“I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain to see for certain what I thought I knew. Far far away someone was weeping, but the world was sleeping, Any Dream Will Do”. On November 3…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 05:36AMIt’s the summer of 2014. I’m a fourteen year old at my church’s music camp sitting in my first ever Drama Class. I’ve loved performing since I was really little wheth…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 08:29AMIt’s been nearly 30 years since the London premiere of Miss Saigon launching the career of now internationally famous actress, Lea Salonga. Even before her debut as Kim on the West End…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 09:11AMYou’ve heard the saying, don’t judge a book by it’s cover. Sometimes you can’t tell what something is about just by the title. Well, almost anything because clearly &…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:45AMAs a middle schooler of the early 2010’s, there were a lot of post-apocalyptic and dystopian media being released after the Harry Potter movies ended. My favorite from the Dystopian YA…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 09:15PMWhen I was in elementary school, I looked and acted like a normal kid. I went to school, read books, played with toys, and did the usual stuff kids do. But even though I looked normal, there…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:00AMDon’t forget the altos! Altos can be such a powerhouse in musical theatre. Altos and Mezzo Belters get some of the best songs. Here are 10 songs for altos you may not have considered. …
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 01:53PMWe’ve all been to or heard of those auditions where 50 kids show up and sing the same three songs over and over again. Even though there aren’t too many songs for a child’s…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 12:08AMSopranos. The Classic ingenue or damsel in distress. Quite frequently sopranos are put into the box of being the princess. Even though most modern musical theatre songs are written for Mezzo…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 12:10PMTenors always get to play the love interest or the suave hero that saves the day. Over the last few years, tenors have gotten some of the best solos like “Waving through a Window.̶…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 01:28AMRule of thumb, if you are auditioning for a Sondheim musical sing a Sondheim song. If you are not auditioning for something that was written by Sondheim, do not sing a Sondheim song. With th…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 08:25PMThe Christmas of 2017, The Greatest Showman hit theatres. Audiences flocked to the theatre to see the movie starring Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zendaya, and Zac Efron to name a few. We all …
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 11:57PMWelcome to the Renaissance! Within the last 20 years plenty of new shows have reached the great white way. Here are some of the BEST musicals of the 21st Century. So far… More The post…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 07:53PMIt’s very easy to pick a song from Les Mis for an audition. If you want to sing out all of your sad feelings here are 10 audition songs that are not “On my own”. More The p…
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