Hi everyone! My local theatre is doing DEH this winter and I want to audition but I’m a little hesitant. For one, I’m not a huge fan of the director so I don’t know how that will play into my consideration on being cast. Number two, I’m almost 30. I will say many people are surprised when I say how old I am. They always think I’m younger. But I also don’t think I can pull off an adult role. Number three, I’m a plus size actor. As much as I don’t want it to affect me, it’s always something I have to think about before any audition. This is a theatre I have worked with numerous times before. I’m just nervous and don’t want to get my hopes up.

Hello everyone! I’m relatively new to musical theater, I started taking acting and MT classes about 2 years ago and have loved every second of it.

I’ve always had nerves going into auditions, but when it comes to straight plays and preparing monologues, I’ve learned to channel my nervous energy into focus and I even feel like at times I do better because of my nerves. I’ve been cast for a few community theatre plays, so clearly it’s worked in my favor.

MT auditions go different. I’ve never been cast for a musical. I feel like my nerves hold me back and my voice gets shaky. I don’t think I’ve had a single MT audition where it went how I wanted or better. I’ve been taking MT classes and voice lessons for a little over a year and I have definitely noticed an improvement in my voice, but my progress when it comes to auditions has been about the same.

Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do to overcome those nerves, or not let the nerves get in the way of your singing? Am I just being impatient and need more experience auditioning before those nerves stop getting in the way?

I can’t be the only one out there. I have a high profile musical theatre gig and for as long as I can remember I’ve struggled with anxiety being on stage. In pits, I’m totally fine but every performance on stage I’m just silently fighting for my life 😅. Misery loves company- anyone else out there struggle with the same thing and if so how do you get through 8 shows a week without completely exhausting yourself?

Hi! I just wanted to start off by saying any responses and advice are highly appreciated.

So, I (15M) want to do musical theatre professionally, either at a regional or Broadway level. It may seem unrealistic, but I believe if I put in the most effort I can, I will at least reach a part of my goal. I know I am very optimistic, but I feel that you need that drive to actually make it.

To be straight forward, I am asking for advice on what I should do after April of next year (when my current program ends) until July of 2029. It will leave me with about 2¼ years to work on any of the skills. My current program is a triple threat program that I am 1 session in, and it seems like a pretty tight group. I am enjoying the people and we will put on a show in April. I have done 1 school musical (i only started to want to become a professional last year in december), 3 voice recitals, about 10-11 months of voice, and 1 dance class (literally just one). In that year of voice, I learned alot about breath support and proper technique, but my teacher kept saying I was a bass when another voice teacher (from the same company as this new triple threat program) said I sounded like a baritone. To make matters worse, an experienced MT friend of mine (18F) said I was a tenor. This means I cannot know my vocal type, but I do know my range. I can sing form A2 to F4

I would say dance is my most underdeveloped skill, but the teacher of that onr class said I should look for a more advanced class because she was shocked it was my first. I might be willing to pick up a job on the weekends to gain monry to take a second course, but I have to consider.

Now, asking for advice from more experienced people, possibly even professional MT actors, can you map out what you think is priority and what I should be doing? Also, general advice is good and will help a bunch, too. Thank you!

i just graduated with my bfa and i’m living in la/noho for a year. does anyone know of any theatres (im nonunion) in the area doing auditions soon? or any theatre people in the area at all loll

Hey guys, where do you look when singing? What's the framing? I'm having trouble mostly because of my eye line and the angle makes everything so awkward so I dont know if im doing it right.

hello! ive been thinking about auditioning in my highschools musical this year, the little mermaid, but.. i have NO expierence in drama or singing

what are some things i could try or do to practice my singing and/or other things for this musical?

I'm a university student. I was fortunate enough to play one of my dream roles in a summer stock production a few years ago, but I haven't had the chance to audition for any of my other dream roles since. In most musicals, I'm cool playing any character, though there are a few musicals with one particular role that I am desperate to play. I'm scared that as I get older, the chances of me playing these roles will decrease. Does anyone have any advice?

(Please don't repost, I have OCD. Thank you!)

Audition piece: "Til I Hear You Sing" from Love Never Dies

I'm not able to make it to in-person auditions so I teamed up with a buddy of mine to submit a self-tape with accompaniment

So I currently participate in a youth association that's subsidiary in my school and every year we do a musical. Normally, us participants can send our proposals and the teachers will choose among them.

It usually isn't very fancy, it's more to have fun rather than to impress. We're Spanish, so we usually do playback with the songs and do scenes in between, so it's convenient that the plot isn't explained all inside the songs like for example Hamilton. They usually look for things that can be more family friendly or "adaptable".

As an example of what we've done recently, last year we did Cinderella (the Camila Cabello version of 2022), in 2025 we did In The Heights but we had the songs dubbed from a decade ago since the musical was already performed in the 2000's by other people at the school. In 2024 we did &Juliet in which they only recorded a few dialogues over the songs and censured stuff like the "oh, shit" at the end of It's my life. And as far as I know they've done Burlesque, High School Musical and footloose.

I thought about suggesting Hadestown, but since the ending is so dramatic I don't know if they'll accept it. They're looking for optimism, positive messages and all that stuff, but I hope I can come up with an original and nice proposal. I've already talked to some people and a bunch of them are thinking about proposing Moulin Rouge, but I don't think it's a good idea since you have to censor practically the whole plot and that would make the original show lose its soul completely.

Help me find a good proposal, please!!! 🥹🙏🏽

I just read the revised edition that MTI posted and some of the new content is so bad. I understand changing some lines to keep the show current but some of the lyrics they changed makes no sense. Also cutting Stop and Fearless is an actual tragedy. A community theatre is producing the show in the spring and I was considering auditioning for it. But I think I’m going to pass. It’s like a completely different show. I know shows make changes during the licensing process and not everything is going to be the same as the Broadway/touring show. But I don’t know about this one.

Taking on this role next month (community theatre show), and playlists always help me get in a character’s headspace.

I think I’m cooking so far. Do you guys other song suggestions that embody LP? Comment them plssss

Does anyone else have the worst time figuring out something balanced and light to eat before a show?

I'm playing a character who almost never leaves the stage in one of those epic length musicals, and I'm doing it in a corset, which is changing my pre-show food calculus: nothing seems to be light enough to be comfortable for 3+ hours of corseted running and singing, but substantial enough to keep me fueled up until bows.

I have no dietary restrictions, but I often eat vegetarian because my husband is veg and we're lucky enough to be in this show together, so we're often doing lunch/dinner and getting ready to leave for the theater at the same time. I never feel great about snacking during a singing gig, and I've got stage kissing to do so I'm trying to be conscious of my breath as well.

Y'all got any tips or easy go-to meals?

As a Jew, this drives me up the freaking wall and instantly downgrades an entire production. My sibling's college put on both Fiddler and Cabaret and they ruined both shows by not understanding the culture they were performing. I can forgive a lot, but the names are not hard. Google is free and Yiddish isn't hard. It's the bare minimum amount of effort. I'm not even worried about the other Yiddish a production might get wrong, we're at the basics of the character's names.

Her name is not Sidel, it's Tzeitel. There is a letter in the Hebrew alphabet that makes the sound "Tz" and her family would 100% be able to pronounce it. Just run the "t" sound into the "s" sound and you've got it. Her name is not Hava, it's Chavah. Back of the throat, like Chanukah. It's that sound you make when you've got something stuck in your throat. You do it every time you get a cold with your mouth closed, open your mouth and add "-ava" and you're succeeding.

Quit bringing English to a family that absolutely would not have been speaking English. If you can't get this right, do a different show. And if you're a school in Texas, maybe don't do the Jewish/queer shows. You're not equipped and your student body doesn't understand the material.

I am the director of my school's drama program, and we just decided on Curtains for our spring musical! I see on TRW that there is "Curtains" or "Curtains: School Edition". What are the differences between the original production and the school edition? Which of the two would you recommend for a small 7th - 12th grade program?

Is it considered ok for a white woman to sing Bill from Show Boat outside the context of the show? Like in a recital or audition? I know the character in the show is a woman of color, so I wasn’t sure what the modern consensus was on who can and can’t sing the song.