The Musical Theater Audition Book, a Post-Script: My Own Book
I didn’t want to take my own advice. As I weeded out songs from my own book, I had way more than ten songs that… Read More »The Musical Theater Audition Book, a Post-Script: My Own Book
I didn’t want to take my own advice. As I weeded out songs from my own book, I had way more than ten songs that… Read More »The Musical Theater Audition Book, a Post-Script: My Own Book
I have a theory: You can get through an audition season with only ten songs in your book. I’m sure this thought isn’t unique or… Read More »The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Five: The Ten Song Theory
Your audition book should be a Swiss-army knife, with tools for many different circumstances. Since musical theatre draws from every musical influence under the sun,… Read More »The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Four: Song Styles
Call it “Decision Paralysis” or “Choice Overload,” we don’t usually do so well when we’re presented with numerous options. There is a time to sift… Read More »The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Three: Choosing Content
While anyone you talk to about how to set up your audition book will offer different advice, I’ll bet most people would agree that it… Read More »The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Two: The Actor’s Portfolio
After three hours of sitting in the holding room, I’m finally called by the audition monitor to line up in the hallway, and waiting to… Read More »The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part One: What Should I Sing?
I’m grateful to have played one of Shakespeare’s great fools, Feste in Twelfth Night, three times – first when I studied at NYU (I also… Read More »The Rain it Raineth: Thoughts on the Finale of “Twelfth Night”
Have you ever seen the circus act with a person balances on a plank of wood on top of a rolling cylinder? That’s a rolla… Read More »Mask-On/Mask-Off, Part V: The Balancing Act
After all the discoveries made during Mask-On play, what do you do with them? You’re sitting there with a heap of discoveries and information about… Read More »Mask-On/Mask-Off, Part IV: Mask-Off Play
Traditional story structure begins with exposition. It sets up the world so that the audience can see the playing field, learn the rules of the… Read More »Mask-On/Mask-Off, Part III: Mask-On Play