Calendar of Local Theatre Events

I've added a calendar link to the right of the page - I will try to keep dates of all the productions and auditions that I'm aware of for the next couple of months for your convenience.  If you don't see something listed, please let me know!

You Want to Major in What???

I've been meaning to post this for two weeks now, and kept forgetting. The guy that wrote this could have been me, 25 years ago. Here it is: 10 Ways Being a Theatre Major Prepared Me for Success

When I chose my major, I had no pipe dreams about becoming a professional actor. I did it because more than one wise adult had advised me that my actual major in college would have less impact on my eventual job search than having the actual degree. “Study what you love” I was told, “not what you think will get you a job.” I listened for once and chose theatre because I’d done it all through my secondary education, I had relative success doing it, and because I simply loved being a part of it. Fortunately, my parents gave me absolutely no grief about my choice (unlike most of my fellow majors. Thanks mom & dad!)

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Theatre Geeks

Here's another theatre-based podcast you might be interested in following - I've been listening to it for some time now, and it's the one that inspired me to create SOKTP: http://theatregeeks.com/ It's three, well, theatre geeks based out of a community theatre in Indiana that talk about their experiences in theatre every week or so. Take a listen, I think you'll enjoy them.

Disney preparing to launch "Into the Woods" movie

If anything could top the news of Les Mis coming to the big screen, it's this:

Director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) is set to helm a film adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical Into the Woods for The Walt Disney Studios.

The Walt Disney Studios recently announced that Rob Marshall is set to direct a film adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical Into the Woods, featuring Stephen Sondheim’s original music. The film will be produced by Marshall and John DeLuca through their production company LUCAMAR Productions. James Lapine, who wrote the stage musical with Stephen Sondheim, will adapt for the screen. The project is in development under a new multi-year producing deal between Disney and LUCAMAR.

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NBC, iTheatrics, Launch Philanthropic Campaign to Bring Musical Theatre to Under-Served Schools

NBC is going all out to promote its new TV show about the making of a musical, Smash—and the latest news is really something else. NBC and iTheatrics are launching “NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical campaign,” which they bill as “a philanthropic initiative that will help create sustainable musical theatre programs in underserved schools nationwide.” The initiative is an outgrowth of iTheatrics’ work in New York City public schools with the The Shubert Foundation/Music Theatre International Broadway Junior Project, and will send a Broadway master professional to a school in 20 U.S. cities to mentor students and teachers in how to produce a musical. Read More...