Podcasts about ti moune

Lyrics and Book by Lynn AhrensMusic by Stephen FlahertyDirected By: Amina RobinsonAssistant DirectorMariah GhantChoreographerDevon SinclairMusic DirectorGina GiacheroCastChabrelle Williams (Mama Euralie)Christopher Faison (Tonton Julian/Servant)Nadia Ra'Shaun (Ti Moune)Ethan B. Walker (Daniel)Sydney Banks (Andrea)Tiara Greene (Asaka)Ryane Nicole Studivant (Erzulie)Jessica Johnson (Papa Ge)Curtis Wiley (Agwe)Olivia Fowler (Little Girl)Miles Davis Tillman (Armand/Chorus)Taylor J. Mitchell (Storyteller/Chorus)Jamie Powell (Storyteller/Chorus)Eliana Pinckney (Storyteller/Chorus)In search of her place in the world with guidance from the island gods, Ti Moune, a fearless young woman of the French Antilles, risks it all on a remarkable journey to reunite with the one who has captured her heart. Exhilarating and irresistible, Once on This Island is a radiant musical reminding audiences that a beautiful story simply told has the power to help us weather the storm and allow our spirits to sing.The conversation covers the themes of resilience, culture, community, love, and the haves and have-nots. It also delves into the journey of bringing the production to the stage, the impact on the audience, and the specific details and themes within the show. FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://ardentheatre.org

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND  Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty Works Consulted & Reference :Once On This Island (Libretto) by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen FlahertyMusic Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Waiting for Life" from Once On This Island (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by LaChanze and 'Once On This Island' Company"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

Olivier nominee Gabrielle Brooks most recently starred as Ti Moune in the London revival of Once on this Island at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Next up, she's set to star in Mlima's Tale by Lynn Nottage and directed by Miranda Cromwell at the Kiln Theatre.Some of Gabrielle's early theatre credits include understudy Gary Coleman in Avenue Q (UK & Ireland Tour), Our House (Savoy) and understudy Chenice in I Can't Sing (London Palladium). In 2015, Gabrielle was nominated for West End Frame's Understudy of the Year Award for understudying Nabulingi in the West End production of The Book of Mormon (Prince Of Wales).In this episode, Gabrielle discusses her path in the inudustry, including the decisions she made which resulted in her career heading in some very exciting directions. Some of Gabrielle's subsequent credits include: The Strangers Case (Liverpool Everyman), Red Snapper (Belgrade), Synergy Play Readings (Theatre503), Lazarus (King's Cross), Queen Anne (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Becca in Everybody's Talking About Jamie & Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (both Sheffield Theatres), The Way Of The World (Donmar), Twelth Night (Young Vic), Our Lady Of Kibeho (Royal & Derngate), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Regent's Park), Anna Bella Eema (Arcola) and J'ouvert (Harold Pinter).Additionally, Gabrielle is one of the co-creators of Mawa Theatre Company, the UK's first all-Black, all-female Shakespeare Company who most recently hosted a Monologue Slam at The Globe featuring classic pieces from Black and Black Mixed Race women. Follow Gabrielle on Instagram: @gabby_bro Hosted by Andrew Tomlins  @AndrewTomlins32  Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.  

Loren Lott can do it all, she's an actress, singer, dancer, and digital creator. She's been seen on Broadway, tv and film. Her following on social media platforms is unparalleled, where she boasts a huge engagement in the millions across her social media platforms and a resume of heavy-hitting Hollywood roles on both the stage and screen, Loren has crafted a career that has unmistakably defined her status as a rising voice of a new generation of Hollywood. This spring 2023, Loren can currently be seen starring opposite Chlöe Bailey, Tristen Mack Wilds, Quavo, and Anjelika Washington in the Universal Pictures feature film “Praise This,” available to stream now on Peacock.  Her voice captured national attention when she enchanted audiences with her live performances on season 14 of ABC's longstanding competition series, “American Idol,” and ascended into the top 16 finalists. Combining her passion for both singing and acting, Loren joined the theatre scene. For the next few years, Loren performed on stage with touring and Broadway productions such as Gladys Night in “Motown the Musical,” Ti Moune in “Once on This Island,” and Cece Winans in “Born for This.”   Upon her move back to the west coast in Los Angeles, she was quickly snapped up to join the cast of the Emmy award-winning daytime soap opera “The Young and the Restless” as Ana Hamilton from 2018-2019. Following her time on the soap opera, Loren began to add back-to-back television and film bookings to her growing list of credits, including the role of the popular cabaret singer Lucy Conrad in “The Porter,”. In addition, she starred as Cydney Wesley in “A Wesley Christmas,” The sequel “A Wesley Christmas Wedding” is due to be released shortly. Other notable film and television credits include Ava DuVernay's “Cherish the Day”, “Favorite Son”, “The Products of the American Ghetto” and Kirk Franklin's “The Night Before Christmas”.  As quickly as Loren's Hollywood career began to blossom, so did her remarkable rise to social media stardom.  From detailing her life in vulnerable, personal reflections to cracking witty jokes and quips, and even showcasing her impressive vocal range and acting talents throughout her short-form content, Loren's digital presence grew drastically as she garnered well over one million followers in just a year.  Multiple videos on her TikTok, which she started in late 2022, have reached virality with millions of views per post as she shares stunning performances and meaningful conversations regarding love, faith, friends, and peeling back the curtain on the realities of working in Hollywood.  We chat about gratitude, rejection, being dropped from her agency, dyslexia, being in an understudy, performing on Broadway, being on American Idol, social media and self-esteem. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Loren out on all the socials under Loren Sharice ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

Last week Mickey-Jo was invited to review the new London revival of the musical ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. The show was written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and stars Gabrielle Brooks as Ti Moune. Check out the new review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on this new production... • About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MickeyJoTheatre⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows both in New York, London, Hamburg, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre

Disney's The Little Mermaid and a musical adaptation of a Caribbean version of the story kick off our conversation as Shahidha Bari is joined by director Ola Ince, historian and Sarah Peverley, who is writing a cultural history of mermaids. "Mermaid hunter" Sacha Coward considers mermaids as queer icons and Claudy Op den Kamp talks us through Disney copyright history. Producer: Sofie Vilcins Once On This Island directed by Ola Ince runs at the Regent's Park Theatre until June 10th. It's the story of peasant girl Ti Moune and a boy called Daniel, and it's based upon a novel by Rosa Guy called My Love, My Love or The Peasant Girl which takes its inspiration from the Hans Christian Andersen story The Little Mermaid Disney's The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall is in cinemas from May 26th.

Updated: 2:55 p.m. St. Cloud-based concert pianist Mark Ochu is looking forward to an eclectic evening by vocal and musical trio Partly Tame, presented by the Granite City Folk Society. The trio consists of the group's founder Mariénne Kreitlow, violinist Cristina Seaborn and Susan Schleper, vocals. “All three musicians are authentic performers … comfortable in multiple genres ranging from classical to folk, to slap stick comedy, to the introspective and spiritual,” Ochu said, adding that he never knows quite what will be on the program. He said Kreitlow, a composer, is an intuitive performer, shifting to incorporate poetry, jazz improv, and more as the mood of the show requires. The one-night show starts at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in St. Cloud. Art lover Doris Rubenstein of Richfield is excited that after several difficult years, the Artistry Theater and Visual Arts is in full swing. This week galleries will feature visual art shows by local artists, which Rubenstein says makes March a good time to discover or rediscover the Bloomington Center for the Arts. Landscape photography by Marc Ye of Lakeville, whose subjects and photo shoots range all over the world, opens his fine art show in the Atrium Gallery. An artist reception Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. is free and open to the public. The exhibit runs through April 23.  In the Inez Greenberg Gallery, Roshan Ganu, Chris Rackley and  John Swartwout's show uses art made both by hand and through technology to explore memory. Their show, “Hyper Memory,” runs through April 7. Artistry also helped mount an exhibit at Confluence Gallery, located at the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge, of the wildlife paintings by Kat Corrigan. “Wild and Precious Life” runs through April 5. Sarah Prindiville, director of fine arts in the Robbinsdale public schools, recommends “Once on This Island, Jr.” It's a 60-minute version of the Broadway musical packed with songs created by the same music-and-lyric team behind “Seussical!” and “Ragtime.” Set in Haiti, it's the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl, who falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the island. Gods and goddesses are part of the story about class, culture, and the power of love. The production at Stages Theatre in Hopkins is directed and choreographed by Twin Cities theater-maker Kelli Foster Warder. Prindiville says students, some from her district, are part of the ensemble. “Once on This Island, Jr.” runs March 3 though March 19 and is recommended for ages 7 and up. Correction: A previous version misstated where an exhibit connected to the Bloomington Center for the Arts was taking place. The above version has been updated.

This week, we're sitting down with Gabby Jackson of the Joy-Jackson Initiative to talk about building systemic equity in the arts! Gabrielle is a Los Angeles-based actress, singer, poet, and activist. She is the founder and director of The Joy-Jackson Initiative, a non-profit organization creating actionable tools to build systemic equity in the arts. Her performing credits include: Nala in Disney's Tale of the Lion King, Celie in The Color Purple, Angela in Parade, Nehebka in Aida, and Ti Moune u/s in Once on This Island. Gabrielle also writes and produces her own children's show, Hey, Miss Gabby!, which fosters anti-racism in young kids through fun, accessible characters. Gabrielle is dedicated to work that centers and redefines Black narratives, and creates equitable artistic expression for all. She is a graduate of Saddleback College Applied Vocal Program with a Classical emphasis. Learn more about the Joy-Jackson Initiative at www.joyjackson.org. More resources: We See You White American Theatre Black Theatre Girl Magic Your Black Friend Are Busy This episode was produced on the unceded ancestral territory of the Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen, and Miami. This episode was edited by Emery Lade, with original intro and outro music by Marc Young. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prints-unedited/support

Tune in as Sammie and Logan discuss Once (but not that musical about the Irish (?) pub.) Listen as they Rate, Debate, and Recreate Once Upon a Mattress and Once Upon this Island. Will Wilifred's shyness or Ti Moune's patience (waiting... get it?) win?! That's for you to decide.

On this episode I am joined by performer Tyla Collier. She is a Boston Conservatory grad and was playing Ti Moune in Once on This Island  before the shutdown. During the pandemic, she started narrating audiobooks and is represented by The Mine Agency. She really loves unicorns, coloring, and playing The Sims. We discuss her pivot into narrating audiobooks and how our mental health as artists and people is the most important thing for us to take care of. Get in touch: Tyla Collier: Website: https://tylacollier.com/Instagram: @tyla_collierAyana Major Bey Website: www.ayanabey.comInstagram: @ayanambey, @theartistpivot********************Executive Producer & Host: Ayana Major Bey Editor: Kieran Niemand

On this episode I am joined by performer Tyla Collier. She is a Boston Conservatory grad and was playing Ti Moune in Once on This Island  before the shutdown. During the pandemic, she started narrating audiobooks and is represented by The Mine Agency. She really loves unicorns, coloring, and playing The Sims. We discuss her pivot into narrating audiobooks and how our mental health as artists and people is the most important thing for us to take care of. Get in touch: Tyla Collier: Website: https://tylacollier.com/Instagram: @tyla_collierAyana Major Bey Website: www.ayanabey.comInstagram: @ayanambey, @theartistpivot********************Executive Producer & Host: Ayana Major Bey Editor: Kieran NiemandSupport the show

This week we welcome Hailey Kilgore to Inside the Industry! Talk about a powerhouse artist. Hailey has been grinding and honing her craft since a young babe! Stepping full force into the industry at the age of 17 booking Once on This Island on Broadway, playing the leading lady Ti Moune! Since then she's been climbing the ladder into TV/Film building upon her career at a steady pace! Safe to say her hard work, determination and overall passion for her craft is paying off! She shares her insight into her experience being so young coming up into the business, how she deals with the haters, and her stepping into herself as a young woman and what comes with those changes and maturing, all while navigating a growing career/ and the roles that come along with that.To keep up with Hailey, follow her on her instagram @haileyfkilgore Look out for her in her upcoming movie RESPECT, the Aretha Franklin biopec. As well as in Power Book III, Raising Kanan.If you're liking our series, please show us some love by LIKING, COMMENTING & SUBSCRIBING to our channelCREDITS:Host: @estabrookartistryEditor: @jentortohessIntro Video: @dindi_pooMusic Compilation: @glaceazuka Glaceazuka.netAll images used in production: from Haileys Instagram/ Google images

Autumn and Mackenzie head to the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea this week as they discuss the musical Once on This Island. In this episode Autumn and Mackenzie talk all about how universal this tale is with it's ties not only to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" but also to the myth of Myrrha who like Ti Moune ends up as a tree. Also parallels are drawn between the Gods Asaka, Agwé, Erzulie and Papa Ge and the Ancient Greek Gods of mythology. Lastly find out if Autumn and Mackenzie think it's better to end up like the character of Daniel or like the heroine Ti Moune. All this and some prayers to the Gods in this latest episode. Don't forget to leave us a review and share your thoughts on this episode on our social media pages. Follow the links below to reach our pages. Facebook Instagram Twitter Patreon

LaChanze is an award-winning actress who brings an exhilarating and electrifying presence to any stage she touches. Blessed with a powerful mezzo-soprano singing voice and a commanding presence, she consistently receives high praises from fans, peers and the industry at-large. Armed with the gift for dramatic storytelling, a sultry vocal dexterity and for bringing complex female heroines to life, audiences sit up and take notice of the actress whether in a hot Broadway production, television show, film or on concert stages. Most recently, she starred in playwright Jack Thorne A Christmas Carol as the Ghost of Christmas Present/Mrs. Fezziwig. Prior, she originated the role of August in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s A Secret Life of Beesfor which she landed an AUDELCO Award for Leading Actress in a Musical. She gave a spellbinding performance in the high voltage Broadway’s Summer The Donna Summer Musical. In creating the nostalgia of Donna Summer, she landed nominations for the 2018 Tony Award nomination for Leading Actress in a Musical, 2018 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical and 2018 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance Award. LaChanze stepped onto stage 28 Broadway seasons ago, giving the original production of Once On This Island its beating and unforgettable heart, creating the role of lovelorn peasant girl Ti Moune. She won her first Tony Award for giving a voice to Celie, the unlikely heroine of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, the musical’s original staging. Shortly after, she nabbed an Emmy Award for her riveting performance in the award-winning PBS special Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise. In film, she stars in writer/director Marishka Phillips’ suspense filled film Melinda. She appeared in the award-winning film The Help landing a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Other films include former President Obama film picks for 2019 Diane, A Bitter Pill, Side Effects, For Love Or Money, Leap Of Faith, My New Gun, and the Disney animated feature film Hercules. In television, she will be seen in a recurring role in HULU’s The Underground Railroad slated to air this fall. She currently recurs in the CBS All Access hit show The Good Fight and appeared in the award-winning HBO special The Night Of, Person Of Interest, Law & Order: SVU, One Life To Live, Lucy, Sex And The City, The Cosby Show, The Cosby Mysteries and New York Undercover. Other Broadway credits include If/Then, Ragtime, Company, and Uptown It’s Hot. Some of her Off-Broadway credits include The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Drama Desk nomination), Dessa Rose (Obie Award), Inked Baby, Spunk and From The Mississippi Delta. LaChanze brings her original, one-of-a-kind, one-women show, Feeling Good, to popular venues touching the hearts of audiences worldwide. This electric and highly praised tour mixes the perfect blend of emotional intensity with sultry vocals. Fans willing to take the ride and feel every pain, joy and excitement LaChanze feel, all through an autobiographical journey of her life with music and words. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Addie & Megan discuss ABC’s inaugural live musical THE LITTLE MERMAID! Let’s chat about the successes and not so shimmery parts of going under the sea!

Today my friend Tahgusha (Ta-gee-sha) joined me to help me Dig into the musical Once on this Island. __ Summary of show (Thanks to www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com) Once On This Island is a captivating legend of romance between a peasant girl and a rich city boy whom she saves from death. This calypso-flavoured re-telling of The Little Mermaid opens on a Caribbean island where villagers comfort a little girl with the story of the orphan Ti Moune, destined to love too much for the human heart to bear. Staged with minimal props, sets and costumes, Once On This Island delivers melody, love and joy in tropical abundance. __ Listen to our Radio station: https://www.Broadwayforlife.weebly.com/Listen __ Follow us on Social Media: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/b4lradio/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/broadwayforlife Twitter: https://twitter.com/B4LRadio Follow Tahgusha on social media Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tagigi_cutiee/ Snap: https://www.Snapchat.com/add/Smater101/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/broadway-for-life/message

Max Grossman is an agent at Abrams Artists Agency, where he represents writers, composers, directors, and designers for theatre, opera, and television. He began his career in representation at ICM, and prior to moving to Abrams, was the Creative Executive at Scott Rudin Productions in charge of theatrical development. Prior to that, he worked closely with the head of new media and marketing at SCP Worldwide, Dave Checketts' sports and entertainment company. We haven’t had many agents on this podcast (just this one so far – who happens to represent me!), partly because some of the agents I asked couldn’t get permission from their higher-ups (which says a lot, don’t you think?). But when I asked Max, he was happy to sit down and talk about what an agent does as well as . . . How he finds new writers. That awkward but important moment when he has to tell a client he doesn’t love something the client wrote. The art of negotiating as an agent. Why some theater writers succeed in transitioning to film & TV and others don’t… and a tip or two for you if this is something YOU want to do. What he’d tell all Broadway Producers if he had them in a room at once. Once on This Island, Winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Check it out here: onceonthisisland.com Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway www.theproducersperspective.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hailey is the star of the Tony-winning revival of Once On This Island. After being out of the production in order to recover from a foot injury, Hailey Kilgore is officially back to the island. Kilgore earned a Tony nomination and won a Theater World Award for playing Ti Moune, which marked her Broadway debut. Be sure to follow her on social media at @HaileyFKilgore.Hosted by Paul Wontorek, Eric King and Caitlin Moynihan.

HAILEY KILGORE has a lot to say about Ti Moune, the character she plays in the Tony-nominated revival of Once On This Island: "She is a powerhouse. She knows what she wants. She's going to go and do it." The same can be said for the 19-year-old Tony nominee. The Michael Arden-helmed production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's musical began performances at the Circle in the Square Theatre in November 2017. In just over six months, Kilgore has become a fresh-faced Broadway star, winning the hearts of audiences and critics alike. Tony winner LaChanze, currently starring in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, garnered her first nomination for originating the roleback in 1991. Now, LaChanze and Kilgore are facing each other in the stacked Leading Actress in a Musical category. Kilgore has always been a go-getter as well as a devout Ariana Grande fan and a pageant queen. Like Ti Moune, she's someone who knows what she wants and is going to go and get it. The young talent stopped by Show People with Paul Wontorek to tell us where she's been, and where she's headed.

Jerry Zaks is a stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves, Lend Me a Tenor, and Six Degrees of Separation and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Guys and Dolls. He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of Grease and made his directing debut with the off-Broadway production of Beyond Therapy. He has also directed many other productions such as Girl Crazy, Stairway to Paradise, 101 Dalmatians Musical, and the Broadway production of Sister Act. His screen credits include Outrageous Fortune, and Husbands and Wives. He received the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater in 1994. He’s the go-to guy if you’ve got a musical that’s supposed to make people laugh. And we talked about what it takes to make people slap their knees, as well as . . . How he agreed to direct a show even though he didn’t know what directing really was. The best advice he ever got, which made him change his attitude overnight. Why his rehearsal rooms are CLOSED to everyone but the actors. How (and why) Guys and Dolls wasn’t working and what he and his choreographer did to fix it. What a show has to do within its first ten minutes, or it’s sunk. Once on This Island, Winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Check it out here: onceonthisisland.com Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway www.theproducersperspective.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode we talk with Julianna Banfe Started 4 years ago and is currently in the 5th Grade Shows we talked about Musicman Lion King Walnut Street Theatre classes Enjoying playing Ti Moune in Once On This Island Cinderella Jr Sleeping Beauty Jr Would prefer to avoid Jr versions Would like to: direct musical director costumes make-up If you have any comments, questions, or requests, contact us on our Facebook page CommunityTheatreStudio, our webpage CommunityTheatreStudio.Podbean.com or e-mail us at CommunityTheatreStudio@gmail.com We are supported by Village Playbox of Haddon Heights, NJ