St. Joe’s

I attended Friday evening a delightful, fast-as-lightning performance of Ahrens & Flaherty’s Seussical at St. Joseph’s Academy. My voice students Taylor and Will were in primary roles — Will as Horton, and Taylor as Mayzie LaBird. A good time was had by all. Jeffrey Richard Carter Studios LLC

Seussical

Break a leg to Taylor and Will, college-bound seniors! Jeffrey Richard Carter Studios LLC

Opening night

I am not usually at opening night of a show at The Muny, simply because my season tickets are on Sunday. For the first and last shows of the season, that means closing night. For at least four other shows, that usually means somewhere in the run. But with my trip this week, I found

Taylor and Will

High school musical theatre season continues tonight with Taylor as Narrator and Will as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at St. Joseph’s Academy. I’m truly proud of these two juniors! Jeffrey Richard Carter Studios LLC

More moments

The weekend was full of more proud teacher moments. I couldn’t make the Kirkwood High School pop/Broadway review because I was double-booked and had committed to a theatrical at Burroughs first, but here’s proof that high school senior George Gansner is star quality: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0LeNcQ6w2MMaYsdsMHA5UtKD2q9GEwfy7wZjTHQo1CJyntmqD1bStzvm4hxavmsaWl&id=100006944199995 He loves Betsy, and he loves this song. Meanwhile, at John

Studio news

Well, it’s been a BIG week in Jeffrey Richard Carter Studios LLC news . . . . . Spencer Donovan Jones has booked his first Broadway show, almost five months to the day after moving to NYC. And in a starry cast, at that! Spencer may no longer be directly my student, but he calls