In this interview with Kiira Schmidt Carper, she goes through her entire career. From her start on Broadway, to her latest work with Opera Australia’s West Side Story as being the choreographer all while being a professor. During her career, she even got to record with the Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim. She has been on several national tours, lived in New York City, and performed world wide.
Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre celebrates 20 years of Wicked performances by rolling out the green carpet and some amazing extras were added to make the performance that much more memorable for those who were lucky enough to witness the anniversary show. The celebration ran for the entire month of October allowing fans the experience of a lifetime. From the time you entered the theatre and were handed your special playbill celebrating the anniversary, to the bows at the end of the show, 20 years of Wicked has not slowed them down, and the entire theatre community expects Wicked to run for a very long time.
Since Broadway has returned, the theatre industry has been attempting to create a better environment that is more equitable for all. To help with this, Tony Award voter committee members will now be required to complete an unconscious bias training session, according to BroadwayWorld. Committee members will have to complete the Exploring Unconscious Bias course with Vernā Myers, an inclusion strategist, before March 1.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has shared his exciting plans to open the new production of Cinderella on Broadway next season. Speaking to the New York Post at the Tony Awards ceremony which took place at the Winter Garden Theater earlier in September, he announced the hopes for the show in an exclusive chat with the publication. […]
On Sunday, September 26, the long-awaited 74th Annual Tony Awards aired, promising a new theatre industry that is equitable and accountable. Showing a triumphant return to Broadway, the two-part ceremony was to celebrate an industry gone from a year and a half. In that year and a half, however, social change begun. The insurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement made its way to the Great White Way, which has been telling its many workers that big change is coming to the industry, and that it will come out as a better Broadway. But was that reflected at the awards ceremony?
Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. will be splitting hosting duties for the upcoming 74th Annual Tony Awards and the special concert following on September 26. This four-hour event will be in a new format to showcase theatre after a long year without Broadway, airing live from Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s latest project as director for the musical film tick, tick… BOOM! has released an exciting trailer in anticipation of the film’s release which is due for this autumn. The film is the newest contribution in an impressive collection of recent works from the Hamilton creator.
Musical theatre performers love portraying fabulous characters. From the English upper-crust at My Fair Lady’s Ascot Gavrotte to the royalty of Arendelle’s coronation day in Frozen, the characters these actors play are often chic with a keen sense of personal style. However, that comfort in fashion doesn’t always translate to the actors who are playing them.
2018 has been an exciting year from TheatreArtLife! We now have 120 contributors, all live entertainment and theatre professionals working around the globe who write articles for us each month who share their journey, advice, wisdom, and experiences from the industry. We are so grateful for our staff of volunteers who run our website and […]
In many ways, working an understudy is a tougher job than playing the title and/or leading role in a show. Hear me out. An understudy can be asked to learn multiple major roles in a performance and have the expectation to perform any of those roles at any time, theoretically as well as the original cast member for whom they are taking over. Put simply: it’s difficult, laborious work, often without praise and glory.
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