Monologues you should NOT do
Monologues you should NOT do
LindenE
Swing Joined: 6/11/06
#1Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/12/07 at 7:11pm
Does anyone know a site or can just list monlogues that you should not do for an audition? All I can think of is Rasin in the Sun, and I just know there are others out there that are on the no-no list. If you know of any songs on the no-no list too.
Updated On: 1/12/07 at 07:11 PM
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#2re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/12/07 at 7:36pm
Star Spangled Girl
anything that is just way too much (by that I mean don't do anything epic ie: Blanche DuBois)
anything that's horribly out of your age range is a no no
I've heard The Fantasticks monologue ALOT
in general avoid very very recent plays
I've heard from friends that they annoyed at Death of a Salesman speeches
there are so many different reasons not to do a monologue just as there many reasons TO do one. common sense
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#2re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/12/07 at 8:48pm
Can't remember what it's from...but that one about the can of tuna in the grocery store...OMG if I have to hear that one more time....
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#3re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:20pm
why is raisin in the sun a "no no"?
most of the college/conservatory websites have lists of monologues you shouldn't do.
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#4re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:41pmThat damn tuna monologue...and a well-known Shakespeare monologue probably isn't your best bet, unless it specifically asks for a classical monologue. But even then...
#5re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/13/07 at 12:22ammusicaltheateraudition.com
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#6re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/13/07 at 10:43pmthis site was very helpful: http://www.monologueaudition.com/overdone.htm
BarberOfTheBarricade
Swing Joined: 1/11/07
#7re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/13/07 at 11:00pm
as for songs, never sing "Corner Of The SKy" from Pippin, or "Giants In The Sky" from Into The Woods.
So basically, if it mentions the sky, don't sing it.
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#8re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:28amgood one, that made me laugh. but it's true, i gotcha :)
#9re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/18/07 at 8:45pm
so "look to the sky" from Urinetown is a no-no?
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#11re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:09amNEVER EVER do I HATE HAMLET....i learned that the hard way
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elvenprincess971
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#12re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/20/07 at 4:31pmthe Tuna monologue is the one from "Laughing Wild"... and personally I think it depends on the audition as to whether or not it's overdone. If you can be original about it, then by all means do it.
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theatrejock310
Stand-by Joined: 9/29/06
#13re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:00pm
DON'T do anything from "Agnes of God"!
Updated On: 1/20/07 at 11:00 PM
Matters
Stand-by Joined: 10/7/05
#14re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/21/07 at 12:55amdang, i sang giants in the sky for an audition last week.....i had a feeling it was questionable.
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#15re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/22/07 at 2:48pm
how about jill's marriage monologue from Butterflies are Free... i hear its overdone but i've never seen it done and i love it.
or catholic schoolgirls... oh wait that's pretty overdone. nvm.
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WOSQ
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#16re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/22/07 at 3:55pm
General rule about monologues:
Make sure you have read the entire play before you attempt to do it. Know the context and know the tone.
Note that reading the play and seeing the play or a film adaptation of it are two entirely different things. Be familiar with the words leading up to it and what happens afterwards.
Read the play more than once.
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#17re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/22/07 at 4:35pmDon't do random monologues... as in books of monologues written separately, not from a play. Often you can't use them because they have to be from published plays for most auditions, but also you're given no idea of your character. I've seen this mistake in acting classes often.
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#18re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/22/07 at 10:20pm
I've found success in doing underground monologues from well known pieces - for example, Juliet's "Banished" or "Come Vial" speeches from Romeo and Juliet are fantastic, and I've never seen anyone do them.
As for what you SHOULDN'T do... if you're going to do "Brilliant Traces" (which is fantastic and there's nothing wrong with it at all), don't do the opening speech or the "Extraterrestrials" monologue. These are the most popular ones, and I don't know why. The opening speech is too spastic and circumstance-heavy to make a good 1st impression (unless you nail it, which is possible), and the Extraterrestrials speech isn't emotional enough. If you're going to do Traces, do Rosannah's "They were asleep" monologue or her confessions near the end. They are much more emotional, much more affecting, and much less confusing than the other two.
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#19re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/22/07 at 10:42pmIf you want to find a monologues, go to A.R. Gruney's Love Letters. It is a gold mine of monologes.
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#20re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:52pm
well..i always think the rule should be i stick with the classsics...dont sing wicked sing from company or somehting obsucre
Where's the beef?
#21re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:50pmat districts, the people who got double superior did Death of a salesman AND THe fantastics and brilliant traces....
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
~Cymbeline
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#22re: Monologues you should NOT do
Posted: 1/28/07 at 12:00am
i'm not the original poster of this message, but still this is all very helpful guys, thanks a lot!
and keep it coming! =)
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