It’s a sad, sad day on Broadway and the in the theatre community. The Tony Award winning director and writer, the legend Arthur Laurents has passed away at 93 years young at heart. He died while sleeping. He is the author of such great works as Gypsy and West Side Story. In light of his revival of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘director’
Revenge of the 5th…Goodbye to a legend
Posted: May 5, 2011 in Blog PostTags: Arthur Laurents, Broadway, Death, director, Gypsy, interview, legend, loss, Out Magazine, Revenge of the 5th, Theatre, theatre community, Tom Hatcher, West Side Story, writer
What a lucky lad am I…
Posted: March 1, 2011 in Podcast uploadTags: activists, Artistic Director, Chicano, director, Elisa Alvarado, Latino, podcast, Post a day
Can you believe after 6 long weeks of silence, I am back on the podcasty waves? Episode 16 (Click to listen, then do the Muppet dance. YAY!)
White Christmas Update #1
Posted: September 29, 2010 in Blog PostTags: Andrea Stanley, attitude, Ben Perez, Danny Kaye, director, Frank Sherlock, Heather Schweitzer, Katie O'Bryon, Michael Carey, Music director, orchestra, Orientation, Paul Hale, Peter Schuurmans, Rachel Michelberg, rehearsal, Saratoga Civic Theatre, Sean Bender, Sean Carson-Hull, Set Design, Stephen Evans, Stephen Wathen, Sven Schultz, Sweet Charity, theatre magic, Valerie Valenzuela, White Christmas, wing space, WVLO
Wow, we are beginning our third week into rehearsals for the show, but so much has happened so fast that I couldn’t keep up with the rehearsing and taking notes and pictures for these updates. So, I will have to try my best and do it all from memory. Bear with me! Orientation night for [...]
Visionary…
Posted: September 15, 2010 in Blog PostTags: Blind, director, film., fundraising, Joseph M. Monks, Kickstarter, movie, The Bunker
FINAL UPDATE: As of 9/29….CONGRATS to Joseph M. Monks and crew!!! With 34 hours left in the campaign his total is at $5,228. His goal was to collect just 5 G’s, but thanks to generous people who would like to help out the Indie filmmaker, his work will be completed. I am looking forward to [...]
My Vision?
Posted: March 7, 2010 in Blog PostTags: Big Spender, Bill Starr, blasphemous, Bob Fosse, cue-to-cue, director, hell week, hostesses, intimidating, lighting designer, paper tech rehearsal, producer, religion, Rhythm of Life, Rosie, soapboxes, Something Better Than This, stage manager, vision
On Friday, I got an email from Bill asking that I come to the paper tech rehearsal that night. A paper tech rehearsal is a meeting between the director, the lighting designer, the stage manager, the producer (sometimes) and from what I learned that night, the choreographer, too. During this meeting, lighting cues are discussed [...]


