
Waiting in the Wings
How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond
- 273 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Waiting in the Wings
How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond
About this book
The definitive guide to making a career in theater—to Broadway and beyond Tiffany Haas knows how to make it on Broadway. After 72 rejections in a row she finally landed a role in Broadway's long-running smash hit Wicked and later became "Glinda the Good." Now she wants to share her advice for starting and nurturing a career in the theater. Waiting in the Wings is the essential guide for anyone who wants to have a theatrical career, whether they're complete newbies or already have some professional credits.
Based on everything she learned on her journey to New York, including 10 years on Broadway, Tiffany shares the information that you need to succeed in theater. Everyone's path is a little bit different, but the principles for success are always the same. With advice on auditions, how to become the performer they want to hire, developing relationships with cast mates, finding a reputable agent, the importance of reputation, and the best way to shape and build your career, Tiffany covers every aspect of the business. You'll learn what it takes to be successful and where to best spend your time and effort as you navigate the "great mystery" of pursuing musical theater. In an industry that is famed for its insider secrets, Tiffany draws back the curtain, giving readers the knowledge and tools they need to follow their dreams. If you're one of those people Waiting in the Wings for a big Broadway career, Tiffany Haas's book is the one resource you need to land a big role, stand in front of those footlights and let it go!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- A Message to Aspiring Singers, Dancers, and Actors
- Acknowledgments
- 1. It Took 72 Auditions
- 2. Life on Broadway
- 3. Your Options as a Performer
- 4. What That Guy Taught Me About Reputation
- 5. Who Else Would You Be? All About Auditions
- 6. Preparing for an Audition or Performance
- 7. Agents and Managers
- 8. Video Auditions
- 9. Lessons on Persistence
- 10. The Business of You
- 11. Union or Nonunion?
- 12. Tips from a Casting Director
- 13. Child Actors
- 14. Avoiding Scams
- 15. You’ve Never Arrived
- 16. The Show Must Go On
- 17. Serving Your Audience
- Parent to Parent
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Authors
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright