New York Accent

[ucjrdude902]

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?

[Katurian2]

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.

Updated On: 3/26/07 at 10:15 PM

[lesmisforever]

Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:32pm

If you know the New Orleans accent it is EXTREMELY close...

[D2]

Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:33pm

Just watch the movie.

[BLOCK ROCKS]

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.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 3:06am

Accents are HOT! =)

[mirramar]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 9:18am

Watch Entourage.

[kooky]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 9:23am

What accent?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 4/2/07 at 1:01am

Funny, kooky.

Nowadays it's more like which of a hundred accents.