2023 Episode 15 - World Renowned Vocal & Performance Coach/Director - Celeste Simone

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An amazing conversation with Vocal & Performance Coach/Director Celeste Simone. Celeste has coached/directed some of the top names in entertainment from Kristin Chenoweth to Chita Rivera, Eleri Ward, Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Irving, composer David Shire, American Idol’s Kimberly Locke, including Andrew Lloyd Weber and Director Joel Schumacher as the NY vocal coach on the movie Phantom of the Opera.

Her vocal coaching students run the gamut from the current Hamilton on Broadway to the casts of Moulin Rouge, The Lion King, Chicago, Gypsy, Nine, Wicked, Spamalot, Tarzan, The Color Purple, The Book of Mormon, Jersey Boys, Hollywood Arms, The Grinch, The Carnegie Hall concert version of South Pacific (starring Reba MacIntyre, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Alec Baldwin), West Side Story, Baby It’s You, Rent, Follies, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot, Peter and the Star Catcher, Shrek, Once, Newsies, Kinky Boots, Matilda, Beauty and The Beast, The Producers, including the 1st national tours of The Band’s Visit, Mean Girls, A Beautiful Noise and many, many more. If its a big show on Broadway; Celeste is training the voices.

She has also worked with Kristin Chenoweth's Broadway Bootcamp for the last few years, training up an coming young performers from around the globe.

In this episode Celeste shares her thoughts on the performing arts, some very life altering experiences and how all of this has changed her outlook on life on this Big BluRock.