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Just uploaded a new video to the YouTubes -- How to go pro as a musical theatre performer. This progression and these principles apply to any performer at any stage of their career. The trap we fall into when we get further down the road is we assume we're doing things that help when we're not doing things that help. Watch or save this, and see if any of these ideas help you out. ***AND*** if there's a question you wish you could type into the YouTube search re: musical theatre career and there'd be a clear answer, ask me. I'll make you a video, or I'll interview somebody who has that answer.

Today is @Rose Van Dyne 's birthday, and instead of a dirty martini, she's asking for -- Take it away, Rose ---- "would you consider donating $10 to an organization I co-founded called Broadway Cooks? Our next event is scheduled for July 14th. We are hoping to raise $500 to make 150-200 meals! You can check out @BroadwayCooks on Instagram to see some of the things we've done in the past. If you're wanting to donate, you can Venmo me @Rose-VanDyne, or donate to this GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/feeding-in-the-theater-district Getting the opportunity to give back is truly the best thing I could want for my birthday. Thank you for helping me do that!!" _________ Broadway Cooks partners with organizations in New York City to provide fresh food for houseless community members in the Theatre District and the five boroughs in collaboration with performers, producers, creatives, and institutions within the Broadway theatre industry and beyond. We reallocate excess food from catered events and conferences, as well as cook homemade meals funded through directed donations and grants. With a strive towards sustainability and inclusion, our goals are to further integrate the theatre industry into its surrounding community while providing meals that are rooted in the culture of the communities being served.

As I'm building the classroom for you, I want to feature some things that are already there -- the 7 mistakes series has some lifesavers in it. I think if we can always remember that singing is weird, then we can get to work and open up to solutions we might not have discovered otherwise. If you're moving energized, emotionally charged vibration through your vocal tract, it's not instinctive to let your pharynx soften and allow the flow on through. It feels like you're Christine Baranski in The Gilded Age or something. So check out this lil 2:30 vid in the classroom to set up this foundation. When was a time when you tried something counterintuitive with your singing that ended up working great?

I want to shout out @Howie Reith who I've gotten to work with here in Boston this year. Howie's been working his ass off -- he tries everything I throw at him, comes back, and I'm like dayummm, you practiced. (I'm still amazed at how well practicing works.) He's got a clear plan and repertoire dream when he walks in the door, his and his music binders in a pleasing sea foam green, and he's kind. He goes there, makes alien sounds, opens up parts of his psyche and soul and is brave. He's also been working closely with a terrific Boston area acting teacher, Ashleigh Reade who was at BoCo and is full time over at BU now. Today was his first day of school for his first regional gig here in Boston -- Reagle Music Theatre's production of South Pacific -- covering Emile and swinging most of the Seabees. Huge responsibility --talk about a cannon shot for your first time out. Proud of you, Howie -- you're going to do great in this company, and they're lucky to have you. I get so excited to see the tools working for you all and moving you in the direction you want to go. 🙏