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Wow! There were a lot of changes that occurred in the two weeks since we have seen the rehearsal. One of the scenes we saw had been cut, but we didn't miss anything. If anything, the show fl…
When we were given the opportunity to do so, we were both so excited to be able to sit in on rehearsal for Indian Joe. Neither of us knew much about the show at first, but even without conte…
Although the show is long gone, the Backstage Bloggers have had one remaining post left from Theory of Relativity, which has been replaced at the Norma Terris Theater by the new musical My P…
Last night, I stopped by Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theater to see THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY for the second time, after its run at the 2014 Festival of New Musicals. The show, with …
We went by the Goodspeed  Opera House yesterday afternoon to sit in on a tech rehearsal for GUYS AND DOLLS. We were struck by the production’s incredible set design by Paul Ta…
I got to talk to the FANTASTIC Ryan Scott Oliver while he was at the Writers Colony (for a second consecutive year!). I talked with him all about his new show, greatest inspi…
Every year, Goodspeed is home to the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed, which brings together writing teams from across the country – often with colla…
Here it is… my last interview from the Festival! I met with the fantastic Jen Tepper, historian behind The Untold Stories of Broadway, Director of Programming at 54 Below, and As…
I interviewed the three creators, Whitney Rhodes (book), Spencer Williams (book, music, and lyrics), and Shenelle Williams (book, music, and lyrics), of FOR TONIGHT, the last musical show…
Right at the tail-end of the Festival, I got the opportunity to interview Eileen Cannon, a cast member of THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES. I was super excited to intervie…
During the Festival, I got the opportunity to talk to OUTLAWS cast members Nate Whipple (Bob Ford) and Jordan Cavanaugh (John Newman Edwards) about their experience working in the F…
In the midst of last week’s Festival I sat down with Alexander Sage Oyen (music and lyrics) and James Presson (book), creators of OUTLAWS. I was able to interview this team on Sa…
Right after FOR TONIGHT, all three writing teams went over the Gelston House to answer questions from Gold package members about their new musicals! Alexander Sage Oyen and James Pr…
FOR TONIGHT performed this afternoon at the Opera House, finishing up the Festival weekend. The music is genre-defying, from a choral hymn to folk to the energetic, indie rock sound of…
Tonight’s Cabaret began with Elizabeth A. Davis’s performance of songs from her new show, INDIAN JOE. Her first song got the audience clapping, but she didn’t let them s…
The crowd at THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES tonight was buzzing before the show began. The day started at 10 A.M. and it takes quite the serious theater obsession to keep that kind of …
Friday night at the Festival swung from OUTLAWS to the Gelston house for a late night cabaret. The creative teams from the three musicals performed numbers, some associated with their sho…
