The Road to Broadway

My horoscope for Tuesday July 22, 2008.
Aquarius : Don't give up. Keep trying, even if things don't turn out the first time. You WILL succeed today. . . I can easily connect that to auditions, movies, and musical theater a.k.a. show business, but I won't spell it out for you because I believe you are smart enough to think for yourself.

I thought the hard part of getting to Broadway was going to be somehow moving away from my family, my friends and my home. I found this difficult because my family is having a hard time understanding that I want (and hopefully will) go to New York City and perform on Broadway. They think I will move and never come back and cut ties with them forever, but I love them no matter what I say.

But while I was in Barnes and Nobles today looking at the theater books, I realized that the road to getting to Broadway is going to be harder than just getting to New York. You have to have an extreme talent for singing, acting, and dancing, often at the same time (Spamalot, anyone?). I feel so unprepared to be apart of the musical theater world. I feel like I am relying on my solely on my talent. I know theater has a lot to do with talent, but I believe that there is much more to it. There is technique, living in the moment, thinking outside the box, being creative, using personal emotion, and all other sorts of things you can learn from classes. These are the reasons I wish I could have gone to NOCCA or would've known about it sooner. Maybe if I could have gone, I could have learned a lot more and could be a lot better than I am now. I feel that I am a damn good singer, my acting is....ok, and I'm an alright dancer. I need more than just what I know now to get far. I need to have more life experiences so that I can use those experiences to drive my acting, like using a very sad memory of an old friend or family member who has died in order to help make myself cry. I need to take dance classes and learn the complicated stuff, like tapping. I need more! I need to fucking amazing! You have to be better than amazing in order to get to Broadway, even to star on Broadway which is my ultimate dream.

Maybe I will follow my own advice and take classes and become amazing. Only time will tell. Hope to see you at the stage door when you come see me star in a Broadway Musical!

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Have you every heard anyone say Broadway with the accent on the "way." Think about it. It sounds weird, huh? What do you think Jamie? I kind of laugh every time I think about the first time I heard someone say that from "It Sucks to Be Us" from Forbidden Broadway. If you don't know it, look it up. Hilarious.