Comments on: Report from Signature Open House

By: Jay Finkelstein

Jay Finkelstein — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:10:51 +0000

As Joel indicates, the Signature Open House was a fantastic, fun-filled event with great performances and lots of great interaction with Signature performers and staff. This event, which seems like it will now be annual, is a not-to-be missed theatrical highlight. Thanks Joel for such a great recap.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:04:41 +0000

Joel, great summary of Saturday’s events at Signature. I enjoyed everything I saw (and I tried to fit in everything). It was fun reading your summary and brought back the fun events of the day.

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By: Joel Markowitz

Joel Markowitz — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:43:25 +0000

I wish I could have seen everything Ted. I wanted to attend these two master classes, but as you know, you can’t be in two places at the same time. I’m glad you were there, and thank you for reporting to us about the clases. I am a huge Jane Pesci-Townsend fan. I keep meeting so many talented young actors who she has trained or mentored.They always have such kind things to say about her. Joel

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:05:22 +0000

Love the review. Joel, you are great. Something that you missed was the set of fantastic set of master classes that were given up in the Shen rehearsal room. To me, not only is the on-stage talent amazing, but just watching Eric at work in a master class shows you why he is one of DC’s best talents. The amount of improvement the singers showed after only 10 minutes of working with him, shows why he puts together such magnificent shows. And Jane Pesci-Townsend is also amazing at being able to improve singers with only a short amount of help.

What an amazing day and thanks to SIgnature for opening its doors o us in the public!

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:00:35 +0000

Hi Joel, You did an excellent report of the Signature Open House. The highlight of the show was Judy Simmons performance at the evening show on the Plaza; however, there was so much great talent there. Now I’m really looking forward to the full production of Glory Days next year. I’m hoping that the guy who sung the part of the character that sings “Driving” at the Fringe reading will be back to do the role. Oh yes, the other thing I enjoyed was the master class audition that Eric Schaeffer did. I learned so much about the process. p.s. Did you know that our Steve McKnight won a raffle prize? Congrats STeve!

By: StephenGregorySmith

StephenGregorySmith — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:18:32 +0000

Thanks, Joel…I am glad someone else knows of BUG besides me.
Thanks for coming out and supporting us yesterday, and I’m glad you had a great time!