Broadway Television - Auditions
Known for the best theater in the country, actors from all over the nation audition for Broadway each year in hopes of landing a role on theaters' greatest stages. Broadway auditions are often not quite as glamorous as they might sound. Broadway auditions can be a lot of work and the atmosphere can be very stressful. Broadway auditions can be difficult but the more you know about them, the better your chances will be of getting a part.
Landing a role at Broadway auditions is the ultimate dream for stage actors in New York City and there are many performers vying for each position. The competition can be intense and the waiting times long. It is not uncommon to see lines of people wrapped around the block waiting for their moment on a Broadway auditions stage. Broadway auditions are held in a wide variety of locations ranging from bleak warehouses to fancy rehearsal halls. Broadway auditions aren’t lonely affairs though, you are likely to have plenty of company at all Broadway auditions.
Broadway auditions are broken into three parts containing different disciplines of singing, dancing and reading. For the singing part of Broadway auditions you need to bring your own sheet music for the accompanying musicians. The dancing part of Broadway auditions start with large groups of dancers receiving step instructions, tapering down into smaller groups until individual dance auditions are called. It is usual practice for the reading or acting, part of Broadway auditions to be held on a completely different, later date.
Once the singing and dancing part of the Broadway audition are complete and you are lucky enough to be called back to read for a specific part, you can assume the director liked you and you have made it past the preliminary Broadway auditions stage. The reading parts of Broadway auditions can involve several callbacks before final selections are made. Be prepared for a lot of work and a long audition process and it might just pay off when you finally land that big part on Broadway.