What do you eat when you're performing?
What do you eat when you're performing?
Elwen
Swing Joined: 4/16/08
#1What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:40pmSeems like there's so many list of foods & drinks to avoid when we're singing, but what do you normally eat on the day you perform?
#2re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/28/08 at 2:04pm
PROTEIN!PROTEIN!PROTEIN!
Don't have a lot of carbs because that will just give you quick energy and won't last for the whole show. It's best to eat meat,chicken, or fish and vegetables with some rice. With fruit for dessert! Give you enough energy to perform, and more.
#2re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/28/08 at 2:19pmNo dairy!
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#3re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/28/08 at 2:56pmMy meal before a show or competition is always chicken fingers. I HATE chicken fingers, but they've always given me good luck before. The one competition (a vocabulary bee) when I didn't eat them, I came in fourth. I'm not as a rule a superstitious person, but this is my one exception.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#4re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/28/08 at 3:15pm
"No dairy!"
While true for some, that's a myth for most. If you don't feel like you have extra flegm whenever you eat dairy, you should be fine. The only dairy item I've ever had that's negatively affected my singing was hot chocolate, and that's because it was burning hot!
I agree with what Jaesdare said, though.
Juliash
Broadway Star Joined: 3/6/07
#5re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/28/08 at 4:48pmI'm actually fine with dairy- so much so that I usually eat greek yogurt and fruit because I never want to eat too much.
#7re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 3:47am
I actually have a ritual fast.
I kid.
I drink water like nobody's business. I get to drink plenty of water in this show since i'm drinking from a flask for the entirety. Rockin.
"I'll show you a laughgasm. I'll gasm all over this stage!"
"Interesting choice"
"Interesting choice"
Juliash
Broadway Star Joined: 3/6/07
#8re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 2:44pm
If I drink too much water, I have to pee in the middle of the show and its not pretty.
I just drink like, 3 nalgenes the day before and I'm good. I'm still hydrated, and I've peed everything else out by the show :).
#9re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 5:53pm
I usually crave peanut butter before big scary shows.
#10re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 6:03pmI remember in HS, the day of a performance, I would buy exactly ten water bottles, at 50 cents each, and drink them all before call, and have to buy 6 more, for a dollar each. hahahaha
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#11re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/7/08 at 9:05pmI think Tea is good before a show. I am know to even drink it in costume. Throat coat works the best
PookieBear
Chorus Member Joined: 7/11/08
#12re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/8/08 at 11:54am
I always eat an apple before a performance... weird I know, but it helps for me. :)
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why yes, i do frequently burst out in song.
i have a very serious medical condition called musical tourettes.
:)
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#13re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/8/08 at 3:12pmPookiebear, so did Pavarotti.
#14re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/8/08 at 8:26pmDon't eat chinese food because it makes you really sleepy
"I'll show you a laughgasm. I'll gasm all over this stage!"
"Interesting choice"
"Interesting choice"
MikesBarto2002
Chorus Member Joined: 11/13/08
#15re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/13/08 at 5:55pm
Lots of green salad! Just no ranch dressing, it has dairy in it. And some kind of protein on top, like chicken or salmon or tuna. I find that sushi is a pretty good before the show meal as well. Make sure you put a little wasabi on every piece, especially if you have a stuffed up nose. It will open the nasal passages really well. Feel the burn!
Schools for Theatre
#16re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/13/08 at 7:09pmI have to admit that that I don't really have any strict pre-show dietary guidelines, but I think the most important is nothing you're not used to! No one wants to be violently ill at curtain...
broadway234
Chorus Member Joined: 6/14/08
#17re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/16/08 at 3:21pm
our entire theatre department has a "ritual"
pretzels and icing
it may not be healthy it gets us pumped up. of course we eat real food before also... usually zaxby's because it's closest to our school :]
Madcap Maisie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/08
#18re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/23/08 at 8:25pmsweedish fish, wierd, i know
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Swing Joined: 11/24/08
#19re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/24/08 at 12:41pmMelon's great for your throat. It keeps it lubricated.
#20re: What do you eat when you're performing?
Posted: 11/24/08 at 9:49pm
Protein Bars, Water and then if Im able to, fruit is really great. Good natural sugars and natural water within them =]
But I live off of those "Pure Protein" brand Protein bars and huge bottles of water. I went through a gallon today at rehearsal. hahahha
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