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Before I began my studies at NYU, I went to an accepted students day on campus, and at that accepted students day I went to a study abroad information session, where I learned about the ITW program and decided that I needed to go.
As actors, we're usually pretty busy day in and day out, but every so often we get just enough time to relax and curl up with a nice book.
A Student's perspective being a college understudy in college
I was cast as 'Dorothy' in Plaza Theatricals' production of The Wizard of Oz in December for four performances.
Golden Age musicals are loved for good reason, but many of them become problematic when we analyze them critically.
Going on two years in this pandemic when we all thought it was only going to last a few weeks has absolutely changed how I look at the future.
Life isn’t a simple thing, but realizing that feeling happy and sad simultaneously is normal, may help out a little bit.
Given the current events affecting our world, it is understandable that many of us seek an escape through theater and film.
Musical theater was introduced to me when I saw my oldest sister Jenna in her high school production of Meet Me in St.
COVID-19 covered the world in an oppressive shadow, forcing us inside and alone but these strifes would lead to even greater creations: virtual performances via Zoom, Facetime karaoke nights, and front-row seats to Broadway’s finest from our living room couch.
I was first involved in a devising process my senior year of high school.
It’s been not a long time since I became a theater fan, even though I’ve learnt many things with my experience as part of the audience and with my perspective as a student of a career that involves art, I’ve got to reflect about theater in my city: Mexico City.
2022 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Academy’s founding.
I was stunningly aware of how each muscle in my finger moved, how precisely my elbow moved to allow for this motion.
It all started in November of 2021 when one of my friends was visiting New York City for the first time.
After going to New York for my winter break, my mom and I decided to return to see more musicals during my Spring Break.
Will there probably always be issues with people looking down on dramaturgs? Yes.
Picture a somewhat-windy Sunday afternoon in South St.
Hamilton is a GREAT musical, the lyrics, the songs, the quotes, all of it is a master piece.
Before I ever developed a distinct taste in art, a favor for certain aesthetics or genres or even method of delivery, I was still deeply and inextinguishably drawn to it.
I had no idea what I was getting into with becoming a dramaturg.
A letter to Theatre “With you in my life, I get to speak up, I get to share my stories, I get to channel my emotions through you.
It all started in November of 2021 when one of my friends was visiting New York City for the first time.
The first term of my last year is almost over.
On March 12th at eight in the evening, the Munsey Park Auditorium hosted a musical performance named Illegal: A New Musical by theater graduates of Yale University.
