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The Indian Arts Industry’s #MeToo Movement

Vaibu Mohan writes about her experience as an artist straddling the worlds of Indian music/dance and American musical theatre, especially in the face of the #MeToo movement.

Angela Morley: a Pioneering Musician in the LGBTQ+ Community

Angela Morley was a pioneering English composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, conductor, and performer whose illustrious career extended across countless film, television, and theatre projects – especially TV and movie musicals.

OPPORTUNITY: Maestra x Ferguson New Musicals Lab ~ Summer Writing Residency

The inaugural New Musicals Lab (NML) at CNU/the Ferguson Center, in collaboration with Maestra, is offering an exclusive, sponsored development opportunity for 1-2 new musical theatre composers within the Maestra […]

A Beginner’s Guide to Writing A Musical During Grad School In A Pandemic

Musical theatre is full of collaboration, and our ever-present collaborator is our circumstances. Our circumstances are the foundation from which we can be creative.

The Life of a Broadway Sub

We talked to several talented musicians who have worked as “subs” – filling in for the chairholders playing in the pits of Broadway musicals. How do they do what they do? Learn more about the life of a Broadway sub!

Raising the Baton: How Dr. Joyce Brown Became a Pioneering Broadway Maestra

We are reminded of musical prodigy Dr. Joyce Brown, who went on to become Broadway’s first African-American female musical conductor of a show beginning its opening night.