Musical Theater Master Class for Colleges and Universities 

A one or two day Master Class with Broadway Musical Director, Edward Strauss and nationally acclaimed acting coach, Carol Fox Prescott to experience the guidance, support and demands on the professional musical theater performer before that big move to the world of New York Auditions.  Carol And Eddie have created a unique career building seminar for the college musical theater performer in which they will be exposed to and fulfill demands of the professional audition and rehearsal process. Encouraging enthusiasm, daring, and skill, we address the most practical concerns, from “How do I choose what to sing at an audition?” “How do I stay focused in a long run?” to inquiries into the deep personal nature of performance itself. All this within a joyous, challenging and safe atmosphere.

Edward Strauss is a Musical Director, Conductor, vocal coach and teacher with over thirty years experience in the professional New York Theatre. His most recent credit is as Musical Director and Supervisor for the Broadway and touring versions of Urinetown. He was musical director for the Tony Award winning revivals of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (with Nathan Lane and later Whoopi Goldberg), Guys and Dolls (with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince), and Lincoln Center’s anything Goes (with Patti LuPone). He conducted the Broadway productions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Evita, Very Good Eddie!, Baby and The Me Nobody Knows. He served as Assistant Conductor for the National and International Companies of A Chorus Line. He was also pit pianist for many musicals including Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along and the original Pippin. Concurrent with his work on Broadway he is known as a vocal coach for prominent New York actors and has been teaching audition and musical theatre skills for ten years.

e-mail: cfprescott@hvc.rr.com or EddieStrauss@nyc.rr.com