The Journey to Art With A Purpose

What a fun process and what a challenge to guide so many people in so little time. I LOVE IT! I am nothing but grateful for the opportunity to explore, learn and grow with a group of 23 actors, 4 musician and  a creative team that I will be forever grateful for trusting and helping the vision of many dreamers. We get to collaborate and share the joy of giving life for the first time to the work of two young exciting writers. Salgado Productions, Our team and my self are nothing but grateful for this last adventure.   Here is the most recent Broadway World Article with the news. Enjoy the exclusive pictures by Victoria Medina. BWW Exclusive: SONG OF SOLOMON  Nominated at Thespis NY Theater Festival August 29 1:08 PM 2014 by Juan-Jose Gonzalez   Song of Solomon: A New Musical by Andrew Beall & Neil Van Lee uwen has been nominated for BEST PLAY/MUSICAL and BEST DIRECTOR, Luis Salgado , out of 41 shows from the Thes...

Art saves lives, and also spirits and souls and teaches us all so much. I wish that each human being had a chance to explore some type of arts. I actually think that the world could simply be better if this was indeed possible and yet, it's the first thing to be taken away every time there needs to be a budget cut from school to school. SAD RIGHT? ... Meet the story of Elizabeth Maria Walsh , at least my experience with her... A WARRIOR OF THE LIGHT WITHOUT A DOUBT. A young girl who proved that DARING TO GO BEYOND IS MORE THAN A MOTTO, it is a way of life we can all choose. Never playing victim in the path life has granted us. She joked in her harder days "I guess GOD must think I am the strongest woman on the planet" when told that there wasn't any challenge that God allowed us to live that we can not handle. The lovely Elizabeth Maria Walsh passed away yesterday, however HER SPIRIT PERHAPS IS MORE PRESENT THAN EVER. Last night in Bryant Park, NYC a group o...

Directing, what is it really?   Drawing, painting and infusing stories through movement is my first impulse... However, is it just that or is there a lot more to it? No matter what, ART for me is always spiritual. There is pleasure and pain that comes with it, and between the coffee and M&M's I survive each battle one day at a time. But as we reach the final step of our adventure, I wonder... What have we done? What is our purpose? Song of Solomon has been INTENSE, to say the least. I said yes to the project so suddenly after feeling the incredible passion and energy of Andrew Beall, with so little notice that on the day I accepted directing the show, I immediately made a calendar of work and rehearsals. Directing is a LABOR OF LOVE, something that guides me, and I will admit I LOVE DOING IT. The last 3 years I have merged myself in it everywhere I could here and internationally. Recently, I was fortunate enough to return to the Broadway stage t...

It's simply so thrilling to be surrounded by people who would simply die for the work. People who are not afraid to give it all and risk failing for the commitment to the project. It is so magical to question the material each morning in every single rehearsal and with the questions find the answers that give life to the relationship, the music and more. So far this has been my experience working as Director and General Manager with Salgado Productions for the new musical Song Of Solomon . I will let the exclusive pictures by Victoria Medina do all the talking for me: SONG OF SOLOMON is a new musical created by Andrew Beall and Neil Van Leeuwen. The musical is a tragic, epic romance, based on the Biblical Song of Songs. Set in ancient Israel, we follow the secret romance between King Solomon and a brilliant young vineyard girl, Almah, who inspires the most famous love poetry of all time. The stakes are Solomon's life, the woman he loves...