Musical Theater Tips and Advice

A guide to building a hard-backed theatre flat for your stage set.

At face value, a play or musical is entertainment for entertainment sake: fun for a moment then often forgotten. But in working alongside those who are actual participants I have gained insight.

An introductory list of ways to get last-minute show tickets in New York City.

Got an audition coming up soon for a musical theater production? Maybe just a singing or a dancing audition? You're not alone! I moved to the Des Moines area last year and have auditioned a few times with the Des Moines Playhouse. Read on to learn some key tips to nailing your audition.

Learn about the fate of "The Phantom of the Opera" characters, as revealed in the sequel musical, "Love Never Dies."

A small glossary of theatre terms, including vocabulary and terminology related to acting, auditions and rehearsals, scripts, technical theatre, theatre people, and stage directions.

Find out how participating in musical theatre helps build confidence in a child or adult.

Half a century after the Great War started, a group of British writers and actors created a macabre and satirical musical about the dreadful sacrifice of the common soldiers.

"Di Nü Hua", written in 1957, is a very famous Cantonese opera. It focuses on the story of Princess Changping, the last princess of the Ming Dynasty.