The Metropolitan Opera has a history that reaches back almost 130 years. This impressive cultural resource attracts some of the finest singers, directors and designers from around the globe. The Met, which offers world-class productions of new and classic operas, calls Lincoln Center its home. Although included in the Lincoln Center Tours, the Metropolitan Opera also provides daily tours during its performance season. Tours conducted by the Met differ from those offered by Lincoln Center—only the Met takes you backstage, offering visitors insights into how the company works and how productions function. A visit to the Met is a cultural highlight for anyone and everyone.

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A time-honored joke asks: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer…practice, practice, practice. Indeed, the luminaries who have graced Carnegie’s stage have ascribed to such advice. However, if you want to get to Carnegie Hall without engaging in any practice at all, then Carnegie Hall Tours may be your ticket to get on and behind one of the world’s most famous stages. Rich in history, beautiful in design and first-rate in artistry, Carnegie Hall has offered patrons premiere performances for over 110 years. Get a backstage view of what continues to be one of the most prestigious performance venues in the world.

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Meet the Singer

Get to know what it’s like to be a Broadway singer. You’ll spend an hour with a cast member of a Broadway show and learn about their journey to becoming a successful performer. Get the inside story on the audition and rehearsal process, find out what the day-to-day life of a professional singer in NYC is like, and learn about what really goes on backstage during a show. This seminar will give you a new perspective on the life of a singer as you start to fully appreciate the challenges and rewards they experience as they work towards their professional goals.

Experience will include:

  • Discussion with a Broadway singer
  • Insights into the profession
  • Open forum Q&A

 

Seminar length: 1 hour

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Never danced, sang or acted before? No problem! We’ll teach you an easy to learn, fun section from a Broadway show. Leave feeling like a star! Beginners are welcome. Take on the challenges that every performer must face and have fun!

Experience will include:

  • Beginner dance, singing and acting exercises
  • Basic steps and songs used in the selected Broadway show
  • Q&A with a cast member

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

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What is the casting process really about? This seminar addresses “myths” about the casting process and answers all of the questions that you have, as you come to a better understanding of exactly what happens in the audition room. Topics will include what happens between an audition and a callback and between a callback and getting the job, how an actor can effectively submit him/herself to a casting office, and what does being “Kept on File” mean? Plus, you’ll learn about what a creative team looks for in an audition, and what are some of the reasons that one person gets called back and/or cast over another?
 

Experience will include:

  • Discussion about the casting process and what really happens when you are not in the audition room
  • Tips on how to best present yourself to a casting director and creative team
  • Q&A  / discussion with a NY casting director or creative team member

 

Seminar length: 1 hour

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When you hear a Broadway musical with a full orchestra that sound and experience can be so powerful that it can overwhelm you. It’s the job of the orchestrator to create that rich and evocative Broadway sound by taking the melody created by a composer and transforming it into parts for every instrument in the pit. Learn about the process of creating and notating music and practice creating your own orchestrations. Enjoy this opportunity to discuss the craft, art, and business of orchestrating.

Experience will include:

  • Learning about the orchestration process
  • Discovering how to pursue a career in orchestration
  • Finding out how to listen to music differently in order to appreciate orchestrations
  • Q&A with a musical theater orchestrator

 

Seminar length: 1 hour

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This experience offers you the unique opportunity to discuss lyric writing for the Broadway or off-Broadway stage. You’ll meet with a professional lyricist who has been through the process. Listen to and talk with a lyricist and get insights into the process of going from writing to performance. You’ll receive helpful information, as you learn about their pathway to success, discuss the art and craft of lyric writing, and discuss your own career goals and artistic aspirations. Connect with someone who understands the challenges and rewards that await you.

 

Experience will include:

  • Discovering what happens between the writing of lyrics and when one sees and hears them performed on stage
  • Understanding the route to becoming a lyricist
  • Q&A with a professional Broadway lyricist

 

Seminar length: 1 hour

On Stage

How does someone become a professional choreographer and what is it like to create the choreography for a professional show? Meet and discuss the art and craft of choreography with a Broadway or off-Broadway choreographer or an associate choreographer. Enjoy an hour with this member of the creative team of a show and learn about their journey to becoming successful in the business. You’ll enjoy stories about their past projects, how they approach choreographing a new project, and what they look for when casting a production. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions about your own career goals and chosen path and get helpful insights and advice from someone who understands what it takes to succeed.

 
Experience will include:

  • Learning about the process of taking choreography from studio to stage
  • Discovering how to become a professional choreographer
  • Q&A with a professional choreographer

 

Seminar length: 1 hour

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How do you become a professional stage director and what does the job entail? Meet and discuss the business and art of directing with a Broadway or off-Broadway director or an associate director. When you spend an hour with this member of the creative team of a show you’ll hear about their personal journey to becoming a successful director. Learn from their experience, as you’re treated to stories about their past jobs, learn how they approach directing a show and working with actors, and discover what they look for when casting a production. There’s also the opportunity to ask questions about your own career goals and get advice and insights from someone who fully understands the business. 

Experience will include:

  • A Discussion with a professional director about the art and craft
  • Insights into becoming a director
  • Q&A

 

Seminar length: 1 hour

dance_lesson04The dance call for the singer or actor can be frightening, overwhelming, and a dealmaker or breaker. In this seminar, a Broadway performer, dance captain, or choreographer will share tips and techniques that actors and singers can use to shine in their dance call. Learn how to retain choreography, adapt to different choreographic styles, and improve confidence when dancing in small groups. Look, feel, and perform better in your next dance or movement call.

 

Experience will include:

  • Techniques to build confidence and presentation in a movement call
  • Choreography taught by a Broadway Performer, Dance Captain or Choreographer
  • Mock audition to implement learned techniques
  • Q&A / discussion about the movement audition process

 

Seminar Length: 1.5 hours

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If you want to be in a Broadway show and have a career as a musical theatre performer, it’s not enough to have great singing technique and skill. You’ll need to know how to convey emotion and a story through your performance of a song’s music and lyrics. This experience teaches singers how to break down a song to make it into a “scene to music,” acting techniques for musical theatre, and interpretive methods. All aspects of this experience are designed to help participants work towards creating a show-stopping performance.

 

Experience will include:

  • How to combine acting and singing techniques to create a complete performance
  • Understand how to tell a story with a song
  • Q&A with a cast member or musical director

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

06_Singing-instructionsIf you have the desire to perform on a Broadway stage as a singer, you’ll need to know how to harmonize. But harmonizing is a difficult skill to master. Learn the secrets, techniques, and skills for successful harmonizing from an experienced and knowledgeable cast member or musical director. You’ll learn musical selections from a Broadway show and will engage in exercises that will help you use your voice to create the harmonies that define the finest performances of singers on the Great White Way.

 

Experience will include:

  • Harmony technique exercises
  • Learning a selection from a Broadway show
  • Q&A with a cast member or musical director

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

musical rehearsalVocal auditions present performers with a range of daunting challenges. In this seminar, you’ll learn skills and techniques designed to help you effectively audition and present yourself to a panel or creative team. Improve how you present yourself in a vocal audition, increase your chances of landing that booking, getting that role, or gaining admittance into a respected vocal program, and develop your confidence, focus, and image.

Experience will include:

  • Vocal audition techniques taught by a NYC musical director or Broadway performer
  • Professional exercises and helpful tips
  • Q&A / discussion about the audition process, including how to prepare for an audition, what to bring, what auditions are worth attending, and how to follow up after an audition

 

Seminar Length: 1.5 hours

piano 01How can you get to the next level as a singer? Using effective exercises, focused methods, and useful tips developed by master faculty, you’ll discover how to improve your vocal technique and stage performances. Topics covered in this active singing experience include breath support, sound quality, pitch, and tone, and how to expand your vocal range. The seminar may also include a consideration of techniques based on different styles of singing, such as belting, pop, classical, head-voice, falsetto, etc.

 

Experience can include:

  • Vocal technique and genres (belting, head-voice, pop, classical, musical theater, etc.)
  • Safe warm-up techniques to ensure healthy singing
  • Useful professional tips

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

Concert pianist playing the pianoIt’s all about finding that Broadway voice. Work with a Broadway performer or cast member to learn musical selections from a Broadway show. Starting with vocal exercises and techniques that have helped to transform the voices of some of NYC’s top singers, this seminar teaches you how to make the most of solo lines, act through a song, and hold your vocal part when others around you are singing something different. What’s the best part? You’ll see the musical selection you worked on performed live on a Broadway stage a few hours later!

Experience will include:
 

  • Vocal warm up and exercises
  • Musical selections from selected Broadway score
  • Q&A with a cast member or performer

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

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041Tour “The Showplace of the Nation” and bask in the aura of the ambience that has welcomed and showcased some of the greatest performers and shows on the Earth. This behind-the-scenes tour of Radio City Music Hall gives you an insider’s look of one of our nation’s grandest performance venues.

This one-hour walking tour has too many highlights to list. Meet a world famous Radio City Rockette, learn how the Great Stage is transformed for the Christmas Spectacular or a concert, get a first-hand look at the celebrity guest book and more. The Art-Deco interiors, backstage mechanics and theatrical complex await your group. Book the Radio City Backstage Tour for a one-of-a-kind New York City experience.
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behindEnjoy group rates for this special behind-the scenes tour of one of the biggest Broadway hits,
Wicked. With Wicked: Behind the Emerald Curtain, you’ll be guided through and around this amazing show. This is a wonderful tour for fans of this hit musical, theatre lovers and anyone who simply loves to see how magic works.

Wicked: Behind the Emerald Curtain offers tour members insights and first-hand accounts of how a new musical is created and sustained. Get up close and personal with Tony Award-winner Susan Hilferty’s costumes and view Tony Award-winner Eugene Lee’s intricate set model.  It takes 125 people to make this show happen each and every time and you’ll see how it happens. Each tour ends with a Q & A with cast members. This is a wonderful showcase of a mesmerizing show.