People's Careers on here?
People's Careers on here?
#1People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:06pmI was wondering what does everyone do for a living on here? (student, retired, working etc....) Does anyone work in the theatre?
#2People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:12pm
I'm a screenwriter / director who's currently working on a stage musical. If my professional title gets any longer business cards will be out of the question.
I'll be interested to see if others pipe in. It was only recently that I realized I'm an old fart on this board at the age of 44.
#3People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:15pm
I'm a copy editor at a travel magazine in NYC.
Yes, I spend all day correcting other people's bad punctuation, misspellings, bad grammar, and other crimes against humanity.
I know, I KNOW.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Updated On: 6/16/11 at 05:15 PM
#4People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:19pmI'm a retired student who's working.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#5People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:20pmLizzie, I LOVE IT!!! I always thought you were a teacher but this makes much more sense! :)
JulesJules
Swing Joined: 4/9/10
#7People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:22pmLOL. Jordan, this is actually my first time being a full-time copy editor, though I've held various other journalism positions before. I've only previously been a copy editor as a fill-in, as a small part of my actual job, or as a volunteer. :) Or on the BWW boards...
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#8People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:25pm
Hitman or hooker.
Either one. I go where the work takes me.....
....but the world goes 'round
#10People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:45pm
When I first joined BWW back in the dark ages, I was an undergraduate theater student. I have since gone on to get my MFA and I work pretty regularly at small and mid-sized theaters in and around Chicago.
I grew up in the NYC suburbs going to Broadway shows. I still go back about once or twice a year. In fact, I'm seeing Book of Mormon on Saturday and Master Class on Sunday!
#11People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:47pmI am an Australian uni student (I study Psychology), and work as a casual supervisor at KFC.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#12People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:47pmGraduate Student (Poetry) and Adjunct Professor (English and Theatre Studies).
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#13People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:56pmStudent at *bleep* Conservatory, studying musical theatre :)
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 5:59pmI'm a male stripper at Runway 69 near Kennedy Airport.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#15People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:00pmStudent at *bleep* High School, cashier at a grocery store on the weekends and summer.
#16People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:03pmJust finished law school, so hopefully come October I'll officially be a lawyer :)
#17People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:09pmAspiring actor/writer; manager of an independent retail clothing store.
mee.who
Understudy Joined: 10/6/08
#19People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:47pmIndustrial salesperson who needs to get crackin' on her screenplay
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
MichaelRhodus
Chorus Member Joined: 7/14/10
#20People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:53pm
Training in Musical Theatre at *bleep* Conservatory in NYC.
;D
#21People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 7:21pm
I'm recent college grad w/ a BFA in Directing for the Stage. I'm a director, choreographer, dancer, and stage manager.
But real estate and tending bar is what pretty much pays the bills! I like nice things.... I cant survive on a "theater persons" salary. 
#22People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 7:31pmStudent who studies Political Science who has no trouble finding unpaid internships but a lot of trouble finding a part-time job at a place that's hiring to pay for gas money and college books. Also needs to get crackin' on her screenplay(s).
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#23People's Careers on here?
Posted: 6/16/11 at 7:51pmI'm a freelance writer, gigging musician, and music director.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
