Call-Back with Geoffrey Short: Show Notes from the latest Call-Back Podcast Episode #100

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Show Notes from the latest Call-Back Podcast Episode #100

The podcast can be found at www.geoffshort.libsyn.com or by searching iTunes for Call-Back with Geoffrey Short.

Hello! Thanks for downloading. It's been a long time since the last audio podcast episode of Call-Back. The show evolved into a video theatre documentary series airing locally here in Cleveland Monday nights at 10:30p on Cox cable channel 45. But podcasting is so important and it's great to be back!

In this episode:
We talk about musical revues. I was just in one - The World Goes Round - the music of Kander and Ebb at Brecksville Theatre on the Square (www.btots.org) in Brecksville, Ohio and I will be directing another this summers - Some Enchanted Evening - the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein at Huntington Playhouse in Bay Village, Ohio (www.huntingtonplayhouse.com). This prompted the question - "how do you stage a musical revue? Does the lack of a structured book thrill you or scare you? How much creative flexibility can you have with a revue? Do you approach it as sort of a staged concert or with more plot structure? I personally love the freedom a revue gives you and for someone who is so focused on music in all its forms as I am, I think they give us great new ways to present wonderful music.
Speaking of musical revues...in this episode we get a preview of Some Enchanted Evening (www.someenchantedevening.8k.com). This preview is also a video that is on the S.E.E. site as well as on YouTube. In it I discuss auditions, rehearsals, concepts, etc.
We also take a look at starting a "new" 30-year old theatre - The Cassidy Theatre in Parma Heights, Ohio. For 30 years this community theatre has been municipally owned and operated. In light of ever-increasing economic challenges a group of us got proactive and began the process of becoming a new non-profit, independent entity late last year. We formed a new board, wrote articles of incorporation and have been applying for various grants. This is not a unique situation and I would love to hear about similar experiences in your towns. The ups and downs of this adventure certainly provide enough drama for a show in and of itself!
Then we go behind the scenes of auditions for the upcoming CAMEO production of Thoroughly Modern Millie (www.cameo-medina.org) We'll be documenting this show on Call-Back and is the case with every show this is the first step! Enjoy!

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ABOUT GEOFF

Geoff produces and hosts the video series "CALL-BACK", focused on local community theatre.

Geoff is also the producer of STAGES: Stories from the BW Music Theatre Program. "STAGES"is a documentary series that follows the stories of the students and teachers of the acclaimed Baldwin-Wallace College Music Theatre Program led by Victoria Bussert. STAGES gives viewers unprecedented access to this exclusive program that draws the very best talent from around the country to this small private college in Berea, Ohio (just southwest of Cleveland). Graduates of this program often go on to careers on Broadway. Learn more about Baldwin-Wallace College at www.bw.edu. See other theater video documentary series from Geoff Short at www.youtube.com/CallBackCleveland.

STAGES: Stories from the BW Music Theater Program

Geoff has spent his career in television, radio, print and online advertising, sales and marketing. He has been responsible for the local advertising, branding and promotions for some of the biggest companies in the country including Wal-Mart, The Cleveland Clinic and McDonald's.

Geoff has also spent a lifetime in the performing arts. He is a singer, actor, director and songwriter who has performed in musical theater, pop groups and other performing groups since he was 10 years old. He has written music for radio and television as well as the stage and his jingles and parodies have been heard frequently on Cleveland airwaves.

In 2013, Geoff Directed Jesus Christ Superstar at Brecksville Theatre on the Square. In 2010 Geoff directed Gypsy at Brecksville Theater on the Square. In the 2009 season Geoff Directed the musical City of Angels at Brecksville Theater on the Square and Oklahoma! at Huntington Playhouse. In 2008 Geoff directed the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revue Some Enchanted Evening at Huntington Playhouse in Bay Village, Ohio and Assassins with the Berea Grindstone Players at the Cassidy Theatre in Parma Heights, Ohio. Geoff also directed the musicals Violet and Dreamgirls both in 2007 and at the Cassidy Theatre. He has appeared in many area musical theater productions most recently in the musical revue The World Goes Round at Brecksville Theater on the Square. Other productions include Five Guys Named Moe (Big Moe, Beck Center) and Cassidy Theatre productions including Godspell, Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Ain't Misbehavin' ("Ken), Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Cats (Old Deuteronomy) and as The Voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. Geoff also appeared in the 2007 Cleveland Playhouse Club cabaret Motown! and in 2006 developed his own musical cabaret act for Playhouse Square’s Cleveland Cabaret Project.

Geoff is proud to have served for two years as the Board President of Cassidy Theatre, Inc. and also served on the board of the Cooperative Alliance of Medina Entertainment Organizations.

Geoff has been the co-host of the weekly on-air television segment Cheap Date at seen on WKYC TV3’s Good Company program and is also currently one of the lead singers for the band The Avenue.