#1
Posted: 12/13/06 at 9:58am
For those here who are theatre actors/actresses, what inspired you to become a theatre actor/actress?
What inspired you to become a theatre actor/actress?
#3
Posted: 12/13/06 at 10:34am
Jesus.
"I seem to have wandered into the BRAIN load-out thread... "
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"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
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#4
Posted: 12/13/06 at 10:38am
At first I was just in a production of Beauty and the Beast over the summer for fun and I fell in love with theatre!
and Nathan Lane of course!
and Nathan Lane of course!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#5
Posted: 12/13/06 at 10:40am
Seeing four Broadway shows on my first trip to New York. Something just clicked... I had a bit of an A Chorus Line moment: "I can do that!"
Of course, I had done community theatre for about three years before that, but never with any serious intentions.
Of course, I had done community theatre for about three years before that, but never with any serious intentions.
#6
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:01pm
I always liked singing and stuff, but what got me into theatre was seeing a high school production of Hello Dolly. The cast was great and seeing as it was my first show that I actually wanted to go see it left a good impression. (I had also been dragged along to see the Music Man, because my friend was Winthrop and also Grease, but I was younger then and not really into theatre).
It was 6 hours, I don't even like to have sex and eat bacon for 6 hours.
Freddy Benson- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Freddy Benson- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
#7
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:53pm
The Bible.
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#8
Posted: 12/13/06 at 4:31pm
a terrible childhood?
#9
Posted: 12/13/06 at 4:37pm
a terrible childhood...
priceless!
priceless!
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#10
Posted: 12/13/06 at 4:38pm
^ Scratch my original. haha.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#11
Posted: 12/13/06 at 4:38pm
Richard Thomas, John Ritter, and Henry Winkler.
#12
Posted: 12/13/06 at 5:02pm
I was always too fat for film/print/TV.
Even if I starve and workout down to the bone, I still have a huge frame.
Even if I starve and workout down to the bone, I still have a huge frame.
I'd fire you... if you weren't so g*dd*mn beautiful out there. - Blades of Glory
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#13
Posted: 12/13/06 at 5:08pm
It looked like fun.
Mind you, I was in fifth grade and we were doing The Little Mermaid and I decided that "Hey! I'm going to go and try out for this!" And there you have it.
I also think my mom influenced me in a sense, because I was brought up to appreciate musical theatre [and theatre in general] at an early age.
Mind you, I was in fifth grade and we were doing The Little Mermaid and I decided that "Hey! I'm going to go and try out for this!" And there you have it.
I also think my mom influenced me in a sense, because I was brought up to appreciate musical theatre [and theatre in general] at an early age.
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#14
Posted: 12/13/06 at 5:15pm
Watching/listening to musicals as a child. The stage called, I listened.
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#15
Posted: 12/13/06 at 5:22pm
Divine intervention.
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#16
Posted: 12/13/06 at 6:07pm
In 5th grade I played Lewis in Lewis and Clark: The Musical (we wrote it, haha.) and loved it. I got into a performing arts middle school and than high school and realized that nothing in the world matches the feeling I get when performing, and that I'm pretty talented.
Yeppers.
And sometimes I'll see a show on Broadway, or watch the Tonys and have this moment of "I have to be a part of that world."
Yeppers.
And sometimes I'll see a show on Broadway, or watch the Tonys and have this moment of "I have to be a part of that world."
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
#17
Posted: 12/13/06 at 6:37pm
When I found out that you have to be very good at handling small objects in order to be a dentist.
But, seriously, I do love this business.
But, seriously, I do love this business.
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you.
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#18
Posted: 12/13/06 at 6:59pm
John Lloyd Young because of the fact that he never gave up on his dream of being an actor and he finally landed on Broadway with Jersey Boys and won the Tony for it. I hope to be like him one day, maybe not exactly, but have somethings in common.
I consider him my role model/idol/hero
I consider him my role model/idol/hero
#19
Posted: 12/13/06 at 7:22pm
When I was four, and I went to my first full length show ever (Peter Pan a the Paper Mill), I just sat through the whole show with my jaw practically on the floor in amazement. I knew from then on that I had to be in the theatre even if I was only four.
The theatre greats like Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters also inspire me. Oh and Sondheim too.
The theatre greats like Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters also inspire me. Oh and Sondheim too.
#20
Posted: 12/13/06 at 8:37pm
it was Fame that inspired me,i always wanted to be a kid from fame and dance on top of that taxi.
After studying the first job i got was in Fame the musical and i stayed with it for 2 and a half years and got to dance on top of that taxi yeeeeeeeeeah.
After studying the first job i got was in Fame the musical and i stayed with it for 2 and a half years and got to dance on top of that taxi yeeeeeeeeeah.
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#21
Posted: 12/13/06 at 9:04pm
My story is a little...interesting.
One day, I was tired of listening to the music I was listening to. I had only gotten into it because it was what my friends liked. So I went to Barnes & Noble, picked up the OCR of Rent, and fell in love. I soon saw it, and bought a slew of other OCRs. I knew I had to be doing something like this.
I'm stil working on the whole talent aspect of it.
One day, I was tired of listening to the music I was listening to. I had only gotten into it because it was what my friends liked. So I went to Barnes & Noble, picked up the OCR of Rent, and fell in love. I soon saw it, and bought a slew of other OCRs. I knew I had to be doing something like this.
I'm stil working on the whole talent aspect of it.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#22
Posted: 12/13/06 at 9:21pm
The Original Inspiration: Jodi Benson, I wanted to be a singer from the first moment I heard "Part of Your World", and when I learned she also did Broadway-it all clicked.
More recently: Stephanie J. Block-the best soprano belt voice around. Clear as a bell, and her dedication and focus during a show is amazing. I hope to be half as talented as she is.
More recently: Stephanie J. Block-the best soprano belt voice around. Clear as a bell, and her dedication and focus during a show is amazing. I hope to be half as talented as she is.
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
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