Life Notes

I’m traveling to Connecticut this week to start a new musical entitled “You Are Here” at Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre; a 200 seat venue established to develop and present new works.

I am stunned that I got the part of Diana, and can only hope that I can give the creatives a good starting point for the musical’s future. I have been working diligently on learning the score and as much of the dialogue as I can ...

Well we are starting 2018, and as usual the predictions start rolling in even though the reality is that one never knows for sure what the future will truly bring. There are always the good mixed with the bad because such is life, and one must embrace all of it with as much dignity and courage as one can.

I look at my own journey and how fortunate I am to still be breathing and taking in all the tremendous beauty that this ...

Today I conclude my time on Broadway with the musical War Paint; here are some thoughts…….

I will NEVER be a Standby in a production again! I won’t miss the mess that is New York City, and have become one of those “back in my day” individuals who remembered when audiences dressed up to go to the theater, and ticket prices were reasonable. As far as the future of musicals? It seems that a ninety minute run with no intermission will be the preference, but for ...

Just before I was going on vacation I received an email from my NY agent about an offer to participate in a Reading of a new musical entitled “The Museum of Broken Relationships”. I read the script and found it touching and very different.

“Museum of Broken Relationships”: http://somerledarts.org/mobr2017.html

The work is based on the museum established in Zagreb, Croatia and now there are museums in all parts of the globe which “present both physical and virtual public spaces created with the sole purpose of ...