Working with Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Kristin! Advice?

Hi friends! I'm new to the boards here, but I thought this would be a good place to post a question I have.

This weekend I'm singing backup for Kristin Chenoweth in concert! I'm very excited. Her music director is the one and only Mary-Mitchell Campbell, and I'm so excited to work with her! I just graduated with my acting degree and in all honesty, I'm chomping at the bit to meet MMC and hopefully connect with her. Obviously she's a big deal of a pro but she also seems like a genuinely cool person!! My question is basically: How does one talk to a Broadway music director and make a good impression so that they might remember you! I'm hoping to move to NY soon so I thought maybe to ask her for advice, or about her recent projects, or just chit-chat! I'm not the most eloquent when it comes to "networking" (the word itself is so cold...) so any advice is super appreciated! I wasn't sure if this fit better here or on the student board but I put it here because I thought you guys would enjoy it, and I'm also no longer a student! :P

Updated On: 5/18/16 at 08:57 PM

I chatted with her when she did Finding Neverland in Cambridge, and I was just an audience member. She's nice. Be professional and calm, don't be fannish, and you'll be fine.

Let your work speak for itself, period. Be on time, know your stuff, and do what is asked of you - that's how you get remembered. MMC is an awesome chick but she does a million of these things and there won't really be hours of time for you to kick back and shoot the breeze - you'll be working, she'll be working. If you want to send her a nice thank you email after the event, cool. But you gotta play it cool, don't come across as desperate, or as if you're expecting her to "put you on".

Having worked with both of them, I can say you will never work with more lovely, brilliant, talented people in your life! You've hit the niceness jackpot.



Performing on Broadway is way easier than regional or amateur in a lot of ways, actually. You're working with people at the top of their game, who know exactly what they're doing.