Contestant Profile: Kathleen Sera
 Kathleen has been performing in both professional and amateur productions since the tender age of eleven. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she is currently studying Theatre Arts in Costume Cutting and Construction at Red Deer College. She looks forward to what she hopes will be a successful career, both on and back stage. Recent theatre credits include Amalia Balash in She Loves Me, Tuptim in The King and I and Charlie Brown in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Read our Q & A with Kathleen.
New Musical Episode of "Scrubs" Planned
'Scrubs' to Stage Full-Blown Musical Episode This Season Monday, August 21, 2006 PASADENA, Calif. — Taking a page from the "Buffy" playbook, "Scrubs" is staging a full-blown musical episode this season, according to reports. The show, which stars Zach Braff, has hired the songwriters behind the fractured Broadway musical "Avenue Q," to write the music, according to TV Guide. "We can obviously help with the lyrics," series creator Bill Lawrence told the magazine. "But we needed somebody to not only write incredibly well-produced musical quality numbers, but also [make it] funny." The episode won't be a complete fantasy, he said. "We're using an actual medical case," Lawrence says. "We found one of a woman who had an aneurysm and [started] seeing everything as a musical." No air date set yet. Technorati tags: musicals Scrubs
 Wednesday, August 23 will mark the anniversary of Gene Kelly's birth. While Gene Kelly is probably best remembered for his role as Don Lockwood in the classic movie musical, Singin' In The Rain, he had a long career as a dancer, teacher, singer, actor, choreographer, and director. He also graced Broadway stages as both a performer and director, most notably for playing the title role in Pal Joey. In honor of this legendary performer who gave so much to the evolution of dance as an art form, come celebrate with us on the MTA forum with games, prizes, and LOTS of cool Gene Kelly trivia. Celebrations start on Wednesday morning, but you can visit the forum now to see a sneak preview and pre-register for Gene Kelly bingo! Technorati tags: Gene Kelly
Contestant Profile: Jessica Mennella
 Jessica holds a BA in French, English, and linguistics and a MA in speech-language pathology. Though a speech-language pathologist by trade, she is a musician and performer at heart. From her early days wearing a red nightgown singing “Tomorrow” to her most recent triumph as Eva Peron (her favorite role to date), Jessica is a self-taught vocalist. Other community theatre credits: Jack’s Mother (Into the Woods), Aunt Eller (Oklahoma), Nellie (J&H), Sonja (Godspell), Reno (Anything Goes), Domina (…Forum), Catherine (Pippin), Audrey (Little Shop), and Carmen in a concert version of Bizet’s opera. Jessica also cantors in churches during Masses, weddings, baptisms, and funerals, and is an accomplished violinist. Additionally, Jessica had the opportunity to musically direct Honk! last summer. Jessica enjoys many hobbies from d-i-y projects to playing Trivial Pursuit, but her favorite pastime is hanging out with her three best boys— husband Luigi, 3 year old Alexander, and 8 month old Nicholas. Read our Q & A with Jessica.
Contestant Profile: Kaitlyn Stobbe
 Kaitlyn is a 16 year old Jr. who is looking forward to graduating and pursuing her heart’s desire, musical theatre. She has sung with the Houston Grand Opera and acted with the A.D. Players. Her favorite credits include Slightly/Peter U/S in Peter Pan, Joy in Cinderella, and Sally in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She is also an accomplished pianist and an avid equestrian rider. Read our Q & A with Kaitlyn.
Featured Link: Broadway Beat
Broadway Beat is a half-hour long show that features performance clips and interviews with some of Broadway's finest performers. In addition to watching entire episodes online, you can also read reviews and articles from their columnists and browse their photo album. This is a great show to watch to gain a little insight into the realities and backstage goings-on of the performances on Broadway, particularly if you are living too far away to see the shows in person. Technorati tags: broadway musical theatre
Contestant Profile: Megan Herzing
Contestant Profile: Joe Amato
 Over the next few weeks we will be featuring different contestants from our King/Queen of Broadway Vocal Competition. Today we introduce Joe Amato. Joe is a singer, actor, guitarist, and songwriter from Lockport, Illinois. Read our Q & A session with Joe. Tags: Broadway musical theatre singing contest
 After a wonderful performance as Curly in the filmed stage version of Oklahoma, Hugh Jackman is about to add another classic Rodgers & Hammerstein role to his list of accomplishments. US studio Fox 2000 has announced that Jackman will star in a new film remake of Carousel. Technorati Tags: broadway
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