Musical Theatre Newsletter Mayday 2008

From: Kenneth Lyen <musictheater@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Subject: Musical Theatre Newsletter Mayday 2008
To: Kenneth Lyen <kenlyen@yahoo.com>


Hi,

I hope you are having some time off for Labor Day today. Below are some news, articles, video links, DVDs and CDs that might interest you.



1. SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
Musical Theatre Ltd warmly invites you to attend two evenings of "LoveSongs" featuring different Singapore songwriters on each day.
Time: Tuesday 6th May 8-11 pm, and Thursday 8th May 8-11 pm
Place: The Turquoise Room, 7 Lock Road, Gillman Village
Fees: Nil - you can buy food at 10% Discount
Carpark: Free!
http://singsong-musicals.blogspot.com/
http://foodcraft.blogspot.com/2006/05/turquoise-room.html




2. FIVE FOOT BROADWAY MINI MUSICALS
What do a glass of chendol, an invisible man, a laptop, a perfect nose, a homegrown Singapore boy and fireworks have in common? All of them have inspired 6 brand new 15-minutes musicals. Presenting an evening of original musicals that guarantees to tickle your funny bone and give a tug at your heartstrings.

Directed by
Christina Sergeant, Music Director: Kenny Ngo.
Date: Monday 16 June 2008
Time: Two shows: 7pm, and 9.30pm
Place: Esplanade Theatre Studio
Tickets selling fast... please rush out and buy!
http://www.sistic.com.sg/portal/dt?dt.isPortletRequest=true&dt.action=process&dt.provider=PortletWindowProcessChannel&dt.windowProvider.targetPortletChannel=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar/Event&dt.containerName=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar&dt.windowProvider.currentChannelMode=VIEW&dt.window.portletAction=RENDER&contentCode=mini0608




3. RECENT VIDEO LINKS FOR MUSICAL THEATRE
a) Theatre Clips
http://theatre247.tv/

b) Pest Control: the Musical
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb826374.htm

4. SELECTED ARTICLES AND NEWS
a) Bring Back the Real Musical
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3506065.ece

b) Is Musical Theatre Writing Sexist?
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/04/the_boys_club_of_theatre.html

c) Musical Theatre's iPod Moment
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/04/theatre_needs_an_ipod_moment.html

d) In Defence of the Musical
"Musicals are easy to look down upon"
http://www.cherwell.org/cherwell/content/view/7333/117/

e) Forbidden City West: A new musical
(not by Dick Lee)
http://www.yangtze-rep-theatre.org/

f) The 10 Worst Musicals of All Time
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/04/24/btmusicals124.xml

g) Gone With the Wind: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23480296-details/Can,+my+dear,+Gone+With+The+Wind+survive/article.do
http://www.mercurynews.com/arts/ci_9073111?nclick_check=1

h) I Hate Cats
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/04/27/some_enchanted_evenings/

5. MUSICALS (AND LITERATURE) DVDs OF INTEREST
a) Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BmpSwJsnzP8
http://www.amazon.com/Show-Business-Broadway-Boy-George/dp/B000UAE7NG/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209617833&sr=8-1

b) Musical to the Max
http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/product.asp?StockID=33606

c) Four Last Songs
I highly recommend this movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDmsXdkhGJI
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Last-Songs-Karl-Johnson/dp/B000P296BM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209479816&sr=1-1

d) Camelot (Broadway Stage Version)
http://www.amazon.com/Camelot-Broadway-Version-Richard-Harris/dp/B000NTM9ZM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209480118&sr=1-2

e) August Rush
I enjoyed this film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ab6RtA-KE
http://www.amazon.com/August-Rush-Freddie-Highmore/dp/B00133KFGW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209478638&sr=8-1

f) The Harmonists
http://www.amazon.com/Harmonists-Ben-Becker/dp/B000065V3C/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1206967557&sr=1-15

g) Sweeney Todd
http://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Todd-Two-Disc-Special-Collectors/dp/B0013D8LOU/ref=pd_bxgy_d_text_b

h) Company (Stephen Sondheim)
http://www.amazon.com/Company-Raul-Esparza/dp/B0014IC31G/ref=pd_nr_d_9?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

i) Romance and Cigarettes
http://www.amazon.com/Romance-Cigarettes-Katherine-Borowitz/dp/B0010DM3R4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209618802&sr=1-1

j) The Jane Austen Book Club
Another film I highly recommend
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/thejaneaustenbookclub/
http://www.amazon.com/Jane-Austen-Book-Club/dp/B000ZS8GW6/ref=pd_sim_d_title_17

k) CD: Tosca: The Rock Musical
Mein Gott, Herr Puccini vill turn in his grave!
http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/product.asp?StockID=33613

6. MISCELLANEOUS
Festival of New American Musicals
http://www.lafestival.org/index.php?mod=born

7. OFF TOPIC
a) Kishore Mahbubani on BBC HardTalk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/progs/08/hardtalk/mahbubani_28apr.ram

b) Mr Brown: Blame it On Somebody, and You Are So Champion
Hey, do you think there a musical bubbling up here?
http://www.mrbrownshow.com/2008/04/28/the-mrbrown-show-blame-it-on-somebody-the-anyhowly-remix/
http://www.mrbrownshow.com/2008/03/24/the-mrbrown-show-you-are-so-champion/

Wishing you a happy May Day!

Please e-mail me if you have some musical theatre news or interesting links. And if you wish to write a musical, please join our musical incubation workshop, which is an ongoing program initiated by Creative Community Singapore, MICA.


Ken
1 May 2008
http://kenlyen.bravejournal.com/
http://musicaltheatrelimited.org/

SING LIKE A BROADWAY STAR by Musical Theatre Academy

Musical Theatre Academy

Dear arts community,

The Musical Theatre Academy (Singapore) is proud to present our 2 latest offerings

1. SING LIKE A BROADWAY STAR (Introductory)
Course dates: 12, 26 June; 3, 10, 17 July (Thursday nights)
Course time: 7.30-9.30pm
Instructor: Grace Ng Ee Wern
Minimum 4 participants to start a class

Learn the art of the Acting Singer. Bring out a passionate, meaningful performance of any song you are assigned.

Rates
$300 per participant (exclusive of 7% GST)

2. IN THE CHORUS LINE (Song & Dance)
Course dates: 15,19, 22, 29 June;6, 13 July Course times: 3-5pm (Sundays), 7.30-9.30pm (19 June) Instructors: Mohamed Shah bin Johari (dance)/ Grace Ng Ee Wern (singing technique) Minimum 5 participants to start a class

A gentle introduction into singing and dancing at the same time. Participants will be given 4 hours of singing technique coaching before learning choreography. Dance style for this course is
traditional Broadway chorus line. The song is 'One' from 'A Chorus Line'

Rates
$380 per participant
$365 for students of Grace Ng Studios and participants of our previous courses
(exclusive of 7% GST)

Please email us at grace.ngstudios@... for more details

*Musical Theatre Academy (Singapore)- Broadway-bound!*

*About the Musical Theatre Academy*
The Musical Theatre Academy is a division of Grace Ng Studios LLP. We recognize that there are amazing people, passionate about Musical Theatre out there and would like to be able to perform it better.

We also recognize that there are people who'd like to know more about Musical Theatre and be a part of it. We want to bring the community together and grow it. Our website www.singaporemusicals.com is coming up soon. See you there!

We're hiring. We're looking for fresh new musical theatre talents (includes music directors and accompanists) who'd like to share their gift with others.

Please email your CV with a short write-up about yourself to grace.ngstudios@...

Grace Ng Studios- Empowering the Creative Spirit
www.gracengstudios.com

A Time For Thanks* 2008*Apr*30 *WED*8pm

From: Joyce Liang
Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Concert Invitation :: A Time For Thanks


Dear friends,

Below, please find an invitation to our up-coming concert on 30 April at the Esplanade Recital Studio... it will be an evening of love songs, boss, jazz and altogether FUN!

Would appreciate your presence and your support :)

It is so appropriately named A Time To Give Thanks and I am testimony to that, having just been discharged from hospital yesterday, following a life-threatening event called pulmonary embolism where I developed blood clots which lodged in the lungs. Thank God I can STILL SING and THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!

So please get your tickets from SISTIC and I will see you on 30 April!

Cheers!

Joyce Liang

Dear Friends and Family,

After our last gig at the Esplanade's Recital Studio in Sep last year, my friend Dr Michael Wong approached me and asked " How would you like to have your next gig at the same place next year?" i hardly needed any persuasion, since Mike was going to organize and sponsor this

concert and donate the entire proceeds from the tix sale to a worthy cause .(the Singapore Medical Association's Medical Students' Assistant Fund sma.org.sg)

Mike is also going to match the proceeds dollar for dollar. i too jumped at the chance to share the stage once more with the energies and talents of Belinda Foo (keyboard), Spencer Goh(guitar), Wyemun Low (bass) and Nathan Winterflood (drums) and Ho Kah Keh (back up vocals). i'm excited also that the warm and talented Dr Joyce Liang joyzrecords.com will be singing, taking the first half of the evening.

Details Details: the concert is titled; A Time For Thanks*. It's happening on

Wednesday 30th April (eve of a public holiday) from 8 to 10 pm at the

Esplanade's Recital Studio.

You can book tix thru Sistic's hotline (63485555) or any authorized sistic outlet.

There are 200 tix for sale at $50 each. There is a password (because this is a private event) and the password is DrMichaelWong.

For those who've come to our previous gigs and enjoyed yourselves, and for those who've heard good things about us and are curious, do come. Hope to see you there.

Su

* Mike called it "A Time For Thanks" because he is wants to give back for

all that he's been given.

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