Just Not That Into You, Gabbi on the Roof in July, Swim Little Fish Swim (SXSW 2013) and She's Lost Control (Berlinale 2014). Television: Series Regular roles on Netflix's "Gypsy" and "Amazon's Alpha House," guest appearances on the USA series "Falling Water," "Louie," "The New Normal," "Person of Interest," "Law & Order: SVU," "The Good Wife," a recurring role on "CSI: Miami" and various pilots for NBC. The recipient of the 2012 Barrymore and 2013 IRNE awards for Best Actress, Brooke also received a 2013 Elliot Norton nomination. And, finally, the star of THE SURROGATE Jasmine Batchelor sits with us to discuss filling the shoes of Jessica and what life has been like for her after her first big film role: Jasmine Batchelor currently stars as Jess in THE SURROGATE, a feature film written and directed by Jeremy Hersh. She is an actor, writer, producer, and teaching artist residing in New York City, and an alumnus of The Juilliard School. She has been seen on stage at The Public Theater, Playwrights Realm, Manhattan Theatre Club, Two River Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage, among others. She is a major Lorraine Hansberry fan. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Jeremy Hersh is a New York-based filmmaker whose first feature, The Surrogate, was an Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. His 2015 short, Actresses, screened at Sundance, SXSW, BAMCinemafest and the New Orleans Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best narrative short. Jeremy’s undergraduate thesis short, Natives, premiered at SXSW in 2013. THE SURROGATE is available on VOD. Rate and Review Pink Among Men wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Insta @pinkamongmen.
Today I am joined by Emmy-Winning choreographer Josh Bergasse. He worked on NBC's Smash, and his work has also been seen on Broadway in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, On The Town, Gigi, and more. He has also worked numerous times at City Center, Barrington Stage, and more.
Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsAustin Creative Alliance - Black Art Matters Bottle Alley Theatre/The VORTEX - Self PortraitsWhat We Talked AboutChristopher Jackson American Pie Barrington Stage moves outdoors Emmy Nominations Save our St ages Act Hartford Stage cancels til June 2021 Wildcats – Lucille Ball Montopolis The Breath Project Jubilee Theatre Overtures on KOOP Sat 8:30 am…Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)
Jessica Paz is a Tony Award-winning Sound Designer for theater, film and music. Most recently, she collaborated with Nevin Steinberg on the sound design for Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed production of Hadestown, which earned the duo a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle nomination. On Broadway, Jessica was an Associate Sound Designer on projects including Dear Evan Hansen, Bandstand, Disaster! The Musical; The Assembled Parties (MCC); and Fela!. Other design credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theater); Kiss My Aztec (Berkeley Rep); Twelfth Night, Othello, Miss You Like Hell, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and As You Like It (The Public Theater); Burn All Night (A.R.T Oberon Stage); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); A Sucker EmCee, and The Muscles in Our Toes (LAByrinth); The Kings Whore (Starcatcher Productions); Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside Theater); Looking for the Pony (Vital Theater Co.); Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater); STRETCH – A Fantasia (New Georges); Welcome to Fear City (KC Rep); Scott & Hem in the Garden of Allah, and See How They Run (Barrington Stage); Legally Blonde, and 9 to 5 The Musical (North Shore Music Theater); Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare on the Sound’s Productions); SCKBSTD (Virginia Stage Co) ; Volcanoes Birthright (Organic Magnetics); TempOdyssey, And Her Hair Went With Her, Bookends, and Minstrel Show (NJ Rep). Jessica has been a Front of House Engineer for musicians including The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Antibalas, Julia Haltigan, Femi Kuti, Lady Antebellum, Candy Shop Boys, People vs. Larson, Michael Arenetta, Bugaboo, Carte Blanche, King Holiday, The Woes, Stone Cold Fox, The African Children’s Choir and many others. She has also been a Lecturer of Sound Design in addition to student advisor for Princeton Universities production of Next To Normal, and was the Sound Designer of the Actor’s Studio Drama School’s yearly Master’s Thesis productions from 2009 – 2014. Jessica is fascinated by music studio and live concert techniques. She is constantly learning and researching innovative approaches from the traditional music recording world, and bringing them into her theater work. A proud member of IATSE Local 829; Soundgirls.org; Woman’s Audio Mission; USITT; and Co-Chair of the board of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association. She currently resides in New York. Pizza is her favorite food group. In this episode, we discuss: Manhattan Special Theater Sound Broadway/Off Broadway Theater Sound Design System Design Audio Teams Audio Roles Mentors Large Budgets Network Audio Rain vs. Audio Women in Audio Theater vs. Club Sound Union Rules Money Passion for Audio Past Jobs Trying to Leave Audio Advocacy Links and Show Notes: Jessica’s site: http://www.jessicapazdesigns.com/ TSDCA.: https://tsdca.org/ USITT: https://www.usitt.org/ Soundgirls: https://soundgirls.org/ Women's Audio Mission: https://womensaudiomission.org/ Monologue Link to Velcro Strips: https://amzn.to/2BcrMG6 WCA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/working_class_audio Support WCA - Go Ad-Free! https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/ Connect with Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/ Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP Credits: Guest: Jessica Paz Host: Matt Boudreau WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck Smith Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau Additional Music: The License Lab
Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsLisa Scheps & Nicole Shiro.. and YOU, the listenerWhat We Talked AboutFreestyle Love Supreme on Hulu Cats Video… I know, I know Hamilton on Diseney + American Utopia on HBO – David Byrne and Spike Lee Barrington Stage – one actor Uncomfortable Conversations with a black man Fiddler no longer playing everywhere Falsettos Sing-A-Long? (last Thursday) New Apple Family to air tonight (7/1) Free To Be you and MeThank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)
LEO ASH EVENS is a Pittsburgh born and bred actor with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Upon signing with his legit agents, CGF Talent defined him as "an enigma". A dynamic song and dance man as well as voice-over artist, signing with Innovative Artists in 2012, Leo enagages his sexy rasp for both rock ’n roll and commercial voice-overs. Currently, he is the voice of Siemens Technology. In his 10th year with MTCA (Musical Theatre College Auditions), Leo has evolved from monologue coach to Assistant Director and is now a proud Co-Director and Co-Owner of the team with partners Ellen Lettrich (Founder), and Charlie Murphy. Leo loves guiding his students to trust their own work and their process, finding the right program and positioning themselves for success in the professional world. Broadway credits: Jesus Christ Superstar (debut); Shuffle Along…(standby for Brooks Ashmanskas, and later taking over the role) directed by George C. Wolfe, choreographed by Savion Glover; and the vacation swing for School of Rock, where he channeled a touch of David Bowie, Rod Stewart, and Jem of Jem and the Holograms in his spiky blonde wig. Leo's proudest role to date is the Emcee in Cabaret, winning Best Actor in the Houston Excellence Awards while performing at Houston TUTS. Leo later reprised his role at The Arvada Center in Denver, Colorado. It's the gritty roles that really ignite him. And in a close second place - playing the deliciously deplorable Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher. Leo’s had the honor of working with theatre legends Chita Rivera, Patti LuPone, Shirley Jones, and Audra McDonald. He treasured the world premiere play, Somewhere, starring Priscilla Lopez, at The Old Globe in San Diego, in which he originated the role of Jamie McRea. Off-Broadway, Leo originated roles in two premiere plays which have since successfully been published. Bobby in Finks by Joe Gilford and Pluto in Jasper in Deadland by Hunter Foster and Ryan Scott Oliver. Leo played Riff in West Side Story several times: for Alan Johnson (50th Anniversary Tour); Joey McNeely (London); as well as for Joshua Bergasse (Gypsy of The Year, Recording Academy Honors, Barrington Stage, and North Carolina Theatre). He is thrilled to be part of this legacy and pass it on through educational workshops. Maybe he'll even try his hand at directing it one day... Showbiz highlight: In 2016, Leo met his idol, The Great Lady of Comedy - Carol Burnett, after her show at The Beacon Theatre in NYC. Inspired by her hilarious, honest, and wry characters, he always admires her compassionate way of sharing herself with her audiences. Leo is the proud son of Earl and Amy, brother of Sarah, and Uncle of Violet! (He's gonna post some Instagram duos of himself and Violet soon - she'll steal your heart!) He gleaned his green thumb from his parents, and hence, time with his house plants, the community garden, and lush walks in Central Park near his apartment on the Upper West Side are a must! Someday soon, Leo wants to adopt a Wheaten Terrier. Follow @leoashevens --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/support
Taylor Trensch was most recently seen in To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway almost directly after taking over the title role in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Other credits include the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, in which he played Barnaby Tucker. Other Broadway credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Matilda and Wicked. He also was featured in the off-Broadway productions of Bare and Rent and on the first national tour of Spring Awakening. He's been seen in world premieres at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dallas Theater Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Barrington Stage. On screen, he's been seen in Nickelodeon’s Nella the Princess Knight.
We're back this week with another Quarantine Happy Hour featuring Scenic Designer Mike Carnahan, Production Designers Rob Bissinger and Anita La Scala, Scenic Designer Donyale Werle, Costume Designer Paloma Young, and Lighting Designers Jeff Croiter and Jen Schriever! After checking in as to how everyone is doing at the end of week 7, the group dives in to discuss what kind of work is appropriate to do before a contract, how people are engaging with future work, they discuss the newly released Barrington Stage plan for their summer shows, and whether everyone is having crazy dreams (hint: yes). Paloma tells us how the pandemic threw a wrench in her wedding plans, Mike recounts getting the last flight out of Brazil in March, and Donyale explains how she's essentially been preparing for a quarantine her entire life. There are surprise appearances from babies and dogs, Rob shares details on a secret hobby and Jeff brings a really big bottle of Gin!
Michael Kushner bases his work on the idea that he can do anything whenever he wants. He selects his projects his carefully. He is a multi - hyphenate: a person who has multiple proficiencies, often cross pollinating into each other to help flourish professional capabilities. Michael is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and some favorite credits include ON THE TOWN and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Barrington Stage and TOXIC IF SWALLOWED at Ars Nova. Michael graduated with distinction from Ithaca College with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Michael's photography has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, The Tony Awards, and in publications in print and online nationally and in the UK. He is the creator of THE DRESSING ROOM PROJECT, a photographic journal of actors prepping for their roles on Broadway. Michael is one of the founding members of Musical Theatre Factory, currently in residency with Playwrights Horizons. He served as Associate Producer on Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon with 59E59 and Strangemen and Co. He is an Executive Producer on the award winning web series, Indoor Boys, created by Wes Taylor and Alex Wyse. He is also an investor in Be More Chill on Broadway.
Alex Gibson is a New-York based performer. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alex attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he was a member of the inaugural class of the New Studio on Broadway. He is also a graduate of the Upright Citizen's Brigade Training. His Broadway credits include: Spongebob Squarepants, and Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812. Alex performed in Pirates of Penzance at Barrington Stage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Guthrie Theater, and Adele: Live in Concert for NBC. You can find More information at www.AlexGibsonOnline.com and @AlexGibby on social media.
Episode Twenty-Three Angela Chan Angela Chan holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Music from Texas Womans University. She started studying piano at the age of 4 and made her first public debut at age 8 in Dallas, TX where she performed with a Suzuki touring group from Japan in front of an audience of 2,000 people. She went on to win various competitions in the state of Texas including the Collin County Young Artist Competition in which she performed with the Plano Symphony at age 13. During this time, she also studied the harp and French horn, and performed in the high school concert, marching, and jazz bands. Angela went on to attend the University of North Texas on a piano performance scholarship studying with Joseph Banowetz. She also taught piano lessons and creative music classes before discovering her love for musical theater. After graduation, she worked at various theaters, including Barrington Stage in Massachusetts, Seaside Music Theater in Daytona Beach, and The MUNY in St Louis, the largest outdoor theater in the country. Since then she has toured all over the US, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico as the Musical Director of “A Christmas Carol,” and as the Associate Conductor and keyboard player on the national tours of “South Pacific,” “Sound of Music,” “CATS,” Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Wizard of Oz," "Ghost," and “Phantom of the Opera.” She has performed in Las Vegas in “The Producers,” “Spamalot,” “Mamma Mia,” Disney’s “The Lion King,” “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular”, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, “Jersey Boys,” “KA” by Cirque du Soleil, and is currently the Associate Conductor/Keyboardist for "Le Reve: The Dream" at Wynn Las Vegas. In 2012, she became an Associate Music Director for Choozi Entertainment, which produced the shows for the "Artists of Silver Sea" on Silver Sea Cruise lines all over the world! Angela is also an award winning lyricist and composer, capturing “Best of the Fringe Festival” awards for her shows “Legacy of the Tiger Mother” in San Francisco in 2012, (a self produced show that played in Las Vegas, New York, Adelaide, Australia, and San Francisco) and “Sudoku the Musical” at the Las Vegas Fringe Festival in 2013! In 2014 Angela also became a Notary Public in the state of Nevada and a licensed wedding officiant in Clark County. Ms. Chan currently resides in Las Vegas with her husband, drummer and percussionist Alex Stopa. Angela is a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians! www.AngelaChanMusic.com www.TigerMotherTheMusical.com www.BrunchToBroadway.com www.Youtube.com/user/CalamityChan Twitter: @CalamityChan Instagram: Ellahcj Egg Nog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjqIhVwM3D8 Sad Penis Christmas https://youtu.be/bkTsRI6XjiA
Tom Coash's full-length play, “Veils,” set in Cairo at the beginning of the Arab Spring, played at Barrington Stage in the fall of 2015. He says an experience from “Veils” inspired him to write the shorter work that appears in this year's 10×10 Festival. He talked with us about both plays and what he has learned in writing them. You should definitely also check out our conversation in Will Call, #18, with playwright Tom Coash and director by Leah C. Gardiner,” from the play's 2015 run at Barrington Stage Company. Save Save Save Save The post Will Call Episode #55.4, BONUS: Tom Coash on “Raghead” at BSC for 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival appeared first on The Greylock Glass.
Tom Coash’s full-length play, “Veils,” set in Cairo at the beginning of the Arab Spring, played at Barrington Stage in the fall of 2015. He says an experience from “Veils” inspired him to write the shorter work that appears in this year’s 10×10 Festival. He talked with us about both plays and what he has learned in writing them. You should definitely also check out our conversation in Will Call, #18, with playwright Tom Coash and director by Leah C.… The post Will Call Episode #55.4, BONUS: Tom Coash on “Raghead” at BSC for 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival appeared first on The Greylock Glass.
This episode finds out how The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee developed from an off-off-off-Broadway improv show to the beloved, hilarious and quirky Broadway hit. Through conversations with the show's conceiver, actors, producer, and iconic director James Lapine, we'll find out how the show survived a condemned East Village theater, found its footing at Barrington Stage, and then captured the hearts of New York audiences off-Broadway at Second Stage before making it to Broadway at Circle in the Square. This season is sponsored by TodayTix. To get $15 off your first purchase, download the app or visit TodayTix.com and use the promo code "BACKSTORY". Follow us on Twitter @bwaybackstory and go to TodayTix.com/BroadwayBackstory for more info.
Grab a beer with me and Lance Rubin, author of DENTON LITTLE’S DEATHDATE and its sequel, DENTON LITTLE’S STILL NOT DEAD (Feb. ’17!) while we talk improvising teen dramas, the importance of establishing reader expectations, and the ephemeral nature of art. Lance Rubin Show Notes HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOON by Frank Asch PEE WEE SCOUTS Judy Delton MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN by Bruce Coville Louis Sachar THE STINKY CHEESE MAN by Jon Sciezka Beverly Cleary Judy Blume JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton Dick Francis (Is Dick Francis a horse?) Mary Higgins Clark WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN Mr. Show (TV show) Upright Citizens Brigade Ray Munoz (his friend, of The Lance and Ray Podcast) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins Dawson’s Creek Felicity The O.C. Beverly Hills 90210 Judd Apatow advice to Freaks & Geeks, telling them to write Joe Iconis?? Jason Sweet Tooth Williams “Broadway Bounty Hunter” at Barrington Stage, Written by Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason "Sweettooth" Williams BIRD BY BIRD Ann Lamott ON WRITING Stephen King THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield
It is the night before the Festival of Beltane, bonfires blaze as theotherworldly cast is close at hand, druids march to protect the living fires by way of their mystical chants. Jen and Johnny, the star-crossed lovers, attempt to flee from her father’s henchmen, but are caught and hanged. The Eve of Beltane then jumps centuries into the present, where our long lost lovers meet again as students at Notre Dame. This time Jenny proudly returns home with Johnny to her father’s blessing but Derry O’Leary, now a prominent politician in modern day Dublin, still refuses to allow his daughter to marry beneath her social class. This time, however, Dr. Kelson O’Leary, a transmigrated Merlin becomes their advocate and thus aligns the stars in their favor, allowing Derry to see the fire of love that burns beyond all worldly limitation. Part 1 Eve Of Beltane Cast: Nellie O’Brien as Jenny O’LearyNellie O’Brien - has performed in many national and local venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Westchester Broadway Theatre, Tarrytown Music Hall, The Emelin Theatre, White Plains Center for the Performing Arts, Salt City Center and The Performing Arts Foundation. She has TV, radio, voiceovers, comedy improv and cabaret to her credit and was a recipient of the Irene Ryan Award for Excellence in Acting. A former TV and Radio anchor, producer and correspondent, she is the president of Compelle! Communications, a company specializing in media training, presentation skills, spokeswork and message development. .Richard Mazda as Johnny Aiden MillerRichard Mazda is a writer, director, producer, actor, singer and musician. Born in the UK and now residing in NYC. Mazda received an award American Society of Composers, Authors and Producers (ASCAP) award for the Billboard R&B hit, “How Long.” Film Mazda appeared in major films, including Harry Potter and Philospher’s Stone, Saving Private Ryan, Love Actually, and Batman Begins as well as TV shows like BBC’s Eastenders and the ITV prison drama Bad Girls. London stage includes Canterbury in Edward II, Polonius in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Jimmy in Home James. In early 2005 he founded The Queens Players, an acting troupe that would go on to produce over 40 main-stage productions such as Macbeth, Cyrano De Bergerac, Edward II, As You Like It, Othello, The Importance of Being Earnest as well as original plays by Mazda, including All The Wild Horses, Pirate Pete, Touch of Death, and The Poacher’s Game. In 2007 Mazda founded the Secret Theatre, a 50-seat black box performance space in Long Island City, Queens. Two years later he expanded it to include a second 99-seat house. Currently, the Secret Theatre complex houses three performance rehearsal spaces and one studio/rehearsal space. The Secret Theatre and The Queens Players have become fixtures in the arts scene in Queens. Recent directing credits include a sold out run of Hair, Much Ado About Nothing. Mazda received praise for playing Richard in Richard III for the Queens Players. As a writer Mazda is the author of Pirate Pete’s Parrot and Princess Particular which are the longest running children’s shows in Queens with 72 and 56 consecutive dates respectively with no sign of the shows popularity fading.Mary Ellen Ashley as Dinah O’LearyMaryEllen has performed since she was 4 years old in all areas of the performing arts which includes all the early radio soap operas and half hour dramas. She was in the original Annie Get Your Gun as the little Oakley sisters opposite Ethel Merman along with 5 other musicals by the time she was a teenager.She had her own children's half hour TV show on ABC network-The Tootsie Hippodrome as Judy Ann the Tootsie Roll Sweatheart-sponsored by yes of course Tootsie Roll Candies. Later on she was seen in triple rolls in Yentle On Broadway, multiple 42nd Sts, MAma Rose in Gypsy, Mame, 13 different productions of Hello Dolly as Dolly and Mrs Lovett inSweeney Todd. These are only a few of all the Broadway, Off Broadway, regional and tours you mitt have seen her in. In more recent few she can be seen in film and TV such as The Producers, several Law and Order and Law and Order SVU, Fringe, Best MAn In The Dark, and a half dozen film touring the festivals as we speak. She has just completed two Pilots to be released in near future.Michael Muldoon as Derry O’LearyMichael Muldoon is the Executive Vice-President for M&M Performing Arts Co.,the resident theater company of Lyndhust. He is delighted to be asked back by Coni & Joe to be a part of their wonderful play. He has appeared at the Carriage House Theater at Lyndhurst in Barrymore, and Travels With My Aunt and has directed Show People and Mistletoe and Menorahs. This past December, he appeared in the Lyndhurst Mansion as Charles Dickens and sixteen other characters in Mr. Dickens Tells a Christmas Carol at Lyndhurst. NYC Theater: The Living Theater, Theatre for the New City and Manhattan Repertory. Regional: NJ, PA, KY, GA, CT and NY. Television: One Life to Live, All My Children, As the World Turns, Saturday Night Live and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (recurring). He is a member of the Board of Directors for YCP TheaterWorks and lives in Yorktown Heights, NY with his favorite director/actress/tennis & business partner; Melinda O’Brien. AEA, SAG-AFTRA website: michaelmuldoon.infoLarry Daggett as KelsonLarry Daggett (Professor Kelson O’Leary). Credits include Ragtime (original Broadway cast), Candide (New York City Opera), plus regional productions of Amadeus, This Wonderful Life, My Fair Lady, Man of La Mancha, Souvenir, Damn Yankees, The Full Monty, Follies, Mystery/Drood, Sunset Boulevard, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and many more at theatres which includeActors Theatre of Louisville, Arkansas Repertory , Asolo Theatre, Barnstormers Theatre, Barrington Stage, Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Cape May Stage, Capital Repertory, Cleveland Play House, East Lynne Theatre Co., Fulton Opera House, Florida Repertory, Goodspeed Opera House, Lyric Stage of Boston, Music Theatre of Connecticut, New Harmony Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Sierra Repertory, Virginia Musical Theatre, and more. For more information visit www.larrydaggett.comAriel Eliaz as LiamAriel Eliaz – Has most recently appeared on Blue Bloods on CBS, and Dig on USA Network. He has received multiple awards including Best of Festival for his performance in Boiled Alive! At The Player’s Theatre in New York City and a TANYS (Theater Association of New York State) Award for his portrayal of The Cat in the Hat in Suessical the Musical. Other favorites include John Proctor in The Crucible; Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie; James Bates in Book of Days; Lenny Ganz in Rumors; Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; and Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!. Ariel continues to hone his craft with master teachers Wynn Handman, Terry Schreiber, and Bob Krakower. This spring, Ariel will appear in his solo show, Unspoken Acts in a developmental reading at The Dramatist Guild on Broadway.Marina Barry as NARRATORMARINA BARRY is an actress, writer, director/producer, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, member of the Dramatists Guild., MFA in performance from FSU (Asolo Theatre)Recently seen as 'The Nurse' in Romeo & Juliet for Pulse Ensemble's Shakespeare in the Park, 'Faith' in Christmas Guest with Spiral Theatre Studio, Regional: The Royal Family, The Man who Came To Dinner, The Ruling Class, Tony Pastor Presents: Lillian Russell, one woman show. Directed: reading of Eve of Beltane at the Dramatists Guild, several short play festivals, and participated as a writer in The Barrow Groups 24 Hour Play Festival. Currently coaching actors and singers ~ JUST YOU ~ to refine and work on audition material for the right fit that's JUST YOU. mbs789@verizon.net
It is the night before the Festival of Beltane, bonfires blaze as theotherworldly cast is close at hand, druids march to protect the living fires by way of their mystical chants. Jen and Johnny, the star-crossed lovers, attempt to flee from her father’s henchmen, but are caught and hanged. The Eve of Beltane then jumps centuries into the present, where our long lost lovers meet again as students at Notre Dame. This time Jenny proudly returns home with Johnny to her father’s blessing but Derry O’Leary, now a prominent politician in modern day Dublin, still refuses to allow his daughter to marry beneath her social class. This time, however, Dr. Kelson O’Leary, a transmigrated Merlin becomes their advocate and thus aligns the stars in their favor, allowing Derry to see the fire of love that burns beyond all worldly limitation. Part 1 Eve Of Beltane Cast: Nellie O’Brien as Jenny O’LearyNellie O’Brien - has performed in many national and local venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Westchester Broadway Theatre, Tarrytown Music Hall, The Emelin Theatre, White Plains Center for the Performing Arts, Salt City Center and The Performing Arts Foundation. She has TV, radio, voiceovers, comedy improv and cabaret to her credit and was a recipient of the Irene Ryan Award for Excellence in Acting. A former TV and Radio anchor, producer and correspondent, she is the president of Compelle! Communications, a company specializing in media training, presentation skills, spokeswork and message development. .Richard Mazda as Johnny Aiden MillerRichard Mazda is a writer, director, producer, actor, singer and musician. Born in the UK and now residing in NYC. Mazda received an award American Society of Composers, Authors and Producers (ASCAP) award for the Billboard R&B hit, “How Long.” Film Mazda appeared in major films, including Harry Potter and Philospher’s Stone, Saving Private Ryan, Love Actually, and Batman Begins as well as TV shows like BBC’s Eastenders and the ITV prison drama Bad Girls. London stage includes Canterbury in Edward II, Polonius in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Jimmy in Home James. In early 2005 he founded The Queens Players, an acting troupe that would go on to produce over 40 main-stage productions such as Macbeth, Cyrano De Bergerac, Edward II, As You Like It, Othello, The Importance of Being Earnest as well as original plays by Mazda, including All The Wild Horses, Pirate Pete, Touch of Death, and The Poacher’s Game. In 2007 Mazda founded the Secret Theatre, a 50-seat black box performance space in Long Island City, Queens. Two years later he expanded it to include a second 99-seat house. Currently, the Secret Theatre complex houses three performance rehearsal spaces and one studio/rehearsal space. The Secret Theatre and The Queens Players have become fixtures in the arts scene in Queens. Recent directing credits include a sold out run of Hair, Much Ado About Nothing. Mazda received praise for playing Richard in Richard III for the Queens Players. As a writer Mazda is the author of Pirate Pete’s Parrot and Princess Particular which are the longest running children’s shows in Queens with 72 and 56 consecutive dates respectively with no sign of the shows popularity fading.Mary Ellen Ashley as Dinah O’LearyMaryEllen has performed since she was 4 years old in all areas of the performing arts which includes all the early radio soap operas and half hour dramas. She was in the original Annie Get Your Gun as the little Oakley sisters opposite Ethel Merman along with 5 other musicals by the time she was a teenager.She had her own children's half hour TV show on ABC network-The Tootsie Hippodrome as Judy Ann the Tootsie Roll Sweatheart-sponsored by yes of course Tootsie Roll Candies. Later on she was seen in triple rolls in Yentle On Broadway, multiple 42nd Sts, MAma Rose in Gypsy, Mame, 13 different productions of Hello Dolly as Dolly and Mrs Lovett inSweeney Todd. These are only a few of all the Broadway, Off Broadway, regional and tours you mitt have seen her in. In more recent few she can be seen in film and TV such as The Producers, several Law and Order and Law and Order SVU, Fringe, Best MAn In The Dark, and a half dozen film touring the festivals as we speak. She has just completed two Pilots to be released in near future.Michael Muldoon as Derry O’LearyMichael Muldoon is the Executive Vice-President for M&M Performing Arts Co.,the resident theater company of Lyndhust. He is delighted to be asked back by Coni & Joe to be a part of their wonderful play. He has appeared at the Carriage House Theater at Lyndhurst in Barrymore, and Travels With My Aunt and has directed Show People and Mistletoe and Menorahs. This past December, he appeared in the Lyndhurst Mansion as Charles Dickens and sixteen other characters in Mr. Dickens Tells a Christmas Carol at Lyndhurst. NYC Theater: The Living Theater, Theatre for the New City and Manhattan Repertory. Regional: NJ, PA, KY, GA, CT and NY. Television: One Life to Live, All My Children, As the World Turns, Saturday Night Live and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (recurring). He is a member of the Board of Directors for YCP TheaterWorks and lives in Yorktown Heights, NY with his favorite director/actress/tennis & business partner; Melinda O’Brien. AEA, SAG-AFTRA website: michaelmuldoon.infoLarry Daggett as KelsonLarry Daggett (Professor Kelson O’Leary). Credits include Ragtime (original Broadway cast), Candide (New York City Opera), plus regional productions of Amadeus, This Wonderful Life, My Fair Lady, Man of La Mancha, Souvenir, Damn Yankees, The Full Monty, Follies, Mystery/Drood, Sunset Boulevard, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and many more at theatres which includeActors Theatre of Louisville, Arkansas Repertory , Asolo Theatre, Barnstormers Theatre, Barrington Stage, Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Cape May Stage, Capital Repertory, Cleveland Play House, East Lynne Theatre Co., Fulton Opera House, Florida Repertory, Goodspeed Opera House, Lyric Stage of Boston, Music Theatre of Connecticut, New Harmony Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Sierra Repertory, Virginia Musical Theatre, and more. For more information visit www.larrydaggett.comAriel Eliaz as LiamAriel Eliaz – Has most recently appeared on Blue Bloods on CBS, and Dig on USA Network. He has received multiple awards including Best of Festival for his performance in Boiled Alive! At The Player’s Theatre in New York City and a TANYS (Theater Association of New York State) Award for his portrayal of The Cat in the Hat in Suessical the Musical. Other favorites include John Proctor in The Crucible; Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie; James Bates in Book of Days; Lenny Ganz in Rumors; Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; and Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!. Ariel continues to hone his craft with master teachers Wynn Handman, Terry Schreiber, and Bob Krakower. This spring, Ariel will appear in his solo show, Unspoken Acts in a developmental reading at The Dramatist Guild on Broadway.Marina Barry as NARRATORMARINA BARRY is an actress, writer, director/producer, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, member of the Dramatists Guild., MFA in performance from FSU (Asolo Theatre)Recently seen as 'The Nurse' in Romeo & Juliet for Pulse Ensemble's Shakespeare in the Park, 'Faith' in Christmas Guest with Spiral Theatre Studio, Regional: The Royal Family, The Man who Came To Dinner, The Ruling Class, Tony Pastor Presents: Lillian Russell, one woman show. Directed: reading of Eve of Beltane at the Dramatists Guild, several short play festivals, and participated as a writer in The Barrow Groups 24 Hour Play Festival. Currently coaching actors and singers ~ JUST YOU ~ to refine and work on audition material for the right fit that's JUST YOU. mbs789@verizon.net
Special Episode #10: Look who's blown back into podcastville! I've come around again, and this time, I've brought a special guest - I'm so happy to introduce the young and talented Gillian Goldberg!I had the good fortune to catch Gillian in the Barrington Stage production of Barry Wyner's Calvin Berger a few years ago. (If you listened to The BMI Workshop Songbook Podcast, you might remember Neil Patrick Harris' performance of another song from that show, "It Just Wasn't Meant to Happen.")Gillian's wonderful performance in the role of high school student Bret in that production was indelibly imprinted in my mind, so when I needed someone to sing the role of a teen-aged girl for a demo, I knew who to call...A graduate of The Boston Conservatory (aka BoCo), she's played other musical theatre high school gals as well: Cassandra in Saved (at The Kansas City Repertory Theatre) and Candi in Zanna, Don't (at Speakeasy Stage Company in Boston.)Today, Gillian sings "Just Because," one of two spec songs I was commissioned to write to audition to be the composer of an upcoming new musical. I didn't end up getting the gig, but I did get this song!Originally conceived as a trio for Gillian's character and her two best friends, today Gillian sings a retooled solo version, and as a bonus, I play the original demo as well, which, in addition to Gillian, features Nikki James and Dana Steingold as the two friends, Liz Callaway as Gillian's offstage mother, and in the role of Peg's Mother, my neighbor, Darcy, in her musical theatre debut. :-)Other places you can find Gillian these days? Check out the fashion blog she co-writes, A Gal's Right 2 Style.Incidentally, if you are a teen-aged girl (or an actress who plays teen-aged girls) and would like to sing "Just Because," the sheet music is now available from my online music store.This episode was recorded on March 14, 2011.
Marin Mazzie talks about taking on the role of Diana Goodman in Broadway's "Next to Normal" and whether she and her co-star/husband Jason Danieley take their work home with them after the show. She also talks about her early professional experiences, including The Barn Theater in Michigan and An Evening Dinner Theatre in Westchester NY; appearing in the ultimately truncated national tour of "Doonesbury"; stepping into roles in the original productions of "Big River", "Into The Woods" and "And The World Goes Round"; her first opportunity to create a role, Clara in Sondheim and Lapine's "Passion", and having it created around her; the journey of "Ragtime" from Toronto to Broadway; her foray into the classics with Charles Mee's version of "The Trojan Women" for the site-specific company En Garde Arts; the differences between appearing in both "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Spamalot" in New York and London; and her forays into non-musical roles with "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Barrington Stage and "Enron" on Broadway -- and why she wants more opportunities to do more than just musicals. Original air date - September 8, 2010.
Marin Mazzie talks about taking on the role of Diana Goodman in Broadway's "Next to Normal" and whether she and her co-star/husband Jason Danieley take their work home with them after the show. She also talks about her early professional experiences, including The Barn Theater in Michigan and An Evening Dinner Theatre in Westchester NY; appearing in the ultimately truncated national tour of "Doonesbury"; stepping into roles in the original productions of "Big River", "Into The Woods" and "And The World Goes Round"; her first opportunity to create a role, Clara in Sondheim and Lapine's "Passion", and having it created around her; the journey of "Ragtime" from Toronto to Broadway; her foray into the classics with Charles Mee's version of "The Trojan Women" for the site-specific company En Garde Arts; the differences between appearing in both "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Spamalot" in New York and London; and her forays into non-musical roles with "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Barrington Stage and "Enron" on Broadway -- and why she wants more opportunities to do more than just musicals. Original air date - September 8, 2010.
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