#1
Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:04pm
Right now im doing Lost in Yonkers and I'm playing Jay and it hard for me since im born and raised in the south to get a new york accent. and helpful hints?
#2
Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:15pm
When I'm preparing for an accent role, I watch a whole bunch of movies where the particular accent is used. There are countless ones where a New York accent is featured- off the top of my head, "Midnight Cowboy", "Angels in America", "Taxi Driver", pretty much any Woody Allen movie.... If you still have trouble, just go to the bookstore and pick up an instructional tape for the accent.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Updated On: 3/26/07 at 10:15 PM
#3
Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:32pm
If you know the New Orleans accent it is EXTREMELY close...
"I have a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"
#4
Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:33pm
Just watch the movie.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#5
Posted: 3/26/07 at 11:11pm
I LOVE this show!! As a matter of fact, I've played Jay three times!!
The way I first learned a New York accent was I watched the movie. Then I went through my script and wrote things in phonetically (the way it sounded to me -- for example: "ARTY" turns into "AHTY." Just look at the way Neil Simon wrote some of "Grandma's" lines. He wrote them the way they would sound in German, to help the actress playing Grandma. You can do the same thing with New York).
Then, I proceeded to learn the script that way. If this isn't your cup of tea, you can always purchase a New York dialect tape through www.samuelfrench.com.
Also, once you start rehearsals, you can listen to the other actors' accents and that should help you.
I wish you lots of luck with this wonderful play and if you have any other questions regarding the role, feel free to PRIVATE MESSAGE me.
The way I first learned a New York accent was I watched the movie. Then I went through my script and wrote things in phonetically (the way it sounded to me -- for example: "ARTY" turns into "AHTY." Just look at the way Neil Simon wrote some of "Grandma's" lines. He wrote them the way they would sound in German, to help the actress playing Grandma. You can do the same thing with New York).
Then, I proceeded to learn the script that way. If this isn't your cup of tea, you can always purchase a New York dialect tape through www.samuelfrench.com.
Also, once you start rehearsals, you can listen to the other actors' accents and that should help you.
I wish you lots of luck with this wonderful play and if you have any other questions regarding the role, feel free to PRIVATE MESSAGE me.
#6
Posted: 3/27/07 at 3:06am
Accents are HOT! =)
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#9
Posted: 4/2/07 at 1:01am
Funny, kooky.
Nowadays it's more like which of a hundred accents.
Nowadays it's more like which of a hundred accents.
Tickets From $59
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $95