#audition prep

[roseyourewearingablackdress]

So excited to announce my musical theatre coaching practice! Please contact me if you are interested.

[nic0-hischier]

YALL I NEED MONOLOGUE SUGGESTIONS PLEASE HELP ME PLEASEEEE

[void-tiger]

Comment with your favorite songs, preferrably story/lyric driven or melody driven.

(I basically live under a rock and kinda suck at song choice as a result. BUT, I’m actually allowed to sing a cappella for this thing, so I have a lot more say in things like key and arrangement.)

[stagebible]

The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age of musical theatre is seen as the period of time from the 1920s to the introduction of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Book Musical in the 1940s.

It is characterised by American Musical Comedies such as Oh, Kay! and Anything Goes.

These American Musical Comedies didn’t always have the strongest storylines (especially compared to what we have come to expect from Rodgers and Hammerstein Book Musicals!) but audiences didn’t seem to mind. They provided lots of opportunities for songs, dances and star vehicles, and the plots were believable (if silly!) and conveyed emotion well.

Notably, the music was usually composed first, compared to the Rodger and Hammerstein era, where it was the lyrics that were nearly always written first!

This was also a period where the accessibility of Musical Theatre to the public increased dramatically. By the end of the 1920s, practically every family had access to a radio, and the first musical film, ‘The Jazz Singer’, came out in 1927.

However, the 1920s and 1930s had vastly different social climates, and this is reflected in the popularity of the shows at the time. The 1929 Wall Street Crash and resulting Great Depression led to a long period of social unrest and high employment. This meant that people had less money to spend on the theatre, and composers were also less likely to risk putting on shows not guaranteed to be a massive hit. You can see this shift as in the 1920s, 10 book musicals ran for over 500 performances on Broadway, whereas in the 1930s, only 3 book musicals managed to last for just 400 performances!

[right-in-the-subpoena]

I am having a crisis

My audition for Newsies is next Thursday, and originally I was set on auditioning using “Live Out Loud” from A Little Princess as my audition song, but now I’m considering using “One Perfect Moment” from Bring It On. Anybody have any helpful suggestions on which to pick???

[suddenchange-s]

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[sarahtheflutist]

Hey Nonny, I saw your ask and will look at it in about 16 hours after work tomorrow.

In general, start small. Learn one concept at a time. Understand that concept in every key.

For example, do you know all of your major scales? Do you understand what makes it a major scale (this helps to identify the pattern in all keys). And go through this with all your scales.

If there is a requirement that you don't know - maybe you can't play octatonic scales - and you are absolutely set perfect with everything else, then spend the time learning a new concept. But first be solid with what you know.

If you're doing audition prep, adjudicators are looking for people who can learn. If you are a perfect musician, they will have nothing to teach you.

This is my short answer, lol. More to come later.