NEWS
An Important Reminder
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...
Productions to See…
What makes our faculty so very special? Besides the fact that they are excruciatingly passionate about their craft and can communicate it so well, they are working at their trade. Here are a few who are currently working and whose productions I think you would enjoy....
The Soul of Humanity
I spent more time reading the newspaper this morning than I normally have time to do. By that I mean I actually read, not just skimmed, the numerous articles chronicling the violence in our society, domestically and internationally. A Saturday newspaper filled with...
Thanksgiving. A Time for Tradition!
Holidays are steeped in tradition and ritual no matter what anyone would try to tell us. Sometimes the tradition and ritual stems from the nature of the holiday itself and sometimes it is borne from past experience. Even when we rebel and try to change, we...
The Arts & SAT Scores – What’s the Connection?
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 the...
Where Are All The Boys?
I love the song in A Chorus Line where Mike sings: I’m watchin’ Sis go pitterpat. Said, “I can do that, I can do that.” Knew ev’ry step right off the bat. Said,”I can do that, I can do that.” One morning Sis won’t go to dance class. I grabbed her shoes and tights and...
New TeeVee
I just returned from a really illuminating conference. New TeeVee Live. This isn't something that's "coming soon." It's here and you're probably watching it. In fact, you're probably producing it. The conference was attended by a still small group of the "shakers and...
The Season for Giving
Giving a performance. It has a nice ring to it. You hear it all the time, "I can't make it Friday. I'm giving a performance." My husband really learned the meaning of the phrase shortly after we were married. He's a non-performer and through the years, with great...
Disappointment…
I have thought a lot about commenting on the dispute between The League of American Theaters and Producers and IATSE which has led to the strike affecting the Broadway theater. I don't feel it is my place to publicly discuss the issues at hand because I don't know any...
American Theater Wing…A Great Educational Resource
You often hear me refer to the Tony Awards in association with our faculty at US Performing Arts. So many of our teachers have been honored for their performances by either participating in a production which has been nominated or has received a Tony, or have been...