Clay Stefanki Obituary: In numerous ways, Jamie Torcellini’s life has been a fantasy. This San Diego-raised entertainer/chief/choreographer has showed up in a few Broadway musicals, including “Felines,” “Little Johnny Jones,” “Me and My Girl,” “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway,” “Man of La Mancha,” “Excellence and the Beast,” and, most as of late, “Billy Elliot.”
Be that as it may, a couple of years back, Torcellini chose to move away from the New York dream plant and hinder his life. He moved to L.A. also, started coordinating more than he had previously (despite the fact that he actually acts, too). And keeping in mind that he’s known for his work in musicals, Torcellini has zeroing in his energy on coordinating nonmusical plays, which he says are far less work concentrated.
“At the point when you’re a chief who began as an artist, theater organizations anticipate that you should both direct and arrange,” he clarified. “Movement doesn’t come to me rapidly. So rather than my planning time multiplying with the two positions, it quadruples.”
Yet, when Torcellini was extended to the employment opportunity of coordinating and arranging Moonlight Stage Productions’ “Life Could Be a Dream,” he made a special case for his own standard.
“This melodic has considerably more of a story,” he said. “It’s about connections between individuals. It’s not simply a jukebox melodic, it’s a play with jukebox music. I found that due to that I could be more put resources into the story. The characters are more grounded so the crowd is more anxious to go not far off with them.”
“Life Could Be a Dream” is the formation of Roger Bean , who additionally is liable for the melodic “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” which played at the Moonlight Amphitheater in 2011. In that melodic, the Crooning Crabcakes bunch is youngsters’ vocal group of four prohibited from performing at the Springfield High School Prom, which clears a path for the Marvelous Wonderettes all-young lady gathering to perform.
In “Life Could Be a Dream,” the Crabcakes get another opportunity to share their doo-wop style during a challenge on Big Whopper Radio. Tunes incorporate “Tears on My Pillow,” “Unchained Melody,” “The Glory of Love,” “Remain (Just a Little Bit Longer),” “Evasion Sue” and “Life Could Be a Dream.”
The melodic, opening this evening, is being introduced at the Avo Playhouse as the focal point of Moonlight’s colder time of year season.
“Life Could Be a Dream” has been played out a couple of times in Southern California, remembering for Laguna Beach.