Middle School Drama Success: Choice Boards in Action
Middle School Drama Success: Choice Boards in Action If you are like me, you like to make choices for yourself. That’s one of the cool things about being an adult, don’t you think? We make a lot of choices for ourselves. However, our students don’t have the opportunity to make decisions for themselves very often. […]
Never Underestimate the Influence of Teaching with Videos
Never Underestimate the Influence of Teaching with Videos When I began teaching, we didn’t have videos to show students anything pertaining to theater. Friends, never underestimate the never underestimate the influence of teaching with videos! That was 1980 and the closest thing we had was an old projector which showed black and white films. Yuck. […]
Doing Broadway Musicals the Right Way
Doing Musicals the Right Way Let’s talk about doing musicals the right way. I watched the Tony awards last night. Although it was shortened version on CBS, it was a lovely tribute to Broadway and theater. So exciting to know Broadway is back in business again. But I have to say…as always they did musicals […]
Six Great Lessons Students Can Learn from Ground Breaking Musicals
Six Great Lessons Students Can Learn from Ground Breaking Musicals Lin-Manuel Miranda is quoted as saying, “The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot.” I agree with him. Recently, I happened upon a YouTube video of performers in a Smash Mob from Les […]
Hamilton the Musical A Drama Lesson Using Differentiated Instruction
Hamilton the Musical A Drama Lesson Using Differentiated Instruction I think blogging about this particular musical is crucial. That’s why I am blogging about it here. Hamilton the Musical a Drama Lesson Using Differentiated Instruction.” Recently, my husband and I finally had the fabulous opportunity in catching the touring company performance of it in Kansas […]