{"id":2361,"date":"2014-07-08T16:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T21:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:41:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:41:07","slug":"broadway-veterans-offer-master-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/08\/broadway-veterans-offer-master-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway veterans offer master classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Broadway veterans participating in the Western Playhouse production of \u201cMother Divine\u201d this summer will present master classes at Missouri Western State University. Randy Davis will present \u201cDance Your Way to Broadway\u201d from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, July 14, and Colin Welford will present \u201cSing Your Way to Broadway\u201d from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 15. The cost of each class is $25, and participants <em>must<\/em> register in advance by calling 816-271-4100 by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Davis plays the role of Father Divine and is choreographer for \u201cMother Divine.\u201d He has been in numerous Broadway shows and national tours throughout his career, including the Broadway revival of \u201cGuys &amp; Dolls\u201d with Peter Gallagher, Faith Prince and Nathan Lane, with a featured role in the \u201cCrapshooter\u2019s Ballet.\u201d In \u201cCats,\u201d Davis played Mistoffelles, and enthralled audiences on stage and film as Noodler the Pirate in Cathy Rigby\u2019s \u201cPeter Pan.\u201d As a dance captain, he assisted in the original Broadway production of \u201cAll Shook Up,\u201d featuring the music of Elvis. Davis\u2019 master class is brought to you by a partnership between Western Playhouse and McCoy Rigby Entertainment of Yorba Linda, Calif. Davis was also the choreographer for Western Playhouse&#8217;s production of &#8220;The Music Man&#8221; last month.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Welford is the musical director and has made some new musical arrangements for \u201cMother Divine.\u201d He was world-wide music supervisor for Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King\u201d and conductor for cast albums in Germany, Holland and Spain. Welford studied at Oxford University, the Royal College of Music, the University of Miami and Columbia College. He has been involved in numerous productions on Broadway and in London\u2019s West End as well as national touring productions. Class participants should prepare a song as if auditioning for a specific Broadway show. The song should not be from the show itself, but should be stylistically appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMother Divine\u201d opens Friday, July 11 and continues through Saturday, July 19. For more information, visit www.westernplayhouse.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Broadway veterans participating in the Western Playhouse production of \u201cMother Divine\u201d this summer will present master classes at Missouri Western State University. Randy Davis will present \u201cDance Your Way to Broadway\u201d from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, July 14, and Colin Welford will present \u201cSing Your Way to Broadway\u201d from 2:30 to 5 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[557,785,786],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9520,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions\/9520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}