Broadway auditions
Broadway Audition Tips
If a show's on Broadway, you shouldn't be auditioning
a piece from the show unless it's a number that you know you're
going to be specifically asked for. Of course you have to
prepare well, or you will feel at a loss when the casting
directors ask you something you are not that familiar with.
If it's currently on Broadway, stay away from using the song
at your casting
call because it will be too well known. It's going to
be out there. Everybody's going to be doing it; everyone is
going to be sick of it. "Initially, I wanted to be an
ice skater, but then when I was 13, I saw Bye Bye Birdie,
and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway." Liza Minelli
Right now everyone is suffering from overexposure to Wicked,
because it's so fun to sing and so popular; but if you take
"Defying Gravity" or "The Wizard and I"
into an audition right now, eyes will roll. The songs are
overexposed and you will be compared to the original Broadway
cast which may be hard to live up to.
They might even ask you if you have something else you can
sing. "Gimme Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
is another one right now that has been hammered into the ground
over the last couple years. "A Quiet Thing". "On
the Street Where You Live". "All I Need is the Girl".
And so on. "I was always daydreaming about singing in
big productions on Broadway." Kate Smith
If you ask any casting director or audition accompanist,
they'll be able to give you a much more comprehensive list,
but those are a few that I hear at auditions frequently. "There's
nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity."
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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