Im 23, i decided i want a career in musical theater, what should i do now??
Start building a rep book - your voice teacher will help you with this once you identify your voice part. You can begin looking for songs on your own that you like and think you can sing well. Check out the Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology series at www.sheetmusicplus.com
While you're at the library, look at books they have on musical theatre training and auditioning.
It's never too late, but do be realistic about your expectations. Most of the people auditioning for chorus roles on broadway have had serious acting, singing and dance training for many, many years and are in their early 20's. So, just start local, as you begin getting more and more parts (leads, not ensemble) you can then start looking at the professional theatres.
Good luck!!
** At this point, do NOT waste your money on professional headshots. In NYC, they can cost upwards of $700 and if you're just starting out, you're not going to be auditioning for professional productions quite yet (first impressions are huge, you don't want to audition for the big boys if you don't have a clue what your'e doing) and you don't need headshots to audition for community theatre. Just get some experience first! You can even hold down a 9-5 to pay your bills while doing theatre in the evening and on weekends to build your resume. It would be silly to go full force right now with no experience and no training. Unless you're rich. Then go to some of the area-wide regional auditions so you can do things like summer stock where it's only for 3 months and you basically don't get paid. If you're not rich, you have to be smart about this, unless you want to be one of the thousands of wannabe's who go to NYC and leave after a year with their tail between their legs becase no Casting Director will even LOOK at them because they don't have any experience or training...again, good luck! Musical Theatre is sooooo much fun and you will meet many wonderful people whether you do it on a professional OR an amateur level!|||I agree. Since I have grown up around the performing arts and am a dancer myself, most of my friends are in college majoring in Musical Theatre and are extremely talented. Some of them have already graduated and are trying to move to NY to make it. Some have gotten national tours and one person that I went to school with is on Broadway in The Color Purple. There are people who spend their whole life working toward that very same dream and most never get it. But they love it and they'd all do anything for it. SO if you love it and that's all you can see yourself doing, then I say go for it. But not before doing a little work. You need to build your resume, start doing community theatre. Build up your theatre hours. Try for an equity card. Most NY Broadway auditions won't see you unless you're equity. Some will though. Just gotta really do your research. Take some acting lessons, voice lessons, and dance lessons. You have to have knowledge of all of these. Most people in Broadway musicals are triple threats.
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