How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?

[bpenmetsa]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 4:34pm

For my music history class I have to write an essay about Broadway. The topic I'm choosing is how hard it is for any actor to make it big, and all the baby steps they have to take (like taking tiny roles they don't want,etc) to make it to the top. I can't find any scholarly articles about this, I would love some help finding articles, or just with this topic in general! I'm planning on writing it either from the perspective of a bitter understudy who hasn't gotten the success she wanted or a top actress starring in a big musical... Which one would be more interesting? Thank you guys so much!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 4:40pm

Musicals are cool and actors and even actresses are cool, too.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:20pm

Because the reason one makes it to the top or not is NOT scholarly. You can do everything right and never get cast. You can get nothing but "chorus roles" and be perfectly content (and therefore be a success). Some people (Jon Groff) get luckly and practically walk in off the street (comparatively speaking) and get a leading role.

Not knowing the actual assignment, makes it impossible to help, but I suggest that your chosen topic won't really qualify as 'research' as most info you will find will be nothing but anecdotal.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:23pm

There is a student message board. Post this there.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:46pm

Honestly, if you make it hard, you'll probably get the part.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:50pm

You have to really want it. If you don't, you'll never make it.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:52pm

Just read any notable Broadway actor's biography.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:59pm

Ask Ashlee Simpson. She loves doing Broadways and worked really hard to get there ... I mean them.

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 9:50pm

hard.

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 9:52pm

I heard you really have to get out there and work for it.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 9:55pm

You can be anything you want. You just have to go for it and give it your all.

[ggersten]

Posted: 9/22/13 at 11:19pm

Get this book
Making it on Broadway

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/23/13 at 1:20am

Watch this:


http://youtu.be/anFUcuBt3hk

[tazber]

Posted: 9/23/13 at 5:52am

Not very hard at all.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 5:45pm

You gotta work HARD to get on top of that glass mountain that they call success on Broadway, BABY. There are no short cuts. You gotta pay, and pay in sweat.