Backstage Backtalk

Check this out: Our friend and design consultant Allan Ross won a grant for his recent design. http://blogs.sacurrent.com/index.php/staff/artist-foundation-awards-over-60000-to-san-antonio-artists/
Artist Foundation Awards over $60,000 to San Antonio Artists | San Antonio Current — Blogs
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The Artist Foundation of San Antonio announced the 2011 award winners Monday night at Coates Chapel, Southwest School of Art. Founded by arts advocate&Aci…

We’ve added a new featured student this week. @tffcapote. Tiff is one of our more active members and she’s always finding some amazing things to share, and usually picking all our brains to learn even more! If you know of a student you’d like us to recognize, send us some information and background on them so we can share with everybody!

We’re really excited about our new addition ”Featured Student” Let me introduce you to our first featured student Mina! minamouse0823. Mina is a junior at Hamilton Township High School in Ohio. One of our featured videos shows Mina in the lead role of ”Maria” in West Side Story. Mina won the role as a freshman! She was in the chorus in Footloose, chorus with a small ensemble part in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and played Ronette (but sang Crystal’s part) in the trio in Little Shop of Horrors She’s also in the Symphonic Choir and Chamber Choir (Chamber is the smaller ensemble choir), National Honor Society, and Color Guard. She also just auditioned for American Idol! She’s a very busy girl and we see great things in her future!

Running To Catch Up With The People. A 1969 conversation with Robert Gard; creator of the Wisconsin Idea Theatre.
http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2004/09/running_to_catc.php

Hey, I see new people. R U into pyro?

Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other. W.E.B. DuBois 1900

Welcome new members. As you can see we are brand new, and many features are being finished up this week. Please register today, invite your theatre friends to join you, and come back soon. This will be so cool when we have hundreds of members all over the US. But somebody has to get it started. Please email us with any problems you have had in registering, uploading photos or videos, or forming a Troupe Page. We are open to suggestions about other features you would like to see. email: BSBT1@backstagebacktalk.org

Well, the Tony Awards is what’s in the news now…so The big question is…WHO IS TONY?? I’ve heard a jillion storys Here’s the bottom line. Tony — actually Toni — was the nickname of a stunningly beautiful but tough-as-nails Denver actress, Antoinette Perry, who later turned successfully to producing and directing in an era when women in the business were usually relegated to acting, costume design or choreography. Learn her story at http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/perry.html

Broadway saw a slew of new musicals open to rave reviews over the last year. SOUTH
PARK and AVENUE Q creators Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez sent THE BOOK OF MORMON to the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in a show the New York Times referred to as ”Heaven on Broadway” and Entertainment Weekly described as ”Revolutionary and classic.” The laughs and applause did not stop there as PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT was hailed a ”musical extravaganza” by Entertainment Weekly. Bette Midler signed on as a producer of the show after being blown away by the London production.
Head over to Broadway Across America’s Facebook page to throw in your 2-cents!
Who do you think should go home winners? http://smr.mm.ticketmaster.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTEwNzA1NjQmbWVzc2FnZWlkPTExNTEyNjQmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD1EQVRBQkFTRUlEJnNlcmlhbD0xMjMyMDc2ODc3JmVtYWlsaWQ9am9AcGFsY29zcGVjaWFsdGllcy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPTE4NjQ3NDMzNyZleHRyYT0mJiZodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS9Ccm9hZHdheUFjcm9zc0FtZXJpY2E=

Daniel Radcliffe is breaking away from movie magic to shine under the lights of Broadway! He’s making his Broadway Musical debut as the wizard of corporate climbing, J. Pierrepont Finch, in this 50th anniversary revival of the Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. Five-time Emmy Award®-winning actor John Larroquette, also makes his Broadway debut as the hysterically sensitive company president, J.B.Biggley. HOW TO SUCCEED… is a delightful musical satire of corporate life and office politics, with a beloved score by Frank Loesser, packed with memorable songs such as ”I Believe in You,” ”Brotherhood of Man” and ”Been a Long Day.” For more information and a behind the scenes look at HOW TO SUCCEED…, log on to http://smr.mm.ticketmaster.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTEwNzA1NjQmbWVzc2FnZWlkPTExNTEyNjQmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD1EQVRBQkFTRUlEJnNlcmlhbD0xMjMyMDc2ODc3JmVtYWlsaWQ9am9AcGFsY29zcGVjaWFsdGllcy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPTE4NjQ3NDMzNyZleHRyYT0mJiZodHRwOi8vZW1haWwuYnJvYWR3YXkuY29tL3Nob3dzL2hvdy1zdWNjZWVkLWJ1c2luZXNzLXdpdGhvdXQtcmVhbGx5LXRyeWluZy8=

I’ve often wondered how I’m going to decide what college to go to. I found this website. I think it’s gonna help me get started at least it should give me an idea of where to start!
http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/CollegeFairs/pva/Pages/default.aspx

Questions about college theatre programs? Should I go? What are they looking for? Any difference between programs? Mary Anna Dennard, the author of “I Got In!: The Ultimate College Audition Guide for Acting and Musical Theater,” answers your questions in this article for the NY Times http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/answers-to-your-questions-about-college-theater-programs/

The Texas UIL One Act Play State Finals are May 9-11 in Austin, Tx. 40 different schools will be competing this year and they’ve all done a fantastic job!

Wow! I should have checked in by now. Seen some really cool pics added lately! Oh, anybody know where I can find information on costume creating? I need to learn how to make ”tear away” costumes!

Looking into options for summer camps. This one seems great! http://zachtheatre.org/education/zach-summer-camps Love the idea of some intensive training in specific fields…Anybody else find someplace to consider?

Summer Camps at their best!!! http://www.youngactors.org/2010/SummerCamp2010Flyer3.pdf

Love the new video! Cats; great voice! Also like the set for HS Musical like the BB court! Thanks for sharing!

what a cool pic!!!@avatartest

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The Risk Analysis Office in our school district has informed us that students at our school are not allowed to use ladders. I understand their fear of the liability involved but I am also sure there has to be a way around this — or else our school will become known for the theater program with the shortest sets. Has anybody found a successful way to handle this?

This is really awesome! Wish it was everywhere!
http://www.tdf.org/TDF_Landingpage.aspx?id=109
ABOUT TDF Mission Statement: Theatre Development Fund, a not-for-profit organization, was created with the conviction that the live theatrical arts afford a unique expression of the human condition that must be sustained and nurtured. TDF’s twofold mission is to identify and provide support, including financial assistance, to theatrical works of artistic merit, and to encourage and enable diverse audiences to attend live theatre and dance in all their venues.

Excerpt from TuscaloosaNews.com
about the new production of Moby Dick which is orchestrated “alternately with haunting and terrifying violins and drums.”
Trimming verbose Melville down to a two-hour run time means cutting to the chase, literally, of the adventure tale at the heart of his book, and the show in the Marian Gallaway Theatre is at times utterly, viscerally thrilling. But the book and its central story — a charismatic, damaged leader chasing an elusive, massively powerful goal — is so rich in metaphor and potential that Burch would not stint on the language, heightened, heroic, lovely and tragic, Shakespearean, biblical and American. This production seems almost an opera with ballet at times, surprisingly often funny and sweet, building to an ending as nightmarish as a vision by Poe or Bosch.
Full article here: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110224/NEWS/110229802?p=1&tc=pg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=utBD6eSLeqM
See the Broadway cast of sister act ”and raise your voice”

Make-up artists; you just gotta see this! http://video.syfy.com/shows/face_off
Face Off is a competition/elimination series exploring the world of special-effects make-up artists and the unlimited imagination that allows them to create amazing works of living art. The contestants are tasked with elaborate feature challenges including executing full body paint make up on models and creating their own horror villain. Not only will the show incorporate effects make-up, it will include a wide range of skill sets including prosthetics, 3-D design, sculpting, eye enhancers, casting and molding.

Attended TETA definitely rewarding