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It's spring and that means it's busy season again. Four kids, three in two different plays, two in soccer, four in music, two in swimming and 1 in dance! Kind of crazy, but it's so fun to see them excel and have fun after an extracurricularless winter!

Timmy, my 9yr., once told me "Mom, I'm a sports guy, not a play guy." But ever since he auditioned for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, he's been bitten by the stage bug. This spring he'll be Michael in Peter Pan and even I was surprised by… Continue

I'll be interviewing the lead actress and one of the producers of this film at ICRS. Plus, I'll be going to a special media dinner and screening. Exciting stuff! Make sure you see it when it comes to a theatre near you!

My kids were going to take a break and I wasn't pushing them to audition even though I thought the Jungle Book would be a great play for them. Actually, I was relieved they weren't auditioning. I knew if they made it practices would be M/T/Thurs. from 7 - 9 pm. And we still have three weeks of school left.

Then we got a call from the director encouraging them to audition. I have to admit, I got more excited then they did. My oldest (13) still said he wanted to take a break but really liked work… Continue

I haven't written much on my blog about my son's roles in the Music Man because I really don't know much about what's going on. What I do know is that I'm truly proud of my little "Winthrop" and my "Quartet singer." Because of their experience (and talent) they are doing exceptional and getting all kinds of compliments, but they are nervous because they don't think this school production is ready. They are used to having run through the show dozens of times before opening night. That's not the c… Continue

My boys (10 &13) auditioned for the Music Man last week. Before auditions we rented the movie and I proclaimed that Joey (10) would make a great Winthrop and Chris (13) would be a great quartet singer. But Chris wasn't interested in that part. He wanted to be Tommy, the town trouble maker.

After auditions (everyone who auditions is in the cast, but not everyone gets a lead role) Joey made call backs and Chris didn't. He was a little disappointed but he new the older kids would be ca… Continue