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Monday, March 11, 2013

Let's Pretend: If Wicked was Animated by Broadway Mouth Blog

I saw this on Pinterest and couldn't think of a better place to share it.  This is an animatic, which is a moving storyboard used in the creation of some animated films.  This one …

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

What, the Tony Nominations Came Out Today???? by Broadway Mouth Blog

When I was teaching eighth grade, the number one rule was that kids couldn’t acknowledge they liked something. No one wanted to step out and be un-cool because he or she liked something t…

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

From the Mouth of Leigh Ann Larkin by Broadway Mouth Blog

I found Andrew Gans' Playbill interview with A Little Night Music's Leigh Ann Larkin to be insightful and inspirational.Andrew Gans: When did you get to New York?Leigh Ann Larkin: I got to N…

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Friday, July 9, 2010

In the Heights performs "96,000" on Lopez Tonight by Broadway Mouth Blog

I was so excited to see the tour cast of In the Heights perform on So You Think You Can Dance. I loved that show so much, it was like a mini reunion with some beloved friends. A big "I Miss…

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

I'm Impressed: Laura Bell Bundy by Broadway Mouth Blog

I hate country music. Let me say that again. I hate country music. I bought a Johnny Cash CD after seeing Walk the Line and never finished listening to it. This, however, impresses me. …

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Update by Broadway Mouth Blog

I forgot my flash drive at home and cannot work on my next query letter over lunch at work, so I'm on for a minute with an update.TwitterYou may have noticed that I have a Twitter account no…

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Carnaval del Barrio: In the Heights by Broadway Mouth Blog

I have to admit that I wanted to be the first to bring hip hop to Broadway. I own very little of anything that could be called hip hop, but when it’s used as part of a song or with the ri…

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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Where Have All the Broadway Mouth Posts Gone? by Broadway Mouth Blog

Let me start with an update.I got my first request for a complete copy of my manuscript.That's very exciting! As many of my readers know, I have been working on getting a novel published, wh…

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Sherman Brothers Celebration I by Broadway Mouth Blog

In the wake of seeing the tour of Mary Poppins, I thought I would share favorite songs from three of my favorite Sherman Brothers scores. “Are We Dancing”Here we have John Davidson wooi…

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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Almost Practically Perfect by Broadway Mouth Blog

The Mary Poppins tour is one of the few shows that came through town where a lot of people I know attended. I know people who want to see The Lion King or Wicked and aren’t able to get ti…

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Fantasia as Miss Celie by Broadway Mouth Blog

Here's sweetie Fantasia talking about her time as Celie (with footage from The Color Purple):Embedded video from CNN Video

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Broadway Mathematician Style by Broadway Mouth Blog

It was a surefire hit. Dolly Parton. Allison Janney. Joe Mantello. An adaptation of a well-known movie. It even had a music video for one of the songs.Oh, wait. I got that wrong. It s…

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Like, Totally Baby Einstein: Broadway Edition by Broadway Mouth Blog

My 3 ½ year-old niece gets carsick. As evidence, she’s gotten sick in my car twice. Recently, I was driving her about two hours from home to a family wedding party. She slept for the f…

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

From the Mouth of Betty Buckley: A Progress Report by Broadway Mouth Blog

There’s a story Betty Buckley tells in the bonus features of Rick McKay’s documentary Broadway: The Golden Age that is also told in Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer’s oral history…

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Dog Eat Dog: Crappy Backpack with Souvenir Program by Broadway Mouth Blog

I’m a 32 year old straight man. What the heck do I want with a cheap vinyl/plastic/whatever backpack with Legally Blonde: The Musical written on it? Honestly. What am I supposed to do w…

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Casualty of Love: A Chorus Line by Broadway Mouth Blog

I one time counseled someone in a Broadway chat room not to write off Hello, Dolly! after they had seen a community theatre production of it and thought it was only okay. Hello, Dolly! with…

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Broadway Cast Recordings, Soundtracks, or Audio Books? by Broadway Mouth Blog

Before embarking on a three-day drive to California several years ago, a friend said, "And you're bringing some audio books?""No.""You don't get audio books?" she said with astonishment. "I …

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Legally Blonde: Omigod, That Music! (Part 2) by Broadway Mouth Blog

While I don’t think there is anything revolutionary about how music is used in Legally Blonde, I’ve learned immensely from the show through repeated viewings of the MTV broadcast and the…

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Legally Blonde: Omigod, That Music! (Part 1) by Broadway Mouth Blog

As I mentioned in a previous column, the Legally Blonde Original Broadway Cast Recording is probably destined to be one of my most-played new Broadway scores. The biggest reason for that is…

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Legally Blonde: Omigod, That Libretto! by Broadway Mouth Blog

Legally Blonde librettist Heather Hach has an almost annoying history. She was accepted into the Walt Disney Screenwriting Fellowship, parlayed that (courtesy of some sweat and talent, I’…

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Legally Blonde: Reflections on the Tour by Broadway Mouth Blog

Like, prior to seeing the tour of Legally Blonde, my experiences with the show were totally limited to the original movie (which I think I last saw in the theater), seeing “Omigod You Guys…

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Welcome to Legally Blonde Week! by Broadway Mouth Blog

To kick off Legally Blonde week, I share with you footage from the national tour. Look for more coverage of the show all this week!

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

And the Award for Most Amazing Person in New York Goes to . . . by Broadway Mouth Blog

Ken Davenport, producer of Blithe Spirit, Altar Boyz, 13, and a number of other Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.What makes Davenport amazing? It's not because he held a Broadway blogger soci…

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Show Me!: That Bad Boy, Narration by Broadway Mouth Blog

I recently saw Grey Gardens for the first time, and its use of narration (or maybe a better term would be a character addressing the audience) for half the story had me intrigued. Here are s…

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

An Ode to New York City by Broadway Mouth Blog

Lately I've been having dreams of New York City, reliving the thrill of being in the city of my dreams. My second musical is a ode, of sorts, to the New York I know, the New York of the tour…

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Casting Quandaries: The Most Difficult Role to Cast by Broadway Mouth Blog

Here we have a 3 for 1 special:AnnieCasting a play is a little like Christmas as a kid. Growing up, we’d always get the Christmas catalogue from JCPenney and Sears, then page through it, …

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Networking: I Hate It. I Need It. by Broadway Mouth Blog

It's been a year since I originally wrote this, and I'm still not great at networking. I'm just now getting the hang of not shutting down when someone wants me to describe a project I'm wor…

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

From the Mouth of Mary Martin: On the Writing and Selecting of Roles by Broadway Mouth Blog

In her autobiography My Heart Belongs, Mary Martin writes: A fine libretto, wonderful music, a role full of vitality can make milestones in the careers of entirely different personalities i…

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