Opening night, I’m sitting in the booth. The house is packed. The lights go down. And for a second before the downbeat, I thought about every show that got me to that moment.
My last opening night was Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. That show closed, reopened, and closed again. By January 2022 it was done for good. A show I believed in, that I thought should still be running. Four years away from Broadway will make you think about a lot of things.
But this business doesn’t owe you anything. It will test your patience in ways you didn’t sign up for. There are long stretches where nothing is happening and you start to wonder if it ever will again.
And then the phone rings.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball. The Broadhurst Theatre. Opening night.
Twenty-six years. Every rehearsal, every sub gig, every conversation with someone who knew more than me and was generous enough to share it. You do the work, you stay ready, and when the right people and the right opportunity finally show up — you better be prepared.
That’s the whole thing. That’s the career.
And that’s exactly what Broadway Bound and Beyond is about. Part memoir, part practical guide — but really it’s everything I know about being a professional musician in New York City and building a career that lasts. The mindset, the relationships, the pit, the business side, the negotiation, what happens when the show closes. The stuff most music schools never touch and nobody tells you until it’s too late.
Readers are calling it full of strategies they wish they’d known years ago. One reviewer put it simply: for students, it’s a glimpse into the future. For professionals, it’s what you need to know before you step into the pit.
That covers just about everybody.
To celebrate the opening of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, I’m giving you 50% off for the next five days — but only at signaturebrandworks.com.
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The book is also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever books are sold online. But the 50% off? That’s only at Signature.
Sale ends April 22.
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