What makes a convincing and moving performance of a song in musical theatre? Many singers seem to think this is about the perfect studio produced sound or some sort of vocal athletics that means you need a four octave range and use of your whistle register. They want to sing songs that are about topics that they don't and often can't realistically connect with because their favourite star is singing it. They don't know that the words and telling the story are the most impor

Not everything about no international travel has been bad. Many more conferences have moved to being virtual so that I can now study from my sofa. This week I am virtually attending the Broadway Teachers Workshop. This is their 20th year and the conference was amended so that the focus would be on teaching the arts remotely. The shift to teaching and rehearsing online has been difficult and having the opportunity to find ways to do this so that sparks creativity is very we