How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
bpenmetsa
Swing Joined: 9/22/13
#1How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 4:34pmFor my music history class I have to write an essay about Broadway. The topic I'm choosing is how hard it is for any actor to make it big, and all the baby steps they have to take (like taking tiny roles they don't want,etc) to make it to the top. I can't find any scholarly articles about this, I would love some help finding articles, or just with this topic in general! I'm planning on writing it either from the perspective of a bitter understudy who hasn't gotten the success she wanted or a top actress starring in a big musical... Which one would be more interesting? Thank you guys so much!
#2How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 4:40pmMusicals are cool and actors and even actresses are cool, too.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:20pm
Because the reason one makes it to the top or not is NOT scholarly. You can do everything right and never get cast. You can get nothing but "chorus roles" and be perfectly content (and therefore be a success). Some people (Jon Groff) get luckly and practically walk in off the street (comparatively speaking) and get a leading role.
Not knowing the actual assignment, makes it impossible to help, but I suggest that your chosen topic won't really qualify as 'research' as most info you will find will be nothing but anecdotal.
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Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#3How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:23pmThere is a student message board. Post this there.
#4How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:46pm
Honestly, if you make it hard, you'll probably get the part. 
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#5How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:50pmYou have to really want it. If you don't, you'll never make it.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#6How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:52pmJust read any notable Broadway actor's biography.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#7How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 6:59pmAsk Ashlee Simpson. She loves doing Broadways and worked really hard to get there ... I mean them.
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bwayboy22
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/12
#9How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 9:52pmI heard you really have to get out there and work for it.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#10How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 9:55pmYou can be anything you want. You just have to go for it and give it your all.
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ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#11How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/22/13 at 11:19pm
Get this book
Making it on Broadway
#12How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/23/13 at 1:20am
Watch this:
http://youtu.be/anFUcuBt3hk
#13How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 9/23/13 at 5:52amNot very hard at all.
....but the world goes 'round
#14How Hard is it to make it on Broadway?
Posted: 10/4/13 at 5:45pmYou gotta work HARD to get on top of that glass mountain that they call success on Broadway, BABY. There are no short cuts. You gotta pay, and pay in sweat.
