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Here’s the video from today, when Spring Awakening was cancelled and the darling cast came outside in the freezing cold to sing for us and take pictures! (There is more at the beginning of everyone talking and Austin trying to figure out the first note of the song, let me know if you want me to post it)

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More of Joey Barreiro on Twitter

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Can I add a toursie gif request too? In The World Will Know when DD does that weird disco dance move on top of the tower after writing on the chalkboard. I just need it because……it’s groovy

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five minutes fourty seconds in

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

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favorite lyrics from Hamilton, in no particular order 10/?

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ive seen some pretty wild clips of interps of the play version of spring awakening including:

(warning: may be nsfw)

one where they sing ‘smells like teen spirit’ at moritz’s funeral

one where hanschen (?) masturbates while “making out” among other things with a mannequin 

one where there appears to be some sort of dildo on this guy’s nose?

im not even sure about this one??

dance party under plastic wrap

moritz’s suicide is done compleltely naked and then a large of mound of dirt is dropped on him

okay actually this one is really cool

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but the big question is do i want to audition for anything goes or footloose this summer

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“Little shop of horrors” (1986) Directed by Frank Oz

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hey theater kids, are you tired of doing the same old vocal warm ups?

“how now brown cow?“ stop asking. that cow is the same as it’s always been. try these instead!

It’s unlawful to offer an awful waffle when you’re all full.

My ex expected exceptional eggs.

I can’t complain about the pancake campaign.

Banana bandanas are banned from Anna’s cabana.

We caught the cocky coffee coughing.

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tfw u realize youll probably never get any big roles bc youre trans and too short and not muscular enough and ur voice is to high

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the harmonies in my junk.......

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You’ll Be Back - Hamilton Sheet Music Midi

Sheet music can be found here

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im so happy i finally found an audition song where i can show more than one emotion and like is within my range AND is sung by a boy im so happy and excited

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hi so this is a really dumb question but a) i cant find it ANYWHERE and b) i pretty much consider u the authority on all things theatre but i have an audition at the end of the month and have sheet music and everything but like how to accompanists like the sheet music if that makes sense? like should i put it back to back like it would be in the book or spread all 4-5 sheets out flat so they can read straight through??

this is not a dumb question at all! tbh i never knew until i took an auditions course during a summer conservatory a few years back. i used what i learned there and combined it w my abilities to obsessively organize trivial things, and i’ve come out with a really great book–like i’ve gotten compliments on my book by directors and accompanists so i think it’s pretty gr8. and tbh i’m so proud of it that i’m gonna show u:

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okay so a good book obviously starts w a binder that can hold your music in it. i certainly don’t walk around from audition to audition with my full repertoire, and i know a lot of other actors leave music at home as well. currently i have 15 of my strongest songs that i’ve been bringing to my auditions and callbacks–make sure to pick a few from each category (upbeat contemporary, ballads, classic, etc.)

(i realize this isn’t what you asked but i got the ball rolling and now i can’t stop pls bear w me…….)

take a trip to staples or any office supply store and pick up some NON-GLARE sheet protectors to keep your music in. accompanists HATE glossy sheet protectors because they cause a terrible glare that makes reading music nearly impossible, not to mention they’re super hard to flip through easily.

take your sheet music, starting with the title page, and slip them into the sheet protector back-to-back. the title pages are really handy because they act as easy dividers between songs. this way you won’t get confused as to where one songs ends and another begins.

DON’T PUT THE ENTIRE SONG INTO YOUR BOOK. why add pages that aren’t ever going to be used, yanno? keeping those unnecessary pages out makes the song much easier for the accompanist to navigate through. depending on your cuts, you should probably only have 2-4 pages of each song in your book. if you’re worried you might have to change your cut on the fly, keep the extra pages and some extra sheet protectors in a folder in the back of your book.

MARK THE BEGINNING AND END OF YOUR CUTS! like so:

using post-it flags is nifty because you’ll never be marking your music permanently. you can adjust your cuts as many times as you need without erasing or even pulling out pages. it’s super helpful for when you’re sitting in the holding room at an ECC for hours, having prepared a 32-bar cut and being super ready, only to find out that they’re running low on time and if you want any chance at all of being seen you need to cut your audition down significantly

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this way all you have to do is pull off the flag and reposition it accordingly! in some songs (like the one three above) i have a 16- AND a 32-bar cut marked off, each labeled accordingly on the little post-it flags. it gives the accompanist a clear, color-coded sign of where to start and where to stop! it’s never failed me once!

most importantly, you need to communicate clearly with your accompanist. be polite as you explain where the starting and stopping point is, clearly vocalize your tempo by singing a couple bars for them and snapping along. i usually like to give a little summary of all the little notes i’ve made and then ask the accompanist to play the first couple measures so i can sing along and hear if they got everything i told them. it’s so important to be brave and confident in what you’re doing. if you’re not confident, your accompanist is gonna be unsure of what you want them to do. so don’t be afraid to say exactly what you need. their job is play to HELP you–they’re your friends!

i know i went on a lot more than you were probably expecting i’m so sorry. i just got kinda excited because i’ve finally gotten the audition process down and i wanna help y’all have good audition experiences! 

break legs with your auditions, friend! i hope i answered your questions!

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Watch what happens #newsies

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Sometimes I think about the fact that some of the biggest Broadway shows in the culture right now are Fun Home, Spring Awakening Deaf West, and Hamilton, and like

how lucky we are to be alive right now