PHARTS Podcast

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: You can be an actor and something else There are no hard rules anymore. So many of us have done the stereotypical survivor jobs as a cater waiter, babysitter, and anything else that we can easily quit with no care. As we become more aware of self-love and the importance of it, I think our survivor job needs to be considered as well. It will not distr...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: You are beautiful I literally am doing this episode so you read the sentence you are beautiful today. This is a short one, as usual, but you need to know that you are beautiful. Period. 🎧 Tune in on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes.

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Writing personal reviews on people's performances I'm totally against this. There are people who are formal, paid reviewers for shows. We can't control what they will say and people read them to decide whether or not they want to see the show themselves. Now, there are people on social media who take on the responsibility to review performances to ha...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Why you need to warm up This Is Not A New Concept for singers, actors, and dancers. Then, why don't I see many of you taking this habit on? The older we get, and trust me, we will all get older. The more we need to do a warm-up. When we are young and we do not warm up, our bodies can bounce back from the little damage we do to our body without a warm...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Why we need to take classes Do you think you're a finished product right after college? Did you think you were a finished product after High School? We always know that we are growing, so why would we stop learning. There's no such thing as being perfect and that's a good thing. Get motivated to jump back into an acting, or a singing, or a dancing cl...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Why everyone should work for Disney at some point in their life Everybody knows how big of a deal Disney is. That's not my point. Disney is magical and you can learn so much from what they do in order to keep the magic going year after year. I am forever grateful for my time working with Disney and thought I would do a podcast episode oh, so others w...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: What's getting in the way of being happy with what you have? It is never going to be enough! There's always going to be something new that you will want, so you have to figure out how to be happy with what you currently have. I can't think of a time in my life where I thought I had everything I wanted. There was always a new thing around the corner t...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: What do you define as success and why This is not an easy thing to do. In order to define success, you have to really know what success means for yourself. Making it about only what you want and not under the influence on what other people want or think for you, does not come naturally to most people. I know people who have started successful busines...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Walking into the audition room for yourself This is a newer concept for me. I learned about it in 2021 and have been applying it since. How the heck do you walk into an audition room for yourself? That is for you to figure out as you listen to this episode. 🎧 Tune in on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes.

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Upcoming movie musical adaptations After the wonderful newer version of West Side Story on the big screen came out, I am super stoked about upcoming movie musicals! It is not the same as Live Theater. I repeat, it is not the same as live theatre. However, there used to be movie musicals made all the time and then somewhere down the road they just sto...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Trying to lose weight This is such a controversial topic and I get it. It's such a main point that's focused on at the beginning of every new year when people are thinking about New Year's resolutions. Some people roll their eyes or get stressed out, but there is a reason why it's pushed. It's because many people are Googling it! At the end of the da...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The power of snail mail Next time you get a letter or card that's handwritten and someone clearly put thought into it, think of how you can do that for other people. We have emails and texts and phone calls that we can do. It does cost a little money, there was something extra personal in a handwritten letter. If you want to further relationship or g...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The power of positivity “Keep it positive!” Elle said it best and it's the wisest piece of advice from that show. You are going to be miserable if you surround yourself with negativity. I'm not saying to be positive just to sound positive and likable. There is a major value to putting more energy into the positive things. 🎧 Tune in on Spotify, Sound...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The popular people in the show No matter how old you get there will always be the popular people in the show. It's annoying. Does this mean these are the people you must be friends with. Absolutely not, but I want to call it out because it happens. It happens over and over and over. The people you end up hanging out with are the people you are meant...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The moment before When I'm talking about the moment before, I'm referring to an acting choice that you make before entering the stage. In this podcast, I discuss how this actually got in my way when trying to grow as an actor. This discussion is more for dancers who are used to getting a checklist of what to do and then doing it. See how the moment b...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The healing time your body needs This is a major conversation I have with performers all the time. How long will it take for me to heal? There is some generic data out there that's based on weak evidence, so I don't like giving a number. I like to approach injuries safely, patiently, while knowing we are in a race to heal. If the person is doing the...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The farting story Are you surprised that I chose the topic? Anyone who knows me is totally not surprised at all. If anything, they're shocked that I haven't talked about farting until right now. I think farting is funny. If you think otherwise, this podcast episode is definitely not for you. In fact, the podcast is probably not for you because there...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: The court jester This is one of the best movie musicals out there. Yes, I said what I said. I cannot believe that it has not been brought to a live theatre audience. Let this be a call to action for you to watch this movie today. 🎧 Tune in on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes.

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Thank you, Stephen Sondheim I saw the newer West Side Story in the movie theater and was absolutely Blown Away. I said to my husband, “Did Stephen Sondheim get to see this before he passed away?” “He very likely saw a private screening of it before it opened up.” I was relieved to hear this because the end result of this movie musical was absolutely...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Tax deductions for acting expenses If you don't already, you need to start tracking what is tax deductible for you as an actor. We already are not loaded with a ton of money to spare. The money that you are investing into your performing career needs to be tracked. Listening to learn more about this to help you get better with your finances. Note: I...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Stracko’s Journey to Broadway’s Diana My dear, dear friend, Laura Stracko, is coming on to share how she got to Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Diana and I could not be more excited for this unicorn of a human to have such success. Tune in to hear the ups and downs of her career as she worked her tail off to get to get her “name...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Stop comparing yourself to others No human is the same and meant to be the same. You must keep that in mind as you are submitting yourself and showing up to these auditions and seeing other people doing the same as you. Constantly comparing yourself to others only gets in your way. Listen in to help you get out of this negativity bias. 🎧 Tune in on...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Solving my past vocal problems It was difficult to come up with the title for this podcast without fear of making myself look bad. The truth is we all have different struggles with our body and sometimes that can be with our voice. I've been THROUGH IT with my voice. The times I've spoken with other performers who have dealt with issues with their vo...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Reflecting On The Article "When Broadway Comes Back Predictions" It's interesting to go through this article on the return of Broadway after the pandemic as we continue to recover from it. At the end of 2021, it was a rising covid cases and Broadway shows had to either cancel some performances or end their shows prematurely. It was rough. Even after...

NEW PHARTS Podcast Episode!!! 💃🏾 🎤 🎭 Title: Recycling clothes for roles Having the right audition outfit for each show can become quite costly. There are ways to save money and bring forth the appropriate look to help the casting director “imagine” you in the role. See how you can stretch your finances to advance your look at each audition. 🎧 Tune in on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes.