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Archive for the ‘Backstage & Behind-the-Scenes’ Category

June 21st, 2008

Inkslingers: Guest Post by Dana Pellebon

I’m afraid my internet connection punked out on me at the end of the Blog-Off, and I didn’t make all 24 posts in 24 hours. But I had a lot of help from guest bloggers, and here is one article by Dana Pellebon, an actor, writer, and producer from Madison, WI.
Writer’s groups are a dime […]

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June 19th, 2008

The Great Blog Off Begins with Spamalot: Behind the Scenes

Welcome to the first post of the Great Blog Off here at B5Media! It’s part of our charity drive to raise money for the Actor’s Fund.
Even though it’s technically still the 19th here at Fame or Famine Central, I’m starting the Blog Off now because in England the clock just ticked over to the 20th, […]

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June 19th, 2008

Soul Speed: Ancient Essence of New Zealand

Out of New Zealand comes the performing arts group Soul Speed, a combination of artists from dance, live music (traditional and classical), costume design, and theatre all with a mutual concern for the environment. They draw inspiration from Awe Waiwai, or ancient essence.
A Collaborative Approach
“The power of theatre and […]

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June 19th, 2008

Peking Opera: the Roots of Jackie Chan and others

It’s kind of funny that while your average American male would rather eat cod liver oil than go to an opera, the same guy will stand in line for an hour to see a new Jackie Chan movie. Yet the fact is, Jackie Chan’s roots go to the Chinese Opera, which has a vast and […]

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June 19th, 2008

Jakarta Costumes the Trek: A Blog-Off Beginning

June 20th is the date of the gReat Blog Off here at B5 Media - and I had grand plans for posting one post for every time zone, starting at midnight on June 20th, Greenwich Mean Time.
I’ve been foiled by the Indonesians, though - more specifically, the International date line. It’s been June 20th in […]

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June 17th, 2008

“Thank God…I sucked in my gut!” Says Lin-Manuel Miranda

OK, the show is growing on me. And not only me, obviously other people like it as well - the cast recording of In the Heights debuted at #1, and, well, there is the whole Best Musical thing.
Visit the Heights
Broadway.com has a charming little video where Lin-Manuel Miranda takes you backstage of In the Heights […]

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June 9th, 2008

Speaking of the Tony’s, Let’s Talk Avenue Q

Avenue Q (winner of the 2004 Tony for Best Musical) has been making the rounds of my friends of late. I confess to being kind of surprised that it took them so long; my friends, even the ones not from NYC, tend to be pretty aware of current issues and trends, and the Sesame Street […]

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June 8th, 2008

Chicago BoHo Gives Jekyll-Hyde a Facelift

If you’re in the Chicago area, you could do a lot worse than to get to the Bohemian Theatre Ensemble’s rendition of Jekyll & Hyde. Now, some of you who have heard about this musical version of one of the more terrifying stories ever told might be sceptical, and rightly so. The original musical (with […]

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June 2nd, 2008

Can It Be? Legally Blonde is Better Than SYTYCD?

I’ve been very interested in learning some of the behind-the-scenes aspects of everybody’s favorite reality dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance. I think it was getting Arielle’s perspective that got me interested. But something is rotten in the state of etc…
So You Thought You Could Dance?
Like me, the TV Grapevine had a personal […]

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May 27th, 2008

Kudos for Rania Ayash & the rest of Lebanon’s High School Musical

We’ve had our own insight into the brave dedication of the cast of Beirut’s High School Musical, including the gracious input of Milia Ayache, whose sister Rania plays Sharpay Evans. But ABC news has also taken note, and draws a correlation between the theme of the performance and the fact that literally during the performance […]

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