r/MusicalTheatre

There was a show that recently closed and I wanted to know if there is any way to still see a show once it gives the final performance? I know some shows travel, but I’m specifically speaking about seeing it on Broadway in NYC.

Hi! i’m a F senior in highschool and my school this year is doing Hello, Dolly! for our main stage musical. I really REALLY want dolly or atleast a lead. i’m a first soprano/mezzo and i think i have a good shot but you know how highschool theatre is with seniority and favorites etc. last year we did spongebob and i was electric skate 1 (featured ensemble, i had my own song that i mainly sung lead in and had the most lines out of my group)

Anyways i was thinking of singing I’m going back from bells are ringing but i was also thinking of maybe doing miss baltimore crabs from hairspray? and i need to prepare a comedic monologue but cant find ANYTHING that i like. PLS HELP!!!!

I was just in a production of "Oklahoma!" and was wondering what people's favorite classic musical was? Mine personally is Oklahoma.

It’s for a project lmao. I want a song that gives the vibe of someone being tortured by either one or many. The person is reliving their terrible life over and over again in hell being tormented by one guy who‘s at the head, but has lots of little minions that transform into the people in his life. Bonus points if it has clock ticking or violin playing.

Edit- holy shit yall are fast 😭

My local theater is doing auditions for Shrek in a couple weeks. A lot of my friends are saying I should aim for Donkey, and I think it'd be an absolute blast. Part of me also really wants to go for Fiona, but considering the fact that they are only casting adults and I'm barely a college sophomore, I'm not sure if that's super realistic.

Are there any songs that could fit for either? I was thinking either "Right Hand Man" from Something Rotten, or "Killer Instinct" from Bring it On, but I'd appreciate more suggestions :))

I am looking for niche disney female solos to add to my singing rep. Anyone have any ideas??

I joined the cast of a local production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the request of the director who did not get enough people for the cast and needed extra people. I am also attending university for a BA in theatre arts where in addition to the six classes I will be taking I have also been assigned to be ASM on one of the plays. I don't want to have to drop anything but am starting to worry this workload may be too much to handle all at once. I need a second opinion, will it be possible to handle all of this?

So, I’m a total theater kid-I figured I should know at least the basics of ballet, sense it’s such a beautiful and fundamental dance. (Also sorry if I totally mess up vocab or say something dumb) I’d say I’m fairly good at tap dance, know jazz dance, and obviously musical theater dace-so I have dance experience-so it’s not like I’m starting from totally nothing? I have tights and jazz shoes and skin tight gym wear that I wear to stretch and learn from YouTube lessons and pintrest streach tuts. lol. Is it possible to be a self taught ballet dancer? At 14 (F)?? If so, what YouTube channels will help?? I need all the help I can get! Also, I ordered pointe shoes AS DECOR FOR RIGHT NOW DONT WORRY I WONT BREAK MY ANKLES USING THEM FOR AT LEAST A YEAR!
EDIT: guys I promise I’ll be safe about pointe shoes. I won’t put them on until a teacher says I can!

I recently got casted as Ariel. The highest I need to sing is an F#. The highest I can sing right now is maybe a low Ab. Does anyone have any tips or vocal exercises that can help me improve quickly?

I was cast in a local production of We Will Rock You as Galileo Figaro, I was really excited to play this character until I found out that our director plans to kill Scaramouche after “Hammer to Fall”

Personally I think this is a really bad idea, it doesn’t make justice to her character at all, and the writing of that scene and everything after it it’s just really bad. He said that she also dies in the Japanese and Irish productions of the Musical but I just can’t find any information online about that.

If you know anything about this it would be really helpful for me.

I don’t meant to be a problematic actor or something, I rarely get casted as the lead and I really like this musical, but this change and everything after that just makes it so bad

Thank you

Edit: English is not my first language, sorry if I made mistakes

Hi everyone! Long story short, I auditioned for my university’s production of Legally Blonde and made it to the final callback a few days ago. Although I am new to musical theatre it’s been a passion of mine for a long time and unfortunately in my country there’s very little MT opportunities. I was lucky enough to have auditioned for a past workshop the same music and casting directors organized which truly turned my life around. Being a part of that experience helped me get out of my depression and find true happiness and joy in life. I dedicated my entire time and self and worked as hard as I could to secure a spot on this production for I found if I’m not doing musical theatre my life feels dull and pointless. But nerves got the best of me and I fumbled the last callback. After I got the rejection email I have been spiraling not knowing how to move on without the one thing that brings me purpose. Like I said, there’s no other musical theatre opportunities that I could try out for and that’s very scary and daunting since MT truly did change my life for the better and I feel like I’m being forced to quit my passion.
That’s being said since I am on close-ish terms with the musical director of this production I’ve been thinking of scheduling a meeting with him to try and change his mind about allowing me in the project. But there’s a lot of doubts. First of all I am scared of being perceived as unprofessional by not taking the rejection and also what if it’s disrespectful of me to not understand that they simply did not want me in this project? And finally, I wouldn’t even know what exactly would be the right words to say to him.

I’m coming to this subreddit hoping for advice from people who are more experienced in this industry and maybe some comfort if you could offer that too! Thank you so much

My husband and I saw a really excellent production of Hairspray tonight at the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires. Costuming was great, dancing was tight, and vocals outstanding. But during act I, the woman next to me proceeds to have a very odiferous tuna sandwich as a snack. The smell was amazingly strong.

Thing is, I totally understand people with dietary needs. It was a 6pm show, and maybe she needed a solid protein infusion before it got too late. It struck me as an odd choice, though it was a very quiet snack - no wrapper or crinkling. Just the smell!

Does anyone have any suggestions for audition songs for Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors? The audition pack asks for an upbeat song with belting. Thanks!

(Disclaimer,very Long)
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on here, so I don’t really know a lot about the structure of this app and hope to not offend anyone with what I’m saying.
For starters I’m a black German 20 year old.
So it has been a dream since I was 3 to perform, when a musical group performed for us in elementary school. My mom signed me up for a ballet class when I was 5, but unfortunately that was it, eventhough I loved it. Growing up I would watch a lot of movies and musicals and practice and copy their singing or dancing or even the way their lines were delivered. I soon realized that under the circumstances at home, I wouldn’t become something,so I auditioned for the voice kids Germany but I didn’t get in, I also auditioned for other kids shows (like kika which is a German kids program) but because of my location it was really hard to actually get started somewhere, and my parents weren’t really supportive. I did do quoir and theatre but only till 7-8th grade. I wanted to perform for the school competition, but my music teacher didn’t really like me.

When I was 15, I began to look for castings again, but realized that as a black girl it was almost impossible to find open castings or even get cast and local theatre groups were really hard to get into.
Over the years I started struggling with mental health and felt like this dream just wasn’t for me.
Last year I promised myself I would at least try, but again it’s almost impossible to find anything especially since I can’t really get cast or signed with lack of experience and it seems like there’s a huge lack of diversity especially the girls…
I’m now in university for business law and I’m miserable, and want to at least try to chase my dream, but I turn 21 in march 2027 and would be too old to get started. I’m auditioning to be in the Uni and local theatre, want to sign up for tap dance, and singing lessons since I’m working and may be able to afford it now.

My question is if it’s still possible to make a career out of acting and musical theatre, especially since you’d have to actually be a triple threat. And would I be able to at least reach the level where I can audition for a drama school in maybe the uk? Also is it even possible to make it as a actress in Germany when you’re black? And I don’t mean mixed because right now sira faal is getting cast a lot but I’m a monoracial black girl and she really is the only black person right now who gets cast… I could post my singing, acting or dancing level if needed so an honest answer would be given…

So, im a smaller theatre kid. i dont know many musicals but do enjoy some. My oat though is chicago, and i got lucky and my highschool is doing it this year. i came here to ask older people, is it really fun? I wanna try out for velma (i need to be a diva) but would also be fine witb the russian woman (forgetting her name sorry) or really anyone who sings in cell block tango (my mental hospital grounding song). I did chorus a while ago and can sing, have the entirety of cell block tango, mr cellophane and reached for the gun memorized, and can learn songs quickly. I do have some afterschool things, but only once-twice a week. i have pretty bad stage fright, but think it would be fun. any tips?