BWW Blog: Susan Johnston's New Media Film Festival® - Reinventing How Stories are Told
The New Media Film Festival®, created and launched in 2009, is best described by its simple slogan: 'honoring stories worth telling'.
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The New Media Film Festival®, created and launched in 2009, is best described by its simple slogan: 'honoring stories worth telling'.
Broadway is reopening! Which means open calls and auditions will start to become a regular part of our lives again.
Well friends, the time has finally come.
If there is anything this past year has taught me, it's that we can't wait around until circumstances are perfect to pursue our dreams otherwise we would be waiting around forever.
Seeing both of these movies and comparing their teams has shown that Hollywood needs to let Broadway people work on movie musicals.
'What you think is who you are.
Our student bloggers write about how they're coping with the current global health crisis, give insight on their school's performing arts programs, share their opinions on the latest theater news, and so much more.
As a young child, he became fascinated with dramatic storytelling through images of stained glass windows and sculptures while passing by churches as a boy walking with his mother.
Happy Anniversary to Me! I have been writing in the student blogger program, here at BroadwayWorld for a whole year.
For my next blog post, I sat down with local Atlanta-based actor Jemarcus Kilgore to discuss the industry here in Georgia and what his experience has been like throughout the years.
Michael's latest song, Paperweight, is accompanied by a beautifully cinematic music video and holds advocacy for the chronically ill at its core.
As Pride Month kicks off, we all go to blast the Kinky Boots cast recording on Spotify as we get ready for whatever pride events we'll be attending, wanting to acknowledge a pride month musical.
Beyond comedy shows and late-night shows, Broadway is coming back in full speed starting this fall.
I found out that there existed a whole community online united around Broadway, and, suddenly, I was not alone anymore.
As I sit here breathing the same air as my neighbor, I wonder to myself: what practices learned from COVID-19 should remain, and what should we bid farewell to in the theatre?
How to add some Broadway into your life as we all countdown the days till the reopening
Burnham expressed his desire to re-enter standup in January of 2020.
'We are, in the end, merely the weight of paper.
I do believe there is power in bringing in something that is unique, something that isn’t normally sung.
One of the hallmarks of a true Broadway fan is annoying family members or roommates by singing the same songs in the dead of night from your bedroom.
When purity culture devotees suggest that the author must spoon-feed the moral status of every single character to the audience, they undermine both the intelligence of the viewers as well as the skill of the author.
It's a fun little niche.
Happy Pride month, BroadwayWorld! I have pulled together my favorite show tunes that celebrate pride.
This past quarter, I was a dramaturg for a Wagner New Play Festival Show.
I got to see Broadway shows starting when I was only around 4-years-old.