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Part 2 of our MTEA Focus Group: Addressing Antisemitism. Panelists Becca Suskauer, Max Chernin, Eliana Rubin, and Jonah Schwartz discuss antisemitism in theatre with moderator Gwen Walker.

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by Julio Augustin

BLACK ACTING METHODS: CRITICAL APPROACHES

By Sharrell D. Luckett with Tia M. Shaffer (foreward by Molefi Kete Asante) 

Routledge, 2017; pp. 254.  Prices vary.

In his...

By Jonathan Flom

David Cromer is a Tony Award winning American theatre director and stage actor. He has received recognition for his work Off-Broadway and in his native Chicago. Cromer has won or...

It’s not hard to discern that journey in songs of persuasion like “The Surrey With The Fringe” from Oklahoma!, “Some People” from Gypsy, “I’d Be...

by Stephen G. Tabor

^{Photo of Spring Awakening courtesy of Fullerton College, 2018, Directed by Tim Espinosa, Choreographed by Haley Izurieta.}

By John Pike

A singing audition is like a dance partnership: the...

^{Photo of La Cage Aux Folles courtesy of University of Oklahoma, 2015, Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre, Directed by Shawn Churchman, Choreographed by Lyn Cramer.}

Deciphering the...

By Steven Sparling

For many students, the transition from college to the world of work is difficult. For Musical Theatre (MT) students, who are graduating into a profession with no guarantees of...

By David Sisco and Laura Josepher

For the last five years, we have been helping performers find unpublished, contemporary musical theatre repertoire through our website, ...

^{Photo of All Shook Up by Genny Muncy, Valdosta State University, 2018. Directed by Jacque Wheeler. Music Direction by Joe Mason. Choreography by Geoffrey Reynolds.}

By Dr. Jan E....

Photo of Chicago by Bob Sanders, Auburn University, 2018. 

by Dr. Nancy Andersen Wolfgang

This article contains excerpts from a larger study. The full study can be accessed by...