Tony Award-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth delighted students as their special surprise guest during the Broadway Artists Alliance 2010 Summer Intensive (Session One). Ms. Neuwirth (currently starring in The Addams Family) lent her talents for a surprise Q&A with the students of Broadway Artists Alliance, ages 10-21. The Q&A was led by the hilarious Seth Rudetsky.
Bebe Neuwirth was a welcome addition to the Broadway Artists Alliance's roster of Tony winning guest speakers, which have recently included impressive talent such as Katie Finneran, Sutton Foster, Karen Olivo, Gregory Jbara, Bill Irwin, Laura Benanti, Norbert Leo Butz, Beth Leavel, Michael Cerveris, John Gallagher Jr., Lea Salonga, John Lloyd Young, and Jason Robert Brown.
The Q&A was part of Broadway Artists Alliance's two-week Summer Intensive at Ripley Grier Studios, NYC.
Additional instructors and special guests have included Marc Shaiman, Stephen Schwartz, Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific), Will Swenson (Hair), Kyle Dean Massey (Next to Normal), Brooks Ashmanskas (Promises, Promises), Lea Michele (Spring Awakening, Glee), Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening), Megan Hilty (9 to 5), Matt Cavenaugh (West Side Story), Mitch Jarvis (Rock of Ages), J. Robert Spencer (Next to Normal), Susan Blackwell ([title of show]), Stephanie J. Block (Wicked), Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins), Jennifer Cody (Shrek), Michelle Federer (Wicked), Christopher Jackson (In the Heights), Tyrick Wiltez Jones (Finian's Rainbow), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid), AndRea Martin (Young Frankenstein), Megan McGinnis (Les Miserables), Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening), Andrea Burns (In the Heights), Lauren Kennedy (Vanities), Christopher Fitzgerald (Finian's Rainbow), Heather Parcells (A Chorus Line), Paul Schaefer (Phantom of the Opera), Alexandra Socha (Spring Awakening), Lisa Stevens (High School Musical), Morgan Karr (Spring Awakening), and many more. For more information about Broadway Artists Alliance, please visit www.broadwayartistsalliance.org.
Broadway Artists Alliance just completed their annual two-week Summer Intensive and three-day Summer Workshop. They will host their annual Winter Workshop February 19-21, 2011. Space is limited and by audition-only! Applications are available on their website: www.broadwayartistsalliance.org/application.
Broadway Artists Alliance will also continue with a new season of one-day master classes. Upcoming master classes include Wicked (September 19), and a TV/Film workshop (October 17). A full list is available at www.broadwayartistsalliance.org/masterclasses.
Photos by Laura McBride
Ross Stoner (Associate Director), Jennifer Johns (Program Director), Kristi Coombs (Dance Director), and Michelle Lehrman (Admissions Director)
Bebe Neuwirth and the students of Broadway Artists Alliance
Seth Rudetsky and Bebe Neuwirth
Seth Rudetsky and Bebe Neuwirth
Seth Rudetsky and Bebe Neuwirth
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