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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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Cover of the score for The watermelon party, lyrics by Harry B. Smith, music by Maurice Levi . Cover designer: Starmer. Location: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division


Such lovely Blue Danubey
Music, how can you be
Still?

--Stephen Sondheim

Dinah,
Is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina?

--Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young


Jacques Offenbach, composer of operettas (early musicals) – 1880. From the New York Public Library collections.


There’s a helluva lot o’ stars in the sky,
And the sky’s so big the sea looks small,
And two little people

--Oscar Hammerstein II

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