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#26

Stage door question?

Posted: 7/22/12 at 10:59am

And the fact s/he took to posting online that te actress hasn't emailed them in the couple hours since they gave them the tribute-to-her-life book isn't creepy and strange?

I still think this is a joke so I'm not too concerned, though.

#27

Stage door question?

Posted: 7/22/12 at 1:21pm

The kid is just excited:

Caissie (supposedly) made a card for the fan AND said she would email her. I didn't see anything where the OP was complaining that the email hadn't happened yet.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

#28

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 3:50pm

Oooh girl, don't get started down this path. It ends with you at 40, overweight, wearing t-shirts with show logos and spending long nights hanging out behind barricades projecting your self-esteem issues onto actors who think you're scary and singing Oklahoma at the top of your lungs with gay men who will never love you at Marie's Crisis.

Get out now.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#29

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:11pm

Haha :) I'm 13. Already have done a bunch of Broadway Workshops and have been in many shows. I am planning to BE on Broadway, not an over-obsessed fan when I am 40. I'm just a big fan of Caissie. She is my idol :)

#30

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:15pm

Honey, all over-obsessed fans want to be on Broadway. Your odds ain't good.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#31

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:18pm

Well I know some one on Broadway so....

#32

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:20pm

Is her name Caissie??????

#33

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:20pm

Nope

I wish

#34

Stage door question?

Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:20pm

That's great. So do most people in the industry. Why do you think there are so many former actors working at casting agencies, as agents, marketing agencies, and as waiters and waitresses? You think none of these people have friends on Broadway?

Focus on your craft, not the stagedoor.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

Updated On: 7/22/12 at 04:20 PM

#35

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:23pm

Tell that to Tony winner Steve Kazee..... he never was a super crazy fan boy at Rent. nahhhhhh. Come on folks, let her be a youngin'. Being mean or rude doesn't qualify you as an "expert" on anything. Just means you're a jackass.

anything you do let it come from you and it will be new.

#36

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:31pm

Broadwayrob, don't you think that's the exception? At 13, you have to be meticulous to develop your voice, dancing, and acting talents in a healthy way. There is so much work that goes into becoming the kind of performer who can handle performing on Broadway. Not only "handle" meaning being able to sing the part in your bedroom really REALLY super good, but develop the endurance to put up with an 8 show a week schedule and the thick skin to deal with the rejection you'll face.

I can't see how one would have time to put in the appropriate work while hanging out at barricades and writing cards to performers who will just throw them out.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#37

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:31pm

Kelly2, you are hilarious. (But for the record, I've never had performing aspirations.)

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

#38

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:34pm

Kelly2. This is very true. It IS the exception. But doesn't everyone who wants to be on Broadway start out with a dream and a romanticized view of what being a working actor/actress is? That is the part that gets people swept up into it when they're young and to shoot them down so hastily is denying them that. That's where I took exception. Let them figure out the horror/rejection/drama/waitressing on their own. It's not really fair to rain on a 13 year old's parade.

anything you do let it come from you and it will be new.

#39

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:36pm

The sooner you wake up the better. 13 is young but it's not so young that you can't begin to think about the logistics of how you're gonna achieve the very-difficult-to-achieve Broadway dream.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#40

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:37pm

The kid didn't say she wanted to be on b'way tomorrow. Give her a break, already.

Jonathan Groff has talked MULTIPLE times about stagedooring and being a fan boy. He seems to have done pretty well.

#41

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:38pm

What's funny about that Kelly2 is that most people who I have read about who have "made it" or what not didn't decide that they wanted to do it until at least 15-16, sometimes later. If you start the thought process you're suggesting, I'd hate to see how jaded and bitter they are by 25.

anything you do let it come from you and it will be new.

#42

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:43pm

And how funny, most people who actually work in the industry have a healthy dose of jaded and bitter in them. Broadway is not a magical place where everyone gets along and people treat each other with respect. It is high school, it is about getting the most out of everyone while paying them the least, and the maturity level is stuck at around 16. Let's be conscious, open-eyed, and smart as early as possible.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#43

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:44pm

For every former fanboy/girl-turned-Tony-winner-or-face-in-a-targeted-ad-banner-or-Glee-droolee, there's a banker in Texas or a dog breeder in Illinois or a barista in Hell's Kitchen, and a billion other people who've let go. Dreaming is great; reality is better.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

Updated On: 7/22/12 at 04:44 PM

#44

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:50pm

"And how funny, most people who actually work in the industry have a healthy dose of jaded and bitter in them."

Jaded, maybe. Bitter? Not so much. What makes you say that?

"[Broadway] is high school, it is about getting the most out of everyone while paying them the least, and the maturity level is stuck at around 16."

And that is total BS. Why would you say that?

#45

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:52pm

Wow. Lots of Mama Roses out there. I just think that you should let a kid be a kid. Again, let "reality" be the teacher, not people saying THIS BUSINESS IS HORRIBLE. *granted many a feeble-hearted can't handle it* I just don't see where it's anyone's place to get all up in a 13 year old's face like a freakin drill sergeant.

anything you do let it come from you and it will be new.

#46

Stage door question?

Posted: 7/22/12 at 4:56pm

"Jaded, maybe. Bitter? Not so much. What makes you say that?"

Actually having a job? LOL. If you think there aren't a lot of bitter people in theatre, you're in a fantasy world.

"And that is total BS. Why would you say that?"

Again, have you ever actually worked on a show? The clique-factor is huge and there's always tons of judgements being thrown around whether it be about who has a huge ego, who is incapable of not-****ing-up regularly, who's doing what fun "performance-enhancers" before the show...and in a world where Michael Riedel has a job, there's a high premium on a good dig.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#47

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 5:02pm

"Again, have you ever actually worked on a show?"

I've worked on Broadway for over thirty years, so yes, I've done a few shows. That's what informs my opinion. What informs yours?

#48

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 5:19pm

"I've worked on Broadway for over thirty years, so yes, I've done a few shows. That's what informs my opinion. What informs yours?"

I can't imagine how you've managed to completely avoid the dark underbelly of cattiness and drama in this industry, but if you truly have, then good for you and I hope you continue to have such blissful success.

My opinion is informed by my experiences, which clearly have been very different from yours. That does not make them less valid.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

#49

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Posted: 7/22/12 at 6:25pm

"...dark underbelly..."?

That's funny.

I'm not a pollayanna. Sure, there are unpleasant people in this business, just like in any other. There's the occasional cattiness, and plenty of drama. I've even seen some pretty evil sabotage attempts - but on balance, the vast majority of the people I work with are decent and professional. Across the board, cast, crew and creatives have been a joy to work with. Sure, there are egos, and lots of people are a little neurotic, but mostly they are good folk. I remain friends with some people I've worked with for decades.

It's challenging and rewarding work. I'm sorry your experiences have been so overwhelmingly negative that you can't see it through any other lens, so much so that you'd poison the dreams of someone just starting out.

eta: all that said, I'm with Jordon. I think the original post is a joke.

Updated On: 7/22/12 at 06:25 PM

#50

Stage door question?

Posted: 7/22/12 at 6:38pm

Well you just rejected me right with out knowing how I look or how I sound so, therefore, thanks for making my skin thicker :)

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