Betty Buckley Holds Song Interpretation Workshop, 5/16

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will offer her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a round of six classes open to participants in May 2011. The Fort Worth native will assist aspiring artists, educators and experienced performers in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.

Ms. Buckley shares her expertise and guides her students through a methodology that facilitates audience connection through songs and monologues. Her emotional connection to songs and audiences is renowned, and that very connection is at the heart of what Ms. Buckley imparts to her students.

Story Songs 2011 directed and hosted by Ms. Buckley, was the second benefit concert performed by workshop participants. Perry Stewart, TheatreJones.com, raved "There's a terrific musical revue playing currently at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth" and later, "[Buckley] is fiercely committed to the song as an art form, as much so as painting or sculpture....

The Song Interpretation Intensive schedule consists of six classes in each session. The next session begins on May 16. Classes begin at 6:30pm and last 4-5 hours and are held at the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth. An accompanist will be provided. For further details and to arrange an interview, prospective participants should contact m@marjoriehayes.com. For more information go to www.bettybuckley.com.

Most recently co-starred in Dallas Theatre Center's smash hit "Arsenic and Old Lace, the Tony award winner has thrilled audiences for with acclaimed performances in such Broadway shows as Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and 1776. Her highly praised starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan feature film The Happening, joins her other memorable film performances including Tender Mercies, Frantic, and Carrie. Last year she appeared in the new Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg mini-series The Pacific on HBO and her most recent film Five Time Champion will open in theatres soon. Last summer Ms. Buckley starred Off-Broadway in White's Lies. In 2009, Ms. Buckley was honored with the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Theater and was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2007. She also has an extensive concert career and recently received rave reviews for her new show For the Love of Broadway! at the prestigious Feinstein's nightclub in NYC. The New York Times' Stephen Holden acclaimed "Betty Buckley was at the very top of her game." John Simon of Bloomberg Press raved "Equally accomplished as actress and singer, she pours a lifetime into every song."

Ms. Buckley has been a teacher for 39 years for people who want to perfect their ability to effectively communicate in their work and relationships. The class also welcomes auditors who participate in all aspects of the class except the individual coaching by Ms. Buckley.

"The voice of Broadway!"- New York Magazine

"Hers is the finest voice in musical theatre today. Betty Buckley's renditions are definitive, moving and letter-perfect." - Entertainment Weekly

"Why is Buckley so good? Let me count the ways! For one thing, she has a voice that is one of the wonders of the world. In addition, she acts with great style, pizzazz, and above all intelligence!" - Robert Osbourne, The Hollywood Reporter

"Buckley owns the best pipes in the musical theatre and is a gifted actress as well! A singer whose instrument is a peerless melding of vulnerability and power!"- Jeremy Gerard, Variety

The actor-singer works regularly in concert with her ensemble of musicians. Her solo CD, Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar Warehouse, received a Grammy nomination. In 2007, she released a new CD Betty Buckley 1967, which hit the Billboard charts. In 2008, Quintessence with her quintet was released by Playbill and Sony BMG Broadway Masterworks. She has two new upcoming CDs, the recently released Bootleg: Boardmixes from the Road and Ghostlight produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett out in fall 2011.

Named for Buckley's outstanding contribution to the musical theatre, The Betty Lynn Buckley Awards honor outstanding Musical Theatre in Tarrant County high schools.

 

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos

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