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As soon as you can, get involved.
What do you think of when you hear a?oeBroadwaya??? Wicked, Company, Hamilton, Little Shop of Horrors, or Les Miserables? I bet The Glass Menagerie or Brighton Beach Memoirs weren't the first titles to enter your head.
When creating a musical, there are many places that one can draw inspiration from.
This weekend was originally supposed to be our opening night for our production of Everscape, but instead I'm sitting at home for the.
While everyone's technological abilities certainly may vary, all performing arts students- theatre majors, dance majors, and design technology majors alike, are now facing the additional struggle of completing their theatre education from the comfort of their own homes.
Since the day that the theaters in New York closed, I've felt a little emptiness in my heart.
My college was scheduled to perform Heathers in May.
I don't know about you, but this time of year is usually super busy for me! However, now that we are all spending a bit more time at home, it is a bit easier to find a free moment.
One of the the things that has made a huge difference in my college theatre career has been getting involved in as many organizations as I can.
There's a lot going on in the world right now - and with social distancing, it's easy to feel alone.
Each year at DeSales University, the class of graduating seniors has the incredibly unique opportunity of taking on, first-hand, the task of uniting as their own theatre company to produce a children's show, building everything from the ground up.
As a Senior Theatre Major at Texas Christian University, the spring break of my last semester was to be spent in NYC showcasing before dozens of industry professionals between three showcases and an evening at 54 Below.
Unfortunately, when our campus closed and we were sent home, our play was put on the backburner.
Frustrated, restless, anxious.
When I was a wee senior in high school, I wanted to go to college in New York.
The end of the term is approaching.
When I walked into the audition room for Oh, What a Lovely War (the fourth and final show of Hart House's season), I was expecting that the production would be a remount of the beloved Joan Littlewood First World War satire musical from the 1960s.
As a student in Hong Kong, our classes were put on halt since Chinese New Year (which is mid-January), and school has been suspended since, and the earliest we would be able to go back to school is in April.
We've all heard the stigma against high schools and universities putting on shows that aren't the best, but I'd like to end that now.
Six the Musical.
What does being transgender mean in the context of theatre today? How do we overcome the strict challenges that come with it? Hello.
I don't know what it was that made last week so hectic.
We all have loved ones that don't share our love for the performing arts - whether they don't like watching people randomly break into song and dance or they just have never given them a chance, but usually they will see how important it is to you and try their best to keep up.