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Beyond The Binary with Turner Riley

Is anyone headed out to see this show?  I am excited about it. 

The Green Room 42 has announced a one-night-only event, Turner Riley: Beyond the Binary, Starring Turner Riley (NYC: Rathskeller, Tours: Camelot, Ragtime, Sound of Music) and featuring Marla Alpert (Tours: Jekyll and Hyde, Ragtime), Jarvis Derrell (VH1: Jarvis in the Elevator, NYC: Sunday Service, Creator of @shehashadit), Sabrina Fosse (NYC: The Shoebox, The Hello Girls), Cooper Howell (Frozen Live, Off-Way: Emojiland, Spamilton), Raye Lederman (Tours: Seussical; Disney Cruise Line: Tangled, Beauty and the Beast; FringeNYC), Jade Litaker (NYC:Rathskeller, Regional: Rent, BARE: A Pop Opera), Ella Mora (New York Theatre Workshop, Hartford Stage Co., Williamstown Theatre Festival, Forestburgh Playhouse, Intiman Theatre Co., The Tank, 24 Hour Plays), Jordyn Norkey (Tours: Sound of Music; Question One-Workshop), THE snon SHEYZE (NYC: Rathskeller), Jax Terry (NYC: Playwright's Realm, Theatre Row, NYMF, FringeNYC, Pipeline, Joe Iconis Xmas), and Jace 'n Ziev (Original Cast of The Naked Truth Musical, Kory).

"We are at a time when trans theatre is absolutely necessary in our community," says Turner. "Representation leads to less stigmatization and less violence towards our trans siblings. Beyond just necessity, I am so excited to show just how divine and excellent trans theatre can be, and show that everyone in the audience, no matter their experience or how they identify, will be able to have an emotional reaction to our show. I am absolutely thrilled to share all of the hard work we put in and I am so thankful to Green Room 42 for the opportunity."

Would we really hear through your mic if you were peeing?!

 

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Yes oh yes you would hear.  And if by some miracle you didn't hear I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD HEAR THE PERSON WASH THEIR HANDS.    Lucky for us, we have not had these type of issues in our show, but there have been stories about mics being "open" at the wrong time and the audiences hearing things they maybe did not want to hear.  I will admit, I find them hilarious when you catch them.  Or when you are backstage and your cast mate runs over to say "dude your mic is on"  WHOOPS!!!

ps: MOM, see I actually replied to a message here.   Hope this makes you happy.  LOL!

This show has been on my radar for a while and now it is happening.  I put it out in the universe that I wanna be a part of this or at least be able to enjoy it from the audience.   Acapella music (if done well) can be pretty darn amazing...    Lets see what happens....

Email me. Arbender.robinson@gmail.com.  i have the score.   My show shuffle along starts soon but o can send it to ya after

Audra was on, although she doesn't do wed or sat matinees. Billy was out, bur Arbender was on and was really great.

ahh thanks so much Depaultheatrekid.   Billy makes for some large shoes to fill.  Glad to know that someone saw me in the show and said i was " really great"   you just made my day     Thanks...

I work in Theatre, Broadway mostly, actor.  Well for the last 13 years or so it has been on Broadway.  I come here from time to time to read whats going on.  Not so much for the reviews but instead I love to read the commentary on topics, events and some performances.  I truly find some of the arguments to be amusing, So I admit I come here at least once a week and scroll through.

Ah, I had a feeling this would happen once I heard the broadcast.  I am the kid that used the term.  Arbender Robinson.  Indeed probably not the best choice of words.   I just wanted to express my love of the audition process, my need to always audition for any and every project that interests me.  that process seems to work for me and unlike many people that find the audition process to be stressful, I instead find such joy and pleasure in that process.

Very interesting question.  Let me start by saying I have made most of my professional career by performing on Broadway and I still do so now.   I also worked on Cruise Ships as well.   IN the end, it all depend son what you want you career to be and how you want it to look.  I liked cruise ship work because I got a chance to see some really cool places, I worked on my performance skill and i made a ton of money with no expenses.   These were important to me because the option of being a starving artist with 2 day jobs to make ends meet made no sense to me.

By the time i came to NYC i knew how to command a stage more so than ever before, i could go into an audition room, immediately feel the vibe of the room and deliver a stellar audition and book the show.  I do owe a ton of those skills to my cruise ship work.  I also met a ton of people (other performers) that came on he cruise to work as well.  Those connections helped as well.

My philosophy is this:   every job has to fulfill three categories in my life before i take it.   1. it must do something for my pocket book   2.  i must have something to learn from the process  3.  i must have some personal connection to the idea, the show, or the experience

if i can answer 2 of these statements very well then i will do the gig.  It has worked for me so far and wores for MOST of my students as well...  in the end the decision is yours, the journey is yours

Hope that helps.http://ibdb.com/Person/View/502551

Lucky for you that you are an alto.  Try Johnny One Note.  And when you sing the song be a little annoyed or duty so that you have a fun character singing the song.    I posted cool audition songs all the time on my audition blog as well.   Www.bookthegig.wordpress.com