Tag: Sondheim
Eleri Ward: Perfectly Imperfect
To listen to Eleri Ward perform is to hear a vocal journey in tone, lyrics and emotion. Her covers of Sondheim songs, which are intimate and haunting, catapulted her career and her notoriety in the NYC theater community. She made her off-Broadway debut this past […]
Movie Musical Shakedown – Sweeney Todd
Loved co-hosting this episode of the OnStage Blog podcast Movie Musical Shakedown about Sweeney Todd. We talked about the psychology of obsession, the empty motivation of revenge, the relative success of the film adaptation, and who would make our ideal leads. Let us know what […]
Top 10 Musicals about Mental Health
Art is a powerful medium for understanding ourselves and each other. As one of those art forms, theater can elucidate and educate, allowing us inside of the internal lives of the characters through song and dance in a way that other genres cannot, making it […]