MUSI-CAST

MUSI-CAST

By C. Jay CoxTV & FilmArtsMusicPerforming Arts
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MUSI-CAST episodes

  • VALERIE PERRI AND JACK & BENNY LIPSON

    I talk to musical theater star Valerie Perri about her background, her career and her family. I also speak to her sons, twin composers Jack and Benny Lipson, and we hear a selection from their song cycle "Brainstorm" performed at a recent Musi-Cal.

    59 min
  • KAY COLE AND LANDON ASHWORTH & JASON PELSEY

    In this episode I talk to Broadway Legend Kay Cole. We discuss her upbringing & training, her long and varied career, and her creative process. We also dig down into her participation in the creation of A CHORUS LINE. I also go upstairs prior to FNAM'S Musi-Cal where I talk to composing team Landon Ashworth and Jason Pelsey about astronaut training and how it influenced their musical "TO THE MOON."

    55 min
  • RYAN MCCARTAN AND ZACH MARSH & ARI WOJCIECH
    I talk to writing team Zach Marsh & Ari Wojiech about their 1 act musical "The Dinner Party." We also discuss Zach's work for The Miracle Project which creates theater for performers on the autism scale. Then I talk to former Disney Channel Star Ryan McCartan about learning the ropes of the business through the Disney process, what it was like to win The Jimmy Awards and how to survive a high profile Hollywood breakup.
    48 min
  • ERIC B. ANTHONY AND PATHWAY STUDENTS FROM WEST ADAMS HIGH
    In this episode, I interview students who have written ten minute musicals as part of FNAM's PATHWAY PROGRAM. I also talk to actor Eric B. Anthony about how growing up in community theater and the instructors who influenced him all contributed to him going from a rough neighborhood it Baltimore to Broadway. We also hear a song Eric performs at FNAM's 3rd Mondays.
    46 min
  • E.L. Losada and Laura Watkins & Nicholas David Brandt
    Laura Watkins & Nicholas David Brandt talk about how current events inspired their musical "Glass Ceilings." They also talk about their previous presentation at Musi-Cal, "Comi-Con: The Musical" and give us their "nerd credentials." Actor/Singer Eurimas Losada talks about coming of age doing theater in Miami and how his background as a Cuban-American immigrant informed his portrayal of one of the most iconic Cuban-Americans, Desi Arnaz.
    46 min

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