#26
Posted: 7/5/05 at 2:11pm
true dat briarbard..
and um..I am a girl...
and um..I am a girl...
The path to success on Broadway? — Page 2
#28
Posted: 7/5/05 at 2:38pm
JoeK - everything Margo said is very true, I just don't think of it as luck. I think of it as fate.
Why not just "get discovered"? Because you can't. It's who you know, right place/right time, as Margo said. However, that's not luck. Luck is getting the right cards in a poker game. Luck is rolling a strike. Luck is getting a hole-in-one.
FATE - fate is right place/right time. Fate, according to Webster, is:
1 : the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : DESTINY
I don't think of fate as be lazy, don't work, if you're meant to be a Broadway star, it'll happen. That's not fate - that is magic, which does not exist. Fate - you need to work hard, try try try. Never give up. Eventually, it will happen. Maybe not on Broadway or in New York, maybe not how you imagined, but you will get your break.
Why not just "get discovered"? Because you can't. It's who you know, right place/right time, as Margo said. However, that's not luck. Luck is getting the right cards in a poker game. Luck is rolling a strike. Luck is getting a hole-in-one.
FATE - fate is right place/right time. Fate, according to Webster, is:
1 : the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : DESTINY
I don't think of fate as be lazy, don't work, if you're meant to be a Broadway star, it'll happen. That's not fate - that is magic, which does not exist. Fate - you need to work hard, try try try. Never give up. Eventually, it will happen. Maybe not on Broadway or in New York, maybe not how you imagined, but you will get your break.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#29
Posted: 7/5/05 at 5:35pm
Cap'n I'm just not getting it. I understand you "don't believe in Luck." I think what a lot of the posters are trying to say is that you can be the best actor, performer, whatever, but that you can have a "twist of fate" that might make you or break you. To me, being in the right place at the right time is EXACTLY like getting the right cards in a poker game. In fact, you could say you were SITTING in the right place at the right time to get those cards dealt you. I guess for some reason, you dont want to use the word "luck" to describe that good break or occurance?
And Fate? Well, I understand that word, too, but it's the exact opposite as to how you are using it. Fate means the outcome is predetermined. It makes no difference what school this poster goes to, they are either FATED to be a star or FATED to be a dentist. Nothing you do makes any difference. You say "Fate - you need to work hard, try try try. Never give up. Eventually, it will happen." Maybe you mean "FAITH"? As in, have faith in your abilities?
Maybe we are just quibling over semantics and are actaully trying to say the same thing in different ways. Webster says Luck is the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual. That seems right on to me.
And Fate? Well, I understand that word, too, but it's the exact opposite as to how you are using it. Fate means the outcome is predetermined. It makes no difference what school this poster goes to, they are either FATED to be a star or FATED to be a dentist. Nothing you do makes any difference. You say "Fate - you need to work hard, try try try. Never give up. Eventually, it will happen." Maybe you mean "FAITH"? As in, have faith in your abilities?
Maybe we are just quibling over semantics and are actaully trying to say the same thing in different ways. Webster says Luck is the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual. That seems right on to me.
#30
Posted: 7/5/05 at 8:30pm
I think people who want to make it to Broadway should get lots of experience. Like dance lessons, singing lessons, and acting lessons. Some of my friends have been in professional shows at the local theatre in town and they're really dedicated to theatre. They also act in the drama club at my high school and are in the young company at the local theatre. I think lots of experience is a must. Audition for shows at your local theatre for a professional show to see what it's like auditioning for a professional show. Anyway, I hope this helps a little.
"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."
#31
Posted: 7/5/05 at 8:42pm
Perhaps we are. I'm just being difficult, I think. I've always thought of Fate/Destiny as something more than what others think of it as "it will happen no matter what."
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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