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SM East grad to make singing guest appearance on NBC’s Whitney tonight

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Ben Bliss
It’s been a whirlwind year for 2004 SM East graduate Ben Bliss.

After graduating from Chapman University, he’d landed a job working on the “Dr. Phil” show. After a couple years there, he moved on to “The Doctors,” the daytime talk show produced by Dr. Phil’s son.

But when he decided to recommit himself to his true passion — music — earlier this year, things started lining up very quickly.

He auditioned for the LA Opera. Apparently that went pretty well, because he got called back for a second audition in front of the opera’s board. And then he got called back for a final audition — a final audition in front of international opera star Placido Domingo.

“It was just Ben, Placido Domingo and the accompaniest,” said Bliss’s mother, Judy. “I was nervous for him, but he seemed okay with it.”

Bliss passed that test as well, and got a formal invitation to join the opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program.

Not bad. But the good news just kept coming. Several weeks ago, NBC called the LA Opera looking for a singer to make a guest appearance on the network’s new sitcom, Whitney. Bliss got the nod for that opportunity as well, and will make a guest appearance on tonight’s episode. (Apparently Whitney and her boyfriend are in a contest to see who can be more romantic, and Bliss’s character is hired along with a violinist as part of the intra-couple challenge).

“It’s been a fun year for all of us watching him,” Judy said. “All the right doors have opened.”

Bliss will make his formal debut with the LA Opera in November with Romeo and Juliet. His appearance on Whitney airs tonight at 8:30 on KSHB.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, where he earned the Calder Pickett Award. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

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