Alumnae Maggie McClure makes her 2nd appearance on ABC’s “The Middle” tonight!
16 current MT students (8 boys, 8 girls divided as 4 sopranos, 4 altos, 4 tenors, 4 bass) got the chance of a lifetime last night to make their Broadway debuts as the ensemble in Kristin Chenoweth’s finale of a Love Letter to Broadway.
Some other current MT students got to go to China over Fall Break to perform and give workshops.
Both trips were paid for by the school and it’s donors. Great opportunities for these current students!
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Kudos to alumni Eryn LeCroy and Tevyn Hill on booking the Broadway-bound Sousatzka the Musical!
Congrats to Elliot Mattox, Class of 2013, who will be making his Broadway debut in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”!
Congrats to Megan McLaughlin and Alex John Johnson, both Class of 2015, for booking the National Tour of 42nd Street!
Kudos to alumni Wes Hart and Molly Rushing on booking Anastasia The Musical, opening on Broadway this spring!
Brava to alumna mezzo-soprano Mary Beth Nelson on being cast as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in The Glimmerglass Festival’s August performances of Scalia/Ginsburg: The Opera! Justice Ginsburg will attend, and be featured in a post-show Q-and-A. Tickets ($10-40) at the link below:
Nice article about Molly Rushing : http://www.livingstonparishnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/little-girl-s-dreams-become-watson-woman-s-realities/article_39e11ae0-0f4c-11e7-bc45-4f43c28675bc.html
Brava to alumna Rachel Rhodes-Devey, formerly in the national tours of White Christmas and South Pacific, now in rehearsal for the world premiere of Some People Hear Thunder. Based on the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the musical will play April 28-May 21 @ the Capital Repertory Theatre.
Toi toi toi to alumnus Colin Anderson, making his off-Broadway debut tonight as Anthony in Sweeney Todd NYC!
Break legs to alumnae Manna Nichols, Heather Botts and Nicole Ferguson on opening night of the July 18-Aug. 20 run of The King and I the Musical, under the baton of fellow alum Jerry Steichen, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts!
Kudos to OCU students and alumni singled out for praise in the BroadwayWorld OKC review of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Disney’s When You Wish. Reviewer Robert Barossi notes: " Ashley Arnold is radiant as Belle and sings with a lovely voice that outshines her very shiny wardrobe… Sophia Macías nearly brings the house down with her amazing singing voice alone as Pocahontas. Jessica Martens is adorable and pitch-perfect as Ariel… Tevyn Hill provides one of the biggest highlights of the production as Sebastian. His “Under the Sea” is a number that literally takes over the entire theatre and I dare you to not smile, tap your toes and sing along with the charismatic Hill. Bravi tutti!
Congratulations to alumnus Russell McCook for rave reviews of his recent portrayal of Henrik in Theatre Three’s production of A Little Night Music. The Dallas News calls his performance “marvelous,” while BroadwayWorld Dallas & Fort Worth notes “Mention must also be made of Russell McCook and his performances of ‘Later,’ while playing the cello: it was both beautiful and moving.” TheaterJones writes: “Russell McCook plays Henrik not so much as a bumbling dork, but as seething sexuality personified and packed into a black Lutheran seminarian’s suit, ready to explode.”
Salutes alumna Brennan Martinez, to star in the title role of the 2017 Bay View Music Festival’s August 2-5 production of CARMEN!
Bravo to alumnus Darius Wright, a veteran of the Matilda The Musical national tour, on inking his first Broadway contact, for A Bronx Tale The Musical!
Congratulations to alumna Kassie Lewis on her promotion to Assistant Manager for Theater Producing and Programming @ The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts! The 2011 BMVP graduate joined the Kennedy Center team as an intern in 2013 before working as an executive assistant for Individual Campaigns and the Board of Trustees and then being hired as Program Coordinator for Theater and Classical/New Music Programming. Brava!
Break legs to alumnus Scott Guthrie, portraying Britt Craig in Merry Go Round Finger Lakes Music Theatre’s July 5-26 production of Jason Robert Brown’s Parade! He previously was featured as The Doctor and 11 other roles in the Finger Lakes’ Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical and as Leaf Coneybear in its The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Applause, applause for James Shackelford, an alumnus of the voice studios of William Nield Christensen and Frank Ragsdale, featured on the national tour of The Little Mermaid!
Break legs to alumna Eryn LeCroy and Tony-winner Victoria Clark, from the Toronto run of Sousatzka the Musical, reuniting for the July 12-15 performances of Assassins - Encores! Off-Center @ New York City Center!
Brava to alumna Tiffan Borelli-Urken on her rave portrayal of Marian the Librarian in Theatre By The Sea’s production of The Music Man. The Providence Journal writes: “It was clear as soon as Tiffan Borelli, the musical’s uptight Marian, tiptoed her way into “Goodnight, My Someone,” that this show was going to be a winner. At least Borelli got my attention with the sweetness and sincerity of singing that’s so unlike the brassy, in-your-face sound so many Broadway crooners strive for. She just let the music speak for itself, with a simple, pure delivery.”