So, I Am Curious...- Page 3

[truk777]

Posted: 7/5/07 at 1:16pm

1. Special Events Coordinator for our Chamber of Commerce
2. Just about everything
3. First professional show I saw was Camelot with Robert Goulet as Arthur at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago. First show actually in a Broadway house was Beauty and the Beast.
4. yes, several, but I mostly direct now.
5. Fiorello! is a favorite of mine as well as West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/5/07 at 1:25pm

So cool to learn this stuff about everyone.


1. What do you do?
Currently, I'm an intern at a Broadway producing office, and a merchandiser at PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I'm going to Pace University in the fall to study Finance with a minor in Theatre. I want to be a company manager.

2. What is it you love about Broadway?
The excitement of going into a theater and waiting for a show to start; getting taken to another world; how it can change people's lives; being able to meet the actors after if I so choose.

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theater, regional or on Broadway?
Not in a show. I have worked publicity at many a show back home, though.

5. What is your favorite Broadway show?
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, WEST SIDE STORY, ASSASSINS, and THE LAST FIVE YEARS are my favorite shows.

[me2]

Posted: 7/5/07 at 1:40pm

1. I am a former teacher trying to be a former teacher without going bankrupt while I work on writing. I'm TRYING to become a nanny in NYC or LA so I can move closer to the action, but despite my high qualifications (my agency's words, not mine), my gender and my distance are a challenge in getting the job.

2. I love the music and storytelling, plus the fact that it's live.
3. First shwo ever was Carol Channing on tour in HELLO, DOLLY! in 1994. It was like a drug. First show ON Broadway: Jeykll and Hyde with Colleen Sexton and Christy Tarr (and Sebastian Bach)
4. I have done bit parts in OUR TOWN and J.B. and directed four shows at the high school level: HELLO, DOLLY!, UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, THE PAJAMA GAME, and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Kesselman revision), plus in college I did the final scene from A DOLL HOUSE. I've directed and performed in a lot of my own stuff on a very small scale.
Broadway Blog: The Road You Didn't Take to Broadway (the Hollywood detour)

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 7/5/07 at 1:53pm

1. What do you do?
I am a "project assistant" at a hospice organization in NJ and I am an English major in college.

2. What is it you love about Broadway?
The excitement of going into a theater and waiting for a show to start; getting taken to another world; how it can change people's lives.- I seccond that

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
Guys and Dolls in '92

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theater, regional or on Broadway?
I have been in several community and school shows. My most recent was last year when I played Mary Winrod in my former college's production of Lanford Wilson's "The Rimers of Eldritch." Oh and I was in a movie (an extra, but let me have my glory!)

5. What is your favorite Broadway show?
Sweeney Todd

[artscallion]

Posted: 7/5/07 at 1:54pm

1. What do you do?
I'm a painter working on my Masters in Fine Arts. To pay the bills, I'm the Audience Services Manager (in charge of Box Office, Concessions and house staff) for the Performing Arts complex at the school I attend. Before that, I held the same position in a regional repertory theatre for 15 years.

2. What is it you love about Broadway?
It breaks through that studious, professional, dignified, controlled front I put on every day and let's me experience all the intensity life has to offer. I cry/laugh/sobb at the power of an emotion, the impossibly simple beauty of a song or the stirring thrill of those first overture notes without any ability or desire to control it. It helps me keep in touch with my soul.

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
Lion King. Aside from the thrill of the show itself, I was in awe of the fact that I was sitting in the same theatre (The New Amsterdam, then) that So many legends had performed in, from Fannie Brice on.

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway?
I was in one middle school production. I was so nervous I mistakenly did a line that I was not supposed to do for another 40 minutes. Unfortunately the rest of the kids picked it up at that point and the play ended up running about 20 minutes total. Some kids didn't even get to go on because their only part was in the part of the play we'd skipped over. And the worst part is that it was a one night only show. I don't belong on stage.


5. What is your favorite Broadway show?
Way too difficult a question.

[Lm4dham052]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 5:07pm

1. What do you do?

I work for AETN in the archive

2. What is it you love about Broadway?

I love how no matter what is going on in your life you can go see a show and be transported to another time. I love the amazing experiences with every show. I love how excited i get when i go to another show.

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?

Kiss Me Kate with Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway?

I've been involved in theater since i was in middle school. I worked behide the scenes from than till college. I also got into writing for theater, and produced a few short pieces for college.

[nyc44]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 6:42pm

1. What do you do? (Teacher, actor, student, doctor, etc.)
2. What is it you love about Broadway?
3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway?

1. I'm a 16 year old risinh junior at an all-girls catholic high school in Westchester.
2. I love the music and I love getting away from my real life for a little while and I love that the performers are so incredibly accessible. I also love the fact that not that many people are into musical theatre so being a fan feels special in a way.
3. The original cast of Beauty and the beast when I was six years old.
4. I've been in junior high/high school shows every year but our program kind of sucks so it isn't something I'm particularly proud of. It isn't something I want to pursue as a career either.
5. I absolutely hate to say it on this board and it certaintly isn't the best show I've seen (or anywhere near it) but Wicked. It makes me more exhilerated that anything else.

[WhatYouOwn27]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 6:49pm

1. My name is kevin. I am an actor and a teacher.
2. I just love everything about theatre.
3. The first show i ever saw in new york was thorougly modern millie.
4. I've been in 29 community region and school shows since i was three years old up to now.

[MikeMagbaleta]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 6:57pm

1. What do you do? - I work in office services for a major law firm.

2. What is it you love about Broadway? - Just being able to see your favorite plays brought to life on stage and seeing the stars perform.

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw? - Honk!, the Musical (Jr. HS production), Once Upon a Mattress (HS production) and Jersey Boys (August Wilson cast, 1st and 2nd Nat'l tour casts).

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway? - Helped my son as part of the stage crew for Honk! the Musical and volunteered time fundraising for Once Upon a Mattress.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 7:21pm

1. What do you do?
I work for an information provider selling their products to libraries in CA, OR, and WA

2. What is it you love about Broadway?
The ability it has to transcend real life. How I can walk into a theater, and be totally taken away and become part of the production, but not realizing that until it is over and I am back being me again as I for that moment in time forgot all else.

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
POTO

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theater, regional or on Broadway?
Yep, Captain lesgate in Dial M for Murder, heinzie in Pajama gale, and Pontius Pilate in Dial M for Murder, and I was the musical Director for a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

5. What is your favorite Broadway show?
The Beautiful Game

[HeidiPuck]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 7:33pm

1. What do you do?
I'm a computer scientist and photographer
2. What is it you love about Broadway?
Nothing conveys emotion quite like live theater
3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
Meet me in St. Louis
4. Have you ever been in a show?
I was in Into the Woods when I was about 5, does that count?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 7:53pm

1. What do you do?
I am a college student going for my major in English/Drama and a minor in sociology. To pay the bills while I'm in school I am a Starbucks barista.

2. What is it you love about Broadway?
Everything about it! Theatre takes me to a level that nothing else can ever hope to achieve. My senses are heightened and it makes me feel more in touch with both my creativity and my humanity. There is nothing more moving than a truly exceptional night in a theatre.

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
Les Miserables in 2003, which was a dream 8 years in the making.

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway?
I've done shows at school and in community theatre. My best roles have been Lucy in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," Lowbutt in "Honk!," Robin in "Godspell," and Lenya in "Fools."

5. What is your favorite Broadway show?
Les Miserables, closely followed by Sweeney Todd.

[allvocal]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 3:08am

1. What do you do?
Actor AEA

2. What is it you love about Broadway?
What is not to love about live theatre?

3. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
Lots of National Tours..(Originaly from CA) first Bwy show.. Les Miserables in 1996...and now that I live in NYC I see shows all the time.

4. Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway? Yeah... haven't been on Broadway yet.. close very close.. National Tours, pre-broadway workshops, Off- Broadway, Regional, and community back in the day.

5. What is your favorite Broadway show?
Um.. lots of favorites.. 1776, Hairspray, The Retreat From Moscow, Amour.. tons

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 10:34pm

What do you do?
For money, I'm a freelance editor and office drone. In my spare time, I sew, I write, I sing, and I direct (both stage and audio theatre).

What is it you love about Broadway?
I love the energy and the instant gratification. With my other creative projects (painting, writing) I wonder if/when they'll be appreciated, but the rush of in-the-moment laughter, sighs, and applause from the audience is incredibly thrilling.

What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
*cringe* Annie

Have you ever been in a show, whether in a school, community theatre, regional or on Broadway?
I've written, directed, assistant directed, sung, stage managed, and conducted theatre. I've also performed, edited, and directed audio theatre. I've done high school, college, community, and semi-pro work.

What is your favorite Broadway show?
Cliche as it is, Les Miserables - even after all these years.