Irene on the Scene chats with Miranda Crispin, an American in Paris, about the English-language musical theatre scene in the city of lights.
Miranda Crispin is in actress, director, singer and musical theatre teacher. She has a masters degree in Music Theatre/Opera Performance from Arizona State University, and a B.F.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University. She studied French language at the Sorbonne and served as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to France. Miranda is performing this summer in the Parisian premiere of the musical Next Thing You Know. She is a co-founder and Artistic Director of the Paris-based organization American Musical Theatre Live!
Tell us about American Musical Theatre Live! Paris
Created in 2012, American Musical Theatre Live! Paris promotes international cultural exchange through master classes and Off-Broadway style productions in English featuring performers living in France. Past shows include the Parisian premieres of Edges by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, The Last Five Years and Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown. In Fall 2015, we’ll be reprising Next Thing You Know by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham. The show premiered in Paris summer 2015 to sold out crowds.
As an educational organization, we specialize in multidisciplinary and integrated musical theatre training, customized coaching for professional artists, as well as master classes led by our artists-in-residence from Broadway (such as Adam Kantor, Carmel Dean, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul) and the West End (such as David Gardiner). We also bring together performers at our monthly Broadway open mic where people share their musical talent, their compositions and their projects in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Tell us more about the monthly open mic.
The Broadway in Paris open mic takes place the first Monday each month, except during summer break (July and August). When the open mic was launched in 2012, it was the first of its kind in Paris. The idea is to open up the stage, in a fun and relaxed way, so that performers can present the musical theatre piece of their choice. Performers bring their sheet music and there is a professional pianist who sight reads to accompany the artists. During these evenings, you’ll see professionals who currently play in productions in France, students, as well as guests from Broadway or the West End.
You can stay up to date on the open mic and other events by following us on Twitter or Facebook.
Tell us about the upcoming production of the musical Next Thing You Know.
Next Thing You Know is the story of four New Yorkers as they laugh, love and drink their way through the big questions that face all young dreamers who wake up in the city that never sleeps. Does marrying a really nice guy mean you’re settling down or just settling? Does taking a nine-to-five equal giving up or growing up? Does a decade in the city break you down or break you in.
This contemporary musical play, which takes place primarily in a cozy neighborhood pub, blends New York cabaret style with British pub theatre. The audience follows the humorous and touching stories of four characters who are exploring professional and personal life decisions.
The Paris production of this contemporary musical blends New York cabaret style with British pub theatre at a site-specific location: the underground Parisian pub theatre at The Highlander, located in Paris’ Latin Quarter steps away from the Seine.
The show is performed in the original English language version.
The cast features an international, Paris based group of artists led by Tolgay Pekin (Turkey) and musical director Mathieu Becquerelle (France), Lauren Berkman (USA), Frédéric Brodard (Switzerland), Quentin Bruno (France/USA), Devon Graves (USA), Marion Préïté (France), Vinicious Timmerman (Belgium/Brésil) and myself (USA/France).
Tickets available at: BilletReduc
For more information visit: http://www.amtlive.org/ntyk
Miranda Crispin is in actress, director, singer and musical theatre teacher. She has a masters degree in Music Theatre/Opera Performance from Arizona State University, and a B.F.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University. She studied French language at the Sorbonne and served as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to France. Miranda is performing this summer in the Parisian premiere of the musical Next Thing You Know. She is a co-founder and Artistic Director of the Paris-based organization American Musical Theatre Live!
Tell us about American Musical Theatre Live! Paris
Created in 2012, American Musical Theatre Live! Paris promotes international cultural exchange through master classes and Off-Broadway style productions in English featuring performers living in France. Past shows include the Parisian premieres of Edges by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, The Last Five Years and Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown. In Fall 2015, we’ll be reprising Next Thing You Know by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham. The show premiered in Paris summer 2015 to sold out crowds.
As an educational organization, we specialize in multidisciplinary and integrated musical theatre training, customized coaching for professional artists, as well as master classes led by our artists-in-residence from Broadway (such as Adam Kantor, Carmel Dean, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul) and the West End (such as David Gardiner). We also bring together performers at our monthly Broadway open mic where people share their musical talent, their compositions and their projects in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Tell us more about the monthly open mic.
The Broadway in Paris open mic takes place the first Monday each month, except during summer break (July and August). When the open mic was launched in 2012, it was the first of its kind in Paris. The idea is to open up the stage, in a fun and relaxed way, so that performers can present the musical theatre piece of their choice. Performers bring their sheet music and there is a professional pianist who sight reads to accompany the artists. During these evenings, you’ll see professionals who currently play in productions in France, students, as well as guests from Broadway or the West End.
You can stay up to date on the open mic and other events by following us on Twitter or Facebook.
Tell us about the upcoming production of the musical Next Thing You Know.
Next Thing You Know is the story of four New Yorkers as they laugh, love and drink their way through the big questions that face all young dreamers who wake up in the city that never sleeps. Does marrying a really nice guy mean you’re settling down or just settling? Does taking a nine-to-five equal giving up or growing up? Does a decade in the city break you down or break you in.
This contemporary musical play, which takes place primarily in a cozy neighborhood pub, blends New York cabaret style with British pub theatre. The audience follows the humorous and touching stories of four characters who are exploring professional and personal life decisions.
The Paris production of this contemporary musical blends New York cabaret style with British pub theatre at a site-specific location: the underground Parisian pub theatre at The Highlander, located in Paris’ Latin Quarter steps away from the Seine.
The show is performed in the original English language version.
The cast features an international, Paris based group of artists led by Tolgay Pekin (Turkey) and musical director Mathieu Becquerelle (France), Lauren Berkman (USA), Frédéric Brodard (Switzerland), Quentin Bruno (France/USA), Devon Graves (USA), Marion Préïté (France), Vinicious Timmerman (Belgium/Brésil) and myself (USA/France).
Tickets available at: BilletReduc
For more information visit: http://www.amtlive.org/ntyk