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Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
StageWhore
Broadway Star Joined: 11/11/05
#25re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 2:37amI'm an actor/techie/costume designer/singer. Haha... the slashie awards. Anyway, I started off acting at in the kindergarten play (I fell asleep on stage), but I'm proud to say I've improved since then. Being involved in community and low-budget high school theater just sort of forced me to become interested in the rest of those.
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#26re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 2:43am
actor/singer/writer
both plays and musicals
AEA since 2002
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#27re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 7:26amEven though I've acted in a couple of plays, I'm more of a singer/songwriter/musician (like Roger in Rent).
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Behind_the_Spotlight
Stand-by Joined: 7/3/05
#28re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 7:34am
I love singing along, and I feel the only times I have any acting talent at all is when I'm singing songs from my favorite shows and they're so powerful I can actually feel it in my soul.
But no, I am not cut out to act. I am a techie through and through. I am content to sing along backstage and make sure the pretty people in the spotlight have every advantage possible. :)
#29re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 9:41am
I have way too many hyphens in what I do.
It's almost a joke really. Bottom line is I wear a whole lotta hats.
But I started out as a singing actor (musicals primarily), before I added writing, composing, musical directing & directing. (etc., blah-blah-blah...) Then moved to Hollywood and added in jingle singing, jingle writing, art direction & producing... and so on and so forth.
It keeps life interesting, though. 
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#30re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 11:08am
Well I am also lots of things...singer/actor/teacher....
The majority of my training has been in singing (I was a voice major in college)...but I have lots of stage experience so I feel my acting is passable. I am definitely not going to be cast as the dramatic lead in a play...but my acting is good enough to succeed in musicals. I just wish my dancing was better!
For five years I taught voice, chorus, and theatre arts in the public schools. Currently, I am working in the administration of a large professional theatre. However, performing is what I enjoy most and I try to do as many shows (or voice recitals) as my schedule allows.
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#31re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 11:14amI'm an actor who sings as well as anyone who doesn't read music or sing particularly well sings. I have been mistakenly cast in a few musicals and didn't get fired, so draw your own conclusions.
Color and Light
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/05
#32re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 11:58am
I am first and foremost an actor, then director. I can sing well enough - I can carry a tune and stay on pitch, and have a good sense of vibrato - but to say I'm even close to Broadway caliber would be ridiculous. I've been in several musicals, and I love musical theater to death - but really? Not a musical theater actor at all.
And I can't dance. At all.
Yep. I love acting, and I find directing to be just as gratifying ... but singing? I wish.
Stop looking at my charisma.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#33re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 12:21pm
I'm a terrific actor with a terrific voice.
And I've never once been accused of being modest.
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touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#34re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 12:25pm
I'm a fairly decent actor with the ability to make my voice sound funny enough to sing alright. Thanks to piano lessons and a freak vocal accident, I have training for 8 shows a week.
I never know, though, if I should call myself an actor-singer or just an actor (and add on the part about singing later if asked).
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#35re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 2:59pm
Actor/playwright who sings lol it's all about how you classify yourself right?
It's unlikely you'll see me in any musicals because I can't dance. I mean really... two left feet, zero coordination... that said I'm currently in Pirates Of Penzance luckily for me the dancing is verrry basic!
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#36re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 4:15pmMy strength right now is singing. I am hoping to improve my scting though. So i guess i would call my self a singer? ask me again in ten years...
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#37re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 5:48pmI'd say I'm an actress who can sing. Though I wouldn't say I'm a singer. I took lessons but stopped and am going to take them up again very soon. I can dance a little. I love musical theater most of all, though.
#38re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 6:22pmI consider myself "an actor who sings." Musical theater is my first love, but I like doing staight plays *almost* as much. I try to do an even mix of both.
#39re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 6:38pmyes. I am also 16 but i am a better singer than actor.
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greenegirl87
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/05
#40re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 6:59pmsadly no... im first and foremost a dancer with a love for acting..which i got into in the fourth grade...and an absolutely horrendous voice
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ikmbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
#41re: Do you consider yourself an actor/singer?
Posted: 11/22/05 at 7:57pmI would first call myself an actor even though I do not practice it or use my abilities of it much. I think I was better at acting a few years ago when I did it more often. Still because its my strongest its first but I also danced for 8 years and just dance for fun now. My voice is horrible. That's enough said about that. In the future I would like to see myself back behind everything as a director/producer/or any job like that.
