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Archives: Encounters
Exhibits focusing on the Broadway scene and theatre in American are constantly being developed and offered. The museum provides a fascinating Meet the Author series, educational enrichment programs, and a wide range of exciting and informative resources.
Information on NYC theatrical activity from the late-18th century to the present can be found here. Original documents and important facts can be found in the Theater Collection holdings of the John Golden Archive, which consists of 40,000 folders with information on productions, personalities, and performance spaces.
HOLDINGS INCLUDE:
- 17,000 folders documenting Broadway and Off-Broadway productions since the 1800s.
- Original set and costume renderings by designers such as Alvin Colt, Miles White, Donald Oenslager, and Lucinda Ballard.
- Posters and window cards that document trends in theatrical advertising.
- Original scripts by Eugene O’Neill.
- A large collection of George M. Cohan’s annotated scripts and original Orchestrations.
- Personal papers of Mary Martin, Howard Dietz, Julia Marlowe, and E. H. Sothern.
- Over 3,500 caricatures, drawings, and prints.
- Popular entertainment collections on Burlesque, Circus, Minstrelsy, and Vaudeville.
Film and TV are highlighted in this family friendly museum. Educational, engrossing and enlightening, the Museum of the Moving Image offers exhibits, films, and special collections. Educational programs in this interactive facility focus on the millions of moving images that have become a part of our entertainment history and lives.
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.
The world-class New York City Ballet is awe inspiring, breathtaking and powerful. The highest amount of technical proficiency is demanded of each dancer and the productions feature choreography by some of the most dynamic talents on the planet. First-time visitors to the ballet may want to engage in a docent-run First Position Talk, which is held prior to the start of specified performances. Patrons will receive introductory comments concerning the ballet they are about to see and may also ask questions. Dancer Chats, Studio Talks and seminars are also available. The New York City Ballet will sweep you off your feet.
Perhaps no other single venue in New York City is more responsible for introducing the artistry and culture of African-American and Latino musicians and performers than the Apollo Theater.
A tour of the Apollo offers insights into individual artists and a greater understanding of the cultural diversity the site has engendered. Visitors are sure to come away with an appreciation of the contribution this venue has made to the performing arts. Combine the tour with one of their evening Amateur Night performances to get the total Apollo Theater experience.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a true arts complex, offering performances in a range of disciplines including music, dance and theatre. The Center, which is also a rich resource for theatre historians, offers daily tours that include special group rates. Go behind the scenes and into the spaces that have been occupied by some of the greatest performers and artists on the earth. Each daily tour offers something different as you might end up sitting in on a rehearsal, seeing a star or stand on a stage where Baryshnikov danced or Pavarotti sang.
Lincoln Center also provides two specialized tours. The Art and Architecture tour introduces patrons to the amazingly rich art collection housed at the Center and the Jazz at Lincoln Center tour is devoted to investigating this definitive American art form.
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Television is a part of our everyday lives and NBC continues to be a major player in the market with the long running Today Show, the unpredictable Saturday Night Live and the groundbreaking Dr.Oz Show. NBC Studio Tours started in 1933. Today’s tours take visitors through the NBC Sharp Globe Theater, Broadcast Operations and the Make-up Room. Participants can produce their own news and weather program in NBC’s High Definition Mini-Control Studio. Live studio experiences are available. Educational, insightful and fun, NBC Studio Tours offer a fantastic group experience.
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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Talent is only half the battle when pursuing a career in the performing arts. Learn how to be mentally and emotionally prepared for the path that you will need to reach your goals. Understand what it takes to preserve and discover what attributes you possess that will help you get to where you want to.
Experience will include:
- Learning to avoid pitfalls that can prevent a performer from growing as a person and as an artist
- Learning how to live in a way that will nurture your artistic side
- Learning to stay positive while pursuing your dreams and avoiding the pressure that is part of this business
Seminar length: 1 hour
Successful people know how to set and achieve goals. No matter what you hope to achieve, having a plan is the first step to success. In this seminar, you will learn to identify your goals, break down the big goals into smaller manageable tasks, maintain your enthusiasm and motivation, and make the most of your life and career path. Get on the right track with a plan for success!
Experience will include:
- Goal setting session taught by a motivational coach
- Personalized goal setting plan
- Q&A with goal setting coach
Seminar length: 1 hour
Some performers know they want to pursue a career onstage. However, there are many options for talented people in the entertainment industry beyond performing, and exploring these options can help you supplement your income while auditioning, and they may even help you discover a career you love just as much as, if not more than being onstage. There’s a lot to do in the theatre and the performing arts. How can you have a life in the theatre you will love?
Experience will include:
- Discussion about options for performers
- Q&A with former Broadway performer who has created alternate career opportunities
Seminar length: 1 hour
You’ve just moved to NYC or are about to take the plunge. The question is what should you do to give yourself the best chance possible at succeeding in a career in the performing arts? Gain important insight into great ways to jump-start your career, thrive on a budget, and make your dreams come true!
Experience will include:
- How to network with people in the industry
- Ways to make money while building your career
- Different union affiliations and how to become members
- The importance of agents and casting directors in the business and how to book work if you are not represented
- … and much more!!!
Seminar length: 1 hour
You decided to get a degree in performing arts, and now it’s time to take what you learned and apply it in the “real world.” In this seminar, we’ll discuss the steps to building your professional career after college, how to create a strong resume, and which coast is the best coast for you. This is designed to give you useful tips, insights, and the knowledge you require to survive as a professional.
Experience will include:
- Where is the best place to relocate after college
- How to build your resume
- Explore the all the career opportunities in the performing arts industry
- Q&A with industry professionals who graduated college
Seminar length: 1 hour
Are you interested in pursing a degree in the performing arts? What are your choices, how do you prepare, and what’s the process for admission? With so many institutions offering courses and degrees in the performing arts, the admissions process can be a daunting experience. This seminar will help you decide which degree is best for you, how to apply and audition for college programs, and tips for success when pursuing a degree.
Experience will include:
- How to find and apply for a college that suits your career path
- Possible options for those interested in a performing arts career
- Q&A with administrators in higher education
Seminar length: 1 hour
Are you considering pursuing performing arts after High School but aren’t sure of what is the best path for you? Are you still unsure of whether or not you see performing or even the entertainment industry in your future? This is the seminar that you need. As a young person interested in the entertainment industry, you have the chance to meet with professionals who can offer you insights, knowledge, and options. This seminar will equip you with all of the information that you require so you can make informed decisions.
Experience will include:
- How to prepare for the next step while still in High School
- College or the Professional World: Which is best for you?
- Q&A with industry professionals about the career choices they took and how it led them to where they are today
Seminar length: 1 hour
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
Get to know what it’s like to be a Broadway actor. 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 actor 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 an actor 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 actor
- Insights into the profession
- Open forum Q&A
Seminar length: 1 hour
Get to know what it’s like to be a Broadway dancer. You’ll spend an hour with a cast member of a Broadway show and learn about their journey to becoming a successful dancer in the performing arts. Get the inside story on the audition and rehearsal process, find out what the day-to-day life of a professional dancer 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 dancer 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 dancer
- Insights into the profession
- Open forum Q&A
Seminar length: 1 hour
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
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
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
How does a script go from page to stage? What’s the route for a playwright who gets their show on Broadway? Meet and professional writer and discuss the process, craft, art, and business of writing for the stage. Immerse yourself in the world of a professional writer and get a glimpse of the many different ways a script goes from being read by possible producers to the Great White Way.
Experience will include:
- Understanding how to know whether a story or script has what it takes to become a great show
- Learning about the process involved in writing a script and the road to seeing it performed
- Find out how writers can get their story produced
- Examples of the many different options writers can take to getting their stories produced
- Q&A session
Seminar length: 1 hour
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
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
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
It takes a lot of effort to run and maintain a theatrical company, and an essential element in that process is the company manager. Company managers serve as the liaisons between cast members and producers and create a streamlined flow of communication the keeps every aspect of a production organized. Come learn everything about the crucial role of a company manager and the job responsibilities that make this position a vital role to any successful theatrical company.
Experience will include:
- The process of successfully managing a Broadway show
- How management can help and/or hinder a show’s success
- How to pursue a career in theatrical management
- Q&A with a manager from a top Broadway show
Seminar length: 1 hour
Creating and maintaining a budget for any play or musical involves strong business instincts, financial smarts, and legal knowledge. Broadway show budgets are some the biggest in the theatre, and knowing how to handle every aspect of that budget is a refined skill that can either make or break even the best Broadway show. In this seminar you’ll learn about the essential elements included in the process of creating a successful budget, including how to break down a budget, allocate costs, and determine a show’s running costs.
Experience will include:
- The process of successfully budgeting a Broadway show
- How a budget can help and/or hinder a show’s success
- Q&A with a representative from a top Broadway producer
Seminar length: 1 hour
In this seminar, you’ll learn about the person who is essential in making sure that a show gets to opening night, the producer. In this crash-course on everything you need to know about being a successful producer, you’ll discover exactly what they do and how they do it. Raising funds, making contracts, overseeing budgets, and much more are discussed and explored. Find out what a producer does before, when, and after a show opens. This seminar is designed to give you insights regarding the scope of influence and importance producers have in the entertainment industry.
Experience will include:
- The process of successfully producing a Broadway show
- How a good producer can help and/or hinder a show’s success
- How to pursue a career in producing
- Q&A with a representative from a top Broadway producer
Seminar length: 1 hour
Social media has become one of the integral ways we communicate, both personally and professionally. Social media platforms can be useful tools in marketing yourself as a performer and/or in spreading the word about a show you are working on. This enlightening seminar offers tips, techniques, and professional advice on how you can best represent yourself online and take advantage of the many types of social media that are available to you.
Experience will include:
- Insight into the many forms of digital marketing available today
- How to streamline social media platforms so the information you are providing is consistent
- The best ways to market yourself effectively as an artist
Seminar length: 1 hour
Paid advertising in one of the most expensive ways of spreading the word about a Broadway show. Come meet with a representative from a top NYC advertising agency and learn how to make the most of your marketing dollars, as well as the benefits that paid media can have for a show. Find out about the career path that many Broadway advertisers have taken to get to their powerful positions.
Experience will include:
- The process of successfully advertising a Broadway show using paid advertising
- How to pursue a career in theatrical advertising
- Q&A with a representative from a top advertising agency
Seminar length: 1 hour
A good marketing plan for a Broadway show is almost as important as the show itself. Using real life examples, a top Broadway marketing representative will talk about what it takes to create, pitch, and sell a marketing campaign to a group of producers. Participants will learn how innovative online marketing campaigns are used to create nationwide buzz for new or existing shows. Whether you want to market a professional, community, or school show, you won’t want to miss this session.
Experience will include:
- The process of successfully marketing a Broadway show
- How marketing can help and/or hinder a show’s success
- How to pursue a career in theatrical marketing
- Q&A with a representative from a top Broadway marketing firm
Seminar length: 1 hour
The stage manager is the ultimate communicator, diplomat, and problem solver in the theatre. They must ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible throughout the entire production process, and once a show opens, they are charged with “maintaining its artistic integrity.” Yet the audience never sees these very important individuals. Discover what stage management is about, find out about the numerous tasks they are charged with before and during a show, and understand why a play or musical cannot go on without them.
Experience will include:
- An inside look at the role that stage managers play in the creation of a Broadway show.
- A consideration of a stage manager’s duties throughout the run of a show.
- Tips on how to pursue a career in Stage Management
- Q&A with a Stage Manager
Seminar length: 1 hour
What does it take to subtly age an actor a few years for a specific stage role, to create fantastical, otherworldly characters or to define a time period and the various classes who comprised a specific culture? Make-up design is one very important and effective element that enables the theatre to be magical. Proper make-up design and application can define character, create a new world, and offer commentary on a theme. Talk and work with a top make-up designer and learn secrets and tips for successful make-up techniques that will enhance a performance or an audition.
Experience will include:
- Ways make-up designers use make-up to create different characters
- How to involve oneself in make-up design and make it a career
- Q&A with a Broadway make-up designer or associate
Seminar length: 1 hour
Costumes define character, story, relationships, time period and much more. If you’re interested in fashion, enjoy the possibilities that fabric offers, and love to analyze characters and define them by what they wear, you may be the right candidate for this seminar focusing on costume design. Learn how costumes are designed and created for a Broadway show, what costume designers need to know and be able to do, and how one can build a career in costume design. Meet with a top NYC costume designer and learn about various facets of the job, including how to create effective costume renderings, develop a costume plot, and anticipate and tackle to ever-elusive “quick change.”
Experience will include:
- How one creates costumes for a new Broadway show
- How to build a career in costume design
- Q&A with a Broadway costume designer or associate
Seminar length: 1 hour
Effective set design may include complex, high tech elements working together in synchronization to create awe-inspiring effects, or it can be as simple as an evocative and stylized mound of earth and a tree, created to capture the essence of a show. A successful set design facilitates the unfolding of the events of a performance, helps define the vision of the director, and underpins the themes, moods, and emotions of a play or musical. Each theatrical set has the same basic goal – to pull the audience deeper into and connect them to the characters, events, and story. In this seminar, you will have access to an insider’s experience of what is involved in the process of designing a set for a show, creating and working with a budget, and moving a set into a theater.
Experience will include:
- Set design for a Broadway show
- How to pursue a career as a set designer
- Q&A with a Broadway set designer or associate
Seminar length: 1 hour
Lighting design involves the creative combination of technique, artistry, skill, and technology. A topnotch lighting designer can illuminate a show’s mood, ambience, and emotion, define and refine the vision of the director, and focus the plot of a show. In the theatre, the process of creating effective lighting is complex and process oriented. Take advantage of the opportunity to talk with a Broadway lighting designer to learn how the power of light is used in the theatre, and what you need to do to make a light board, instruments, and electric components work for you.
Experience will include:
- Methods of lighting design and use of the lighting board
- How to pursue a career in lighting design
- Q&A with a Broadway lighting designer or associate
Seminar length: 1 hour
The 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
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
If 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
Vocal 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
How 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
It’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
Learn how to develop a strong character, generate focus, reduce anxiety, and make a positive impression in a matter of minutes with this cold reading seminar. Participants will learn tips and tricks of the trade that will enable them to develop the essential cold reading skills necessary to effectively act in a scene without a week’s worth of preparation. This is a must-have tool for any actor.Experience will include:
- Cold reading techniques
- Mock audition presentation with feedback
- Q&A with professional actor or director
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
Whether you’re looking to hone your comedic chops or strengthen your overall acting skills, this seminar offers useful tips and techniques utilized in the world of comedy that can transform you as an actor. Participants will learn the art of comedic timing, how to use improv in comedy, and the importance comedic techniques have for those who want to be well-rounded, working actors.Experience will include:
- Comedy acting technique exercises
- Different career path options for comedic actors
- Q&A Session with a performer or comedy writer
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
How do actors and writers create great sketch comedy like the type seen on SNL? In this seminar, as an actor, you will learn how to write and develop a sketch comedy scene, discover how to use comedic acting techniques, and get useful tips on how to pursue a career in sketch comedy, which is being used more and more in Broadway and off-Broadway productions.Experience will include:
- Sketch comedy technique exercises
- Writing and developing a sketch comedy scene
- Q&A Session with a sketch comedy writer or performer
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
Improvisation is a crucial part of the creative process for many actors both in stage and film. Many successful actors, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey, and Stephen Colbert, have used their experiences learned in improv clubs to catapult to stardom. In this acting seminar, you will work with a professional to learn how to use improvisational acting techniques to create unique material, develop a character, and convey emotion.Experience will include:
- Improv and technique exercises
- Instruction on how to use improvisation
- Q&A Session
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
Stage combat skills can transform you from being an actor to a multifaceted performer. From a simple slap to a complex sword fight, making conflict look easy and natural on stage and ensuring it’s done in a safe manner are invaluable tools for any actor. This seminar will equip participants with professional techniques that are used to choreograph stage combat moments and scenes in a variety of Broadway shows.Experience will include:
- Stage combat technique exercises
- Participation in a choreographed stage combat moment
- Q&A with a fight captain
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
In this acting experience, participants will discover how to break down a scene in order to develop a believable character. With our Scene Study experience, you’ll explore the different skills that actors require to work well with a variety of scene partners and learn how to find the perfect scene for each audition or performance. Experience will include:
- Work on scenes from Broadway shows
- Q&A / discussion about the process of breaking down and preparing a scene
Seminar Length: 1.5 hours
Auditioning for a role is an art unto itself. Mastering auditioning technique is a skill that transforms a talented performer into a working actor. In this seminar, participants will learn how to break down a text, understand and effectively portray a character, and make strong choices that will ensure a confident, professional acting audition. Learn how to get that callback and nail that role.Experience will include:
- Acting audition technique exercises
- Audition material used by currently working NYC actors
- 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
Acting technique is the foundation for consistently great performances. Our master faculty members have created some of the most effective exercises and methodologies focused on improving acting technique and performance quality. This flexible seminar can cover acting styles ranging from Shakespeare to Chekhov and from classical theatre to contemporary Broadway styles. Scene work and/or monologue techniques may be utilized in this experience.
Experience can include:
- Acting technique exercises that can be applied to various styles
- Audition material used by currently working NYC actors
- Q&A with NYC actor or acting teacher
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
For a stage actor in America, Broadway is considered to be the ultimate goal. Have you dreamt of acting in a Broadway show? Do you know what it takes to do so? Here’s your chance to start making those dreams of acting on Broadway come true! Work with a Broadway performer or cast member on scenes from a currently running or past Broadway show. This experience will include exercises and techniques that some of NYC’s top actors use to prepare for their performances and auditions.
Experience will include:
- Acting exercises and techniques
- Scene work from selected Broadway show
- Q&A with a cast member or performer
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
History is a great teacher for those who want to understand an art form and excel in creating new and innovative work. This unique and insightful seminar offers participants keen insights into how cultural and historical events have influenced dance styles through the last century. Starting with dances popular in the 1920’s, spanning the 20th century, and examining the standards set by current styles, students participate in both an informative and innovative dance class, and, also, a fun and engaging history lesson. Learn history, technique, and style actively.Experience will include:
- Choreography from the 1920’s to present
- Discussion about different eras and how dance was influenced by current eras
Seminar Length: 1.5 hours
What is the choreographic process behind some of the biggest and most popular show-stopping numbers seen on Broadway? What techniques do Broadway’s most respected and accomplished choreographers use when they are creating some of the stage’s emblematic moments? Learn how the process works, what methods are utilized, and how a dance number is defined and refined. Along with acquiring important knowledge from a professional, you’ll be given the opportunity to implement what you’ve learned by creating your own choreographed piece.Experience will include:
- Study of different choreography techniques being used by today’s top choreographers
- The opportunity to create your own group piece
- Q&A with a cast member, performer or choreographer
Seminar Length: 1.5 hours
Improvisation can be difficult for even the most skilled dancers, as they are told in an audition to step out of their comfort zone, the mode of learning a combination or a routine, and asked to reveal their creativity, freedom of movement, and ability to adjust to and learn from new discoveries. For many choreographers, improvisation has become a major aspect of the creative process, and it is often an important part of a professional dance call. In this workshop, you will learn how to use improvisational techniques to develop unique choreography, create a story, and convey emotion through movement. Get to a whole other level with improvisation.Experience will include:
- Dance Improvisation and technique exercises
- Q&A Session
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
What types of dance performance techniques are needed for you to catch the eye of those who are casting a show or looking for dancers who can train at a high level? It all starts with that audition, and your being able to prove that you have the skills that it takes to do the job. Learn the techniques and secrets that those on the other side of the table desire from a dancer. Our professional faculty can teach to improve your presentation in an audition, help you stand out in a room of dancers, and increase your chances of getting that role or job, or of being accepted into a respected and reputable dance or school program.Experience will include:
- Mock audition with immediate feedback
- Choreography taught by a Broadway Performer, Dance Captain or Choreographer
- 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
Great performers who are premium dancers on Broadway and in theatres around the nation possess flawless technique. Technique is the foundation of fantastic music theatre dance. Improve your dance methods by working with one of our master faculty members who has developed exercises designed to enable great performances. Instantly learn how to improve your dance technique and performance quality. Pick from a wide range of dance styles that are offered. Get your dance to a new level and begin the road to becoming a better performer.Experience can include:
- Dance technique (hip hop, tap, Fosse technique, salsa, musical theater, lyrical, acro dance, etc.)
- Injury prevention and safe warm-up techniques
Seminar length: 1.5 hours
What does it take to learn the choreography from a Broadway show? You’ll go through the steps and find out, as you’re given the exceptional opportunity to work with a Broadway cast member. Select a Broadway show, and you’ll learn the choreography in the style of that show. Also, you’ll be offered the chance to acquire techniques that professional NYC dancers use to improve their all-important auditions and premium performances.Experience will include:
- Choreography from select Broadway Show (some restrictions may apply)
- Q&A with a cast member or performer
Seminar Length: 1.5 hours
Various wonderful touring experiences are available through Broadway Up Close. Their original tour, which was created five years ago, takes you along The Great White Way where your group will discover exciting and interesting facts about Broadway theatres, artists, producers, and personalities. The tour travels from the southern end of the Broadway theatre district on 41st street to 45th street in between 6th and 8th avenues. Highlights include the rise and fall of 42nd Street, Roof Top Gardens, and hauntingly interesting ghost stories. Plus, each knowledgeable guide offers his/her own personal stories about Broadway. Each tour guide is equipped with an iPad chock full of one- of-a-kind photos and videos to further enrich your experience.
Plus, Broadway Up Close offers Private Tours, including one that gets you up close and personal with the Broadway experience. This is a perfect addition for those who will be attending a Broadway performance. This touring experience starts with their Private Tour around Broadway that Broadway Up Close is so famous for and includes a 45-minute sit down lunch or dinner with a performer from a show your group will be seeing that night. Your meal will include an appetizer, soda and an iconic pie from John’s Pizzeria.
Talk Backs are a great way for your group to connect with a show on a whole other level. All Tickets can secure an engaging post-performance Talk Back for your group with numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Get insights into show themes and issues, find out what its like to prepare to perform on a daily basis or discover how stage magic is made. You’ll have the opportunity to connect directly with those who work on the show.
When you call All Tickets for information or to book your Broadway or Off-Broadway date please ask us about Talk Back availability (many shows offer Talk Backs after specific performances). It’s another wonderful way in which we help you get more from your New York experience.
Behind the Magic: New Amsterdam Theatre Tour
Everyone who sees Aladdin wonders at some point or another, “How’d they do that?” This backstage tour of the Amsterdam Theatre, the host theatre for Disney’s new stage musical Aladdin, will answer some of your “how did they do that” questions, as you are taken on a tour of one of Broadway’s most historically rich stages.
Built in 1903, for many years the New Amsterdam offered audiences the magnificent Ziegfeld Follies. Learn about one of Broadway’s most storied show palaces, the stage musical Aladdin, and the magic of Broadway. This tour includes an intimate look at Disney Theatrical Productions prop studio where you will see original props, costumes, and set pieces that are instrumental in bringing the world of Disney Theatrical to life on stage.
Video: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Disney’s New Amsterdam Theatre
Tour “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.
Enjoy 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.