by Judith | Jan 11, 2008 | College, Dance, Film, Music, Theater, Uncategorized
The Admissions deadline for most colleges and universities falls between December 15 and April 1. Some of you are probably still in the feverish state of requesting applications and writing essays. Some of you will have completed the application process and have moved...
by Judith | Jan 8, 2008 | Broadway, College, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Musical Theater, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
The famous pop artist and American icon Andy Warhol, in one of his most quoted lines, said, “In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” Is that really an aspiration? To be famous for just 15 minutes? And what is fame? The Encarta...
by Judith | Dec 15, 2007 | Broadway, College, General, Music, NYC, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Theater, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
Last week as I was sitting in an airport waiting for my plane I had some time to read e-mail that I had set aside as “not a priority” when they first came in. One was a NY Times review of a new Broadway play by Tracy Letts, August: Osage County. When a...
by Judith | Nov 29, 2007 | College, Musical Theater, Theater, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
Today I sent out an e-mail to all our US Performing Arts theater, dance and musical theater students who are currently working with their parents and counselors deciding where to apply for college in the fall of 2008. I planned to send a letter to tell them about UCLA...
by Judith | Nov 20, 2007 | College, Summer Programs, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
What would you say if I told you that students in the arts consistently out score their non-arts peers on the SATs? Would that eyebrow you’re raising go even higher if I told you that in the last study shown (2005) students in the arts scored 56 points higher on...
by Judith | Nov 5, 2007 | College, Uncategorized
For those of you in the midst of your first semester of high school Senior Year it probably seems as if your fantastic summer of ’07 with its internships and summer programs is a distant blur. The summer sun may be gone but now you’re sweating through...
