How young is to young to write produce or direct a musical

Might want to brush up on your grammar first. Stinking common core.

Updated On: 11/13/15 at 02:25 PM

brdway411 said: "Might want to brush up on your Grammer first. Stinking common core.

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While correct, watch your spelling. #grammar

Sorry, autocorrect has a mind of its own.

brdway411 said: "Sorry, autocorrect has a mind of its own.

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Haha neonlights and brdway411, autocorrect must really be a big Kelsey Grammer fan.

Am at work, typing fast, should have proof read. You are correct. Phone sucks, for some reason my phone likes Mr Grammer.

When it comes to producing a show, it's not about age; it's about money. It's investing in a show that will do well and not get you in debt. It's a risky thing to do. Not just in paying for the venue, actors, techies, and everyone else. Producers also invest money in advertising and so much more.

As for writing a show, there is no age limit. But odds are, the older you are (specifically more experience and knowledge of how plays and such work) the better you are going to be. Anyone with the ability to write in complete sentences can write a play regardless of their age, but that does not mean it will be good. That depends on the how long you are exposed to good writing/theatre, how long you have been writing, etc.

If you want to write a musical, then you would have to at least know how to play piano. It all depends on how much you are doing yourself.

Point is, it's not age. It's experience. The more you have it, the better you will be in whatever you take on.

Updated On: 11/13/15 at 03:20 PM

It's not *technically* impossible to be young and be a producer, but it's very unlikely to be younger than 30

In 2015, that's just not true or accurate... at all. By any stretch of the imagination. Sorry.

It's completely possible to write a play and go places with it.

It's also completely possible to become a producer under the age of 30. Did you know that?

To produce? You need money. Someone under the legal age of majority wouldn't be able to actually do anything necessarily contractual without a legal representative, and I doubt investors can be convinced unless they're rich relatives; being a kid actor is one thing, but running a show is entirely something else. Unless said young person already has gobs of money and wants to write/act/direct/produce everything himself/herself, I suppose. Ignoring the production part and just writing seems a more attainable goal, practically speaking.

Noel Coward wrote "Hay Fever" when he was in his early 20s, a play which is still produced and enjoyed today. And he wrote several others before that. Read any of the good biographies about him for inspiration.

There's no too young. Just do it. You don't start writing better work because you're older, you start writing better work when you've written a bunch of crappy work and learned to do better. Get your friends together and put on a show with them. Put up a play at school. Don't worry about not being old enough -- just have fun know and start learning.

If you don't pop out of the womb with at least two fully orchestrated musicals and a dramatic one-act then you're already behind schedule.