There is nothing like originating a role. Having no basis behind your new persona to adapt to. Walking onstage every night as a character the world has never seen before - inevitably, portraying a vulnerable piece of you onstage. This is what it is like performing original work in theatre.

Hi Broadway World! Following up last week's post about college auditions, this week I wanted to share about college itself. Musical theater programs abound in the U.S. and I obviously cannot speak for any program but the one I am currently in, but most schools have at least the same basic structure in terms of what is taught. Today, I'll be sharing the details of life at a musical theater freshman at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston, MA!

The 2018-2019 Broadway season is well underway. New shows have opened this fall while others will find their new home in the spring. Out of the revivals and works based on something already existing, where does original work stand? Most shows coming to Broadway are jukebox shows, revivals, or based on a movie, a novel etc. I was thinking of why I felt overwhelmed by the lack of originality I see.

Greetings fellow thespians and Broadway fanatics! I am so excited for you to join me in my  Broadway World Blog journey.

Imagine it, you are sitting in the booth whispering "Go" while simultaneously hitting spacebar in QLab so that a recorded line echoes through the small theatre. An hour long show that you are now almost halfway through, but are still only on sound cue 55 of 101.5 total sound and projection cues lined up.

Hello all! My name is Hayley Martini and I am so stoked to be a new student blogger here in Broadway World! I am a sophomore musical theater major at the University of Central Oklahoma. I have always been involved in shows in my community, but it was not until this time last year that one of my mentors helped me realize that I could make musical theater my career. Ever since then my love for musicals has blossomed and I am so excited for what the future holds.

I am so excited to be a new student blogger for BroadwayWorld, as I am a longtime follower and of course, a devoted theatre lover.

Hello readers and welcome to my first blog post for BroadwayWorld (Fun Fact: This is actually my first blog post EVER so forgive me if it's a little rough around the edges - I'll work on it I swear)! Seeing as this is my first post, I think it's only proper for me to introduce myself to this amazing community! My name is Mia Mooko, I am an 18-year-old from the forest-y land of Washington, and I'm currently a freshman BFA Musical Theatre major at Pace University in New York City.

Hello Broadway World! My name is Kate Klika and I am currently a freshman at Boston Conservatory at Berklee majoring in Musical Theater. Over these next few weeks I'll have the opportunity to share my thoughts and experiences so far here at BOCO, but this first week I want to focus on college audition advice.

I have been singing since I was in the fourth grade. Every time I get up to perform a solo, whether it be at school, at church or even in front of my family, I get stage fright. The nervous feeling that consumes your body moments before you perform. Almost every performer gets stage fright. But why do we get stage fright? We have been practicing our pieces weeks and months in advance ready to showcase our talents to the world.

Whenever a show celebrates one more year on Broadway, I get really excited. It's an occasion worth celebrating as some shows don't even make it through the first year. Despite how much all of us love and appreciate theatre as art, it's still a business. Some shows make it and some shows don't.

Welcome back to week two of my blog, fellow thespians. What a week this has been! I managed to survive tech last week with minimal damage. The APO show went up without a hitch, and we actually managed to completely sell out both of our performances. Needless to say, I was very pleased with the results; however, I am very glad to be able to focus solely on the other production that I am currently working on, William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Hey Broadwayworld. Its Lea writing this blog while listening to "Let it Go" and "Monster" from Frozen simultaneously while not trying to scream like a crazy person because I love it so much but have yet to see it.

From open calls to callbacks, auditioning is a major part of the theatre, film, and television industries. For professional actors and performers, auditioning IS their job. Booking a show or commercial is usually a short-term gig, so looking for work is a constant cycle.

Hello readers of BroadwayWorld! My name is Maddy Oldham and I am a sophomore Drama and Early Childhood/Childhood Education major at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York. I am so excited to begin documenting my experiences as a dual major in arts and education as well as give you the inside scoop on the lifestyle of a college drama student.

This weekend was a whirlwind. I was lucky enough to host another amazing guest for my UVA program Broadway Talks Back. This weekend was Gabriel Brown from the National Tour of Les Miz.

With college midterms drawing to a close, another very important midterm is coming up. There has been a lot of buzz surrounding this year's midterm election. It's been made very clear to all of us that we have the power to change what we feel is unjust.

Hello, readers of BroadwayWorld! My name is Ayaka Shimada, and I am a communications and theater arts student at the University of Pennsylvania. I am a proud member of Penn's only musical theatre company, Penn Singers. I am so excited to present how theater nerds here at an Ivy League institution do what we love on top of our chaotic lives, during which we juggle academics, jobs, and extracurriculars.

When looking at collegiate programs and thinking about how I could train to become a theatre director, I was astonished to find that there are multiple paths to choose from and each one offered something different.

Transitioning to college is tough. What no one tells you is how to survive it! Now in the middle of my first semester at Carnegie Mellon University as a directing major in the School of Drama, I'm here to share what has worked for me thus far. Here my tips on how to survive a BFA program!

The time has come for you to start thinking about college and what career you want to pursue. Do you want to be a doctor? A musician? An actor? A psychiatrist? A teacher? etc. What do you see yourself doing after college?

Hello, my name is Josh Wiggins. For the next four weeks, I'll be taking you along for a ride of what my life is like, as well as the lessons I've learned along the way.

So it's been more than a year…! I previously wrote for BroadwayWorld's High School Center from 2016-2017 as a junior and senior in high school. With senior year stress, college craziness, and this huge transition in life, I had to take a break from writing. During the break from my last post A LOT has happened.

Hello fellow thespians and welcome to my new blog for BroadwayWorld! I am so excited to have you all come along with me on my adventures in collegiate theatre!

I hate midterms, but I love musicals. I've been having a rough time this week with all the work and little time to enjoy things. Midterms bring me so much anxiety and it sometimes becomes debilitating. I wasn't enjoying my cast recordings, I wasn't seeing any new things, and most importantly I was not motivated to study.