Performing Musicals - April, 2008

Published: April 30, 2008, 4:01 p.m.

Actors Roger Bart (Young Frankenstein and Tony winner for the 1999 revival of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown), Brian d'Arcy James (Next To Normal), Priscilla Lopez (In The Heights and Tony winner for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine) and Sherie Rene Scott (The Little Mermaid) -- collectively veterans of more than 30 Broadway and off-Broadway musicals -- talk about the differences between performing in musicals and straight plays; acting techniques and voice training; how they prepare for a performance; dealing with the ""triple threat"" of acting, singing and dancing; balancing their lives on and off stage and their opinions on today's new composers.