Ep27: City of Angels, Part 2 "The Leading Men"

Ep.28_City of Angels goes in-Zane (Barker)! Plus sneak Preview of Lenora Inez Brown

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/fan_mail/new] This week, everybody’s favorite stage dad and “Quintuple Threat” Zane Barker stops by Alternate Stages podcast to share his thoughts on City of Angels, performing with immediate family members and raising kids backstage, coaching stage combat safely, and creating a positive theatre environment for the next generation of theatre-makers via his important leadership work with the New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the annual Enchantment Awards ceremony that sends a few local winners to compete in the Jimmy Awards in NYC. Find more information about volunteering for the Enchantment Awards at NMHSMTA.org [http://NMHSMTA.org] https://www.nmhsmta.org/ And we include a short preview of our next long-form interview with a national theatre expert, which we do several times a year here on Alternate Stages. Upcoming episodes will feature topics on fundraising, producing for the commercial theatre, playwriting and how technology has changed designing for the theatre. Last month we sat down for a deep dive with national dramaturgy expert Lenora Inez Brown, author of two books on dramaturgy: “The Art of Active Dramaturgy” and “New Play Development” both available from HackettPublishing.com [http://HackettPublishing.com]. The full episode will be available next week https://hackettpublishing.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=lenora+inez+brown [https://hackettpublishing.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=lenora+inez+brown] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/support]

Ep27: City of Angels, Part 2 "The Leading Men"

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/fan_mail/new] This Week on Alternate Stages, Ron Gallegos and Michael Finnegan, the two  leading men of Albuquerque Little Theatre’s jazz musical City of Angels   stop by to talk about the art of singing a male duet while fighting, how to deliver iconic film noir acting on a live stage, the pressures of Hollywood, how to enact stunt violence live onstage without getting injured, their origin stories (hint: they went to the same high school!) and their own bucket list shows. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/support]

City of Angels: Film Noir meets Musical theatre

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/fan_mail/new] Episode 26: City of Angels first-ever opening in Albuquerque. The show’s director (and cinephile/historian) Art Tedesco dishes on must-see film noir classics and their heritage in inspiring the authors of City of Angels. Plus behind-the-scenes interviews with selected stars from the cast of CoA. Tickets on sale now:  AlbuquerqueLittleTheatre.org  [https://ci.ovationtix.com/36941/production/1236740] Say you heard about it on Alternate Stages Radio! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/support]

Ep. 25 The Six: "Beautiful" Stars Collide just before opening night

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/fan_mail/new] Ep. 25 The Six: "Beautiful" stars stop by to chat Costume Envy,  Cross-dressing, Civil Rights, and How to Play a real-life person without Stress.  Will they cat-fight over who gets the Dress, and who wore it best? Naaah, when "You've Got A Friend", it's all good! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/support]

Ep.24 Carole King and the Myth of Trauma as being necessary to Art.

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/fan_mail/new] Ep.24 CArole King and the Myth of Trauma as being necessary to Art. Consider instead the Art of Healing and the Healing of Art, says Celena Cox, director of Beautiful. Celena Cox, Certified Intimacy Specialist defines Chemistry on stage: Overwhelming Safety, and wanting to know the other actor in their actual self. Tickets for Beautiful the Carole King Musical, June 6-22. https://albuquerquelittletheatre.thundertix.com/events/224277 [https://albuquerquelittletheatre.thundertix.com/events/224277] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2392426/support]