![]() Megan Mullally The Receptionist Odyssey Theatre Stephanie Fredericks The Apple Tree Crown City Theatre The Light in the El Portal Mark Taper ForumĬarved in Stone Theatre Asylum F*cking Celebration Louis - Musical Theatre West The Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, Long Beach The winner will be announced JanuI can't wait! - but, win or lose, all of these immensely talented ladies and gentlemen are truly winning performers.Īnita Bryant Died For Your Sins - West Coast Ensemble Vitello's serves a delicious luncheon and there is continuous beverage service throughout the 3 hour contest. Producers Michael Sterling and Tony Monsour may be exceedingly proud of the event which has been SRO for all 6 weeks. My favorites were: the so well-acted "I Won't Mind" from Raquel Sandler, the very smooth Barry Manilow-sounding Bobby Bennett singing "Somewhere Down the Road", Janet Krupin with a stunning rendition of "If I Loved You" (photo top left), Matthew Claiborne with a dynamic "This Is the Moment", Luke Yellin utilizing great body language in Jason Robert Brown's "Shiksa Godess", Sam Ayoub opening big with "Giants in the Sky", Domonique Paton pouring every ounce of herself into a splendiferous "Disneyland", Nicole Ligerman with "I Have Everything I Want" and Taylor Tracey with an affecting "Get Out and Stay Out" from 9 to 5: The Musical. Of the 18 contestants who performed, several blew me away with their talent, raw guts and nerve. They were all encouraging, but I particularly liked O'Day, as she critiqued every aspect of appearance including choice of clothes and jewelry, attitude and posture, as well as vocal ability. Judges on Sunday, December 20 were: Rey O'Day, producing artistic director of Performance Riverside, Steven Dry, West Coast Senior Theatre Agent at Schiowitz Connor Ankrum Wolf, Daniel Solis, Disney casting director and Eric Stevens, owner of Rainbow High Entertainment Talent Agency. ![]() He is such a charming gentleman! Four judges (there are 12 in total) voice their comments after each performance, giving the contestants fine constructive criticisms. One feature that makes the competitive show pleasurable is producer Michael Sterling himself presenting each of the contestants onstage. The 4 runners up will also get headlining engagements at Sterling's and various private auditions as well. The winner will receive $1000 in cash as well as a paid headlining engagement at Sterling's, and a variety of auditions for local musical theatres such as the outstanding Musical Theatre West and Cabrillo Music Theatre. From these 5 the winner will be announced. At that time 13/18 contestants will be eliminated and the 5 remaining contestants will go on to compete once more. At Sterling's they go head to head for 6 Sundays: the first was November 29 with the finale to take place on Januat 12pm. Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's is presenting its annual LA's Next Great Stage STAR! What a terrific event! Not unlike TV's American Idol, talented artists compete before judges and a live audience. Duddy played him more of a scared, impish knave. Because of following certain characters - which is expected of the audience, I missed Slava's first scene, so can only comment on his skill in the duel, but Duddy as Renfield, for me, lacked a certain psychotic craze which I prefer to see in Renfield. Duddy as Renfield (usually played by David Himes). Rosencrance as Slava (normally played by Jason Parsons) and Terance M. Two understudies performed on the night I attended: Adam T. Playtoys for Dracula, these creatures play quite heavily into the Count's demonic plan for the future. Sara Spink and Megan Harwick are the vixens of the castle - Dracula's human mistresses - Riva and Cruza respectively. Seward, who has more reaction than dialogue, and as a focused reactor, she is right on target. Equally convincing is Terra Shelman as Dr. It is easy to go over the top with this role, as Van Helsing is Dracula's foremost enemy, but Holder maintains a perfect balance of strength and fright. Travis Michael Holder uses chilling restraint in his portrayal of Dr. ![]() Dane Bowman makes a dutiful Jonathan Harker and is especially effective in his fight scene with Slava, a newly trained servant of Dracula. Under the spell of Count Dracula, her Mina is the ultimate victim, thoroughly intense in her trance-like state, emotionally evocative and lovely to behold. Hegedus is attractive, suave, charming and seductive all in one breath. ![]() The ensemble, headed by Michael Hegedus as Dracula, is superb. ![]() Check resumes and CV, social media profiles, business records, work history, photos and videos, news, arrest records, public records and places of employment. View contact information: phones, addresses, emails and networks. Brenda Fentress Found 10 people in New Jersey, Indiana and 7 other states ![]()
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