THE PERFORMING PROJECT
MASTERCLASSES FOR ACTORS
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Take your career into your own hands and show your best work to directors and music directors of current and upcoming Broadway shows, national tours and regional theatre. Work on songs and acting your songs in a supportive and positive class environment. Get honest feedback and insights from the people who are currently at the helm of the shows for which you want to audition.
Past guests include: LAURENCE CONNOR Director of upcoming Broadway School of Rock, Broadway Revival of Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary U.S. National Tour, Miss Saigon on the West End, Miss Saigon UK tour, Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour and many more. KEVIN STITES Music Director of Broadway's On the Twentieth Century and Heart and Lights at Radio City Music Hall. Credits include Music Director and/or Music Supervisor of many Broadway shows, including Nine, Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, On the Town, Three Penny Opera, A Tale of Two Cities, Death Takes a Holiday, and South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Also served as Music Director for Rebecca in Stuttgart, The Producers at the Holiday Bowl, Glimmerglass Festival, many national tours and more. DAVID CHASE Music Director, Supervisor and Arranger for 30+ Broadway productions. His extensive credits include The Sound of Music Live and Peter Pan Live on NBC, Carousel at Chicago Lyric, and Music Supervisor of Broadway’s Finding Neverland, Cinderella and Nice Work If You Can Get It. Other productions include Broadway’s How To Succeed, Billy Elliot, Pajama Game, Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, and many more. ANDREW BRYAN Music Director/Conductor & Producer (Opus Blue Productions) for theatre, dance and concerts. Andrew has an 11 year history with Les Miserables, dating back to his years as Music Director & Conductor of the North American Tour and many regional productions since. In addition, Andrew conducted the musical Chicago on Broadway, as well as on the National Tour and the 2009 Tokyo production. He was also the conductor for Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (10th Anniversary Tour) and Edward Scissorhands (NYC Premiere and National Tour). Andrew has worked at Sacramento Music Circus, North Shore Music Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Center Theatre Group (LA), The Alley Theatre and The Kennedy Center. Selected credits include: Miss Saigon, Big River, Hello, Dolly!, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Joseph..., The Who's Tommy, Children of Eden, Billy Elliot, Sister Act and many more. JIM LOWE Grammy nominated Music Director and Conductor of Opera and Musical Theatre. He is the current US Music Supervisor of the Phantom of the Opera National Tour. Recent Broadway and First National Tour credits include the revivals of Les Miserables, Anything Goes, Gypsy, The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady, Chicago Lyric's Oklahoma, and Sweeney Todd at Houston Grand Opera and San Francisco Opera, as well as works with Glimmerglass and New York City Opera. Upcoming productions include Candide in Toulouse and Oklahoma at Glimmerglass. |
Success Stories
Katie Travis - Booked the role of Christine in the National Tour of Phantom of the Opera after a class with Laurence Connor.
Summer Broyhill - Booked ensemble and Charlotte understudy in the National Tour of Cinderella after working with music director David Chase.
Antoine Smith - Booked the role of Lord Pinkleton in the National Tour of the Cinderella after David Chase's class.
Joanne Shea - Had multiple callbacks for Broadway's On the Twentieth Century and Titanic after working with music director Kevin Stites.
Jillian Gottlieb - Was offered two readings in New York City, through referrals and other students she met in class with Laurence Connor.
Summer Broyhill - Booked ensemble and Charlotte understudy in the National Tour of Cinderella after working with music director David Chase.
Antoine Smith - Booked the role of Lord Pinkleton in the National Tour of the Cinderella after David Chase's class.
Joanne Shea - Had multiple callbacks for Broadway's On the Twentieth Century and Titanic after working with music director Kevin Stites.
Jillian Gottlieb - Was offered two readings in New York City, through referrals and other students she met in class with Laurence Connor.
Upcoming Classes
Classes to resume January 2017.
