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Be prepared for one thing, if nothing else: being a music director (or producer or choreographer) for a show, will disrupt your life, your relationships, your career (assuming you have a separate one), your social life, probably your sex life (assuming you have one), your diet, probably your driving skills and just about anything else [...]

The short answer is: yes to both.
Having gone back and forth over that decision for five months, and having ended up doing both, I can now see that — assuming you have reasonable keyboard skills – it’s the only way.
Basically, we didn’t have budget to pay anyone, and this is firmly the most preposterous thing [...]

They’re a queer breed, make no mistake, but one that I am extremely fond of, not to mention hugely respectful.
If you come to music theatre from a classical training — and let’s face it, if you’re up to MDing West Side Story then you must do — the approach of theatre singers can be quite [...]

I’ve lost count of the number of times I take up a new project with the intention of setting up a dedicated blog to record my experiences — be it starting out freelance, designing an Intranet (still hoping to do this one actually!), running a marathon or music directing (MD-ing) a stage show – but [...]