5-Star Theatricals

Join us for this week's THEATRICAL THURSDAY!

Thursday, May 28th 4:00-6:00pm PDT: CELEBRATING 5-STAR'S 2017 OVATION-NOMINATED PRODUCTION OF SISTER ACT!

4:00-5:00pm Incredible choreographer, MICHELLE ELKIN leads a dance class teaching choreography from 5-Star's production!

5:15-6:00pm Join the creative team and cast members of our production in a reunion and discussion the show and the current state of theater!

Zoom link for all events:
https://zoom.us/j/94561699474?pwd=dmg5TjRQdVdCNW9pakZKaHR4OW9tdz09
Meeting ID: 945 6169 9474
Password: 5StarZoom

Michelle Elkin has served as Choreographer for Sutton Foster and Jonathon Groff Live At Lincoln Center for PBS, the tv series Younger, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Young Sheldon with Jason Alexander. She was seen on Netflix as a co star in Gilmore Girls “Winter”. She also choreographed the tv show Me and My Grandma with Rhea Perlman, as well as a Southwest Airlines web spot. Select Theater credits include Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Broadway World Awards Nominee) Sister Act The musical (Broadway World Awards Nominee, Scenie Award), a piece for the NSO Pops Opening at Kennedy Center and “Children Of Eden” (Broadway World Awards Nominee). She also created musical numbers featuring Sutton Foster and special guest Joshua Henry for the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center, the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and the Houston Symphony at Jones Hall. She has also lent her choreographic talents to the hit ABC Family show, Baby Daddy, a TNT pilot titled “Dawn” directed by Sam Raimi as well as a production of Little Shop Of Horrors in Tampa, FL, the feature films Wild Hogs and What Just Happened, as well as Emmy award winning television shows, Boston Legal, Weeds, Lifetime’s reality show “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, Warren The Ape on MTV, Marvin, Marvin on Nickelodeon, as well as the tap sequences in ABC Family's Bunheads. She made her professional debut at the age of 8 in the movie musical “Annie”. Since then, she continued to work in numerous film, television, commercial, and theater projects as a dancer and assistant choreographer such as Bunheads, Boston Legal, Joan Of Arcadia, Boston Public, Ally McBeal, Charmed, American Idol, the tv series Fame LA, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That 70’s Show, Tracey Takes On, The Country Bears, Batman and Robin, Austin Powers I-III, A Time For Dancing, and Elizabethtown. She was the Associate Choreographer for the films, Semi-Pro, Tropic Thunder, 10 Things I Hate About You, Cinderelmo, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, 13 Going on 30, Starsky and Hutch, tv series Viva Laughlin, Dancing With The Stars, the musical, Sister Act at Pasadena Playhouse, as well as the 58th Emmy Awards with Conan O’ Brien, the 63rd Emmy Awards with Jane Lynch and 81st Academy Awards with Hugh Jackman. Michelle was also the Associate Choreographer of the Broadway show, Wonderland at the Marriott Marquis Theater.

Www.michelleelkin.com
Instagram: @michelleelkin

Join us in a few hours for MAINSTAGE MONDAY’s Masterclass!!

5-STAR CONTINUES IT'S FREE AT-HOME SERIES!
You can join all of these events at the following Zoom link:
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Monday, May 25th
5-7 PM

Join musical director, DAN REDFELD, and 5-Star's Casting Director, TAL FOX, in a FREE MUSICAL THEATER TECHNIQUE MASTER CLASS!

Come prepared with a memorized short musical theater song (under 3 minutes) and an accompaniment track on another device. Performers will be chosen at random during the class.

DAN REDFELD's credits include...
Music Director: It Shoulda Been You (Musical Theatre Guild), Bright Star, Beauty & the Beast (Susan Egan), The Who's Tommy (Alice Ripley), Chess (Susan Egan/Matt Morrison), My Fair Lady (Jonathan Pryce, assistant MD), Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, Peter Pan, Evita, Guys & Dolls, Into the Woods, and dozens more. Conductor for LA Opera's Educom since 2003.
Composer: A Hopeful Place, Arioso for Oboe, Percussion & Strings, January 15, 1947 for Solo Harp, Fnatasy for Violin & Piano, Travels for Piano Quartet and Dance Sketches
Twenty-five film scores including the award-winning Clinic E and film noir Moustache.
Additional information at www.danredfeld.com

Join us TODAY, May 21st from 4-6pm PST for our very first "At Home" Series THEATRICAL THURSDAY!

4pm-5:10pm: DANCE CLASS with Broadway's Katherine Tokarz (Broadway: Wicked, Rock of Ages, A Chorus Line. TV: The Neighbors, Christmas Story Live...)

Katherine will be leading an all-levels class for all ages!

5:15pm-6pm: Conversation with Talent Agents Todd Eskins (ATB Talent) and Nicole Pryor Dernersesian (Firestarter Entertainment)!

Join us for a Q&A with Owners/Agents of these great LA-based agencies. Both Todd and Nicole's agencies represent actors for tv/film, theater, and commercials. Come pick their brains!

ZOOM LINK FOR ALL SESSIONS IS AS FOLLOWS. CLASSES CAP AT 100 attendees:
https://zoom.us/j/94561699474?pwd=dmg5TjRQdVdCNW9pakZKaHR4OW9tdz09

Meeting ID: 945 6169 9474
Password: 5StarZoom

Join us this Thursday, May 21st from 4-6pm PST for our very first "At Home" Series THEATRICAL THURSDAY!

4pm-5:10pm: DANCE CLASS with Broadway's Katherine Tokarz (Broadway: Wicked, Rock of Ages, A Chorus Line. TV: The Neighbors, Christmas Story Live...)

Katherine will be leading an all-levels class for all ages!

5:15pm-6pm: Conversation with Talent Agents Todd Eskins (ATB Talent) and Nicole Pryor Dernersesian (Firestarter Entertainment)!

Join us for a Q&A with Owners/Agents of these great LA-based agencies. Both Todd and Nicole's agencies represent actors for tv/film, theater, and commercials. Come pick their brains!

ZOOM LINK FOR ALL SESSIONS IS AS FOLLOWS. CLASSES CAP AT 100 attendees:
https://zoom.us/j/94561699474?pwd=dmg5TjRQdVdCNW9pakZKaHR4OW9tdz09

Meeting ID: 945 6169 9474
Password: 5StarZoom

Join us TODAY for our first MAINSTAGE MONDAY Masterclass!⁣⁣
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May 18th 5-7 pm⁣⁣
Masterclass with Director, Larry Raben, led by 5-Star Casting Director, Tal Fox. Are you looking to work on your skills and get feedback from the people behind the scenes?⁣⁣
Come prepared to sing with accompaniment on a separate device, or a memorized monologue (material under 3 minutes). You may be chosen to perform for feedback for Director Larry Raben! You are also welcome to attend and observe, as you will gain loads of insight by watching your fellow actors work through their material. ⁣⁣
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TODAY’S ZOOM INFO (CLASSES CAP AT 100 attendees):⁣⁣
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Meeting ID: 945 6169 9474⁣⁣
Password: 5StarZoom⁣⁣
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At 5-Star, Larry has directed The Music Man, West Side Story, The Little Mermaid and Singin’ In The Rain for which he won the LA Ovation Best Direction Award. He directed the world premiere of Tony winner Joe DiPietro’s Falling For Eve Off-Broadway at The York Theatre. Recents: Murder On The Orient Express (Gateway Playhouse), Jersey Boys (Phoenix Theatre Company), Buyer & Cellar (Laguna Playhouse), Kinky Boots (Gateway Playhouse), Greater Tuna (Coyote StageWorks), Catch Me If You Can (MTW/Moonlight), Young Frankenstein (SDMT-Craig Noel-nom) Cabaret (Gateway Playhouse), Mamma Mia (Ogunquit Playhouse/Welk), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Ogunquit Playhouse-IRNE nom), Newsies (Moonlight ), Tru (CSW, Invisible Theatre Company), Sunset Blvd., Titanic (Moonlight), 7 Brides For 7 Brothers (MTWichita), The Producers, Cinderella (Gateway Playhouse), Plaid Tidings (Walnut Street Theatre),Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Never Gonna Dance , The Thing About Men (MTW), Addams Family, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Performance Riverside), When You Wish, Love Makes The World Go Round (Phoenix Theatre Company), A Christmas Carol, Meet Me In St. Louis, Always Patsy Cline (Welk), Sweet Charity in Buenos Aires (Ace nomination). He is the Artistic Director of The Welk Resort Theatre and author of the children’s book, Ibby Makes A Wish.

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