Following the publication last October of my recent book, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece, I was recruited by Vincent DeGeorge, Patricia A. Corbett Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre and the Joseph Weinberger Chair of Acting for the Lyric Stage, to serve as dramaturg in support of his April 2026 staging of
On Thursday evening, I had the opportunity to attend “In the Spotlight” at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Presented by the support organization CCMpower, it was an evening of senior showcases for students enrolled in Musical Theatre, Acting and Theatre Design and Production. The program opened at Patricia Corbett Theatre (above) with
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The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) educates a lot of talented performers for professional careers in music, dance voice and more. Part of the “more” is an acting program that’s expanding to offer some special training found at almost no other university-level performing arts program. With a newly assembled “Digital Performance Lab” young
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COMMENTARY BY RICK PENDER Training programs for professional actors have a different raison d’être than professional theaters in the “real world.” The Acting program at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music gives students a broad preparation from classics to modern material, different acting styles and various environments they might encounter once they graduate. The
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