Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Degree in Theatre, Not On Broadway, You Must Be A Failure
OnStage: Every spring thousands of theatre students earn their degree from their various colleges. Most of them graduate knowing full well that less than one percent of them will ever grace a Broadway stage. That must make them failures right?
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I find it intriguing that most working professionals outside the entertainment business consider working on Broadway as having a successful career. I've always enjoyed watching Broadway shows, but even as I applied for theatre school I knew I didn't want to end up a designer on one of them. Some adults (parents certainly included) don't understand that Broadway doesn't always offer the type of art and theater that we, as artists and actors, yearn for. Broadway produces some very interesting and thought provoking pieces, yes, but also a lot of commercialized, 'do it for the money' Disney-based musicals. For some, working on that's a dream, but for others, all we want to do is speak Shakespeare in Russia, or design music videos for the Avett Brothers. We want jobs that tailor to our artistic inclinations, not jobs that, if mentioned in conversation, will provoke the reaction, "Oh! So you've worked on Broadway!". There's nothing wrong with wanting to work on Broadway, obviously, but as the article mentions getting to 42nd Street isn't the end all and be all of someone working in the entertainment business.
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