Eleri Ward is an actress and singer/songwriter who drops her first solo album with Ghostlight Records, A Perfect Little Death, on Spotify Friday 6/4. She is best known for SUF/SOND, her brainchild that celebrates the music of Stephen Sondheim in the style of Sufjan Stevens.
0:00 - Introduction
5:00 - Eleri’s Audience Finding Her
6:30 - Sondheim Stannhood
9:00 - Exposure to Sondheim in High School
12:00 - How To Unleash Your Inner Elaine Stritch
14:30 - Creating Space for Yourself in the Industry/MCC Theater’s Miscast Gala
21:00 - 99 Problems and Musical Theatre is All of Em/Art is about Exploring Humanity
26:00 - Expanding the Musical Theatre Palette
28:00 Your Deepest Insecurity Becomes Your Signature
29:30 - Musical Inspiration : Caroline Polachek, Lake Street Dive, Vulfpeck, Sufjan Stevens
32:00 - Egoless Collaboration/Reemerging Professionally with Lessons Learned from The Pandemic
35:00 - Flock Ya Feathers Fam :)
40:00 - Gatekeepers be Gaslighting Us Bruh
42:30 - Performative Allyship and Pageantry BS
46:00 - Check out Eleri’s work!
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