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[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:14pm

well bso -

i've spent my entire life in the theatre and all i can say is -

it don't get no realer....

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:16pm

well, currently i am fighting with my parents over what i enjoy (theatre) and what they want me to do (not theate)...



I dunno

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:17pm

I've got to go. I may or not be back in a little while.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:17pm

dtl, peace

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:19pm

i was talking to this kid the other day and he was all starry-eyed and star-struck (which still makes me laugh...)

he was "considering" a life in the theatre and I had to let him know that is not something you "consider" - it's something you are DRIVEN TO DO WITH EVERY FIBER OF YOUR BEING - otherwise - it's just not worth it...

I mean here he is telling me how much "fun" it is and how he enjoyed community theatre so much that it was okay to work for free....

pullleeezzzzeee! When his RENT is due - he'll mind working for free!!!

How many other professions do you know that people train for years, spend a fortune on that training and then go out into the world to NOT get paid for their expertise?

Only in showbiz kids... only in showbiz....

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:20pm

some doctors face that problem...

do you know how stage managers and crew people fare in the theatre world?

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:21pm

Showbiz
It's
Just
Showbiz

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:24pm

crew fares better because there is more work...

it's like the military - for every soilder in the front there are 5 people in the rear....

same in theatre - for example - the touring cast of LK is about 60 cast memebers... the crew is around 109 with another 100 or so added in each city...

this is why i'm still a union wardrobe member and am working crew here at the tv station...

i've done 2 out of the 3 possible roles available to me on Broadway... yet my mortgage must still pay and my kids must still eat and there is no such thing as a 1 income household anymore (unless it's a single-parent household... ya know?)

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:24pm

stupid stomach. *gives it the finger*


i'm going to bed. then i won't think about it. i'll be back on if i can't fall asleep.

g'night.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:26pm

nite beka - feel better

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:26pm

peace, BEKA..

gotcha fredi - as i can't sing...well, and im interested in design etc i wanna go into the backstage theatre stuff...

i was gonna take voice lessons, but its $350 for, i think, 10 lessons. frankly, id go for a lesson and i'll be told there's no hope for me...

so, off to design i go!

[Ellie3]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:27pm

Fredi, what's the third role? Mmmm, rolls. I'm peckish, think I'll conjure up a nice bread roll with pastrami. Back soon!

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:27pm

it's Beka's sandwich
sure is spicey
[no friends, I am not being TOTALLY random]

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:28pm

so, what's everyone listening to?

Me, i am listening to Big Black Man (The Full Monty) then, if i have time before SNL, i'll listen to The Goods...

(<----)

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:30pm

"O Bless The Lord My Soul"
Shoshana Bean version
I Sho

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:32pm

design is very competitive so be prepared to do a lot of "free" work and guerilla theatre to build your portfolio and your relationships....

you may try to get some work in the "art departments" of films...

it's easier to get a little non-union work in those departments..

Off-off bway is where you'll be able to cut your teeth in theatre...

Off-bway has become very commercial (and therefore very union)

If you have connections - you can try for an apprenticeship sooner than later - or try to attach yourself to some of the supply houses (i.e. the set builinding shops or lighting shops, etc...)that way you'll have steady work while building your connections, etc...

you live in the area which is good - you will need a car if you're going to do crew work - you'll always be carrying crap, your "kit", people, and God knows what else...

crew days are ususally 10 hrs min (12 for film) and lots of overtime...

the good news is - when you work YOU WORK!!! the bad new is, when you don't YOU DON'T....

like 2000 when the strike happened - BOING!!! Lot's of folks went down for the count.....

plan it out while as carefully as you can - offer your folks some rent and STAY HOME until you get your fiscal grove on...!! (a luxury I wish I could have taken advantage of....)

unless you have it like that already of course ... ;-D

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:34pm

what's the third role...?

it's Mabel in Hairspray... (Mary ain't leavin' and I don't blame her!!)

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:36pm

motormouth? YES! I can't wait to see Mary!

She's leaving in April, i thought....

thanks for that Fredi - sounds like i have my work cut out for me...

it was either design, or being a stage manager...

(why does it all have to be so competitive lol)

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:36pm

Fredi if you ever do get offered Motormouth again, NTG and I will sponser a field trip to see you
no joke

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:38pm

if she's leaving - then i'll have to call my agents!!!

her contract may be up for nego - but i haven't heard that she's coming out of the show....

you guys probably know better than i...

what are the roles for a black female on broadway right now?

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:39pm

Mama Morton in Chicago

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:40pm

i thought chicago closed...

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:40pm

i think i read it on the hairspray site - in the forums...cause i wanted to see her before she left -

umm, besides TLK and hairspray? hmmmm.....
OH - Avenue Q!

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:41pm

Oh duh!
*hides from shame for not mentioning a part from her fav show*

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:41pm

'i thought chicago closed... '

Nope... Wayne Brady is still Billy right?