by Judith | Mar 26, 2008 | Broadway, Film, General, Musical Theater, NYC, Puppetry, Theater, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
I know that when one of our terrific customer service representatives calls me or steps into my office and says, “Could you take this call?” that it’s going to be one of those “tough questions.” So yesterday I wasn’t all that...
by Judith | Mar 20, 2008 | Music, Musical Theater, Uncategorized
Composer John Eaton once said, “Of course, in opera, you involve the audience so much with action and with what’s happening on stage, that the music is the center of the action.” I have recently come to believe this to be quite true. The world of...
by Judith | Feb 22, 2008 | Broadway, College, Dance, Film, Musical Theater, NYC, Uncategorized
Having a role model is an important part of our growth as individuals. A “benchmark” of our growth, so to speak. A measurement of our achievement. We use it for our character development, our physical growth and our artistic endeavor. Often we categorize...
by Judith | Feb 8, 2008 | Broadway, Dance, Film, Musical Theater, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Uncategorized
How does one measure excellence in the arts? That’s a question that has always perplexed me. Certainly there are measurements of excellence that come into play in the various art forms but, once you go beyond the mastery of technique, how do you measure...
by Judith | Jan 18, 2008 | Broadway, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Musical Theater, Theater, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
Often when explaining to people what I do I will say that I head a company that trains the next generation of artists. Today somebody asked me to define what an artist is to me. That certainly gave me pause to reflect on my words. I have a concept of what I think...
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...
