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Does anyone know if a Broadway (yes, i actually mean NYC not just musical theater in general) audition is any different from a regular professional audition? and if so- how?
I have done enough community theater, and i've started auditioning professionally. And once I get my musical theater degree I'm going to manhattan- so I just wanted to know what is different about the Broadway auditions. (link)
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Well, let me tell you first of all Broadway is THE MOST competitive type of acting there is. It all depends on what makes you diffrent too. Directors like little quirks about people and uniqueness. Manhattan is very expensive just to let you know, so i would not stay in the city till you can support yourself. Also, you need an agent to try out for most professional shows. Its not just an open casting call or anything, you need equity cards for most shows and those are aquired through experience and an agent.
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Is there a very helpful site that could give me words that sound really effective with a New York accent? Such as, instead of mustard-mustid!! I need the accent for an audition. (link)
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watch movies with the brooklynn accent in them, thats what I always do, then just begin to say words that ryhme in the accent over and over and eventually you'll learn it, youtube.com is another good way to here diffrent accents, just type in brookylnn accent. Hope this helped, i know what a pain accents are to come by for roles.
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Well my theatre teacher seems to do things unfaily and favor people sometimes. For example, he always picks my friend for the main part in every show and the thing is, it's so unfair to the upperclassmen who have more skill and have been doing theatre longer than my friend (my friend is a freshman.) My friend is good and all, but it seems like my theatre teacher is always cheating the upperclassmen out of good parts, I mean because my friend has had the lead role in plays before and she has many more theatre shows to go, so I don't see why he doesn't just pick some upperclassmen for the roles, because all of the upperclassmen are better at acting than anyone else in the whole drama club and yet, he's never given any of them a lead role. I, as well as other people, think that he does many things unfairly and we've talked to him about it before, but our talking to him doesn't ever seem to make a difference. So my question is, how can I get on my theatre teacher's good side? because I am still a freshman, but I'm predicting that since I'm kind of laid-back and I do have a similar personality to most of the upperclassmen, my theatre teacher is probaly gonna cheat my out of a leading role when I'm an upperclassmen, just like he's doing now. And yes it's kinda unfair how he handles things, but there's nothing we can do about it and it doesn't really seem like he notices me right now and I want to show that i have the potential to handle a lead role, because I don't want to not get a part I derserve, just like my upperclassmen friends. SO what I'm asking is, how can I show my theatre teacher that I'm willing to work hard and that I want to have good parts in the plays? Sorry if this is confusing... I read it and realized that it's probably hard to understand, I mean it made sense to me when I wrote it but idk how comprehendable it really is hahahaha... but any advice any of you have would be greatly appreciated. :-) (link)
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Well, we have somthing in common, I auditioned for Beauty and The Beast, i have been taking voice lessons for some time and I have gotten leads in every production i've been in since 6th grade, i am now a senior in high school. I did not get a part in Beauty and The Beast, i got called back and they didn't find me a part. Basically what im saying is, if your going into theatre you have to get used to being rejected. I know its very hard. If your just doing the plays for fun, then do just that, have fun with it. Theatre people enjoy outgoing talented people, if the seniors are talented enough, they should have gotten there chance to shine already. But as for you, keep with it and keep trying, but theatre is a lost cause without a promise of hope. All you can do is your best.
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