Posts Tagged ‘singing’

Carousel with Amy and Gillian!!!

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Gillian, Amy and I first crossed paths at an audition for Guys and Dolls. I remembered Gillian because she was an awesome dancer, and I remembered Amy because she had a beautiful legit soprano voice. (Nothing about me was memorable except perhaps being a nervous wreck. And being Asian, that makes me stand out in the theatre world.) I think that audition was one of the first for all of us; we were just starting to get into this thing called musical theatre. To be fair, Amy had plenty of experienc…

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Jekyll and Hyde callback was intense. Ooof.

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

A few weeks ago I decided to work toward getting back into theater. I found an audition for Jekyll and Hyde about an hour away, and I figured it would be a good one on which to test the waters again. To my surprise, I got a callback for Lucy, the female lead originally played by Linda Eder. No way on this earth do I have a voice like hers. People who know me would peg me for Emma (the more wholesome soprano) rather than the vivacious and intensely vulnerable prostitute Lucy. But I sang…

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YAGMCB video clips

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Yesterday, the DVD videos of our production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown arrived in the mail! You can check out some clips here.

I can’t believe it was only a month ago that I was donning a blonde wig and running around like a five-year-old. All that’s happened with school since then makes it feel like it was ages ago. I was super-excited to watch the DVD.

I used to hate seeing pictures of myself, so watching videos was even more painfully embarrassing. Now that I…

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Check out a critic’s review of our YAGMCB !

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Copied verbatim from the local paper:

Footlighters bring the magic of ‘Peanuts’ to the stage
Review
By David Cregan

Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts is an American treasure, and the image of Charlie Brown on our television screens has become a holiday tradition. Footlighters Theatre in Berwyn is bringing to life all of the strip’s cherished characters in its production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.This musical, with book, music, and lyr…

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What I learned in 18 months of theatre

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Recently, I received an email from someone who was referred to my auditions database by my voice teacher, Heidi Hayes. She asked me about my theatre experience and advice for a theatre newbie. Her inquiry made me pause to consider what I’ve really acquired over the past year and a half of theatre-ing. I thought that information might be useful to others as well, and in any case, it’s an important part of part of my life and personal growth that deserves reflection. Here is an excerpt…

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We’re in the paper!

Friday, November 21st, 2008

The Chester County Daily Local ran a brief announcement about our Charlie Brown production. Nifty =)

We finally made it through a full run last night, and we open next Friday. We still have some kinks to smooth out with regard to various props, and I know that I need to work on my music so that I don’t panic. I belt most of “My New Philosophy,” more out of happenstance than intention, and while I’m okay with standing and singing it, I find myself in need of breath …

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Two more weekends of NY cabbie, shrill high B’s and Godspell

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Tonight kicks off our second weekend of Godspell. Between tech rehearsals, shows, and starting rehearsal for Charlie Brown, not to mention work (oh yea, I still have to earn income…forgot about that…), I haven’t been able to blog about all the madness over the past few weeks. So, I’ll summarize here.

My birthday. I knew tech week would wear me out, so I kept birthday activities low-key. Prescott made me a breakfast-in-bed of cranberry pecan pancakes — scrumptious  We als…

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Performing Godspell: my first principal role in a musical

Friday, July 25th, 2008

This past Sunday, I auditioned for the Bridge Players Theatre Company production of Godspell, a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz (probably best known for Wicked). On Tuesday evening, as I was walking down the street, I got the phone call  from Gaby, the choreographer/assistant director. At first I was really confused because I couldn’t hear clearly and had no reason to expect a call from her. When I finally understood it was her, my heart started racing. She was calling to offer me the…

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