Photo Flash: Katie Finneran at Broadway Artists Alliance
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jul. 31, 2010
Tony Award-winning actress Katie Finneran delighted students as their special surprise guest during the Broadway Artists Alliance 2010 Summer Workshop. Ms. Finneran (currently starring in Promises, Promises) lent her talents for a surprise Q&A with the students of Broadway Artists Alliance. Following the Q&A, she led the group of young performers in a song interpretation session, working one-on-one with Broadway Artists Alliance students, ages 10-21.
Katie Finneran was a welcome addition to the Broadway Artists Alliance's roster of Tony winning guest speakers, which have recently included impressive talent such as 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 and Song Interpretation Session were part of Broadway Artists Alliance's three-day Summer Workshop 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 is currently in the midst of their annual two-week Summer Intensive. 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
Jennifer Johns (Program Director), Katie Finneran, Michelle Lehrman (Admissions Director), Ross Stoner (Associate Director)
Katie Finneran and the students of Broadway Artists Alliance
Katie Finneran and the students of Broadway Artists Alliance
Katie Finneran works with a student of Broadway Artists Alliance
Katie Finneran teaches a Song Interpretation Master Class
Katie Finneran and BAA’s Assistant Director Tyrick Wiltez Jones
Katie Finneran and BAA’s Assistant Director Tyrick Wiltez Jones
Katie Finneran and BAA’s Assistant Director Tyrick Wiltez Jones
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