Hello Friends, Our newest Mover & Shaker, well, she’s fantastic. You’ll meet her once, and you’ll feel like you have known her your whole life. She has a heart of gold. A resume that many academics will aspire their whole lives to attain. She’s a journalist. She’s a writer. She’s a law student. And she’s…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: GRACE
Hello Friends, Grace. When I hear that word, I think of purity. Of White Lillies. Of the Grace & Goodness of people. I think of love. This play, well, it’s not quite like that. Yes, there’s love. Yes there’s good people. But…GRACE on Broadway speaks more to those who fall from Grace. Lets say one…
Actors & Actresses Q&A Series: Daphne Rubin-Vega
I’m SO EXCITED to launch our Actors & Actresses Series, an ongoing Q&A Series that will feature some of our FAVORITE actors on both the stage & screen. Our first actress, well, she’s a legend. She orginated the role of Mimi in RENT, and she played Conchita in Anna in The Tropics, and BOTH performances gave…
Movers & Shakers Q&A Series: Alex Sarian
Hello Friends, Our founder had the pleasure of going to graduate school with Alex at NYU. Since then, she’s been fortunate enough to participate in the Fresh Play Festival that Alex heads over at the MCC Theater. He. Is. Absolutely. Awesome. Check out our EXCLUSIVE Q&A with this theater dynamo – TWT: Born…
Write Teacher(s) Bookshelf Picks: January 2013
Hello Beautiful People! Can you believe that it’s 2013?!?! We hope you had a beautiful, wonderful, happy, healthy, & safe New Year’s Eve and Day! We’re SO excited for all the things that we have in store for y’all here at The Write Teacher(s), it’s going to be a phenomenal year. And now, here are…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Les Misérables
Hello Beautiful People, I have grown up around theater. I have seen Les Misérables on Broadway seven, no eight times. My dear friend, Joanna Howard, was Cosette in the national tour from 1992-1994. Some of my earliest memories are singing Castle on a Cloud and On My Own around the piano at Christmas parties. Only later…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: The Gateway
Hello Beautiful People, The Gateway’s, (The Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County at Gateway), production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas closed on December 30th, and it was truly fantastic. We are HUGE fans of the movie, and the musical, while different, still does the story justice. You come away feeling happy…joyful…and you definitely count your…
Movers & Shakers Q&A Series: Ben Cikanek
Hello Friends, We’re pleased to introduce you to Ben Cikanek, one of the co-artistic directors of the Firework Theater in NYC. TWT: First things first, can you explain to our readers a how Firework Theater came about? BC: Firework Theatre is the creation of myself and my creative partner Mike Klar. Our involvement with theater…
Movers & Shakers Q&A Series: Scott Morfee
Hello Friends, We’re pleased to introduce you to one of the producers of the Barrow Street Theatre, Scott Morfee. The Barrow Street Theatre is is a 199 seat Off-Broadway theatre, located in the West Village of New York City. Currently playing is a new play by Nina Raine, entitled Tribes. Tribes is the 2012 recpieent…
Merry Unplugging!
Hello Friends, We hope you’ve enjoyed our first week of the Movers & Shakers Q&A Series here at The Write Teacher(s)! We hope you’ve been inspired, we hope you’ve been recharged, we hope to have warmed your hearts & souls. We are going on a little hiatus for Christmas. Fear not, we will return…