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Original Off Broadway Cast Recording Of OTHER LIVES: The Story Songs Of Michael Colby Will Be Released This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2023

The original Off Broadway cast recording of “Other Lives: The Story Songs of Michael Colby” (Jay Records), a cycle of story songs by lyricist Michael Colby (Charlotte Sweet, Ludlow Ladd), with music by a variety of composers, including Alex Rybeck, Larry Hochman, Joseph Thalken, Steven Silverstein, will be officially released on CD and all digital music platforms on Friday, June 16th.

Scialli Productions Presents the World Premiere of MAGIC BOX
by Stephi Wild - Apr 26, 2023

SCIALLI PRODUCTIONS has announced the world premiere production of Tony Scialli’s MAGIC BOX directed and choreographed by Liz Piccoli. MAGIC BOX will play a three-performances-only limited engagement at Off-Broadway’s Triad Theatre.

Album Review: Maureen Taylor Brings Her Cabaret Show To All By Recording Her COSMIC CONNECTIONS
by Bobby Patrick - Jan 13, 2023

A lovely, high-lyric soprano that is never overstated or underplayed, Taylor uses all of her voice when she sings, sometimes in the space of a single number.

Feature: Passport to Broadway Returns with VIRTUAL BROADWAY GLOBAL AUDITION
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Dec 4, 2022

New York-based Passport to Broadway returns with another program for Indonesian performers aspiring to be the next Broadway star. Passport to Broadway has previously worked with Indonesian students by providing various training programs, workshops, and information sessions in performing arts.

Memorial for Playwright Arthur Giron to Take Place at the Cherry Lane Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2022

Arthur Giron, playwright, passed away February 2, 2022. A memorial for Giron will be taking place at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Thursday, May 26 at noon, open to the public. 

THE BLACK COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO to be Presented at Theatre Row
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2021

THE BLACK COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, an original musical by Michele R. Hampton, directed by Cate  Cammarata, with musical direction by Seth Weinstein, is scheduled for a limited run beginning late  September at Off-Broadway's Theatre Row (410 West 42nd St. NY). 

BWW Feature: INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY Returns with Long-Term Course for Future Musical Theatre Stars
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Sep 8, 2021

INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY 2021 offers a nearly year-long Online & Offline Musical Theater Conservatory, in which 100 select students (aged 15-30) will study musical theater in a mix of online and offline classes; the syllabus is said to be adapted from the first year curriculum of American conservatories.

BWW Interview: Passport to Broadway's AMY WEINSTEIN on the Past and Future of INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Sep 12, 2019

Amy Weinstein, Artistic Director of Passport to Broadway International, reflects on the INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY program and what made Indonesians special among other international musical theatre students. Furthermore, she also shares what's in the future for local Broadway hopefuls.

BWW Review: Indonesia's Triple Threats Share the Stage in WHAT I DID FOR LOVE by Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Aug 31, 2019

Visiting the Great White Way is any musical theatre lover's dream. Last July, that dream came true for 13 winners of Indonesia Menuju Broadway (IMB) as they attended musical theatre workshop on Broadway. Now they return to perform WHAT I DID FOR LOVE, a musical showcase featuring Broadway hits.

BWW Feature: Introducing the 16 INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY Awardees Going to Broadway This July
by Rakaputra Paputungan - Feb 26, 2019

From child stars to a math teacher, these 16 young theatre talents will be sent to Broadway on a week-long scholarship course courtesy of the INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY program.

Carol Channeling Goes Caroling At The Women's Theater Company
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2018

The Women's Theater Company, a professional theater company in Parsippany, NJ, presents Carol Channeling, Caroling starring Maggie Graham with Music Direction by Seth Weinstein

YOUNG VOICES FOR CHANGE Celebrates Rising Artists at 54 Below
by Julie Musbach - Oct 24, 2018

Internationally acclaimed Voice Teacher, Badiene Magaziner, will be hosting a benefit at FEINSTEIN'S/54Below on November 7th at 7PM, Jillian Zack, Music Director. to raise funds for SHINEmsd.org, an organization founded to support survivors of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School massacre which took place last February in Parkland, Florida. The benefit is to help those directly affected by the tragedy and to raise awareness for better gun safety laws.

BWW Guest Blog: Passport to Broadway in Shanghai - Day 1
by Guest Blogger: Passport to Broadway - Aug 7, 2018

The StudentsLive team has a habit of touching down in China around the time of a major storm. As we approached on Friday morning at 3 a.m. - maybe the only hour at which a 75-minutes-early arrival is less than desirable - there was a bit of shaking, and the plane swerved as it decelerated after landing. On the drive into town from the airport, we could barely see through the windshield due to the downpour.

Young Voices Come Together In Support Of NYC March For Our Lives Event
by Julie Musbach - Mar 20, 2018

Students from the Badiene Magaziner Vocal Studio will be performing 'Shine' a song written by Sawyer Garrity and Andrea Pena of the Stoneman Douglas High School Drama Club, at this Saturday's March For Our Lives event in Central Park.

Guest Blog: Passport to Broadway in China - Day #5
by Guest Blogger: Passport to Broadway - Feb 9, 2018

After six intense days of learning, studying, practicing, and expressing, the big day arrived, and in the morning we drove to our venue and walked upstairs to the second-floor theatre. It was chilly inside, but things warmed up throughout the day, aided by a single ambitious backstage heater.

Guest Blog: Passport to Broadway in China - Day #4
by Guest Blogger: Passport to Broadway - Feb 9, 2018

One day to go! We've been practicing our show song by song, breaking it down into pieces and fine-tuning each section. Muscle memory is kicking in, and the students are starting to sing and dance more like an ensemble. They have a greater understanding of the purpose of each song in the story they're telling, and they're improving at remembering the sequence of events. We ended day six with two run-throughs, the second much smoother than the first.

Guest Blog: Passport to Broadway in China - Day #3
by Guest Blogger: Passport to Broadway - Feb 9, 2018

'If you can feel a song, you can dance.' Such were the words of wisdom of nine-year-old Peter, one of many students to have breakthroughs in the past couple of days. Our cast members have been studying so hard to get the lyrics and movement correct, and they have done an admirable job. But they are only starting to feel the songs and express the attitudes that are such an important part of the performance.

Guest Blog: Passport to Broadway in China - Day #2
by Guest Blogger: Passport to Broadway - Feb 1, 2018

By far, our students' biggest challenge is to act with feeling. Pronunciation, melody, and dance steps can all be practiced to perfection, but performing while conveying a convincing attitude is difficult for someone unaccustomed to the task. Many of the students are naturally shy, and they are used to approaching schoolwork seriously.

Guest Blog: Passport to Broadway in China - Day #1
by Guest Blogger: Passport to Broadway - Jan 31, 2018

This week, StudentsLive returned to China for the third consecutive year to bring an intensive seven-day Broadway program to students in Guangzhou. Nineteen youngsters from the Clifford International School, aged seven to twelve, joined us at the Guangzhou Seamen's Club hotel in the center of the old city to learn a half-hour show full of singing and choreography. The StudentsLive team comprises director and founder Amy Weinstein, choreographer Stephen Brotebeck, and musical director Seth Weinstein.

One-Man, One-Ticket, 90-Songs, 90-Minutes THE OPERATION OPERA CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2017

The Operation Opera Christmas Spectacular will be presented for one matinee holiday extravaganza at the National Opera Center on December 10, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. This song packed performance is the only place in town where one can hear a dozen operas, plus a full juke-box of pop tunes and Christmas carols.