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Finally, I can share:
I will be joining the all-new Beauty and the Beast national tour!!
Cities list and tickets will be HERE for anyone interested.
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I think most of you kind of knew about this already because it was so hard for me to keep my mouth shut haha.
I was offered the trombone chair way back in December!
Today a casting announcement went up, so it’s finally public :)
Australian promo video. The show premiered in the West End and is now in Australia through July.
This is an all-new edition: new costumes and new orchestrations!
I want to explain a little bit why this tour is different from others I’ve done.
Think about The Lion King.
It's both on Broadway in New York, and on tour.
The Lion King national tour has been running for 23 years.
(image courtesy London Theatre)
I don't expect BATB to run for THAT long.
But the schedule that I was handed goes at least to 2027.
It DEFINITELY has the potential to go for years more.
Additionally it's a union tour, produced and managed exclusively by Disney.
That is a higher production value--and pay scale--than any other tour I've ever been involved in.
And finally, if they like my work, there is so much potential to be called for even more Disney musical opportunities. On tour, internationally, AND on actual Broadway in New York City.
Hercules the Musical is currently opening in the West End.
There is a Tangled musical being written right now.
You know?
I promise, I am not just playing this up to be a big deal.
It IS a big deal, for any musician.
It is potentially life-changing for me.
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On one had, I am very intimidated and terrified.
Most of these people have never heard me play before.
What if I'm not good enough?
There is a layoff right away in Chicago in July.
They could easily replace me at that time if they don't care for my playing.
Of course I can't control that, and worrying about it accomplishes nothing.
To be asked to perform with a tour of this level is currently the biggest accomplishment of my entire musical career.
Terrified and worried about it as I may be, every day I remember:
They could have asked anyone. And they asked me.
And THAT has already been given, and cannot be taken away from me.
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Warning: at some point I'll probably write a really sappy navelgaze post about all the struggles and hardships, the experiences and relationships and connections, that ultimately got me to this point in my career. But for today, it's enough to say that I'm gonna get to play Beauty and the Beast!!
I will be joining the all-new Beauty and the Beast national tour!!
Cities list and tickets will be HERE for anyone interested.
--- --- --- --- ---
I think most of you kind of knew about this already because it was so hard for me to keep my mouth shut haha.
I was offered the trombone chair way back in December!
Today a casting announcement went up, so it’s finally public :)
Australian promo video. The show premiered in the West End and is now in Australia through July.
This is an all-new edition: new costumes and new orchestrations!
I want to explain a little bit why this tour is different from others I’ve done.
Think about The Lion King.
It's both on Broadway in New York, and on tour.
The Lion King national tour has been running for 23 years.
(image courtesy London Theatre)
I don't expect BATB to run for THAT long.
But the schedule that I was handed goes at least to 2027.
It DEFINITELY has the potential to go for years more.
Additionally it's a union tour, produced and managed exclusively by Disney.
That is a higher production value--and pay scale--than any other tour I've ever been involved in.
And finally, if they like my work, there is so much potential to be called for even more Disney musical opportunities. On tour, internationally, AND on actual Broadway in New York City.
Hercules the Musical is currently opening in the West End.
There is a Tangled musical being written right now.
You know?
I promise, I am not just playing this up to be a big deal.
It IS a big deal, for any musician.
It is potentially life-changing for me.
--- --- --- --- ---
On one had, I am very intimidated and terrified.
Most of these people have never heard me play before.
What if I'm not good enough?
There is a layoff right away in Chicago in July.
They could easily replace me at that time if they don't care for my playing.
Of course I can't control that, and worrying about it accomplishes nothing.
To be asked to perform with a tour of this level is currently the biggest accomplishment of my entire musical career.
Terrified and worried about it as I may be, every day I remember:
They could have asked anyone. And they asked me.
And THAT has already been given, and cannot be taken away from me.
--- --- --- --- ---
Warning: at some point I'll probably write a really sappy navelgaze post about all the struggles and hardships, the experiences and relationships and connections, that ultimately got me to this point in my career. But for today, it's enough to say that I'm gonna get to play Beauty and the Beast!!
