By Sami DeSocio Being a community theatre actor (for now) is nothing like being on Broadway, clearly. But, just like actors on Broadway, we all have our own daily routines before hitting the theater for the night. I compared my schedule to that of Andrew Kober of Les Miserables. 7:00 AM: I wake up and […]
Every high school theatre student can pretty much agree: auditions are the worst. While in the actual acting world, monologues are not as often used as audition pieces, in high school, it’s pretty much the exclusive tool directors use to cast! A lot rides on the one to two minute audition monologues, and here are […]
By Sami DeSocio When I was first starting out as a singer in my chorus, we would always have a big winter concert and a big spring concert. Before one of them, my parents took me for pizza where I ate two slices of white (ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese-no sauce). Upon arrival to the […]
By Eric Gelb Off-Broadway houses are defined as theatres that house anywhere from 100 to 499 patrons per performance. Anything beyond 499 is considered a Broadway house. So naturally, one may assume the popularity of the show may call for a Broadway transfer to have more seats available for purchase. While this is usually the […]
By Brenna Corporal Newsies. Newsies!! NNNNNEEEEWWWWSSSSIIIIEEEEESSSSS. This has been the speech patterns of Fansies everywhere. Fansies are fans of the Disney musical Newsies. I myself am a HUGE Fansie- I’ve seen the show three times! If you know Newsies then you know that it closed on Sunday, August 24th, but despite that, that doesn’t stop […]
By Eric Gelb Instagram, Twitter and Facebook… Social media outlets that used to be solely for connecting with friends have turned into a fangirl Mecca! Anyone that’s even walked near the Nederlander in the past two years has seen the long lines Disney’s Newsies generates at its stagedoor. Girls, boys, parents young and old flock […]
By Eric Gelb Matilda The Musical, Annie, Lion King and Once… all Broadway blockbusters that heavily rely on the talents of 7, 8, 9 and 10 year old child actors to carry the entire show. And, of course, from an audience’s perspective, the kids are cute and talented. But the two hours or so that you watch […]
As excited as you are about being cast in a show, every actor knows that the show of their every day life must go on! The question becomes, how do you deal with balancing your life in show business and the life you have at home? People who have mastered that skill deserve an award! […]
Recently, I was invited to a junior drama club’s production of Disney’s My Son Pinocchio. Then even more recently, a thespian actually asked me what is the difference between a regular show and a junior production. Therefore it got me thinking a lot about the differences for those who don’t know. A junior production of […]