Musical Theatre Green Room

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Preparing for your next role... Making informed choices.

Landing the role and performing it well requires performance skills and an applied understanding of the show. Musical Theatre Green Room is committed to helping young performers excel in the performing arts specifically relating to the musical theatre. The craft of the musical theatre is ever growing and so must the Musical Theatre Green Room be. Come along, grow with us as we look at everything from vocal preparation tips, to the elements of the shows themselves.

Indeed, without a firm foundation bad habits are formed and young people decide that they "can't sing", "can't act", "can't dance", or injuries happen - all because they were operating without proper instruction. Unfortunately, the skill level among individuals leading local youth theatre programs varies greatly, making it difficult to know how good the training the children are getting truly is.

Fortunately, more and more of us have access to the internet, but even there we have discovered that while it was easy to find summary of the musicals that are available, there really isn't much else available to help young performers and their parents navigate the world of the musical theatre craft.

So we are clear, we have listed the storylines of the shows as well, but instead of the blow by blow depictions you normally find and that you would find when you read the script - ours focus on the big picture - the things that an actor really needs about the play to know when he or she begins to prepare for their role. Thus we focus on the theme of the show and the elements that help to build the theme. This gives the actor an opportunity to decide how their particular character fits into the build of the story, enabling them to make more intelligent and more interesting choices as they develop the character and learn their song and dance.

It's called the Musical Theatre Green Room because the Green Room is where the actor goes to prepare for his next stage entrance so he or she can bring that character to life.

Musical Theatre Green Room exists to give youth and their parents the tools they need to understand how the musical theatre world operates and how to get ahead - to raise their skill level so they can catch the eye of the director.

Here in the Green Room find tips on how to take the next step toward becoming the "triple threat" (a "triple threat" is a performer whose skills as an actor, singer, and dancer are all top notch) which is absolutely necessary if one desires to move on in the musical theatre.

At the same time, the Green Room can be a resource for parents whose interest may not have been in the theatre (except to enter a theater to watch a show) until a son or daughter became interested and may feel in uncharted waters and wonder how to guide their children through these unfamiliar waters.

The Musical Theatre Green Room is a continual work in progress. If you don't find something today, check back tomorrow. The field of the performing arts is continually growing so the green room will be available to help prepare for that next on stage opportunity.