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One play changed my perspective on Shakespeare, theatre and the part that race plays in our creative and popular culture.
It's crazy to think that it's been over a year since Broadway was shut down.
There has been reopening success in Australia with Frozen: The Musical, but will Broadway and the West End be able to implement the same safety measures? Here are five questions for producers that audiences are begging to know the answers to regarding the reopening of theatre.
My secret to surviving as an actor.
Every time I see a new show, or listen to a new soundtrack, it automatically is added to a sort of “database” in my brain.
I want to take the time to acknowledge everyone who has been involved in making pandemic theatre possible.
The end of the semester is coming and the burnout is REAL.
As we await the announcement of the movie's cast, I wanted to propose what I think would have the perfect mix of Hollywood's favorite way to anger fans (stunt casting) and Broadway representation.
The intrigue that authenticity alone brings to a performance is enough to make any actor stop and study it like their life depends on it.
Earlier this week, I was able to go to my first musical performance in over a year.
Taras Nahirniak is an incredibly successful producer, musician, performer, teacher who started out like most of us did, behind the piano.
You've heard enough about my experience with COVID-era Broadway School.
As most seniors in high school have finished up their college auditions, hearing decisions from schools, and putting down deposits, I thought it would be the perfect time to share my “must-have” items that have made college so much easier, especially as a Musical Theatre major.
Over a year after the COVID-19 pandemic first raged through the United States and forced theatres to close for the foreseeable future, we're finally seeing a light at the end of a dark, dark tunnel.
This is the time of year when your shorts and flip-flops are parked next to your snow boots and parka.
I've said it before, but as a 'new' theatre kid, I have struggled a lot to really enter into the world of theatre in such a short period of time.
It began with different characters, and then she saw the Bridgerton musical created by Abigail Barlow.
Freestyle Love Supreme Academy member, Jay Ellis, created this new improv music theatre production that will have everyone rapping and singing all night long.
I was never really a non-show tunes person, but I quickly learned what every theatre person knows.
While there is a light at the end of the tunnel as many shows are aiming for a Fall reopening, it is hard to know that it will still be quite a while before Broadway theaters are able to welcome back pre-pandemic sized crowds.
Drawbacks, legs lifted to the skies, triple pirouettes galore.
If you're not familiar with the term, senioritis is the feeling students get their final year in college, high school, or even middle school (we've all been there, 8th grade is hard).
YOU ARE YOU, THEY ARE THEY.
My list of dream roles is short, and it would be really great to make it even shorter by crossing these roles off the list.
Whether you do it in-person with your 'quarantine bubble', or online using a service like Netflix Party or Discord's video screening feature, here are some theatre movies and pro-shots to add to your Friday night plans.