Arts & Humanities: Performing Arts: “Question: Just got cast as Inigo Montoya...?” plus 4 more |
- Question: Just got cast as Inigo Montoya...?
- Question: Classic/Contemporary Broadway audition songs?
- Question: A Life in Opera?
- Question: Why are Broadway tickets for row UU less than for row XX?
- Question: What scale is this?
| Question: Just got cast as Inigo Montoya...? Posted: 16 Aug 2014 09:13 PM PDT Just got cast as Inigo Montoya...? I was recently cast as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride... I know it's weird for a 13 year old girl to be playing a grown Spanish man, but still. I need to know how to fence and possibly learn some acrobatics, tumbling, and gymnastics. I just need some strengthening exercises and core building stuff. I want to be able to do a standing backflip by October. I'm a dancer, so i'm already pretty strong and flexible. Can I have any tips and exercises? |
| Question: Classic/Contemporary Broadway audition songs? Posted: 16 Aug 2014 08:46 PM PDT Classic/Contemporary Broadway audition songs? Hi there, I'm auditioning for The Addam's Family musical at a local theater soon and I am 18 and I usually sing alto although I have a very wide range. The requirements are a contemporary/classic Broadway song that is NOT from the show. Please and thank you for your suggestions, I'll update with any needed info if needed. I'm really serious about this and so please give me some great suggestions <3 |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2014 07:46 PM PDT In addition to the rigorous vocal training required, opera singers must be able to master pronunciation in multiple languages they don't likely understand or speak. And since operas are plays, they must also act. The amount of rehearsal required to stage an opera is staggering, as the singers have to memorize a huge amount of music and lyrics and coordinate their stage parts with the other actors and then master it all with a live orchestra. Since producers have limited funding, directors have to accomplish all of this within a very limited time frame. That means long hours and not much opportunity for a life outside of opera. And once an opera completes its run, the cast will either begin working on the next production or the higher-profile stars will be off to other cities to begin the process again with all different people. It's unusual for hugely successful female opera stars to have families, since their careers don't leave room for domesticity. It's obviously easier for male opera legends to have families, since they're not the ones bearing the kids, but they don't have a lot of opportunity to establish interpersonal relationships, either, during the years when they're building their careers. Fortunately for them, their biological clocks don't begin winding down just as their performance lives are hitting stride. |
| Question: Why are Broadway tickets for row UU less than for row XX? Posted: 16 Aug 2014 07:30 PM PDT There are considerations other than distance from the stage that are factored into the price of tickets. Some theaters, for example, have balcony seats that are priced higher than some orchestra seats because the view is much better. But in an auditorium with a more pronounced floor slope, the floor seats will generally offer the ideal view. And there's usually a ticket premium for parts of the theater where the acoustics are perfect. In deep, narrow theaters (older ones, generally), it can be difficult to understand dialogue or lyrics from a distance because the sound bounces off the walls. I used to work as a theater critic and learned a lot about acoustics from watching final dress rehearsals in virtually empty theaters. Theater managers and directors always steered me to specific seats so I'd have the best impression of shows. But when I went to watch an actual performance, after having already written a review (and with tickets I got for free), I was stuck in bad seats because the paying customers deserved the good ones. Watching a live production is actually similar to seeing a movie, in that you'll go into a theater and notice that those who arrive early gravitate toward and avoid certain sections of the room. |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2014 07:14 PM PDT I'm trying to read scale notes and fret notes. But I'm just wondering if this is the F# Major Scale 6th string: F# G# 5th: A#, B, C# 4th: D#, F, F# 3rd: G#, A# B 2nd. C#, D # 1st: F, F# And the notes would be F# G# A# B C# D# F right? Music. |
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