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JEWISH WISDOM

On Passover we
Opened the door for Elijah
Now  our dog is gone.

Jewish Buddhism:
If there is no self,
Whose arthritis is this?

Beyond Valium,
Peace is knowing one’s child
Is an internist.

After the warm rain
The sweet smell of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?

Her lips near my ear,
Aunt Sadie whispers the name
Of  her friend’s disease.

Today I am a man
Tomorrow I will return
To the seventh grade

Testing the warm milk
On her wrist, she sighs softly
But her son is forty.

The sparkling blue sea
Reminds me to wait an hour
After my sandwich.

Jews on safari —
Map, compass, elephant gun,
Hard sucking candies.

The same kimono
The top geishas are wearing:
I got it at Loehmann’s.

Mom, please!
There is no Need
to put that dinner roll  In your pocketbook.

Sorry I’m not home To take your call.
At the tone
Please state your bad news.

Is one Nobel Prize
So  much to ask from a child
After all I’ve done?

Today, mild shvitzing.
Tomorrow, so hot you’ll plotz
Five day forecast

Quietly murmured
At Saturday Synagogue services,
Phillies 5, Red Sox 3.

Be here now.
Be someplace else later.
Is that so complicated?

Drink tea and nourish life; With the first sip, joy;
With the second sip, satisfaction;
With the third sip, peace;
With the fourth, a Danish.

Wherever you go,
there you are.
Your luggage is another story.

Accept misfortune as a blessing.
Do not wish for perfect health, or a life without problems.
What would you talk about?

The journey
of a thousand miles
Begins with a single Oy.
Zen is not easy.
It takes effort to attain nothingness.
And then what do you have?
Bupkis.

The Tao does not speak.
The Tao does not blame.
The Tao does not take sides.
The Tao has no expectations.
The Tao demands nothing of others
The Tao is not Jewish.

Breathe in, Breathe out.
Forget this and attaining Enlightenment
will Be the least of your problems.

Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers.
Each flower blossoms ten thousand times.
Each blossom has ten thousand petals.
You might want to see a specialist

Be aware of your body.
Be aware of your perceptions.
Keep in mind that not every physical
Sensation is a symptom of a terminal illness.

The Torah says, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Buddha says there is no self.
So, maybe we’re off the hoo

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Errol Daniel Rappaport

March 28, 1944 – June 13, 2025

Errol Daniel Rappaport passed away on June 13, 2025, at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City. He was 81.

Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 28, 1944, Errol lived a full, dynamic life. He worked in public relations in Los Angeles and Acapulco, later becoming a television and music producer in New York City. He also contributed regularly to Black Tie Magazine and Wonderama Television. A passionate philanthropist. Errol was widely known as the “Goodwill Ambassador” — a role he lived every day by connecting people from all walks of life. Gregarious, funny, with dashing movie star looks He made everyone feel connected. His motto was, “ My reality is most people’s fantasy.” Errol was the epitome of positive energy, life and love.

He served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam and worked closely with legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg as his assistant. His sense of style — including bright orange Iris Apfel glasses, slicked back hair, and a rotating collection of scarves — made him instantly recognizable wherever he went.

The son of fashion designers David and Frances Rappaport., Damon and Francesca of Damon were featured in major department stores and boutiques nationally. The couple lived for decades in their iconic penthouse at 200 Central Park South.

When their health began to decline, Errol returned from Los Angeles to New York to care for them. After his father’s passing, Errol continued to support his mother until she was placed under guardianship. Errol’s fight to protect her and others caught in similar situations is chronicled in Diane Dimond’s book, We’re Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong.

Errol co-founded QuinntEssential Productions with his partner and best friend, Quinn Lemley. The two created the talk show Secrets of the Stage on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Black Tie Magazine, and Spotify, and produced the big band album Remembering Rita, which will be released this Fall.

He is survived by his brothers, Michael and Richard Rappaport, and his godson, Jorel Roth.

Donations in Errol’s memory may be made to the National Meningitis Association., which has now merged with, and is https://www.immunize.org/donate/  based in Florida.

A Celebration of Life service will be announced

Errol Rappaport will be remembered for his zest for life, positivity, and unwavering love for his friends.

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Listen to “Many Mini Miami Meet-Ups Go Global” on Spreaker.

by Cristiane Roget, Sr. Correspondent – AdAvenueGroup – Forbes – France.

Miami/FL Join Compact Modular Eco Homes – Co-Modeco.com EatUp Events – @EatUp.events and MiaPods in celebration of World Rainforest Day – Int’l Day of the Tropics – Make Music Miami – Fete de la Musique with global pop-up gatherings sanctioned by the United Nations to be Streamed live to a Million ‘friends’ and opt in unique ‘subscribers’.

If you are unable to attend the Many Mini Gatherings are to be LIVE STREAMED:
Sunday- June 21 4pm + 11pm -Art-Appatha and The New Yorker Boutique Hotel
Monday- June 22 4pm + 11pm Center For Sub Tropical Affairs- Brickell Restaurants
Sunday – June 28 11am to 3pm Mia Pods – joins Co-Modeco.com – Pompano Beach

June 21- Sunday-Allapattah Historic Neighborhood
1pm-4pm
“Art-Appattah” NW 28th Street & NW 7th Avenue (next to Las Rosas) 33127
Iris Tattoo Art Mural Debut -A Verdant Jungle w Endangered Species
Nature Walk About – Neighborhood Cleanup -Scavenger Hunt –
New Yorker Cafe with Complimentary Patisserie by Master Baker- Johann Tremor
r.s.v.p. eat@artbasil.org

7pm -11:30pm (After Party)
the New Yorker Hotel 6500 Biscayne Blvd – MiMo 33138
La Fete de Musique Continues
Piece de Resistance mini Film Festival ‘Films So Real They Feel Like a Revolution’
by Giamarco Allesandri – Sine Qua Non Film -London
Music Performances – Celebrated DJ’s
Featured DJ:DJ GNO @gnouniverse

Sponsored Signature Cocktails by Hendricks Gin and Grant & Williams Pass Around “Amuse Bouche” by Master Baker Johann Tremor. Gourmet Coffee Service by ‘Oro’ de Puerto Rico, “taste the Sunshine”. $10 donation – 501c3 -RSVP a must – emailme@douglashardin.com or info@co-modeco.com

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June 22 – Monday -The Center For SubTropical Affairs -Ironside
https://thenewtropic.com/miami-center-subtropical-affairs/
11am to 4pm. The Center for Subtropical Affairs 7145 NW 1st Ct, Miami, FL 33150
“A meander through a secret garden does the body & soul good”
Join the conversation :
University of Miami (RSMAS)
Miami On Sight Sustainable Fashion –
Jennife Sclafani – New Life Institute & Sustainable Trunk Show
Akyumen Industries (AI – ‘Phones From the Future’
Aalto HyperBaric Oxygen Clinic- Breathe with Derrick Miles
Optimal Health & Wellness – Nutritional Logevity – New Life Institute.
Dr Tina Miranda- The importance of Tele Medicine
Green Growers – Unforgettable Events – Unparraelled Space.
In A PC World How to Endure – Adabt – Evolve
http://www.cstamiami.org

5PM – 7:30PM
Walk & Grub & EatUp.events – ArtBasil.org
Brickell area Participating Restaurants & Eateries
Delectable – Delightful- Dig in
IG: @eatup.events
https://www.walkandgrub.com
Ride Public Transportation it is FREE!

Production for the entire program is being provided by South Florida’s top drawer studios that include Novavillan on Twitch TV – PAPERWATER – Half Full – Dev Knight – David Amadi -JB Productions – Eddie estevez – Armando mesa and sound stylist Dante. Good News Broadcast is Media Partner- Commemorating International Day of Peace. Watch for their award winning replay live on
Tune in 10PM EST June 21-22-28
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June 28-29 Sunday & Monday 11AM – 3PM Each day
BY INVITATION ONLY – Champagne Press Reception –
The World’s first ‘Home Store’! 9 Showmodels –
Imagined Living for the 21st Century
Compact Modular Eco Homes on Display
Pompano Beach- Fl 33069 – RSVP a Must -310-220-9118

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Press & Media Relations

C. Roget
Co-Founder
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co-modeco.com
310-220-9118
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Production –
Creative Director
D. Hardin

@eatup.events
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TIMES SO REAL , THEY FEEL LIKE A REVOLUTION
In The Aftermath Of B.C. * Environmental Activists Re – Build P.C. * Relations , Advocacy and Health Intelligence – to the Beat of Our Times- Sunday June 21 – Monday – June 22 & Sunday – June 28

* BC before covid
*PC post covid

by Sr. Correspondent Cristiane Roget , AdAvenueGroup/Forbes France

Miami, Fl/ What better way to move on from the three-month global “time out” than celebrating World Rainforest Day, International Day of the Tropics and Make Music Miami in association with Fete de la Musique ?
PRODUCERS – PARTICIPANTS Book ended between the third and fourth week in June, EatUp.events Inc., ReallyCoolLandscapes, MiaPods of Pompano Beach and Compact Modular Eco Homes (Co-Modeco) are joined by social networks and community activists to meet the new needs of those around them with a Jungle and endangered species Iris Artist Mural ‘Reveal’.
Sunday June 21 – Pass by from 1pm to 4pm in the Las Rosas – Co-Modeco – Laguna – Daily’s Plaza on NW 28th Street & NW 7th Avenue. Art-Appatah Mural Debut by Iris Tattoo –
Many mutual aid groups have sprung up for three day’s of Mini Many Gatherings to Be Stream Live to A Million More. With the specter of unemployment and escalating availability of health care and affordable sustainable housing ad hoc groups have formed to help build a better planet for all.
EatUp Events, ArtBasil, Iris Tattoo Artists, Chef Johann Tremore of the New Yorker Boutique Hotel and Pastisserie , Walk & Grub, the Pacific Rim Business Council , PaperWater Productions an ad hoc collective of ‘creatives’ are producing throughout the Southland ‘Many Mini Meet & Greets’.
Organizers have volunteered to provide marketing, press and promotion for independently owned businesses and sole proprietors who are facing an insecure and challenging future.
The media campaign and Many Mini Meet & Greets were underwritten, in part, by the ‘phone from the future’ Akyumen Industries (AI) smart phone + high intensity projector combo. Guests are also celebrating the Grand Opening of Aalto HyperBaric Oxygen Clinic’s in Beverly Hills/Century City with an established and life changing destination in Margate. 1-888-303-HBOT (4268) www.aaltohyperbaric.com

“The schedule is fluid as this city wide collaboration grows and evolves almost daily. Though all inclusive gatherings, guests must adhere to physical distancing protocols”, says respected impresario, producer and performing artist Douglas Quartese – Hardin. “The Guest lists, with regrets , must be strictly adhered with caution is still de rigueur. On that note we are not completely checking out on Life under a cloud of gloom, doom and imposed isolation”.
MEDIA MEDIA PARTNERS Mini Many Gatherings is slated to coincide with a global launch of Akyumen smart phones with an evolutionary projector feature. according to Aasim Saied, tech guru and founder of Akyumen, “In a time when society has become almost entirely dependent on digital output for social engagement and over 10 years in rigorous research and development, the fact that Akyumen’s proprietary technology is finally available for market is nothing short of prescient!” “Point Akyumen’s Projector Phone at any wall and project a movie with one click of button on high resolution.” “In a new era of physical distancing Akyumen’s real time visual assets elevates a high tech novelty into a welcome social imperative,” says Victor Roman an early adapter and financial wizard.
Mini Media Partners will reach millions with live streams on Twitch.tv/novavillan and VSN.network (https://www.vsnnetwork.com).
The Live Stream Link is: https://bit.ly/2zutyl4
NovaVillan the nom de plume of Nova Laura Villanueva who is currently authoring a book on ‘video game building’ and teaches AI and Robotics at some of New York’s most prestigious institutions of learning, Kim Calhoun of IBM TV will be one of many celebrated online hosts joined by Miriam Campos, 3rd in line for Maxim Magazine’s 2020 Cover Girl. Kenneth Springer of @IrisTattoo Art’s with 365 thousand “friends” are awaiting an invitation to view the live stream. Francois Huynh’s , Founder of AdAvenueGroup/Forbes France will be launching Many Mini press campaigns utilizing strategic alliances with Agility, Cision, Meltwater news aggrigators. AdAvenueGroup can boast 1.8 million news writers, influencers and bloggers on their downline. All this press and media visibility serves as a boom for sponsors, underwriters and partners who are reinventing themselves in a volatile and fluid economy.
Also jumping into the fray is spokes model Lisa Sussman. As a Woman of Achievement US Ambassador she is working on a local to global mission to create solutions in sustainable housing. Lisa will be covering “Many Mini Meet & Greets” as Editor in Chief of WOA Magazine and International Director of UCI Bahamas.
Says Kenneth Springer Founder of Iris Tattoo Art of Wynwood and Buenos Aires, “Even though each Many Mini Gathering adheres to the mandate of “distancing”, people are social beings and these events offer a welcome respite for pent up , shack wacky South Floridians”.
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AdAvenueGroup.com -Forbes
Co-Founder
VIPictures.com
co-modeco.com
310-220-9118
rogetlink@adavenuegroup,com

Production –
Creative Director
D. Hardin
@eatup.events
info@co-modeco.com
786-865-3978

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Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys and Niche Media CEO Jason BinncelebratedGotham Magazine’s Annual Gala and Alicia Keys’ March 2010Cover at Capitale on March 15, 2010.

The evening, presented by Bing, brought together New York’s elite to toast the cover of Gotham Magazine’s Spring Fashion Issue.Guests of the evening were treated to a performance by violinist Miri Ben-Ari and enjoyed dinner and speciality cocktails including Sapporo beer, as they dancedto the sounds of DJ Cassidy.Decor for the evening was created bySwank Productions.

Celebrities and guests included:Alicia Keys, Grammy Award Winner, Singer; Alessandra Ambrosio, Victoria Secret Model;Brianna Birtles, Gotham Publisher;Jason Binn, Niche Media CEO; Saffron Burrows, My Own Worst Enemy;Kelly Choi, Emmy Nominated Actor;Jeff Gordon,Nascardriver;Erin Lucas, The City;Julie Ordon, Victoria’s Secret Model;Reshma Shetty, Actress/ Singer;Peter Som,Fashion Designer; Jessica White, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model;Miri Ben-Ari, Grammy Award Winner; Phillip Bloch,Stylist/ TV Personality; DJ Cassidy, Entertainer; Bethany Frankel, TV Personality; Dylan Lauren, Owner of Dylan’s Candy Bar; Tim Morehouse,Olympic Silver medalist; Amber Rose,Model; Dancer; Irina Shayk, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model; James Tupper, Men In Trees, Mercy;and Samantha Yanks, Gotham Editor-in-Chief.

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Markus Potter (Director) is thrilled to return to New World Stages, where he directed Stalking the Bogeyman (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, and The New York Times Critics’ Pick). Other productions include the same at London’s Southwark Playhouse (Off-West End nomination for Best Production and Direction), Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods by Tammy Ryan at Portland Stage Company, Why You Beasting? by David Don Miller (Best of FringeNYC and Time Out NY critic’s pick), Weston Playhouse, North Carolina Stage Company, New Jersey Rep and Pasadena Playhouse. As actor: Guthrie Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theater, Denver Center Theatre, tour of Death of a Salesman with Christopher Lloyd. As producer: The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble (Estelle Parsons, Tony Award nomination). He is the producing artistic director of NewYorkRep. MFA Columbia University. MarkusPotter.com

Rob Nagle (Senator Charles Whitmore). A member of the Antaeus Theatre Company, recent credits include the world premieres of Jason Odell Williams’ Church & State (Ovation nominee, Best Lead Actor in a Play, Skylight Theatre Company), Melissa Ross’ Of Good Stock and Samuel D. Hunter’s Rest (both at South Coast Repertory). Other theaters include Portland Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Old Globe Theatre, Centerstage, San Jose Repertory and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Film includes Bad Samaritan, Mother’s Day, Fishing Naked, New Year’s Eve, and The Soloist. Television includes “The Librarians,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds,” “Mad Men,” “Elly Stone,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and “Buffy The Vampire Slayer.” Training: Northwestern University. robnagle.com

Nadia Bowers (Sara Whitmore). Broadway: The Farnsworth Invention, Doubt, Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway credits include The Way West (Labyrinth Theater Company); Collapse (Women’s Project Theater); The Netflix Plays (Ars Nova); Julius Caesar (Public Theater); Dog and Wolf (Watson Arts at 59E59); Romania. Kiss Me! (The Play Company). Regional: Sideways (LaJolla Playhouse), Circle Mirror Transformation (Huntington Theatre Company), Tartuffe (Westport County Playhouse), Chapter Two (Bucks County Playhouse), and many others. Film and television include “Quantico,” “The Strain,” “Orange Is the New Black” “NCIS,” every incarnation of “Law and Order,” “Non-Stop,” “Little Ones.” B.A. Dartmouth College Sociology/French. M.F.A. NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. nadiabowers.com
Christa Scott-Reed (Alex Klein) recently starred opposite Richard Dreyfuss in Mark St. Germain’s Relativity at TheatreWorks. Broadway: The Pitmen Painters. National Tour: C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce (Fellowship for Performing Arts). Off-Broadway: Second Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theatre Company, Irish Repertory Theatre, Keen Company, Urban Stages, Mint Theater, MCC, Signature Theatre. Regional: Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Barrington Stage Company, Denver Center Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, and many more. Television: “30 Rock,” “The Impossibilities,” “Gossip Girl,” “666 Park Avenue,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Eden,” “New Amsterdam,” “As the World Turns.” christascottreed.com

Jonathan Louis Dent (Tom/Marshall/News Anchor) is a New York City based actor and writer. Jonathan originated the role of Vin in Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Regional: Romeo and Juliet (Hartford Stage Company), Sons of the Prophet (Huntington Theater Company), The Good Negro (Company One Theatre), The Etymology of Bird (Providence Black Repertory Company). Jonathan wrote and performed in The Broken Record which won the award for Best Overall Play at the 2015 International New York Fringe Festival. Credits at NYU include Free Man of Color and Describe the Night (Rajiv Joseph world premiere). TV: “Elementary.” Training: NYU Graduate Acting. BA Brown University. thebrokenrecord.org

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“Meeting MacGuffin” continues the tale which began in a post-apocalyptic future where a new breed, a group of scientists called the Clothespin Freaks, are reassembling the fragmented remnants of humanity in order to give humanity a second chance to restore balance to the world.

The script for “Meeting MacGuffin” made it into the Quarter Finals (Top 40 Shorts) at the renowned Cinequest Screenwriting Competition in 2015.

“Meeting MacGuffin” was crowd funded via Hatchfund. Here is a link to the trailer for Meeting MacGuffin: https://vimeo.com/170560848

Born in Barcelona, Spain, and raised in Germany, Catya attended the Werkkunstschule, Köln, before coming to New York on a Fulbright Scholarship for postgraduate studies at School of Visual Arts.

In 2003, Plate invented the Clothespin Freak characters, two-headed characters made of clear clothespins, sewn pieces and doll’s body parts, in a series of drawings as “a serio-comic response to our angst-ridden times.” In Plate’s paintings, sculptures, artist’s book and installations, the Clothespin Freaks continue to evolve. In 2009, inspired by filmmakers like Jan Svankmajer and the Bolex Brothers, Catya created Clothespin Freak Productions to bring her “Clothespin Freaks” characters to life through stop-motion animation short films.

Based on Plate’s “Clothespin Tarot” artist book from 2007, “The Reading” was born. In 2012 “The Reading”, was awarded Best Animated Film at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival and received an Outstanding Achievement Award for Experimental Film at the Williamsburg International Film Festival. In 2013, Plate produced “Hanging By A Thread”, the first short in an upcoming trilogy. As of 2016, “Hanging By A Thread” has won 9 awards including a Female Filmmaker Award for Outstanding Achievement at FrackFest, a Platinum Remi Award at the 48th Annual WorldFest Houston and two Awards of Excellence at the prestigious IndieFEST Film and Best Shorts Competition. It has screened in over 22 film festivals in the US and abroad, like the Academy Award-qualifying St. Louis International Film Festival. Catya has recently been added to the prestigious GREAT WOMEN ANIMATORS list and was a juror for animation and expea juror for animation and experimental film at the celebrated Brooklyn Film Festival.

Catya heads to Spain at the end of February to conduct a workshop with students from the Fine Arts School. The resulting animation will be screened at ANIMAC in Lleida, Spain, as part of the upcoming ANIMAC International Film Festival. The title of the workshop is– WATER IS LIFE: IMAGINING A WORLD WHERE WATER IS THE RAREST AND MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE. Following this “Meeting MacGuffin” hits the International film festival circuit. Several film festivals have already asked about hosting the world premiere of “Meeting MacGuffin.”

Plate’s mentor, Heather Dell, Art Historian and Director at Magnan Metz Gallery in New York says, “Catya Plate conveys her delicious and devilish vision with humor, wisdom, and a big helping of incredible technical and creative execution. Her work is incredibly successful, proving that Third Generation Feminist artists have as much to contribute to Contemporary Art as their predecessors. Plate’s unapologetic reclamation of once feminized materials in conjunction with state of the art technology secures her place in this new art historical and film making genre”.

More information on Catya Plate and Meeting MacGuffin at www.catyaplate.com

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Ripple Effect Artists has a reading of “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,” coming up on February 3rd in our space on 601 w. 26th st.  This is a classic play by Peter Nichols that was ran quite successfully in New York in the 70s.  With all of our Readings and Productions, we raise awareness for Human Rights Initiatives.  With this play that challenges parents’ responses to a child’s mental and physical handicap, we will be raising awareness for an organization that supports students with special needs.

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Sheri Sanders is a force of nature and when it comes to succeeding in the pop/rock genre of musical theatre, she wrote the book, literally.

Sheri had 20+ years behind her as an actor when she noticed that rock and pop musicals were beginning to dominate Broadway, so she piloted her very first Rock The Audition class at Pace University. She listened to her new students sing, assigned them all of her favorite hits off the radio, and taught them how to interpret rock songs and bring themselves into the stories that popular music tells.

She began giving master classes all over the country, from colleges to private musical theatre training programs, to teach voice teachers, acting teachers and their students how to style rock music.

Eleven of her current students are on Broadway and 62 of her students have been in rock musicals on Broadway, on tour, in workshops and regionally since she began.

Sheri has written the very first book on how to audition for rock musicals. Rock the Audition (Hal Leonard Books, May 24, 2011) outlines what it takes for the actor/singer to succeed, and Sheri interviews prominent members of the Broadway theater community, from Bernie Telsey and Jay Binder to Steven Oremus, Andy Blankenbuehler, Kerry Butler and Alex Lacamoire. Sheri gives the aspiring performer the proper tools to successfully audition for every genre of rock musical on Broadway. Rock the Audition teaches performers how to pick songs that create a dramatic arc, create their own appropriate cuts and arrangements, and successfully communicate the feel of a song to a pianist for proper support, and truly understand the vocal styles of different genres and how the styles changed over time.

Sheri’s students have been found in the Broadway, touring companies, and regional productions of Rock Of Ages, Wonderland, Priscilla, Queen of The Dessert, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, Sister Act, Mamma Mia, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Rent, The Wedding Singer, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, All Shook Up and Shout.

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