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Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
#75Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:29pmIt's amazing how you think being a teacher is more demanding than being a performer on Broadway.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#76Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:34pm
" Jason Tam never did on stage what he did at the audition. "
You'd be wrong, I'm afraid. Even without seeing it, the fact that he was compared to Paris Hilton should have been a dead giveaway to you. 
"So you're a troll."
You are correct, sir! Why are you people wasting time with such an obvious troll?
#77Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:35pm
The fact is, you do not necessarily need to go to college or have special training to become an actor. You just need to be talented and what the casting directors want.
Demanding jobs like everyone else mentioned require some sort of training. You can't become anything such as a doctor, teacher, soldier, etc... without training. They take years to train for. So, to me, acting certainly can be a demanding job, but certainly not even close to the top of a list of demanding jobs for me.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
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#78Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:35pmHeifer, you cray.
#79Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:38pm
"You are correct, sir! Why are you people wasting time with such an obvious troll?"
Ha right, I'm a "troll" because I disagree. Interesting.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#80Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:41pmHeifer, you cray.
#81Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:43pm
Back to topic here: Gertrude Lawrence was absolutely amazing in "The King and I". She gave her all and she WAS Anna. Unfortunately, Gertrude got sick and for a couple of moths had a whole lot of "off" performances. Because the show relied on her PERFORMANCE (she was not a great singer) the shows started getting really bad. Eventually , Rodgers and Hammerstein told her she had to stop performing because "eight times a week you are losing the respect of 1,500 people". Sure, she was sick (really sick) but because people hadn't seen her when she was brilliant, they thought she was terrible. Gertrude could PERFORM, but when she couldn't, the show sucked. And she was blamed.
By the way: let's not "rank" how hard jobs are. Most jobs are VERY hard and demanding. But I would assume people choose to be a doctor or performer because they LOVE it and want to do it, regardless of how difficult. BTW, teachers, doctors, and performers all have to train and give up many years of their lives. YES performers have to train. If they don't, don't expect them to last very long (exception: Patti LuPone, but because in "Evita" she realized she needed to vocally train to sustain her voice). And teachers DO work very hard. Let's not insult anybody. Being a doctor is hard. Being a teacher is hard. Being a performer is hard. Let's leave it at that.
Updated On: 5/19/13 at 11:43 PM
#82Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:44pm
Le sigh. "Disagree" is a word, and it applies, but it is not the root of your trollery.
Grandiose claims, refusal to follow said claims up, accusatory rhetoric, moving goalposts, and willful misinterpretation of other posters' points are the basic elements of your trollery.
Nice game. Come back when you have an answer:
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#83Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:45pm
>> "It's amazing how you think being a teacher is more demanding than being a performer on Broadway."
I get the feeling that you're "amazed" because you're basing your opinion on what you imagine it's like to be a teacher, with no real experience in the job.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#84Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:46pmThat heifer, she cray.
#85Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:46pm
"The fact is, you do not necessarily need to go to college or have special training to become an actor. You just need to be talented and what the casting directors want."
If you don't have training on your resume, then it won't look good. And yeah, you could be talented, but there are hundreds/thousands of other talented people auditioning for the same thing. Some who may have spent years of training, but might not get anything.
#86Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:47pmI'm a top drama school right now. It's physically exhausting, emotionally draining, and a lot of the time feels like the work si far greater than the reward. But I love it. Even so, to compare having a career in the performing arts to any of the careers you mentioned is ridiculous. Yea, you need to be on your game every single performance, and yea, its exhausting, and yea, auditioning is the worst. But if you screw up, it's on you. If ANY of those other professions have an off day, it could literally end someones life. You need a reality check.
#87Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:50pm
This is a stupid thread.
I have NEVER known a performer (including myself) who wasn't extremely unhappy when they felt a performance wasn't their best work. Sometimes things aren't in your control (health reasons, for example) and you do the best that you can. But you ALWAYS do the best you can. And those who don't aren't likely to be in this business long.
"What- and quit show business?" - the guy shoveling elephant shit at the circus.
#88Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:53pm
"I get the feeling that you're "amazed" because you're basing your opinion on what you imagine it's like to be a teacher, with no real experience in the job."
You don't have to be a teacher or a performer to realize that performing on Broadway is more demanding than being a teacher. Seriously, what do teachers do that is soooo demanding? Grading tests?
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#89Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:59pm
Okay, what class did you fail? What bad, bad teacher failed you this year?
#90Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/19/13 at 11:59pmYou are so dumb if you think classroom management is easier than being a performer. Or how about trying to get the concepts through to students to make that test grading worthwhile? How about you go into a room with 15-20 kids all by yourself and see how it goes.
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"You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.
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#91Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:02amSERIOUSLY? DOES NO ONE LISTEN TO ME? Let's not judge other people's jobs when we don't have experience. Teachers work VERY hard. We are lucky we have them. Performers also work hard. BroadwayStar4, please, just stop while you still can. Retain some dignity. Or at least stop losing the respect of thousands of people who will look upon this thread. You are entitled to your own opinions. But YES! being a teacher is hard. Being a doctor is hard. Being a performer is hard. Just understand that we all work hard, no matter what we do. And while it may SEEM easy to you, don't look down upon it because most likely it isn't as easy as it seems.
#92Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:04am
"How about you go into a room with 15-20 kids all by yourself and see how it goes."
How about you sing, act and dance in front of 1500 people, 8 shows a week? You would have to do it on national television for promotion as well.
#93Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:06amYou have yet to name your 5 "most demanding" professions.
"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell
#94Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:06am
"SERIOUSLY? DOES NO ONE LISTEN TO ME?"
OK I WILL LISTEN TO YOU.
#95Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:16am
I would rather do that than have to deal with children all day, that's for sure. Also dealing with screaming parents is not something a performer has to deal with.
"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005
"You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#96Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:19amHeifer be cray, yo.
#97Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:21am
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#98Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:23amNo, but performers have to deal with mean/dismissive casting directors, criticism by everyone, etc.
#99Do you expect performers to be great 8 shows a week?
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:24amPhyllis Rogers Stone, that looks gorgeous!!
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