By Emma Filosa We’ve all heard directors request that actors “get into character”. For a number of actors and actresses, a character begins on stage and ends off stage. However, some performers use the technique commonly known as “method acting” to not only get into character, but to literally become a character. Method acting was […]
As someone who walks around a lot, I find that I always need to have a good playlist of songs with a good rhythm to walk to. I have discovered that, unsurprisingly, songs about work, or songs that are sung while the characters on stage are working, always set a great rhythm for walking, or […]
Nothing is better than a group number! Whether it’s a stellar opening, and heart-racing eleven o’clock number, or an intense closing, a group number is everybody’s favorite. These are our top ten group numbers from Broadway. 10. “Circle of Life” from Lion King This number is absolutely breathtaking! While you won’t be able to […]
Creating seasonal playlists is one of my favorite things, and I’m always really excited when I get to come up with a new one. But as it turns out, there really aren’t that many showtunes about fall! I don’t understand why people don’t like writing songs about rain, and fog, and being back to school… […]
It’s not a new idea. I’m definitely not the first person to think of it, and I’m sure I’m not at all the only one who thinks it’d be the greatest thing, the absolute dream weekend for any musical theater lover. Yes, I am talking about a convention dedicated to Broadway and all things musical […]
Pure Entertainment. That might as well be the alternative title for After Midnight, the Harlem Jazz Age song-and-dance revue currently playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and rarely are theatergoers treated to a cast filled with so many unique individuals, where each and every performer could fill a stage entirely on their own. But that’s the […]
We have seen singers like Fantasia, Ashlee Simpson, Toni Braxton, Joey Fatone and more take to the Broadway stage. After watching the Video Music Awards, I was wondering what it would be like seeing some of my favorite artists go from the recording studio to the stage. What do you think of these dream Broadway […]
If you leave Manhattan and go East, you’ll eventually hit Brooklyn and Queens. Keeping going and you’ll hit Nassau County and Suffolk County, making up Long Island. New York City is our backyard, our playground. Yes, Broadway is only a trip on the Long Island Rail Road away, but we have a great array of […]