My Musical Theatre Experience

The only musical which I have ever experienced is 'Legally Blonde' which I went to see last year.

Storyline:

Legally Blonde: The Musical tells the story of Delta Nu Sorority Sister Elle Woods, and her amazing trip in pursuit of sexy man Warner Huntington III. Along the way she meets friends Emmett, Paulette, and all her Delta Nus see her through. Also starring the talents of Kate Shindel, and Michael Rupert. Written by Brent Davis

Perennially perky Elle Woods is a girl who loves to be pampered and shop for the latest all-pink outfits (and matching handbags, of course). But don't let this seemingly ditsy fashionista fool you, this sorority sister is smarter than she seems and doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "more serious," Elle sets out to win him back by putting down the credit card and hitting the books. Ready to revamp her image, Elle goes where no Delta Nu sorority girl has gone before: Harvard Law School! Takes you from the sorority house to the halls of justice with Broadway's blondest new student, that daredevil in high heels Elle Woods (who has the cutest sidekick in the world, her Chihuahua Bruiser). Along the way, our heroine proves that being yourself and going after what you want never goes out of style. Written by Anonymous

Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. Written by Anonymous

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125194/plotsummary

Accessed-Thursday 25th October 2012

 

Jerry Mitchell-Choreographer

Jerry Mitchell

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Jerry Mitchell
Born	Paw Paw, Michigan, USA
Occupation	Theatre director, choreographer

Jerry Mitchell is an American theatre director and choreographer.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life and education 2 Broadway career 3 Stage work 4 Awards 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life and education

Born in Paw Paw, Michigan, Mitchell later moved to St. Louis where he pursued his acting, dancing and directing career in theatre. He graduated from the Fine Arts college at Webster University in St. Louis. Today, Mitchell resides in New York City and St. Louis.

[edit] Broadway career

Mitchell's early Broadway credits were as a dancer in The Will Rogers Follies and revivals of Brigadoon and On Your Toes. He is openly gay.^[1][2]
Mitchell's first production as sole choreographer was the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which he followed with The Full Monty.
Mitchell created and for many years directed the annual Broadway Bares benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.^[3] In addition to the theatre, he has choreographed for films such as Camp, In & Out and Drop Dead Gorgeous. He garnered an Emmy Award nomination for his work on The Drew Carey Show.
In 2003 Mitchell was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch". His most recent project, for which he serves as both director and choreographer, is Legally Blonde: The Musical, which opened in April 2007, and currently serves as a mentor on Bravo's reality competition Step It Up and Dance.^[4]
Mitchell is currently working on a stage show for Las Vegas, Peepshow, and was involved in workshops for the stage musical version of the film Catch Me If You Can.^[4][5][6]

[edit] Stage work

• Three Men on a Horse (1993 revival)
• Grease (1994 revival)
• Jekyll & Hyde (1999 Second National Tour)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Revival)
• The Rocky Horror Show (2000 revival)
• The Full Monty (2000)
• Hairspray (2002 Broadway) (2007 West End)
• Imaginary Friends (2002)
• Gypsy (2003 revival)
• Never Gonna Dance (2003)
• La Cage aux Folles (2004 revival)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005)
• Legally Blonde: The Musical (2007)
• Peepshow (2008)
• Catch Me If You Can (2009 Seattle, 2010 Broadway)
• Love Never Dies (2010 West End)

[edit] Awards

• 2005 Tony Award for Best Choreography – La Cage aux Folles
• 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – La Cage aux Folles

[edit] References

1. ^ (transcript) An Interview with "Step It Up & Dance"’s Jerry Mitchell. Interview with John Polly. April 2, 2008. AfterElton. http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/4/jerrymitchell?page=0%2C2. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
2. ^ (transcript) Broadway One On One: Jerry Mitchell. Interview with Michael Rupert. June 2007. Pride Entertainment. http://prideentertainment.net/page2.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
3. ^ Adam Hetrick (June 26, 2008). "Mitchell to Sign Broadway Bares Backstage Pass at Barnes and Noble June 27". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119017.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
4. ^ ^{a b} Robert Simonson (April 16, 2008). "Playbill.com's Brief Encounter With Jerry Mitchell". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/116817.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
5. ^ BWW News Desk (November 18, 2008). "Mel B and Kelly Monaco Join Jerry Mitchell's Upcoming Vegas Based 'PEEP SHOW'!". BroadwayWorld. http://broadwayworld.com/article/Mel_B_and_Kelly_Monaco_Join_Jerry_Mitchells_Upcoming_Vegas_Based_PEEP_SHOW_20081118. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
6. ^ Gans, Andrew and Hernandez, Ernio (December 3, 2007). "Catch Me If You Can Reading Set for 2008". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113220.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

Last updated-October 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Mitchell
Accessed-Wednesday 24th October 2012
 

Week Five-Thursday 18th October 2012

In the past few weeks we have been creating movement to our songs so we have not been singing the way we should be; we have been stressing about the movement so much that we have not focused on our singing so this week we did this. In today's lesson, we re-capped on all the movement which we have created so far with the music and then we added to the final bit to it. We performed our pieces to each other about half way through the lesson and we got given feeback for what we are doing well and what we need to improve on for the performance next week. We were told that our movement was there, however we need to characterise it much more because we need to become that character during our performance. We were also told that we need to sing much louder as we were very quiet, so we went back to it and we made sure we knew where we needed to breathe when we were singing. We sorted this so that we did not run out of breath when were in the middle of a line and so that we could elongate the notes that needed it such as the really big notes. We need to make sure we breathe at the right time and in the correct way for us to sing to the best of our ability. We then tried to gain our confidence and with help and guidence we were singing much louder and we were hitting the notes well, which we were not previously hitting. This was a really productive lesson for I and my group as we seemed to have progressed much more in this one lesson than what we have in the past four weeks.