EGOT Award Winners: A Closer Look at Their Most Iconic Roles and Performances

EGOT Award Winners: A Closer Look at Their Most Iconic Roles and Performances There is a prestigious honor for performing artists, the EGOT. Let’s discuss EGOT award Winners: A closer look at their most iconic roles and performances. I hope it answers some questions you may have about this tremendous award and give you more […]

Will Wicked The Musical Ever Rule the World?

Will Wicked the Musical Take Oer the World?

Will Wicked The Musical Ever Rule the World? I have a confession to make. I’ve wondered, will Wicked the Musical ever rule the world? Maybe so. The first time I saw the musical Wicked, I didn’t care for it too much. Can you believe it? Let me explain.  Wicked opened in October of  2003. The […]

What Can We Learn from Greek Mythology and Hadestown

Blog post concerning Greek Mythology and Hadestown, the Broadway musical

What Can We Learn from Greek Mythology and Hadestown? When the 2019 Tony award nominations were announced, Hadestown was included–not surprisingly.  Today I want to talk about what can we learn from Greek mythology? Are you familiar with the musical?  It’s awesome, but don’t take my word for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfNHgSsammc Here is the plot in […]

The Meaning Behind “There Are No Small Acting Parts Only Small Actors”

Two actors in a musical

I got to thinking about the performers who are playing smaller parts in the nominated productions.  If you ever see them on television in a short quip on a syndicated news or talk show, you’ll observe those supporting characters and chorus members are just as invested in the production as the leading actors.