Christmas Performance

Mamma Mia is a giving show…Performers frequently contribute money, time and talent to help out good causes. This time around, the giving was for the Huck House in Columbus, Ohio for teens in crisis. Just in time for the holidays, the Mamma Mia tour joined forces with the charity to create a fundraising concert. Our…

Carbonell Awards Performance

For the first time, I was nominated for a Carbonell Award, and made my first appearance at the Carbonells, both as a nominee and as an invited performer. The Carbonell Awards are, in essence, the Tony Awards of South Florida, honoring the best theatre in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.  It’s a highly-anticipated event,…

The Drowsy Chaperone

As We Stumble Along is the show-stopping number performed by The Drowsy Chaperone.  As the narrator of the show points out, it is basically a rousing anthem to alcoholism. For those of you who haven’t seen The Drowsy Chaperone, Eileen played the title character, a Grande Dame of the Stage who specializes in “rousing anthems”…

A Christmas Carol

I ended 2009 playing a role I very much wanted to play…. that of the hilariously eccentric, rhyme-mangling, Fran Drescher-inspired Spirit of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol at Broward Center for the Performing Arts. It was a non-singing role in a musical, but the part was so juicy it didn’t bother me a bit.…