A discussion with Steve Altinel, the artistic director of the Long Island Musical Theatre Festival.

We discuss:

⭐️ Filling the artistic cup.

⭐️ Choosing music instead of the family business.

⭐️ The long hours necessary for working in theater.

⭐️ The financial stability of a teaching job versus freelancing.

⭐️ Preparing students to have a leg up in the professional world.

⭐️ Coordinating choirs for The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The Argyle Theater.

⭐️ Time management as a high school teacher while balancing professional music director jobs.

Early Release Of Part 2:

Part 2 Topics:

⭐️ Rooting for the underdog.

⭐️ The Real Housewives of New Jersey. 

⭐️ Payment schedules for public school salaries. 

⭐️ Raising money for producing a musical festival.

⭐️ Using freelance gigs to save for purchasing an apartment.

⭐️ Getting Stephen Schwartz, Alice Ripley, and Rema Webb to teach master classes and perform for the LIMTF festival.

Steve's Website:

http://www.stevenaltinel.com/about.html

LIMTF - Long Island Musical Theatre Festival:

http://limtf.org/

Virtual Chorus with Caroline Bowman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiHC9axEnKQ

LIMTF Promo - 60 seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVIJO4XIlmo&ab_channel=LIMTF

Health Coach for Offstage Theatre Workers:

https://www.instagram.com/coachedby_claudia/

Too Darn Hot - Kiss Me Kate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS_YAKZH3lw&ab_channel=Classics

Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 36:17 is what I thought Steve was singing:

https://youtu.be/BzgWmapjIyI?t=2177

Alice Ripley:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ripley

Stephen Schwartz:

https://stephenschwartz.com/

Rema Webb:

https://www.remawebb.com/

Wilson Chin episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEZHQWklO0&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance

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Interview by Ethan Steimel