BROADWAY BABIES!
Take It From The Top with Broadway's Best!
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PAUL CANAAN Paul Canaan most recently worked on an upcoming Broadway show Catch Me If You Can. Other Broadway credits include Legally Blonde, Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage Aux Folles and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Also, the MTV series Legally Blonde: The Search For Elle Woods where he served as a judge along side Bernie Telsey and Heather Hach. He traveled in the National Tour of Annie Get Your Gun and performed in the New York Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regionally he's been a dance captain at Paper Mill Playhouse, Robert Redford's Sundance Theater, Fords Theater, and many more. He worked on the film Across the Universe directed by Julie Taymor, performed at the 2005 Tony awards (‘La Cage’ winner: Best Choreography) and announcer for Logo Networks ‘New Now Next Awards’. His passion for education in the arts inspired his company ‘Take It From The Top’ with partner Laura Bell Bundy. Every Wednesday you can read his “It’s A Hit” column on Broadwayspace.com. He also directs education elements for Kids Night on Broadway through the League of Producers, and serves as the artistic director of Broadway Dreams Foundation. |
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MEGAN LARCHE Megan is a freelance casting director and audition coach based in NYC. She began her career with Binder Casting. She was the casting director for the current Broadway revival of Grease, A Chorus Line, The Times They Are A-Changin', & The Lion King (children's casting); film: Hairspray (NY Dance Casting), Corpse Bride (add'l voice casting); Television: Grease You're the One That I Want; Web Series: The Underlings; National Tours: The Lion King (children's casting); Off-Broadway: Stitching; Regional: Irving Berlin's White Christmas (original 2004 company & all Producing Office productions), Happy Days, the Musical (Los Angeles). As casting associate, she worked on such Broadway shows as Sweet Charity, Chicago, Lestat, 42nd Street, Wonderful Town, Sixteen Wounded, as well as four seasons of "City Center Presents Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert." She is featured casting for A Chorus Line in the upcoming documentary "Every Little Step." In 2007, she joined Fox Theatricals as an assistant producer for Legally Blonde the Musical on Broadway. She has also produced The Two Lives of Napoleon Beasley and Pvt. Wars while the Co-Artistic Director of the Incumbo Theater Company, a not-for-profit based in NYC. Megan has taught master classes and audition seminars at universities, colleges, high schools, and private studios across the country. Check out this Promo for Megan's latest project "Every Little Step" |
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CARLOS ENCINIAS Carlos is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. There he danced with the New Mexico Ballet Company and the Utah Contemporary Dance Theatre (Odyssey Dance Utah). He made his Broadway debut in MAMMA MIA! and left the Abba skit to act in and supervise the short lived Broadway production of GOOD VIBRATIONS, a musical based on the Beach Boys music. Carlos spent some time off-Broadway in the award winning, ALTAR BOYZ, where he was dance captain and standby for the show. His childhood dream came true when he was privileged to be in the final company of LES MISERABLES on Broadway! This past year he spent some time on 'the other side of the table' as associate choreographer/director of the DC premiere of ALTAR BOYZ and the Adirondack Theatre Festival's production of ALTAR BOYZ. He also choreographed and associate directed BIG RIVER at Tuachan Center for the Arts in Southern Utah. He's had the pleasure of choreographing and teaching for BYU's Dance Department, Scera Theatre, New York Musical Theatre Festival, the New Mexico Ballet Company, Take it from the Top youth workshops, Open Jar Musical Theatre workshops, Red Mountain Theatre Company's Advanced Musical Theatre workshops, and the New York Theatre Art Summer Intensive Musical Theatre workshop. |
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DAVE BARRUS Broadway: ‘LES MISERABLES’, ‘CHESS’ (w/ Josh Groban). National Tour: ‘LES MISERABLES’ Los Angeles: ‘GREAT EXPECTATIONS’ (Hudson Theater), ‘SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED’ (Celebration Theater) ‘THE FULL MONTY’ ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ (CLO of South Bay Cities) Regional: ‘THE BOYS NEXT DOOR’ (Connecticut Rep.- Connecticut Critics Circle Award), ‘SWEENY TODD’ (Pioneer Theatre Company), ‘EVITA’ (Pioneer Theatre Company), ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM’ (Sundance Theater). Dave sang the title role in the animated feature film ‘The Scarecrow’ and was awarded the 1999 Pearl Award for Best New Artist and Best Male Vocalist for his solo albums ‘ONSTAGE’ and ‘ONSTAGE II’. He is cofounder and director of curriculum for the nonprofit organization, The Broadway Dreams Foundation. |
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EDEN ESPINOSA Eden Espinosa began singing at the age of three, performing at five and recording at ten. She made her Broadway debut covering the roles of Elphaba and Nessarose in Wicked. She played the role of Brooklyn in the musical of the same name and she recently made her solo concert debut at New York's Town Hall. Espinosa was nominated for a 2005 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance for playing the title role in Brooklyn. An article that appeared August 5, 2005 in the Oakland Tribune began: EDEN ESPINOSA is used to enchantment. She began her career in Disneyland and is now spending a lot of time in Oz. The Southern California native is young at 27 but has blossomed into a Broadway star. Not bad for someone who played Pocahontas and the Little Mermaid in Disneyland shows and then a hip, sassy fairy godmother in the Disney's California Adventure revue called "Steps in Time." |