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INSIDER TIPS AND ADVICE


June 1, 2026     How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog 105 – Pitching to Producers – Part 5

May 1, 2026     How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog 104 – Pitching to Producers – Part 4

April 1, 2026     How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog 103 – Pitching to Producers – Part 3

March 1, 2026     How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog 102 – Pitching to Producers – Part 2

May 1, 2025     How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog 92 – When to Consult a Dramaturg

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Francis, Ross & Du Ross in Go to it . Photographer: Bert, A. “Andy Francis, Helen DuRoss& John Ross with Go for it, atthe Empire, Brooklyn, wk. of Febr’y 1”–Hand-written on verso. Location: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Jerome Robbins Dance Division. From the collection Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923


There’s a smile on my face
For the whole human race!
Why, it’s…almost like being in love!

--Alan Jay Lerner

Had a good time ev’ry time I went out,
Romance was a thing I kidded about.
How could I know about love?
I didn’t know about you.

--Bob Russell


James Doyle and Harland Dixon of Vaudeville (White Studio)-1917. From the New York Public Library collections.


Before the parade passes by
I’m gonna go and taste Saturday’s high life.

--Jerry Herman

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