The new year has come and gone. We have a new President. Everything right now seems to be relatively new, I even have some new clothes thanks to Christmas money finally spent. Recently, I find myself taking pause in this period of newness. I have been living in New York City now for six months. [...]
Archive for the 'New York City' Category
Finding My Story
Published April 30th, 2008 davidryan in Acting, Life As I Know It, New York City and THEA435. 0 CommentsFor the final project in this course we were asked to compose a 15 minute digital story. Here is what I came up with. This project has had a few incarnations, most way more sophisticated and flashy than this, but this is what I came to love. To play my project, click the photo [...]
Since New York
Published April 1st, 2008 davidryan in Acting, Life As I Know It, New York City and theatre. 0 CommentsWell, so much has occurred since Spring Break that I should have blogged about, but I just found it hard to keep myself seated long enough to do it. But here we go.
New York has left me with lots of loose ends in my life that need to be braided into a rope that will [...]
The Final Installment
Published March 9th, 2008 davidryan in Acting, New York City and THEA435. 1 CommentSaturday, March 8
This morning it was over to Shetler studios to meet with Natalie and her fabulous voice teacher, D. Michael. He was so excited to work with us and I was super excited to work with him. We warmed up and got cracking. Jon was the first to go. D. Michael introduced to [...]
Friday, March 7
One. A rainy day. Boo!
The morning started out beautifully. I got up and ran over to the studio of the photographer that took my headshots to get the file on CD. Then I met up with Jenn and Sommer for a sushi lunch. From there I went to Reproductions to get my headshots [...]
The First of the Trilogy
Published March 7th, 2008 davidryan in Acting, New York City and THEA435. 0 CommentsThursday, March 6
I started my day off bright and early. I walked over to Grand Central Station to catch the 6 train uptown to 86th Street. Grand Central really is beautiful. I didn’t think it could be as impressive as everyone kept saying. The constellations painted on the ceiling are amazing. The whole place takes [...]
A lack of confidence
Published March 6th, 2008 davidryan in Acting, New York City, Shows I'm Seeing and THEA435. 0 CommentsToday was a very exciting day. It began with me waking up and going to meet with Tom Burke at Singer’s Forum for a mini-master class type thing. Tom is a vocal coach and speech pathologist. He works to help you find the ways that you can make your voice the best it can be. [...]
A lion in front of the New York Public Library.
I visited the Jack Kerouac exhibit about his journey to writing On the Road.
A Great Tour of Midtown
Published March 4th, 2008 davidryan in Acting, New York City and THEA435. 2 CommentsThis afternoon I met with Bryce Ryness and brought Steve along. We met him at the GE Building in Rockafeller Center. Today has been a truly beautiful day in the city. The temperature has been in the upper 50s and the sun has been shining. This made Bryce want to get out on the streets [...]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue at 50th St.
Patti LuPone signing my program at the Stage Door of Gypsy.
