Why do you love musical Theatre?

It is very fun and rewarding but involves a lot of hard work and the hours can be unpredictable, so doing Musical Theatre is not only a nice extracurricular distraction, it has also given me skills that have benefitted my career, particularly in terms of confidence, presentation and thinking creatively.

What is good about musical Theatre?

Most importantly, musical theatre fosters a social awareness through exposure to the social issues, events and cultures that are portrayed in the scripts. These very things help students to develop an ability to understand works of literature, performance and expression in general.

What makes musical Theatre interesting?

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.

What musical theatre means to me?

A: “Theatre to me means community; the people you met through it become your favorite people. You just feel like a family when you’re apart of it. Also community and voice, because it allows you to express yourself and be apart of something.”

What is it like to be a performer?

Performers have distinct personalities. They tend to be artistic individuals, which means they’re creative, intuitive, sensitive, articulate, and expressive. They are unstructured, original, nonconforming, and innovative.

What is the role of the performer in Theatre?

Actors or Performers are people who entertain an audience by acting, singing or dancing. They play characters on stage or screen and work with the direction of the creative team to bring a piece of theatre to life.

How would you describe a top performer?

Here are a few traits that top performers have in common:

• Quality as job one. Top performers consider quality a priority over simply getting things done.
• Skills development.
• Fearless decision-making.
• Desire for input.
• Self-direction.
• Cool under pressure.
• Good people skills.

What makes a good musical theatre performer?

1. Acting ability: A person’s theatrical “instincts”; believability as a character; versatility; willingness to try new things; and learned and developed skills that provide a broad intellectual and emotional pallet from which to draw. 2. Vocal ability: A person’s vocal quality, flexibility, and range.

What is musical theatre?

Musical Theatre is a place where extremes are the norm, be it tragedy or comedy, it is the ultimate way to express emotions you wouldn’t normally speak aloud. So dramatically, the range of tone and subject is endless, and musically, it can incorporate any genre or style.

What do you like most about musical theatre?

What I’ve always loved about Musical Theatre is the telling of the stories and how they always relate back to something else, and that people feel confident to express themselves without feeling silly.

What does it mean to live in music?

As Sondheim said, “To live in music is a gift from God.” But it’s more than just transcending our daily lives; it’s also about transcending our individual isolation, as we become part of either the organism that is the audience or the organism that is the performance. Musical theatre is by necessity the most collaborative of all art forms.

What is it like to be in a church theatre?

Theatre in general, but musical theatre in particular, is church. It is a genuine, often transcendent spiritual experience to enter this world of music and live inside it for a couple hours. (Or for the New Liners, lucky us, a few months!) As Sondheim said, “To live in music is a gift from God.”