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Saturday, September 27, 2014

L.A. Theaters Want ‘Triple Threat’ Actors for Musicals

Backstage: Los Angeles theater actors in search of paid work and awards should discover their love of musicals.

When the Ovation Awards nominees were announced Monday, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts had 17 nods and 3-D Theatricals had 13. Both L.A.-area theaters specialize in musicals and received the largest swath of nods for their productions of "Floyd Collins" (9) and "The Producers" (7) respectively.

1 comment:

K G said...

This is an interesting post in a few ways. First of all, I have to wonder how many actors move to LA looking to pursue a career inmusical theatre. It seems as though they would be more interested in film or other sorts of entertainment. Secondly, there are many, many actors who consider themselves triple threats. And there are many, many casting agents who would not consider them triple threats. Acting, and more so auditioning, seems to be a lot about the actors perception of themselves, and a lot about others' perception of them. So while it's interesting to advertise for a triple threat, the auditioners may end up getting a lot of "triple threats" nonetheless.