Musical theatre
This is obvious, but I love musicals!! The first professional musical I saw live was "The Phantom of the Opera" in 10th grade. I've seen it a few more times since, and I've also seen "Cats" four or five times (once on Broadway!), "Les Miserables" a few times, and "Beauty and the Beast" once. Oh, and of course. . . "WICKED"!!! :-D
I love the secondary characters in musicals (B&tB being an exception). Meg in "Phantom", Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer in "Cats", Eponine and Javert in "Les Miz", and Nessarose and Boq in "Wicked". If my sisters and I decide to go out for Halloween, we're gonna go as the three witches from "Wicked", Joanna and Jackie being either Glinda or Elphaba, and me being Nessa. That will be so much fun!
I think working in the theatre would be the best job ever! Rehearsing every day, doing what you love, wearing nifty costumes, getting the thrill of performing night after night for an audience who paid to be there. . . That would be the life! I would love to be in the theatre, if only in a small part, maybe in the ensemble. That would be my dream job. I know it's not all sunshine and roses; there will be people you have to work with that you can't stand, hard days rehearsing, some things that don't go over well in a show, but that's life, too. Nothing can go perfectly, I realize that. But to work in the theatre. . . *sigh* I would be so happy. I often imagine what it would be like to be on stage, with hundreds of people watching me, doing something and doing it well. It makes me smile. But then I also realize that I'm a triple-non-threat: can't sing, dance, or act. I like to think I can sing decently. I mean, I'm no Sarah Brightman or Idina Menzel, but I can carry a tune, and I'm sure I could get better with coaching. I know for a fact that I can't dance. I'm too stiff. I can march, though! Nine years of marching band! Woo! Anyway, I'm sure that could be better with some coaching as well. . . And acting, well, I act when I sing, does that count? I'm sure I could do it with (you guessed it!) a little coaching. If I had nothing else going on in my life to where I could devote it solely to an aspiring theatre career, I would be so good! I betcha I would! I wouldn't delude myself by moving to New York or anything like that. I'd audition for small community theatres where I live, hoping for a small part and build credibility that way. I could just see myself doing well! :-) But I also know that everyone else who has ever seen or heard a musical or play has had the exact same thought as well. I'd have no chance. I'm not good enough to play in the orchestra for a musical; those are all freelance musicians who play multiple instruments and practice 8 hours a day because they have nothing else to do!
And now I'm typing myself into depression because I'm thinking of things I can never do. I'll quit while I'm ahead and leave it at that.
I love the secondary characters in musicals (B&tB being an exception). Meg in "Phantom", Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer in "Cats", Eponine and Javert in "Les Miz", and Nessarose and Boq in "Wicked". If my sisters and I decide to go out for Halloween, we're gonna go as the three witches from "Wicked", Joanna and Jackie being either Glinda or Elphaba, and me being Nessa. That will be so much fun!
I think working in the theatre would be the best job ever! Rehearsing every day, doing what you love, wearing nifty costumes, getting the thrill of performing night after night for an audience who paid to be there. . . That would be the life! I would love to be in the theatre, if only in a small part, maybe in the ensemble. That would be my dream job. I know it's not all sunshine and roses; there will be people you have to work with that you can't stand, hard days rehearsing, some things that don't go over well in a show, but that's life, too. Nothing can go perfectly, I realize that. But to work in the theatre. . . *sigh* I would be so happy. I often imagine what it would be like to be on stage, with hundreds of people watching me, doing something and doing it well. It makes me smile. But then I also realize that I'm a triple-non-threat: can't sing, dance, or act. I like to think I can sing decently. I mean, I'm no Sarah Brightman or Idina Menzel, but I can carry a tune, and I'm sure I could get better with coaching. I know for a fact that I can't dance. I'm too stiff. I can march, though! Nine years of marching band! Woo! Anyway, I'm sure that could be better with some coaching as well. . . And acting, well, I act when I sing, does that count? I'm sure I could do it with (you guessed it!) a little coaching. If I had nothing else going on in my life to where I could devote it solely to an aspiring theatre career, I would be so good! I betcha I would! I wouldn't delude myself by moving to New York or anything like that. I'd audition for small community theatres where I live, hoping for a small part and build credibility that way. I could just see myself doing well! :-) But I also know that everyone else who has ever seen or heard a musical or play has had the exact same thought as well. I'd have no chance. I'm not good enough to play in the orchestra for a musical; those are all freelance musicians who play multiple instruments and practice 8 hours a day because they have nothing else to do!
And now I'm typing myself into depression because I'm thinking of things I can never do. I'll quit while I'm ahead and leave it at that.
posted by Nessarose @ 10:08 PM
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