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#1

Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories

Posted: 4/28/11 at 3:49pm

I'm just the average fan, but i know becoming a Broadway actor can take years of hard work (BFA's, Training, Classes, headshots, etc etc)... but do any stars have rags-to-riches success stories? Being discovered in a cafe? Stagehand turned swing?
#4

Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories

Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:02pm

It's a reference, Stephen Schwartz wrote Rags (flop) before becoming multi-millionaire (Wicked).
#6

Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories

Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:19pm

Because the show must go on!

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#7

Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories

Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:40pm

You mentioned cafes, and I know Alysha Umphress worked at Ellen's Stardust Diner before getting cast in American Idiot, but is it true that she was spotted there? Or did she audition? I heard she was spotted, but doubt it. But it's not like she came from no training or anything, she went to BoCo.
#9

Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories

Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:45pm

Barbra:
Graduated high school at 16-17
Broadway debut at 19
Funny Girl at 21.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher

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