Finding Broadway Auditions

Series Summary

Broadway theatre, often simply referred to as Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theatres located in the Theatre District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Broadway theatre is the best known form of professional theatre to the general public in the United States, and is the most lucrative for the performers. Broadway theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. The shows that play on Broadway and are successful have usually been viewed as generally mainstream and rarely on the cutting edge of the art form.

As a result of the popularity and success of Broadway shows, there are a large number of musicians, singers, and actors who aspire to perform on Broadway. In this free video series, our expert and professional theater performer will teach you how to audition for a Broadway show. Beginning with finding auditions, and continuing on to pictures and resumes, monologues, coaches, and how to dress for an audition, these video tips will better your chances at winning a Broadway audition. You'll learn that in order to make a good impression at an audition, it's not just how well you perform, but how you present yourself, how your performance is planned, and how you establish a standout moment!

Video Transcript

"ATHENA REICH: In this clip, I'm going to talk about where to find the Broadway auditions. The most common place to look is either Backstage or ActorsEquity.org or Actors Access. Backstage is a magazine but it's also a newspaper but it's also on the internet. So, you can join a subscription and access everything online. ActorsEquity.org, I like to use because it has all only the Union auditions and all the Broadway shows are Union auditions. So, it kind of eliminates the Non-Union things, the tours, the TV things, the web, TV episodes. Actors Access is another great way to find auditions although if you're really talking about Broadway, ActorsEquity.org and Backstage are really the best way to go. You're going to find a breakdown which on ActorsEquity.org which is going to look like this and this is a printout from the website. It says the name of the show, where to go, what to prepare, what they are looking for, the dates that the rehearsal start, everything like that. So, if you want to audition for Broadway, go to ActorsEquity.org or Backstage.com, maybe Actors Access too."