Directors who have favorites are fine, but when one casts someone who is clearly FAR too young/old, or out of their range by a good six notes in a role i get really annoyed.
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The sad part of it is is that it will always be this way...
always Auditioning For- Bye Bye Birdie (Hoping for Kim for Ursula)
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I.Love.Thespians
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2006/12/30 21:17I know exactly how you feel. I've been rejected because of favortism and the girl who got the part was a LOW alto almost sounded like a man low. And she got a Soprano part! But her mom was dating the director.Kylie
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2006/12/31 00:41when back-up singers try to over sing the lead and ruin the harmony just b/c they want to be heard! wait until you get your own dang solo!
when a director doesn't give you credit for a suggestion but, instead gives you a look like this and yet... uses your idea! jeez... we just want to better the show!
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2006/12/31 11:12Greatest example of an actor badly casted for a part he couldn't sing: Zac EfronTo go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted.
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2006/12/31 13:42Oh, my gosh, I was so mad when I found out it wasn't him singing!Auditioning for: school drama club cabaret show
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2007/01/07 16:31OMG! that wasn't zac efron singing? j/k...... (i just wanted to use that smiley)
i have to echo-- i love theatre but i hate politics. it doesn't make a person right for a role just b/c they are someone's favorite!
there are other things, but i am trying to find a happy place and focus on the reasons why i do theatre!!! LOL!!! They call me Jessica (like: They call me lady luck... lol)
Favorite roles:
Eva Peron, Evita; Jack's Mother, Into the Woods; Sonia, Godspell; Anything Goes, Reno Sweeney; Audrey, Little Shop of Horrors; Catherine, Pippin
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2007/01/07 17:07I know how everyone feels about the politics involved with theatre. I hate it when someone who doesn't have to work at all gets a fantastic role, opportunity, etc., whilst the ones who are incredibly dedicated, talented, and persevering get nothing.
It's frustrating, but finding the happy place helps.Caitlin
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Opera: Rusalka (Dancing Chorus)
Non-Musical: Pygmalion (Mrs. Pearce) Three Tales from Japan (Kimi-chan, Fish, Ogre) Keeper of the Tales (Parrot, Seema)
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2007/01/07 21:34People who are favorites and take full advantage of it annoy me the most. Coming from a favorite, anyone who is happy with a role that they were given because the director likes them doesn't actually care about theatre. If I find out that someone gave me a role simply because my parents donate a lot of money to the company or because they just like me I turn it down. If they truly favored a person then they should make them work for roles instead of making them think that they don't have to work for a role.CURRENT ROLE: Liesl/Maria understudy in The Sound of Music Director for Into the Woods Jr.
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Ah yes, and then there's those young people who do summer community theatre for service hours and make rehearsals difficult because they're always talking and never paying attention. There is nothing more annoying than the director having to stop rehearsal to remind certain people of the task at hand. It is community theatre, after all, but that doesn't mean it's time for fun and games.sweet Alyssa!
Current Role - Chris Gorman in Rumors
Upcoming Auditions - Chicago
Past Roles: Ensemble in Anything goes Clelia Waldgave in The Nerd
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2007/01/10 23:34STAGE MOTHERS!!!!!!!! There so annoying and most of the time, their kids aren't even that talented.-Georgia
Current Show: West Side Story - Clarice Recent Shows: Carousel - Principal Dancer, Ensemble, A Christmas Carol - Lily, Charwoman, Charitable Gentleman, Principal Dancer, Ensemble; Rootabaga Stories-multiple roles; Joseph... Dreamcoat -Wives Chorus
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I really hate how there are twice as many girls in the community childrens theatre and my school theatre. So boys get parts even if they aren't that good. Where a boy will have two people to compete with, a girl will have 10!
Boo!
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Re:i love theater, but i hate.... - 2007/01/13 21:42How about casting someone who can't sing in a musical? Can't sing, has no sense of rhythm, can't even speak-sing to the melody. I heard about this from the understudy, who says the musical director told her he was relieved when she took the stage.
Also, I was in Les Mis a few years ago, and Cosette was double-casted. One was an alto, and the other a mezzo-soprano. And Cosette is supposed to hit a high C at one point.Maddy, aka minesayrejoice, GreenGirl, GavrocheGrrl, EriksWife (Erik'swife), and jewelkat.
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I really hate how there are twice as many girls in the community childrens theatre and my school theatre. So boys get parts even if they aren't that good. Where a boy will have two people to compete with, a girl will have 10!
oh I HATE THAT! When our community theater was doing Dear Edwina, only 2 guys showed up for the auditions and.....30 girls. They called in a guy that had done other shows to be Scott, the biggest guy role, and the other two guys that auditioned were in chorus. I was the other main guy part, which I am SICK of just because I have a mezzo/alto voice even though it was a fun part to play, and several cameos. Haven't worn something flattering onstage in ages...LOL it's fine, but can get a little frustrating!
I quote chouettissimamaureen: find a happy place, find a happy place! -Ali
Currently: -Sheila; Boys Next Door (postshow depression mode) -acceptance to acting ensemble -Bye Bye Birdie (audition- didn't get a callback)
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and yet... uses your idea! jeez... we just want to better the show!
(i just wanted to use that smiley)
Kris
When our community theater was doing Dear Edwina, only 2 guys showed up for the auditions and.....30 girls. 
They called in a guy that had done other shows to be Scott, the biggest guy role, and the other two guys that auditioned were in chorus. I was the other main guy part, which I am SICK of just because I have a mezzo/alto voice even though it was a fun part to play, and several cameos. Haven't worn something flattering onstage in ages...LOL it's fine, but can get a little frustrating! 