Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
ace33
Stand-by Joined: 8/9/10
#1Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 3:49pmI'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?
#2Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 3:51pm
Rags to riches? STEPHEN SCHWARTZ!
(I'm here all week.)
ace33
Stand-by Joined: 8/9/10
#2Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 3:57pm
Schwartz? i don't get it. He was from NYC, Julliard and BFA from CMU.
#3Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:02pmIt's a reference, Stephen Schwartz wrote Rags (flop) before becoming multi-millionaire (Wicked).
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#4Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:16pmWhy would a stagehand become a swing??!?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5Broadway 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.
#6Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:40pmYou 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.
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#7Broadway Rags-to-Riches Stories
Posted: 4/28/11 at 4:44pm
Terri White was homeless at one point. So glad she's made it back to the stage and is living well.
Such a touching story...
If this isn't rags to riches, I don't know what is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7BdSyFONWQ
Updated On: 4/28/11 at 04:44 PM
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#8Broadway 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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