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Starring Role: So we had these Broadway stars on our podcast. No biggie…. We lie Big Biggie! Maumee High School grad., Libby Servais went from playing a Peter Pan lost boy at The Toledo Rep., to one of the most iconic roles on Broadway, and falling in love with fellow Broadway Star Stephan Stubbins Libby Servais Libby was recently seen flying in a bubble as Glinda in the hit musical Wicked on Broadway. She was also in the original cast of the musical comedy, Lysistrata Jones on Broadway. Libby has also had the great honor of performing on stages all across America. Some favorite productions include Wicked (San Francisco Company and original 2nd National Tour), A Taste of Things to Come (Broadway in Chicago), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, Broadway World Award Winner), Chicago (Roxie), How To Succeed (Rosemary), 1776 (Martha), Elf (Jovie), Gypsy (Dainty June). On TV Libby performed in NBC's A Very Wicked Halloween Special and MTV's Search For the Next Elle Woods. She is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace University Conservatory of Music. This summer Libby will be performing in a new musical, The Magnificent Seven in NYC. She can also be seen performing across the country, alongside her husband, Stephan Stubbins in their two person show, Broadway in Love. Along with performing Libby has a great passion for teaching private voice lessons and musical theatre workshops. She is forever grateful to her family, friends, mentors and her sweet puppy Princeton. Follow along at @LibbyServais Stephan Stubbins Stephan's career as a performer has been highlighted by his time on Broadway in "Mary Poppins," in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the musical "Memphis," singing an opening act solo for Frank Sinatra, headlining an opening act for Rita Moreno, and working with Broadway, Music, TV and Film legends on and offstage including Dick Van Dyke, Kristin Chenoweth, Barry Manilow, Ben Vereen, Martin Short, Jason Alexander, Sutton Foster and Conan O'Brien. Stephan was the co-founder of Broadway Under the Stars in Wine Country and Transcendence Theatre Company, the co-founder of The Theatre Mafia, the co-creator and co-designer of the popular NYC acting industry webpage UltimateTheatreHomepage.com (in operation until 2010), and has appeared as a guest teacher for NYU, the University of Michigan, Webster University and the Educational Theatre Association (EDTA). In addition to performing, Stephan is a leadership coach and speaker, working with mission-driven leaders that span from the west coast of Australia to the east coast of the United States. Broadway in Love "Broadway in Love" is a musical celebration of Broadway's most touching, hilarious, and captivating love songs. With their unique talent for enchanting audiences, Broadway married couple, Libby Servais & Stephan Stubbins, bring lightness and depth to your favorite songs from Broadway and beyond. Contact Info www.BroadwayInLove.com @BroadwayInLove Show details Clara J's Tea Room on May 26 @ 7pm in Maumee, OH Stage Door on Facebook www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071808249771 Stage Door on Instagram www.instagram.com/stagedoorpodcast/?hl=en

There are few singers and song writers like Jennifer Nettles on the planet. Whether country, Broadway, rock, pop, writing, or game show judging Jennifer brings her unique perspective and iconic voice to the work. As you might have figured Tommy's a huge fan. Jennifer Nettles' show "Broadway Under the Mistletoe" is coming to Capital One Hall on 12/16/2021 but this conversation is a timeless checking in with one of the hardest working people in music. From Real.Fun.DC. “The Tommy and Kelly Show” is produced in Washington, DC providing news, culture, playful conversation, positive energy, and a dose of morning fun any time. Download the Real.Fun.DC. APP to check out our wide array of programming

Today we are talking theater, mental health, diversity, and intention with Roy Lightner. Roy is an award-winning theatre creator, director, choreographer, and educator born and raised in Kansas City. He recently joined the Musical Theatre Faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an Assistant Professor. Previously, Roy served as the Associate Artistic Director for the Transcendence Theatre Company, and also on the Musical Theatre Faculty of Ithaca College. As a national director for Dancers Inc., he toured the country as a master class teacher. Roy has taught at New York City's Professional Performing Arts School, as well as created the contemporary/musical theatre dance program for the Astoria School of Fine Arts. As a director/choreographer his credits include: Transcendence Theatre Company's productions of Those Dancin' Feet, Best of Broadway Under the Stars, Fantastical Family Night, This Magic Moment, Wine Country Speakeasy (creator/director), Gala Celebration, Oh, What a Night! (2015 Winner Best Director Broadway World San Francisco), Superheroes in Love, and Music of the Night; New York City Opera's Lucky to Be Me (Lincoln Center, assistant to Peggy Hickey), Hairspray, Miss Saigon (Sondheim Center), Legally Blonde (Arizona State University) Hound of the Baskervilles (Cape Playhouse, New Jersey Rep, Westin Playhouse, Depot Theatre). University of Alabama at Birmingham Productions: Disconnect, HAIR, Savage, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Working and Hairspray. Ithaca College productions: Dogfight, A Chorus Line, Under the Covers, How to Succeed…, Gone Missing, and Legally Blonde; Bring It On (Music Theatre of Kansas City), Pippin, Hairspray (Winner Best Director Broadway World KC), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Good News, Urban Cowboy, Starmites, Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and more. MTWichita: 2018 Festival Producer. Dance Concert choreographic credits include: two full-length original choreographic ballets Under the Covers (Ithaca College) and In Your Eyes (Miller-Marley Ballet Company), The Oklahoma City Dance Project, NYC's Community Dance Project, New York City's Jazz Choreography Enterprise, Astoria Fine Arts and B.C. Beat. Performance credits include: Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center), a two time Kansas City Symphony principle soloist, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Stages St. Louis), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Holland America's Grand World Voyage (lead singer/dancer), Geva Theatre, Oklahoma City Rep. and Music Theatre of Wichita's CATS (Mungojerrie), 7 Brides for 7 Brothers(Gideon), West Side Story (Baby John), Seussical (Wickersham), Hairspray(IQ), The Full Monty, Phantom, Aida, Beauty and the Beast and more totaling over 40 professional productions. He graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma City University with a degree in Musical Theatre; and received his Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts with a Concentration in Performance Creation from Goddard College. You can find Roy at www.roylightner.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/todayichoose/support

On this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast, your host Deneen White is excited to have the opportunity to interview Valerie Smaldone. She is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market. She has hosted, produced and created several nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with top recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Mariah Carey, among others. Having interviewed hundreds of celebrities, performers and entrepreneurs, she is an accomplished interviewer who is always interested in procuring each individual’s unique story.  A well-known voice-over artist, Valerie can currently be heard narrating the program “Fatal Encounters” on Investigation Discovery Channel. She has recorded commercials for clients like Tidy Cats Kitty Litter, IBM, Verizon, Publix Supermarkets, and Minute Maid as well as television promos for Dateline on NBC, The NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The CBS Morning Show, Lifetime, Cinemax, Oxygen and many others.  She has been the “Voice of God” for numerous prestigious live events including: The Kennedy Center, The Clinton Global Initiative, The Concordia Summit, The New York Emmy Awards, The Tony Preview Concert on CBS, The Drama Desk Awards,  Broadway on Broadway in Times Square, Broadway Under the Stars in Central Park, The GLAAD Media Awards, The Point Foundation, and many more. If you are interested in learning more about how you can network with people like Valerie Smaldone, please check out our website at https://ammsociety.com/webinar-registration to register for our next live webinar!    

On this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast, your host Deneen White is excited to have the opportunity to interview Valerie Smaldone. She is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market. She has hosted, produced and created several nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with top recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Mariah Carey, among others. Having interviewed hundreds of celebrities, performers and entrepreneurs, she is an accomplished interviewer who is always interested in procuring each individual's unique story. A well-known voice-over artist, Valerie can currently be heard narrating the program “Fatal Encounters” on Investigation Discovery Channel. She has recorded commercials for clients like Tidy Cats Kitty Litter, IBM, Verizon, Publix Supermarkets, and Minute Maid as well as television promos for Dateline on NBC, The NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The CBS Morning Show, Lifetime, Cinemax, Oxygen and many others. She has been the “Voice of God” for numerous prestigious live events including: The Kennedy Center, The Clinton Global Initiative, The Concordia Summit, The New York Emmy Awards, The Tony Preview Concert on CBS, The Drama Desk Awards,  Broadway on Broadway in Times Square, Broadway Under the Stars in Central Park, The GLAAD Media Awards, The Point Foundation, and many more.If you are interested in learning more about how you can network with people like Valerie Smaldone, please check out our website at https://ammsociety.com/webinar-registration to register for our next live webinar!  

Transcendence Theatre Company’s seventh season of “Broadway Under the Stars” continues with a dance-centric production entitled, appropriately enough, Shall We Dance. The show runs through August 19 at the Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. Transcendence imports Broadway and national touring professionals to populate their productions so the caliber of performance is always quite high. Director Leslie McDonel and choreographer Marc Kimelman guide a cast of seventeen talented artists through a program featuring songs from eighteen Broadway shows like The King and I and Hamilton as well as pop hits from artists like Madonna and Ed Sheeran. The show opened, as is tradition, with a passage from the writings of Jack London as introduced by a coterie of tap dancers. The audience was then welcomed by the full company with an amusing adaptation of “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast that replaced banquet table staples with wine varietals, though I’m not quite sure what dancing strawberries were doing on the stage. The (mostly) fast-paced, forty minute first act included numbers from In the Heights, West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Kiss Me, Kate. The highlight of the act was an energetic production of Louis Prima’s “Sing, Sing, Sing” which incorporated a variety of dance styles that complimented its swing roots. Things then slowed down with “Mama Who Bore Me” from Spring Awakening, which seemed tonally out of step in a mostly joyous program, before concluding on a lighter note with the hilarious “A Musical” from Something Rotten. Act two featured dancing set to numbers from a diverse group of artists ranging from Janelle Monae (“Tightrope”) to Madonna (“Vogue”). The evening’s most visually striking moment came courtesy of a tango-infused production of Sting’s “Roxanne” from Moulin Rouge with the winery ruins bathed in red. The juxtaposition between the diversity in dance styles and music selection in this production with the lack of diversity among the cast is noticeable. For a company that imports a great deal of its talent from New York and the world, the relatively small number of artists of color utilized is disappointing. Simply put, it’s jarring to have Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” and Michael Jackson’s “Bad” sung and danced by a bunch of white guys, talented as they may be. It’s time for Transcendence’s casts to be as colorful as the costumes they wear. ‘Shall We Dance’ runs Friday through Sunday through August 19 at the Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. Doors open for picnicking at 5pm; the show starts at 7:30pm. For more information, go to transcendencetheatre.org

Sonoma’s Transcendence Theatre Company opened its seventh season of “Broadway Under the Stars” in Jack London State Park with Stairway to Paradise, the first of four staged concert events scheduled this year. The company takes performers with Broadway, touring company, film and television experience and creates an original themed musical revue around them. This year’s theme is ‘Every Moment Counts’ and director/choreographer Tony Gonzalez has designed 20+ production numbers full of memorable moments. Along with Broadway show tunes, the Transcendence play list includes a mix of recent and past pop hits, classic rock, and specialty numbers. They’re all done ‘Broadway style’ and occasionally with a twist. It often works well, but sometimes it doesn’t. The first act ran the gamut from numbers from Sunday in the Park with George, South Pacific, The Wiz, and Victor/Victoria to “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” and “Feelin’ Groovy” by Paul Simon. Highlights included a recreation of the famous Judy Garland/Barbra Streisand duet of “Get Happy/Happy Days are Here Again” with Courtney Markowitz and Shaleah Adkisson, Christine Lavin’s popular “Air Conditioner” song, also done by Adkisson with Tim Roller, and a large-scale production number of “Blue Skies” with the entire company led by Joey Khoury singing and dancing to the Irving Berlin classic. In an amusing bit that allowed the performers (and audience) a break, the cast played a round of ‘Transcendence Family Feud’ with contestants pulled from the crowd. The act ended on a local note with a performance of “Everything”, a tribute song written by Sonoma County songwriters Mark Beynon and Joe Label and the Transcendence version of “Oklahoma!” which morphed the Rogers and Hammerstein classic into “Oh, Sonoma!” The second act included numbers from Cabaret, Into the Woods, and The Sound of Music mixed with Justin Timberlake, Van Halen and, in the evening’s one clear misstep, Don McLean’s “American Pie”. Sorry guys, but perky, Cheshire cat-like smiling performers singing “This’ll be the day that I die” just doesn’t work for me. It actually came off a little creepy. Things snapped back with a jaunty Michael Linden performing Drew Gasparini’s “A Little Bit” and large-scale numbers with Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” and Van Halen’s “Right Now” before concluding with “Finale B’ from Rent. Dress in layers, pack a picnic, indulge in some wine or food purchased from local food trucks and vintners serving on-site, then sit back and enjoy a unique north bay entertainment experience. 'Stairway to Paradise' runs Friday through Sunday through July 1 at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. Doors open for picnicking at 5pm; the show starts at 7:30pm. For more info on this and the other three “Broadway Under the Stars” productions running this season, go to bestnightever.com

After celebrating the success of Broadway Under the Stars, we get Medieval. Tournament of Kings Brandon Alan McClenahan (Mordred the Wizard) uncovers why hurling fire at King Arthur is the best gig ever.

After celebrating the success of Broadway Under the Stars, we get Medieval. Tournament of Kings Brandon Alan McClenahan (Mordred the Wizard) uncovers why hurling fire at King Arthur is the best gig ever.

Lets talk about inspiration. Inspiration is often likened to lightning striking, or an electric bulb popping on over our heads. Metaphorically, when light suddenly appears, when lightning suddenly strikes, it means we have been inspired, either with a new idea or with a new sense of energy and excitement. Theater has long been in the business of inspiration. It feeds off of it, and also causes it, in a remarkable endless loop of creativity. Which brings me to the Transcendence Theater Company, and Broadway Under the Stars. Continuing their own mysterious knack for making lightning strike over and over, Transcendence Theater has just kicked off its third full season of Broadway Under the Stars shows, with yet another toe-tapping, soul-pleasing, one-hundred-percent inspiring, music-and-dance extravaganza designed to lift our spirits and raise some money for the gorgeous local treasure, the Jack London State Park. "Oh, What a Night!" - the first of several shows performed outside at Jack London and elsewhere this summer - is a wonderful, witty collection of songs and dance numbers, borrowed from big and little Broadway shows and from the world of pop music. One might ask the question, how often can these folks keep making the same thing work, assembling songs into shows that don’t just entertain and keep our attention, but also send us home wondering what we might do to make the world a happier place. Under the artistic direction of Amy Miller, the Transcendence people show no signs of stopping or soon ending their lightning strike record. By blending top-tier talent, endlessly clever ideas, brilliant programming, and a persistent sense of professional polish and contagious enthusiasm, they just keep turning these shows into something special. Think of it as part concert, part dance party, part master class, and good part old-fashioned tent revival. "Oh What a Night!" runs for two more weekends out at Jack London, and for one-night-only tonight, at 7:30, at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Transcendence will follow it up with a whole bunch of other shows, large and small, spread out over the rest of the summer, with a special one-night-only appearance in July by Megan Hilty. Highlights of "Oh What a Night!" include Leslie McDonel’s gorgeously slinky interpretation of Summertime (from Porgy and Bess), a lovely duet of Say it Somehow (from A Light in the Piazza) performed Julie Craig and Michael Mahaney, and a pair of stunningly funny songs by Lexy Fridell - Miss Byrd, in which she dances with an office chair, and In My Car, in which she does things with her face and voice you have to see to believe, Fridell teams up later with Stephan Stubbins for a clever condensation of West Side Story, singing all of its songs, and telling the story, in just six minutes. Another crowd-pleasing medley brings to life the manic-depressive emotions of a typical high school prom, with half-a-dozen classic dance tunes acted out and sung by the cast. Ultimately, the show is more than just another presentation of the patented Transcendence Theater magic, it’s an event, deliberately and admittedly aimed at inspiring us all to go out and make our own magic in the world. Even the port-a-potties are inspiring, festooned inside with uplifting quotes from great minds. Whether outside at Jack London or indoors at Wells Fargo, "Oh What a Night" lives up to its name. "Oh! What a Night!" runs tonight, June 24 at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, and then continues weekends through July 3 at Jack London State Park. www.broadwayjacklondon.com has all the info on this summer’s Transcendence shows. Check it out. I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.

LA Stage Alliance Lifetime Achievement Ovation Award-winning Director David Galligan discusses his career in theatre and nightclubs, including his current project: Broadway Under the Stars starring Tony Award-winner Jennifer Holliday (Dreamgirls) at Hollywood's John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlights a unique production of Spring Awakening presented by Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden in the Rosenthal Theater at Inner City Arts, downtown Los Angeles. Chad Kimball... a 2010 Tony Award nominee as Best Actor in a Musical (Memphis)... talks about his journey to Broadway and his 2014 co-headlining appearance with Holliday, Erich Bergen, Rogelio Douglas, Jr. Danny Gurwin in Broadway Under the Stars hosted by Obba Babatunde August 16th at The Ford.

LA Stage Alliance Lifetime Achievement Ovation Award-winning Director David Galligan discusses his career in theatre and nightclubs, including his current project: Broadway Under the Stars starring Tony Award-winner Jennifer Holliday (Dreamgirls) at Hollywood's John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlights a unique production of Spring Awakening presented by Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden in the Rosenthal Theater at Inner City Arts, downtown Los Angeles. Chad Kimball... a 2010 Tony Award nominee as Best Actor in a Musical (Memphis)... talks about his journey to Broadway and his 2014 co-headlining appearance with Holliday, Erich Bergen, Rogelio Douglas, Jr. Danny Gurwin in Broadway Under the Stars hosted by Obba Babatunde August 16th at The Ford.

  Today Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes American Choreographer and Vegan, Chase Brock  to hear about his role as choreographer for the hit Broadway show: Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Chase Brock is an American choreographer working in theater, modern dance, ballet, opera, television, film and video games. Theater choreography includes the Broadway productions of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge) and this season’s upcoming Picnic revival (Roundabout Theatre Company, directed by Sam Gold). In modern dance and ballet, Brock has choreographed more than 25 dances for his Brooklyn-based contemporary dance company The Chase Brock Experience, including American Sadness, Curious Episode, The Four Seasons, Good Breeding, Junk and Lies, Mirror Mirror, and Whoa, Nellie!.  For television, Brock has choreographed segments for “Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and the CBS special “Broadway Under the Stars.” For more information, please visit chasebrock.com and chasebrockexperience.com. MUSIC today by Micheal Castaldo.