#51
Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:45pm
I'm confused about why so many members are responding to ssfun's posts. He is obviously a troll, I could tell from his second post in this thread.
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#52
Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:46pm
Oh, Oprah...do you see what THE SECRET hath wrought?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#53
Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:47pm
I find his innocence charming...we were all that wide eyed and fresh at one time in our youth.
#54
Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:49pm
"I 'm confused about why so many members are responding to ssfun's posts. He is obviously a troll, I could tell from his second post in this thread"
Ummmmmmmmmmmmm maybe because it is fun?
Ummmmmmmmmmmmm maybe because it is fun?
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#55
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:02pm
The other people on the board are absolutely right: as a true actor, NO role should be beneath you. Every role (that you actually DO get) is an opportunity to learn, grow and make contacts. Those aspects shouldn't be overlooked in your hurry to pursue "only leads".
"Life is about the journey, so make the journey interesting!"
#56
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:13pm
>> Here are the parts that I played in middle school
>> high school and college...
>> Lord Boxington MY FAIR LADY
>> Mr Gladhand WEST SIDE STORY
>> Ambrose HELLO DOLLY
>> Will OKLAHOMA
>> Older Patrick MAME
>> Motel FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
>> I almost was the understudy to Cornelius in HELLO DOLLY
>> when I did it. Everyone said I was the best.
Everyone in your own small town . . .
Now, add about twenty or thirty more "lead roles" in shows; middle school to regional professional theatre, and you have mine!
Thus, babe, you are competing with people who have more than me . . .and years more than you . . . and much more professional credits.
Again, though, dear . . .come to NYC right away! Come win those Tony's. We'll see you at the auditions for non-union, and come early (I recommend 6:00 a.m. -- the call starts at 10:00 a.m. FOR EQUITY, though] -- and you can sign wait at 6 am to be the first on the list for non-union. IF THEY HAVE TIME they may see you by 5:00 p.m.
That's the reality, sweets. Oh, and that's for Broadway chorus roles. They may or may not see you, at the union call, either. And your list of leads mean nothing unless it was a top drama college -- or professional theatre. You will have to cut out the middle school and high school credits (they don't care).
High school and below mean nothing in professional theatre as far as size of the role. It just means you're not a beginner; and that is all they really want to know about anything high school and below. Well, unless you are a high school student currently.
Anyway, there are books you need to read . . . "Respect for Acting" by Uta Hagen; "How To Sell Yourself As An Actor" by K Callan and "Audition" by Michael Shurtleff to start.
>> high school and college...
>> Lord Boxington MY FAIR LADY
>> Mr Gladhand WEST SIDE STORY
>> Ambrose HELLO DOLLY
>> Will OKLAHOMA
>> Older Patrick MAME
>> Motel FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
>> I almost was the understudy to Cornelius in HELLO DOLLY
>> when I did it. Everyone said I was the best.
Everyone in your own small town . . .
Now, add about twenty or thirty more "lead roles" in shows; middle school to regional professional theatre, and you have mine!
Thus, babe, you are competing with people who have more than me . . .and years more than you . . . and much more professional credits.
Again, though, dear . . .come to NYC right away! Come win those Tony's. We'll see you at the auditions for non-union, and come early (I recommend 6:00 a.m. -- the call starts at 10:00 a.m. FOR EQUITY, though] -- and you can sign wait at 6 am to be the first on the list for non-union. IF THEY HAVE TIME they may see you by 5:00 p.m.
That's the reality, sweets. Oh, and that's for Broadway chorus roles. They may or may not see you, at the union call, either. And your list of leads mean nothing unless it was a top drama college -- or professional theatre. You will have to cut out the middle school and high school credits (they don't care).
High school and below mean nothing in professional theatre as far as size of the role. It just means you're not a beginner; and that is all they really want to know about anything high school and below. Well, unless you are a high school student currently.
Anyway, there are books you need to read . . . "Respect for Acting" by Uta Hagen; "How To Sell Yourself As An Actor" by K Callan and "Audition" by Michael Shurtleff to start.
Love and Stage Lights,
Angela Theresa
Updated On: 11/16/07 at 04:13 PM
#57
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:28pm
This thread has just crossed over to BEST THREAD OF THE DAY land. It might have won the BEST THREAD OF THE WEEK award, were it not for stupid deer.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#58
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:32pm
I agree robbiej! I left to go to work, you know, where I make a lead actor's salary of $130 a week...came home and this thread is still alive and as entertaining as ever.
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#59
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:35pm
This thread might have been fun if the guy were for real.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#60
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:37pm
SSfun they are all just jealous of you! Don't you dare give up! You are gonna be the best! I wish I'd seen you play Will or Ambrose! Getting parts like that means you're probably the second or third best actor in your whole school! IF we can just keep the guy who played Curly and Cornelius from coming to New York to audition, the part is YOURS!
#61
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:44pm
Jane...come here.
I have something to tell you I don't want the others to hear.
Shhhhhh....
What's fun are the posters TREATING ssfun as if he were real.
And that list of roles he posted is f*cking genius! I mean...Lord Boxington in MFL??? Rock on!
I have something to tell you I don't want the others to hear.
Shhhhhh....
What's fun are the posters TREATING ssfun as if he were real.
And that list of roles he posted is f*cking genius! I mean...Lord Boxington in MFL??? Rock on!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#62
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:49pm
"What's fun are the posters TREATING ssfun as if he were real"
Yes, you're right. I can hardly believe so many people fall for this stuff when it happens.
Yes, you're right. I can hardly believe so many people fall for this stuff when it happens.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#63
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:58pm
I LOVE this THREAD ... 
Is this the effect of the STRIKE to posters here? I will make my own too !
Very interesting week !!
J*
Is this the effect of the STRIKE to posters here? I will make my own too !
Very interesting week !!
J*
Updated On: 11/16/07 at 04:58 PM
#64
Posted: 11/16/07 at 5:01pm
Cool story about my friend who made it to Broadway at 18:
My friend, Candace, just got done performing on Broadway as a Dynamite in Hairspray and she is 20. She was 18 when she went into the show. She is from Dallas and went to L.A. for a dance competition/conference thing and auditioned for the Hairspray tour while she was there. They offered her a role in the touring cast and she turned it down because she wanted to finish high school. Towards the end of her senior year she went to New York for a trip and while she was there she checked in with the Hairspray theatre to see if they still had her information. The person she spoke to said that they would keep her information on file and call her if necessary. After she left the theater, not 30 seconds after, she got a phone call and was offered the role of a Dynamite on Broadway. She moved to New York the next day at age 18. She only had 3 theatre credits to her name before that happened and none were professional.
My friend, Candace, just got done performing on Broadway as a Dynamite in Hairspray and she is 20. She was 18 when she went into the show. She is from Dallas and went to L.A. for a dance competition/conference thing and auditioned for the Hairspray tour while she was there. They offered her a role in the touring cast and she turned it down because she wanted to finish high school. Towards the end of her senior year she went to New York for a trip and while she was there she checked in with the Hairspray theatre to see if they still had her information. The person she spoke to said that they would keep her information on file and call her if necessary. After she left the theater, not 30 seconds after, she got a phone call and was offered the role of a Dynamite on Broadway. She moved to New York the next day at age 18. She only had 3 theatre credits to her name before that happened and none were professional.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#65
Posted: 11/16/07 at 5:11pm
Here's the real deal love....
Working on Broadway goes far beyond just having talent. You also have to have the heart. The people who have careers on Broadway got them because once upon a time they got up at 5AM to take the train into Midtown in the middle of winter when it was cold to go stand on line to get on the list for a chorus call. They ate soup and PB and J Sandwiches instead of steak so they could afford that weeks voice lesson and lived in apartments with milk crates as dinning room tables because they couldn't afford anything else. They wanted to be on that stage more than anything else in the world and were willing to make the necessary sacrifices to get there.
They learned to take what they could get and use it to the best advantage. Perfect example of the "Broadway Fairy Tale" Would be Sutton Foster. She was the understudy for Millie and the girl playing Millie had to leave the show during its pre-broadway run. Sutton took over and wound up winning the Tony that year and has worked pretty much every season in something since.
So my point is that if you are serious about being a broadway performer look at each role and each audition as an opportunity. Don't ever think that anything is below you. Put your heart into everything that comes your way and use every opportunity you are given to refine your craft.
As long as you do that.. Your talent will shine through and you will get noticed and you will get the parts that you want.
Working on Broadway goes far beyond just having talent. You also have to have the heart. The people who have careers on Broadway got them because once upon a time they got up at 5AM to take the train into Midtown in the middle of winter when it was cold to go stand on line to get on the list for a chorus call. They ate soup and PB and J Sandwiches instead of steak so they could afford that weeks voice lesson and lived in apartments with milk crates as dinning room tables because they couldn't afford anything else. They wanted to be on that stage more than anything else in the world and were willing to make the necessary sacrifices to get there.
They learned to take what they could get and use it to the best advantage. Perfect example of the "Broadway Fairy Tale" Would be Sutton Foster. She was the understudy for Millie and the girl playing Millie had to leave the show during its pre-broadway run. Sutton took over and wound up winning the Tony that year and has worked pretty much every season in something since.
So my point is that if you are serious about being a broadway performer look at each role and each audition as an opportunity. Don't ever think that anything is below you. Put your heart into everything that comes your way and use every opportunity you are given to refine your craft.
As long as you do that.. Your talent will shine through and you will get noticed and you will get the parts that you want.
#66
Posted: 11/16/07 at 5:26pm
Oh God! It's killing me. People typing PARAGRAPHS!!!
Alright...mama's got to get to job #2!
Alright...mama's got to get to job #2!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#67
Posted: 11/16/07 at 5:48pm
"I don't want to wait in line and audition for Broadway."
Either this is one of the best jokes ever, or you sir are just a jack a$$.
Either this is one of the best jokes ever, or you sir are just a jack a$$.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#68
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:07pm
woah woah woah
voice lessons are not only for people who need to learn how to sing. where the hell did you get that from?
voice lessons are not only for people who need to learn how to sing. where the hell did you get that from?
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#69
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:12pm
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#70
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:15pm
I smell a dirty sock puppet.
Hey Dottie!
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#71
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:16pm
Look to see how many broadway actors still take voice lessons
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#72
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:16pm
ss, you amuse me! Carry on!!
"here I thought that I could post on this board to make connacts and get the ins and outs of Broadway." Ins and outs? of the casting couch?
Oh and btw I kept your spelling mistake, (it is contacts)
"here I thought that I could post on this board to make connacts and get the ins and outs of Broadway." Ins and outs? of the casting couch?
Oh and btw I kept your spelling mistake, (it is contacts)
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Updated On: 11/16/07 at 06:16 PM
#73
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:22pm
This is almost as good as the deer thread.
The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2
#74
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:22pm
I'm kind of curious whose picture he stole from MySpace to use as his avatar.
#75
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:30pm
wtf hahahahaha
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