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My entire life has been filled with a passion for the performing arts. I graduated in Communications and General Business at Western Michigan University. After college, I travelled to Chicago and performed in several summerstock theatre productions across the United States. I performed in the National Tour of The Pajama Game, and sang for Gaylord Entertainment's Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. After moving to New York City I became a Manager for several Shubert Broadway Theatres. Finally, I moved to Orlando, Florida to work as a Production Assistant for Walt Disney Entertainment. My current role is Producer for The Disney Event Group. We produce corporate entertainment events. I am on the Board of Directors for the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida. I am a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. My future plans include graduating with my Masters degree in Entertainment Business at Full Sail University and developing creative entertainment content for television and emerging media platforms.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Exciting NBC Pilot Announcements


Some great new television pilot ideas are in the news and are inspiring me to be more creative. In particular, the new NBC boss, Bob Greenblatt, has moved quickly to take the reins of NBC and has lined up several exciting new shows.  He has ordered four new pilots and has put the brakes on several prior production commitments.  In a recent Variety article by Cynthia Littleton, she discusses some of the NBC shifts in focus.  I do have to say that they are quite exciting!  Here’s the deal…

The most notable pick-up is “Smash” from Steven Spielberg, Craig Zadan, and Neil Meron.   “Smash” is a project Greenblatt developed at Showtime but has now secured it for NBC.  This hour long tuner is a show-within-a-show vehicle about a group of people who come together to produce a Broadway musical.  It's based on Spielberg's idea of following the development of a musical from beginning to end.  Greenblatt put the project in development in 2009, and it's a concept close to his heart.  He is a big theatre fan and three years ago produced the Broadway adaptation of “Nine to Five”.  Theresa Rebeck has penned the pilot script and will executive produce with Spielberg.  Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are on board to pen the tunes.   You may know them from their “Hairspray” success, among many others.  It sounds like “Smash” will add some competition to the phenomenon that is “Glee”.

Also in the works is “I Hate that I Love You,” from Jhoni Marchinko.  She is most remembered for her “Will and Grace” show creation.  Her new project comes from 20th Century Fox TV and will appear on NBC. It's a single-camera romantic comedy in which a straight couple introduces two lesbian friends to one another, resulting in a pregnancy. 

"Mann's World," is an hour-long concept from Michael Patrick King revolving around a celebrity hairstylist in L.A. The show focuses on the challenges he faces in running his business and staying relevant in a fast-moving business.  

Finally, rounding out the new projects for NBC is David E. Kelley's spin on "Wonder Woman".  Where we find Diana Prince leading a double life as a high-powered corporate executive. 

All these new picks seem to be a great move for Greenblatt at NBC.  Let’s see if the network can turn things around from their lackluster performance in recent years.  In sounds to me that these projects have potential to be ratings hits.  I hope these new pilots can contribute to their recovery, as well as add a new creative wrinkle to the television landscape.

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  1. Homer BerkowitzJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    Interesting discussion about the new picks coming from NBC. I wonder if it has anything to do with the NBC - Comcast deal. It is crucial for TV networks to constantly change, adapt, and come up with new ideas to keep viewers, especially in this day and age with so many channels to choose from, not to mention online content.

    Keep up the great insight!

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