The Journey to Art With A Purpose

Created by: Andrew Beall & Neil Van Leeuwen Song of Solomon 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, and the fate of Israel." The piece will be directed by ROCKY BROADWAY'S Luis Salgado . Presented as part of the NYC Thespis Festival , the show will be Performing at The Actor's Temple - 339 West 47th Street in Manhattan. The cast includes Evan McCormack who plays King Solomon opposite Ann McCormack who plays Almah. The cast also includes Danicah Waldo, Casey Manning, Levin Valayil, Jonathan D. Morales, Rocio Lopez, Shannen Rae, Alessandra Baldacchino , and Tony Paterniti, with a supporting ensemble of Anthony Logan Cole , Aaron Dalla Villa, Dylan C. Digel, Tim Fitzsimons, Leslie Kyle Hudson, Andrea Nevil, Jennif...

As I prep for Latin America Meets Broadway Exporting, Importing and Co-Producing Musicals & Plays, I learn so much about the wonderful group of panelists that  I cannot wait to share it with you all! The event is almost full and the amazing Bianca Marroquin joins our panel to complete the list. I am super excited to have such a FANTASTIC group of people on board and this informative discussion in collaboration with the great people at United States - Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Special thanks to Alejandro C. Ramos Executive Director of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce. Carlos Arana Carlos Arana co-founder and CEO of Hiro Sake and a lifetime theatre lover. Born in Peru and living in New York producing credits include: On Broadway: La Cage Aux Folles (Tony and Drama Desk Award),The Scottsboro Boys (12 Tony nominations), On A clear day you can see forever, The Anarchist andPippin (Tony and Drama Desk Award). In London: The King's Speech and The Scottsboro Boys...

Want to make ART WITH A PURPOSE? Applications are now available online for the Salgado Productions 2014 Musical Theatre Intensive held in NYC. Our 2-week intensive workshop, students will be immersed in the process of making  Art With A Purpose . This program is for performers, from beginners to professionals looking for a deeper process in their musical theatre approach. Classes will be led by Luis Salgado  and a group of handpicked artists to provide participants with well-rounded training. Luis is currently performing in ROCKYBroadway , past Broadway shows include Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown  and In The Heights . Participants will take a variety of classes in the disciplines of acting, voice, and dancing. All classes use principles of Suzuki, Viewpoints, Meisner and more with a focus on ensemble work and character development. All classes are very physical and demand 100% dedication to individual gr...

As I mentioned before it's not always easy to balance the acts between, performing, producing, creating and running 2 companies but it is possible. There is so much to celebrate and share as I have been quiet with the Blog but not as quiet with ACTION. Salgado Productions and me have been on it, from Rocky Broadway, to The Letterman Show, to reading 2 hand fulls of new possible Scripts, developing events, keeping an eye on the Tony Awards, Nurturing a baby that's on it's way (I MEAN THIS LITERALLY) Planning a show for Puerto Rico and more. 2014 has so far been a year of blessing and re-connecting with the wonderful city of NY and the incredible community of BROADWAY and I am hoping that the Blogs to come reflect that. On May 12, 2014 the great Ken Davenport mentioned on his blog the producers perspective our next event on Salgado Productions . How exciting is that. He's tittle of choice was  The Spanish are Coming! The Spanish are Coming! Here is the invite ...

Dear friends, writers, actors, dancers, producers, musicians, Dear pueblo amado, my loving/passionate Latin people and all of the people I've met that love and understand the value of art, What does it take??? The Happiest Song Plays Last What does it take to make something new? To make something count? To go the distance, in ART? Just like in the story of Rocky ( NOW PLAYING ON BROADWAY ) we, as artists, are all in the quest for a chance to be validated. To make the work reach out far into peoples hearts. I see it coming... The time is here, Latinos are getting a great opportunity to be present and make our work as competive and valuable as any other. Is now when dreamers are standing up and following the path/journey of their dreams and all it takes is a supportive community to keep it going. Wait; What does it take? COMMUNITY!!!! How do we get OUR PEOPLE to fill the seats, to come and have a night at the theater and then invite others. Some times is hard, I know ...

Hoy desperté con un sueño donde los seres humanos se burlaban y abusaban de los seres humanos.  Había una señora y tenía un ARTE, no sabía yo cual era pues nadie le daba la oportunidad de usarlo. Aunque ella con amor servía estaba siendo oprimida, explotada y abusada emocional y fisicamente. En un momento dado abrió la boca y cantó. Su canto era dulce y lleno de paz, su letra era una de fuerte contenido amoroso, sus lágrimas eran un acto de purificar y con toda su magia desperté llorando. EL ARTE ES NUESTRA ARMA MAS PODEROSA. PODEMOS SANAR ALMAS Y CORAZONES CON EL. LA MUSICA, LA POESIA, LA FOTOGRAFIA, LA PINTURA, ETC ETC. Todo juega un papel protagónico en nuestras tierras, en nuestras mentes, en nuestras almas. Por eso hacer nuestro arte con alto propósito es escencial para los nuestros. Para el crecimiento humano y social colectivo que vamos forjando. El arte es nuestra R.Evolución. Como dice esta maravillosa letra:   Yo quiero un pueblo, que ría y que cante Yo quiero un...

I am so lucky to do what I love! Sitting here, in the Winter Garden Theatre witnessing the work of so many talented people, all worthy of deep admiration. Professionals of their craft and beyond it all having the greatest human attitude. I am blessed! I feel lucky!!!! Lucky not because things have come easy because that is not the case. From the very beginning of my journey I have worked hard and with passion in what I love. I have fought from the heart! ;-) And little by little the path has lead me to where I am today. THANK YOU UNIVERSE FOR IT! Lucky because I LEARN!!!! A great thing about the journey to art with a purpose is each day striving to keep my awareness as fragile and vulnerable as when I started. And now, I am even hungrier than before as there is soooo much to learn from every department, Lighting, Projections, Sound, Music, Orchestration All of it inspires and teaches me something. Learning from great artists like Alex Timbers doing his work and with such care...