(MADISON, NJ) -- This spring, Drew University students and residents in the area have the opportunity to meet and learn from Broadway performers during two student workshops and a public "talkback" following Drew's production of A Chorus Line on Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Natalie Cortez, who made her Broadway debut in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line, recently led a workshop with students in Drew’s Theatre and Dance Department focused on her experience as a performer in that show and many others, including a sample of the demanding Chorus Line choreography.
Michael McCormick, an esteemed Broadway performer who has been on stage for more than 30 years, will come to campus later this spring together with a young dancer from the current Broadway show, A Beautiful Noise, to lead a workshop on the business of building and maintaining a career from the point of view of both a veteran character actor and an early-career professional. Participants will also be invited to try out some moves from A Beautiful Noise.
Members of the public will have the chance to meet Cortez during a talkback session following the performance of A Chorus Line on Thursday, March 28. More information is available here.
“When it comes to theater, experience is the best teacher. We’re thrilled to give students the opportunity to learn directly from Broadway performers who can share the lessons they’ve learned from performing in the most elite productions in the world,” said Chris Ceraso, professor of theatre arts. “We’re also excited to give residents of Madison and the surrounding communities unique access to Broadway talent through the talkback with Natlie Cortez later this month.”
Drew University, a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts university, includes the College of Liberal Arts, Drew Theological School, and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. Drew is located on a beautiful, wooded campus in Madison, New Jersey.
Drew University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 students and has 136 full-time faculty members. The Theological and Caspersen schools offer master’s and doctoral degrees, and the College confers BA and BS degrees in 40 disciplines, with 61 available minors, and offers 17 preprofessional and 19 dual-degree programs.
Drew also houses the Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, the Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, an independent professional theater, as well as the United Methodist Archives and History Center and one of the country’s leading concentrations of materials on Willa Cather.
Photos from the Workshop with Natalie Cortez, photos credit Drew University
