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6 of Our Favorite Musical Leads

Musical leads carry a story on their back, in most cases. While we love our secondary characters with all our hearts, it is hard to deny that the lead characters are the ones who are the center of the show. We would like to look at some of our favorite lead characters in musicals.   […] The post 6 of Our Favorite Musical Leads appeared first on Cennarium . Article source here: Cennarium

#MyBroadwayLoveStory IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOLDSTAR

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Over the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing our Broadway born friendships through a little tour de Broadway c/o Goldstar . With Valentine’s Day coming up (it’s Thursday !!), we really can’t imagine a more fitting way to celebrate love than a night at Broadway. We reflected on a few stories of how Broadway united us with our best friends and to celebrate V Day this year, we want to hear about your Broadway love moments.   We love a creative plot line so here’s the gig… basically anything symbolizing love + Broadway for you, we want to hear about it. So whether you’re enjoying Phantom for the umpteenth time with your Broadway bestie, or on your first date with a soon to be Broadbae or rejoicing in your independence and sharing love from the front row to your fav leading ladies and gents, we are here for all of your love scenes!   How To:   Share a a video or picture to showcase # MyBroadwayLoveStory (hashtag translation: YOUR Broadway love story) Photos can be #TBTs or real life

“VOCAL ATHLETES” IN COLLABORATION WITH NYU VOICE CENTER: PART 3 OF 4

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Hello, Fit for Broadway!   Welcome back, for week 3 out of 4, in this series on vocal athletes. We ended last week by considering, essentially, the schedules that sports athletes keep.   To refresh your memory: Football games happen once a week. No NFL athlete would play 8 games a week; but what’s more, no NFL athlete would play 8 games a week, then run 5 miles between games, take a boxing class at halftime, and then go home and do more pushups and planks. That is what many singers end up doing, analogously, when they sing 8 shows a week, do interviews or auditions between shows, go out to dinner at loud restaurants with friends, and go home and talk with their family, friends, or roommates.   I happen to be a New England Patriots fan (I know some of you will stop reading immediately at this moment. #sorrynotsorry), and I like using what I imagine Tom Brady’s schedule to be as a template for illustrating some ways that vocal athletes might consider their activities during any give

YOU DEFINE TRAINING: Mason Alexander Park

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In 2019, You define training. We’re just here to inspire. Mason Alexander Park for Training for Broadway 2019. “I’ve always been a little confused with what exactly “training” meant as an artist in particular, because to me just about anything we do counts towards my training and preparation. All of our life experiences, no matter how insignificant, are what we use to build and tell stories, which are also based on someone else’s own experience with the world. So in a way, some of the best training I’ve ever received has happened when I watched and listened to the world around me, and observed how both myself and others dealt with different situations we’ve been thrust into as time has gone on. That’s my annoying cerebral answer. The other half of what training means to me is mainly focused on preparation, and what it means to be as ready as you possibly can for a specific challenge, socially, artistically, or otherwise. There is no moment in which you will ever tap out or be at yo