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How Much Do You Know About Shows Titled "The Musical"?
I took this awesome quiz on playbill.com that basically tests your knowledge of musicals that have “The Musical” in the title. The quiz references shows such as Billy Elliott, Big, and The Full Monty to name a few...
Juggling A Full Time Job While Doing Community Theatre
I found this fabulous article on the California Community Theatre website titled "What California Community Theatre Folks Do For Day Jobs" written by Liz Lydic. This article talks about what some artistic directors and/or producers at California based community theaters do to pay the bills. While the focus was on California community theaters, I think this article could apply to artistic and professional personnel at community theaters nationwide. The ...
Recap of the 2016 International Thespian Festival
This is a follow up to the Why The International Thespian Festival Is So Important article I posted on June 17th, 2016. In that article, I detailed my excitement about attending the festival and what the festival means to me. Well…it’s been a week since I returned from Thespians and I have to tell you, I can’t stop thinking about it. Attending the 2016 International Thespian Festival ...
A Teacher by Day, A Wonderette by Night!
I recently came across a fascinating article on Playbill.com about Sally Schwab, who currently plays tomboy Betty Jean in the current hit off-Broadway revival of The Marvelous Wonderettes. What fascinated me most about this article was that it highligted an aspect of off-Broadway performing that I was unfamiliar with. I had always assumed that performing off-Broadway was a full time career: Performers do eight shows a week with Mondays ...
SO! Last Monday James woke up super early. He often does that and will sit and watch the news because he’s been obsessed with the news since he was a child. Proof: When he was a teenager, he crashed his mom’s car and basically ruined it. He was devastated. Why?