I really want to be on broadway and am, if i do say so myself, a great, actor, singer , and dancer! Any tips on how to be on broadway? Or how I can work to be on broadway, um.......here is my exsperiance,
dance:
7years of dancing,
6 years ballet, I just got on pointe!
2 years of modern jazz
1 year of tap (when i a was REALLY little)
Pottstown dance theater
Dance sensations
YMCA
Acting:
um.. very little, but i have been told by everywhere i've ever acted like at school that i have a natural gift,
very good at fake crying and looking depressed!
I am in odyssey of the mind, which is a creativity group where you have to make up a skit with your problem and act is out on stage for a competition!
singing:
2 years regular chorus
1 year district honors chorus
I am a mezzo soprano!
ok thats it!
I've been tapdancing for 6 years and have the dream of being on Broadway too!! I've been acting and singing for nearly a year, but everybody says that i'm pretty darn good.
I've asked my teachers (not about Broadway yet, but about persuing an acting career) and their advice was to join a theater and try as best as you can to get the highest part that your age and experiance can get you. I'm about to join a community theater (that's been around for 30 years) in my town. I'm hoping that my acting skills will improve, and my singing and dancing will too (actually.. i'm not "hoping" i'm "confident").
There's a movie out there called "Now That's what I call Entertainment" it has clips from all the best broadway shows and movies with broadway actors/esses in them.
Also, there's a city called Brandson, in Missouri. It's the next best thing to Broadway itself only they're more accepting of young performers and they are good-ol'-boy country friendly, and they care as much about the skill as they do the spirit and the love of showbiz.
That's another thing you need: Confidence! Not just any normal confidence, you already have that. You need to big speical confidence that strictly says "I'm the next *insert actress name here*!!! And i'm GOING to be on Broadway!"
All you can do, and all we can really tell you is to hope, and to dream, and to keep on dreaming!!!
"Dream on. Dream until your dream comes true." ~Aerosmith
Well, i try, that's all i do =)
and your welcome =)
lol, yeah, well that one person was like insulting me! lol
Brandson is a really good place to start out if you wanna do Braodway. They're almost just like it. I'm going to go there when I feel goodenough for their level, and once I conquer that place. i'm movodyssey dance competitioning on to NYC. =)
lol, yeah, i'd like to but, but mom, won't let me! agh! lol so for now its just school chorus, and community theater! :( :)
It's going to be hard to determine at such a young age, wait till your older, so keep practicing along the way!
Try some talent contests.
Get into community theater. Try out for all the roles that are age appropriate.
Learn something useful, like math instead. Performers usually are poor and struggle through most of their careers is that what you really want?
follow your dreams. you can do anything you want if you apply yourself to it. But school grades are the most important. Make sure you have a back-up plan just incase
Try to audition for as many things as you can, and work toward getting into a reputable theatre school, such as Juilliard, Yale, NYU, or Carnegie-Mellon.
Acting is something you'll have to spend as much time and effort on as anything else. It's not something you just wander into. Find a class.
At 11, you're in a good position to get prepared, so get to work. Voice lessons, dance lessons and by all means find an acting class!
Umm... move to New York or California I suppose... maybe find a acting teacher, like at a college or high school nearby who'd be willing to teach and help you...involve yourself in as much of the performing arts as possible: all types of dance, vocal performance, even the piano could help you...read and watch plays and musical theatre as much as possible.
Good Luck!
All the answers above me have a lot of good points. However, most importantly DON'T EVER GIVE UP!
honestly work on your acting and your singing range...mezzo sopranos are quite common and you will need to stick out...get an agent and get your name out there they don't just open call and have people with no acting experience because no matter what "natural gift" you have it is Broadway and they do not kid around...develop a monologue and makeup portfolio for auditions dance will help but you have to be extraordinary... its a hard gig and at such a young age you are not prepared to do anything near as challenging as Broadway but you can get there in a long time with a lot of effort...my advice is read scripts of any play you can get your hands on start classic and move to modern...you have to be spectacular to even think of this dream but know this that being an actor means that the minute you finish a play you are considered unemployed it is a hard way to make a living and you will never get there with the amount of experience you have now...but you can always dream
Well kid you are on a great start. I am a humble rakodyssey dance competitioner, so i don't have much experiance. My son has been in movies and plays and so have i, they were big sundance film festivals. Take small steps, I am sure i will hear about you in broadway later on
Your dancing seems really great, so keep that up! Start taking a few acting classes, and if your school has a drama program join it. Also, if your dance studio offers musical theatre classes, definitly take those. Also I would look into taking voice lessons, it will help your voice be its best, and you will learn some great technique. Also, continue taking jazz in dance, also, look into learning some music theory. Al though, if you get voice lessons, you will probably be taught theory as well.
Audition, audition, audition... (and keep practicing, practicing, practicing)... :)
I'm not sure if you are wanting to do it NOW or just "someday". If now, find some open auditions for child actors/singers/dancers.
If you want to do it "some day"... then just keep on the path you are going, and audition for every bit of experience you can get, hope you meet the right people, and maybe someday you can get yourself an agent which will make things easier on you.
Keep at it, join choir and drama in school so that you have years of expierence when you apply to schools and such. It's hard work but it's worth it. Here is a great school for broadway prep. It's more of a college so it will be awhile before you go however, 99% of the grads go on to work on broadway or in theatre. They have a list of classes you take for either program so you can get an idea of what dance classes and such that you should really focus on. It is the American Musical and Dramatic Academy here is the link: GOOD LUCK!!!
At your age, stay in school, and when you get into junior high and high school, try out for school plays and musicals. Do community theater if you have time for it in your schedule, many community theater's do productions during the summer that have roles for younger actors, so that they can do it w/o school conflicts. Eventually, you'll want an acting coach, but that won't be until you get into high school and start seriously thinking about your college auditions. Choose your post high school education carefully, there are good and bad programs out there, but you're not even at that point yet. Just act whenever you can, in whatever you can, and audition as often as possible. Good luck!
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