2009: The Make it or Break it Year

This is the first year of the rest of your life. 
Economically, this is the first year Mamasan has ever been scared.  All kinds of middle class, hard working people are frightened they will lose their jobs and possibly lose their homes.  New York is the city of opportunity, however.  Like all good jobs waiting for [...]

Living Legends

The Hollywood Intern has transformed into the New York Intern and is meeting all kinds of accomplished artists.  Last week, she was working in her capactity as an intern at the York during a reading of a new musical.  She met Tony Walton, a blue eyed Englishman who has a long history of designing sets [...]

New York, New York

Well, it was a lot easier putting my girl on the plane to New York than it was sending her off to LA last year.  She is very mature and strong and the apron strings are getting shorter and shorter.  Of course, text messaging to let me know she made it back to her apartment [...]

Einstein and the Roosevelts

Well, a lot has happened since summer theatre.  The girl stayed busy working several jobs over the summer in between her lead role in Footloose and her dancing/singing role in Singing in the Rain, including several types of paid work: 
Head writer, artisitic director, actress in a film, housekeeper (my mom did the same thing her [...]

Footloose

My girl was magic.  She and the boy who played Ren are EXTREMELY talented and they were hot last night.  He is going to Ball State this fall.  I guess he played a couple of lesser parts in this production when he was in high school.  He must have been younger as I can’t imagine anyone [...]

DePauw Commencement May 18, 2008

Invitation to Graduation

Brittany will be graduating on Sunday, May 18 at 1pm and we would love to have you attend.  We are so very proud of her and all she has accomplished in the last four years.  Besides earning her diploma with a double degree in Music and Theatre, she kept up her grades, worked year round [...]

Red Letter Day, Wednesday April 9, 2008

Last Wednesday was a red letter day for the girl.  She was informed that she was cast in two productions with great parts.  Both of them are musicals and both of them are dear.
First of all.  Almost on a lark, she auditioned for Footloose at the community playhouse.  She will be singing and dancing back [...]

Doodle Gets Published!

Photo by Brittany Brumfield, DePauw University senior
The Layers of Sundance: One Student’s Perspective
By Brittany Brumfield | January 26, 2008
 
 
All I could see were feet. It was our first trek up the hill of Main Street and my only view were the Uggs of the girls in front of me, which I had to watch closely [...]

The Thick of It II

I’m anxious today. Missed opportunities.I hate not having a good time.  I hate cold weather when I feel like running.I hate when I don’t represent the type of person I want to be.  Ignore this entry. It just needed to be written.