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 […]
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The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Five: The Ten Song Theory
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 […]
The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Four: Song Styles
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, […]
The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Three: Choosing Content
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 […]
The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part Two: The Actor’s Portfolio
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 […]
The Musical Theatre Audition Book, Part One: What Should I Sing?
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 […]
The Rain it Raineth: Thoughts on the Finale of “Twelfth Night”
I’ve played Feste in Twelfth Night three times – first at NYU (I also was the musical director and composer on that production), three years […]
Mask-On/Mask-Off, Part V: The Balancing Act
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 […]
Mask-On/Mask-Off, Part IV: Mask-Off Play
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 […]
Mask-On/Mask-Off, Part III: Mask-On 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 […]