Eric:
OK guys. I like bargains. And since I also like theatre, any bargain on theatre is one that I have to be a part of. Enter "20at20." Hmmm... The organization of Off Broadway Brainstormers have come up with a way to remind people that off-Broadway does exist and that butts in the seats are the only way to keep this animal breathing. So for the first time, they've decided to offer $20 tickets to participating off-Broadway shows. Interested? Check it out:
what: "20at20," $20 Rush Tickets
why: Give my regards to off-Broadway
where: Tickets are sold at the box office only.
when: One week only! Sunday, March 4th - Sunday, March 11, starting 20 minutes before each curtain.
who: Participating off-Brodway shows listed below...
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
-St. Luke's Theatre
A Jew Grows in Brooklyn
-37 Arts
A Very Common Procedure
-Lucille Lortel Theatre
Altar Boyz
-New World Stages
The Awesome 80s Prom
-Webster Hall
"BE" by Mayumana
-Union Square Theatre
The Big Voice: God or Merman?
-Actors Temple Theatre
Bill W. and Dr. Bob
-New World Stages
Defender of the Faith
-Irish Rep
The Fantasticks
-Snapple Theater Center
The Fever
-The New Group @ Theatre Row
The Gazillion Bubble Show
-New World Stages
Gutenberg! the Musical!
-Actors' Playhouse
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
-Westside Theatre Upstairs
Jewtopia
-Westside Theatre Downstairs
The Last Word...
-Theatre at St Clement's
Mary Rose
-Vineyard Theatre
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm In Therapy
-Little Shubert
My Secret Garden
-45th St. Theater
Naked Boys Singing
-New World Stages
Perfect Crime
-Snapple Theater Center
Room Service
-SoHo Playhouse
Sealed for Freshness
-New World Stages
Some Men
-2econd Stage Theatre
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell
-Minetta Lane Theatre
Stomp
-Orpheum
The Voysey Inheritance
-Atlantic Theatre
Good Luck and Happy Viewing.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
The Jen Waldman Studio
Stephan:
Have you ever had that experience in your life as an artist where you find yourself realizing that something bigger is at work in you, when it begins to crystallize and become clear that that you are on the edge of something amazing? Have you ever found yourself in that perfect creative environment where those feelings are fostered and where you can tangibly feel yourself growing & deepening as an artist? I have been taking the best class lately (from Jen Waldman at the Jen Waldman Studio), and it has been exactly that, an inspiration.
In NYC there are hundreds of teachers and classes for musical theatre actors and performers. For an NYC actor it can be almost as overwhelming choosing the right teacher and studio, as it can be to get that dream job or get that dream agent to return your phone calls. There are many, many good teachers in NYC, but for those who have really been around NYC there are a few that are in a category of their own, we call them “career changing amazing”, and those are exactly the words I would use to describe Jen Waldman and the Jen Waldman Studio
I am a huge fan of Jen’s class. Every week we work on visualizations, affirmations, exercises, and on developing, enriching, exploring, and enhancing the songs in our book. If you are looking for that next step, that place to dream, that opportunity to sing the songs you love the most, and to dig deeper and express fuller…Check her out, you’ll be glad you did! www.JenWaldmanStudio.com
Have you ever had that experience in your life as an artist where you find yourself realizing that something bigger is at work in you, when it begins to crystallize and become clear that that you are on the edge of something amazing? Have you ever found yourself in that perfect creative environment where those feelings are fostered and where you can tangibly feel yourself growing & deepening as an artist? I have been taking the best class lately (from Jen Waldman at the Jen Waldman Studio), and it has been exactly that, an inspiration.
In NYC there are hundreds of teachers and classes for musical theatre actors and performers. For an NYC actor it can be almost as overwhelming choosing the right teacher and studio, as it can be to get that dream job or get that dream agent to return your phone calls. There are many, many good teachers in NYC, but for those who have really been around NYC there are a few that are in a category of their own, we call them “career changing amazing”, and those are exactly the words I would use to describe Jen Waldman and the Jen Waldman Studio
I am a huge fan of Jen’s class. Every week we work on visualizations, affirmations, exercises, and on developing, enriching, exploring, and enhancing the songs in our book. If you are looking for that next step, that place to dream, that opportunity to sing the songs you love the most, and to dig deeper and express fuller…Check her out, you’ll be glad you did! www.JenWaldmanStudio.com
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Sheet music in your key (3 ways to transpose your music)...Part 1
Stephan:
So you've got that perfect song that you're sure will leave those power Agents and Broadway Casting Directors drooling...only, you sing it through with your voice teacher and you hear those dreaded words "You're going to need to take this up a whole step, you need to change the key, it needs to be transposed!" To many those words may be tragic. For you (after reading this 3 part blog entry) those words will be opportunistic (your opportunity to get a song in a key the others don't know how to get). Suddenly that soprano version of 'Old Man River' that you've always been dreaming about singing for your "RENT" audition is possible!
To be super clear, "transposing" a song means changing the key, raising or lowering all of the notes in the song, to better fit your voice. You have 3 basic choices when you need to get a song transposed. I'll begin with Choice 1 and continue with choices 2 and 3 in the following weeks...
Choice 1. Buying sheet music online and printing it at your computer. This is perhaps the easiest method. If you go to a sheet music store online such as MusicNotes.com, SheetMusicDirect.com, or FreehandMusic.com, you can often find exactly what you are looking for. Once you decide to purchase a song, many songs have the option of transposing the song before you print. However, there are some things you should be aware of before you buy:
A. Not all of the songs on each site have the option for transposing (though many do). Make sure it's an option before you buy (if you want it in a different key than the original).
B. Sometimes you'll find a song on one of those sites that you can't transpose, but on a different site that same song is transposable. In other words, make sure you shop around to a couple different sites if you don't immediately find what you want.
C. With these sites, you have to print and choose the key when you buy the song. You can't come back a day later (after your voice lesson) and try to print it again in a different key (you would have to then buy it again).
I assure you the whole process is very convenient. Their software will play back the music to you, so you can sing along and be sure it's the key you want. The fact that you can sit down and find that audition song, have it printed out and in the key that best fits your voice in under 10 minutes is pretty amazing (considering how long that process took a few years ago!)
If you're interested in these sheet music sites, follow our sponsored banner links on our UltimateTheatreHomepage (at www.UltimateTheatreHomepage.com). They are the banners at the very bottom of the page (quick and easy to access if you're using the homepage regularly!).
Read next week and I'll continue with Choice 2 of your 3 transposing options...
So you've got that perfect song that you're sure will leave those power Agents and Broadway Casting Directors drooling...only, you sing it through with your voice teacher and you hear those dreaded words "You're going to need to take this up a whole step, you need to change the key, it needs to be transposed!" To many those words may be tragic. For you (after reading this 3 part blog entry) those words will be opportunistic (your opportunity to get a song in a key the others don't know how to get). Suddenly that soprano version of 'Old Man River' that you've always been dreaming about singing for your "RENT" audition is possible!
To be super clear, "transposing" a song means changing the key, raising or lowering all of the notes in the song, to better fit your voice. You have 3 basic choices when you need to get a song transposed. I'll begin with Choice 1 and continue with choices 2 and 3 in the following weeks...
Choice 1. Buying sheet music online and printing it at your computer. This is perhaps the easiest method. If you go to a sheet music store online such as MusicNotes.com, SheetMusicDirect.com, or FreehandMusic.com, you can often find exactly what you are looking for. Once you decide to purchase a song, many songs have the option of transposing the song before you print. However, there are some things you should be aware of before you buy:
A. Not all of the songs on each site have the option for transposing (though many do). Make sure it's an option before you buy (if you want it in a different key than the original).
B. Sometimes you'll find a song on one of those sites that you can't transpose, but on a different site that same song is transposable. In other words, make sure you shop around to a couple different sites if you don't immediately find what you want.
C. With these sites, you have to print and choose the key when you buy the song. You can't come back a day later (after your voice lesson) and try to print it again in a different key (you would have to then buy it again).
I assure you the whole process is very convenient. Their software will play back the music to you, so you can sing along and be sure it's the key you want. The fact that you can sit down and find that audition song, have it printed out and in the key that best fits your voice in under 10 minutes is pretty amazing (considering how long that process took a few years ago!)
If you're interested in these sheet music sites, follow our sponsored banner links on our UltimateTheatreHomepage (at www.UltimateTheatreHomepage.com). They are the banners at the very bottom of the page (quick and easy to access if you're using the homepage regularly!).
Read next week and I'll continue with Choice 2 of your 3 transposing options...
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Your Student ID is worth $!
Eric:
That's right. Even if you are out of school, hold onto that student ID because it can help you get discount tickets to Broadway and off-Broadway shows. Each show is unique with their separate rules. However a student ID can usually snag you a ticket for around $20-$35 which is worth its weight in gold if you ask me considering a ticket now can cost a patron over $100.
Note that student rush tickets are different from lottery tickets. As the name suggests, lottery tickets are limited discount tickets available to anyone whose name is drawn at a lottery for that day's performance. Student rush tickets are limited discount tickets for those with student IDs only, available on the day of performance and are sold on a first come first serve basis- usually when the box office opens and subject to availability of course.
Has your student ID expired? I don't want to say anything shady....so I'll just write it: My ID has been expired for years but I have yet to have anyone question me on it (knock on wood). Regardless, you can ask box offices about their student rush tickets and policies or you can check out our "Theater Tickets" heading on the homepage for more student discount information.
That's right. Even if you are out of school, hold onto that student ID because it can help you get discount tickets to Broadway and off-Broadway shows. Each show is unique with their separate rules. However a student ID can usually snag you a ticket for around $20-$35 which is worth its weight in gold if you ask me considering a ticket now can cost a patron over $100.
Note that student rush tickets are different from lottery tickets. As the name suggests, lottery tickets are limited discount tickets available to anyone whose name is drawn at a lottery for that day's performance. Student rush tickets are limited discount tickets for those with student IDs only, available on the day of performance and are sold on a first come first serve basis- usually when the box office opens and subject to availability of course.
Has your student ID expired? I don't want to say anything shady....so I'll just write it: My ID has been expired for years but I have yet to have anyone question me on it (knock on wood). Regardless, you can ask box offices about their student rush tickets and policies or you can check out our "Theater Tickets" heading on the homepage for more student discount information.
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