I had the great pleasure of having dinner recently with the legendary British lyricist, Don Black. Besides being known for some of musical theater’s most eloquent and memorable lyrics in shows ranging from Sunset Boulevard and Tell Me On a Sunday to Bombay Dreams and Bonnie and Clyde, he’s also responsible for 100′s of pop [...]

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Several readers have asked about artist MANAGERS…what they do, how they differ from an agent, why you need one, and how you get one. Manager extraordinaire, Bruce Miller, with an impressive roster of musical theater clients and oodles of industry experience, agreed to take a few minutes out of his busy week to shed some [...]

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It’s less than a week before the New Musicals Festival I’m producing at Village Theatre. Producing a festival with 6 new musicals, 14 writers, 126 cast members and a few dozen of directors, stage managers, music directors, and technicians is both incredibly wonderful and maddeningly stressful. I decided to get some advice from the man [...]

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Today we’ll be talking about new musicals from the actor’s perspective! You’ll need many talented, thoughtful, risk-taking and patient performers along the way to share in the triumphs, agony,  sacrifices and successes on your new musical’s journey. Actress, Liz Baltes, experienced first hand what an actor must give (and give up) in her multi-year, multi-city [...]

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