Jeremy Crittenden's Blog
The capital city of Alberta just won’t leave me be! Not that I mind… I’ve always loved Edmonton. So the bad news from a few weeks back certainly has a flip side, which I mentioned on my twitter feed and facebook page recently. I’ve been accepted into the Citadel Theatre/Banff Centre Professional Development Program in [...]
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Do a search for a theatrical production happening in your city right now, and you’re likely to find quite a bit of stuff online. Photos, video clips, actor and director bios, etc. If the show is open and running, you’re also likely to find reviews from the newspapers and, in the last few years, from [...]
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It’s 10:00 am, I’m relaxing in my robe before the final two performances of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. My hair isn’t done, I have coffee breath and am generally un-presentable to the public at large. Perfect time to blog. For five months we’ve been spelling “acouchi” and “pheochromocytomata” for thousands of theatre-goers [...]
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I made it official on my Twitter feed today, so I thought I should maybe add a little post about leaving the company of [title of show]. To sum it up very bluntly, it’s really shitty. The company Mike Mackenzie and Sara-Jeanne Hosie have created is truly an amazing one that will blow the sox [...]
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I asked an interesting question in the dressing room recently, which started a very interesting discussion on musicals, changing tastes and whether Broadway’s biggest stars of yesterday would have their incredible careers today. “So, Ethel Merman,” I said, “do you think she’d be as big a star if she came along today?” I immediately answered [...]
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There has been a really interesting dialogue going on recently, mainly regarding the “sharing” of music on the internet. “Hey Jeremy. This is so old.” I know, but there is something brand new about this debate, at least from where I sit. Jason Robert Brown, an incredible composer and equally talented as a singer, has [...]
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Hey there summer, thanks for showing up. You’re my favourite time of year and I was starting to fear you were considering abandoning your good friend, Critty. I’m glad you didnt. But I have a new problemo, and I’m hoping my fine blog readers and website visitors can help me out with it. I live [...]
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Photo shoots are just so much fun. Way more so as an adult than they are when you’re a kid doing those lame family photos. I wish I had some of those classic shots here in Vancouver to show you… there is one where I’m sporting a red bow tie and red suspenders over a [...]
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Here’s another subject I’m somewhat reluctant to blog too much about, but what the heck? What could go wrong?! This last week was a busy one with packed houses for Spelling Bee and getting ready for two auditions. I won’t say what either was for, cuz I don’t really want to jinx anything, but I’d [...]
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Critics, directors, colleagues and many others will be coming to see the opening night performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Granville Island Stage tonight, a guaranteed full house. It’s the single performance that many of the newspaper writers and bloggers will base their opinions upon. Stressful. For most, when you [...]
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