BWW Blog: Elton John's Contribution to Theatre
Last week the book 'Me' was released by the legend Elton John and it got me thinking about Elton's contribution to musical theatre.
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Last week the book 'Me' was released by the legend Elton John and it got me thinking about Elton's contribution to musical theatre.
The next time I register for classes will be the last time I register for classes below senior-standing.
For the past few years I've been infatuated with the concept of 24 and 48-hour play festivals and last month I finally had the opportunity to participate in one as a playwright! My school, Marymount Manhattan College, hosted the event over 2 complete says with student writers, actors, and directors.
My To Kill a Mockingbird process is moving along, and this week I wanted to talk about how hang and circuit went! To recap, hang is when we look at the plot and hang units in their positions according to what the plot says.
There are many challenges when adapting a source material for the stage, even more so when your source material is an animated TV show about anthropomorphic animals.
My name is Tayler and I'm a fourth year Theatre, Film and Digital Production major with a minor in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Whether you came into college with someone you know or let your university work their roommate matchmaker magic, odds are you are living amongst people with a lifestyle and interests similar to your own.
It's midterms week at my first quarter of my senior year and I find myself reminiscing on my past three years.
College can be extremely stressful sometimes, especially after midterms, which I just experienced last week.
Living in one of the most expensive cities in the United States as a stereotypically broke college student sounds like a financial disaster on paper.
When I was around 15 or 16, there were auditions in my town for The Miracle Worker.
Hi everyone! My name is Meghan, and I'm a Junior Lighting Design and Technology Emphasis at Oklahoma City University.
In my first journalism course, my professor would bring in the best of her graduated students to guest lecture once a month.
Lesson number one: paint one straight white line and one straight black line onto your forearm in cream stage makeup.
There are so many ways you can absorb theatre but one of the most important and underrated ways is through television.
Congratulations! After months of countless auditions, Unifeds, interviews, callbacks, portfolio reviews and the dreaded waiting (and inevitable acceptance and denial) period you have final found a collegiate theatrical home...only to find out that it's not actually your home.
Here's the deal.
Something that every artist needs to learn is how to effectively collaborate.
For all of my terrified freshmen out there, this one's for you.
So, you've finally moved up to the big leagues, college.
What is stage dooring? How do you stage door at a show? How should you behave at the stage door? These were questions I was thinking about as I visited New York this past weekend to see a few shows.
Congrats, you've made it to college! The freedom you feel while in college is truly something special and you get to put your life in high school behind! It's the fresh start you've dreamed of! It's also a great time to hone your talents and really figure out who you are.
This past week has had ups, and downs.
As college students, most of us have probably become accustomed to working with fellow actors our age who may have been doing theatre for several years, but how often are we getting involved in our communities to work with children and teens who are being introduced to theatre for potentially the…
This past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing a production of Spamalot at the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) Center for the Arts and it inspired me to discuss not only the importance of seeing theatre but also how there is so much theatre that is around you that you haven't yet…