Student Blog: Look What Happened to...Emily!
Four years ago, I was belting Jerry Herman’s “Look What Happened to Mabel” in college auditions.
Student Blogger: Emily Brooks
Student Blog: What Makes a Jukebox Musical “Work”?
As I watched the townspeople of Cinderella sing Queen’s “Somebody to Love” to celebrate the changing of the guard, I was forced me to think about what it is that makes some jukebox musicals work, while others (like, perhaps, Cinderella), perhaps…don’t quite.
Student Blog: Trusting Your Journey – An Open Letter to High School Seniors
Looking back four years later, I can say with confidence that the application/audition process for college theatre programs is probably the most difficult thing I have ever done.
Student Blog: In the Studio with Dance Lab New York
Several years ago, Dance Lab New York pioneered its Broadway Choreography Intensive – a unique intensive for early-career choreographers to train specifically in theatrical choreography.
Student Blog: Another Kind of Coming Home – The Return of Live Theatre in Seattle
Alongside all the other strange experiences of the last year and a half, repeatedly coming home to a Seattle without live theatre was one of the strangest.
Student Blog: Reimagining Rehearsal Room Mindsets and Reclaiming my Voice
Recognizing the massive crossover, overlap, and connections between the dance and theatre worlds, I’m reflecting on the way the emotional demands of ballet have shaped my own journey, the way those demands can manifest in a theatre setting, and the work we can do to prioritize healthier theatrical
Student Blog: From Waa-Zoom to the Waa-Movie, a new-work tradition takes on two pandemic years
The Waa-Mu Show has been called 'the greatest college show in America' by the Associated Press.
Student Blog: Discovering Devised Theatre
'Devised theatre” and “devising” long felt like buzzwords for something that seemed fun and exciting but that I didn’t quite understand.
Student Blog: Beyond Dance Breaks and Dream Ballets
When we think of choreography for the theatre, we imagine big dance breaks in classic musicals –and yet one of my first major choreographic opportunities was an expressionist, non-musical play.
Student Blog: Northwestern's Dolphin Show Still Has Magic to Do
Soon after planning for this year’s Dolphin Show began in late winter 2020, the team faced a question: how on earth were they to produce a show that holds the record for being “the biggest student-produced musical in the country” in the midst of a global pandemic?
Student Blog: Regional Theatre Spotlight on Education at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre
When I moved to Seattle in middle school, I never would have guessed that one of the city’s leading professional theatres would become an artistic home.
Student Blog: Finding the Perfect Song
Whether choosing material for the next season of Next on Stage, an audition, or performance, finding the right song can feel as difficult as mastering the song itself.
Student Blog: What Does Your Favorite Sondheim Musical Say About You?
None of Sondheim's innovative works is just like another – so which one in particular you gravitate towards can say a lot.
Student Blog: A Day in the Life of a Northwestern University Music Theatre student – Covid Edition
I’m lucky enough to be studying theatre in a program that, even in normal times, is wonderfully unique.
Student Blog: Storytelling, from Page to Stage (For All the Theatre Kids Who Love Books)
I’ve loved theatre since I was very young.
BWW Blog: Come From Away, Coming to the Screen
It was recently announced that Come From Away would be filmed live this spring, for release in September.
BWW Blog: Beyond Zoom Plays
This Covid winter quarter at Northwestern, I’m lucky enough to be engaging with theatre in a variety of ways.
BWW Blog: Falling in Love with Teaching Theatre -- Over Zoom
It was 2020 -- the year of zoom teaching – that showed me that such work would be a part of my career not just to make ends meet, but to fulfill a deep love for the practice of theatre teaching itself.
BWW Blog: The Virtual Theatre Co. – Four Months In
Last summer, a group of college-age theatre students decided to start an online theatre education company from the ground up.
BWW Blog: The Ghost of Christmas (Musicals) Past
I was recently reminded that this time eight years ago I was opening one of my favorite holiday experiences: Elf: The Musical at The 5th Avenue Theatre.
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