programs and auditioning to gain experience. Most actors start off in the major industry by having lots of previous theatre credits and experience in lead roles. He or she may also choose to attend a college theatre program such as a liberal arts program to gain more knowledge. Susan Blair Ross gives advice on this topic by saying, “I didn’t major in acting in college, but I know a lot of people who did, with great results. I think the strongest college theater programs right now are at Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, Florida State, University of Oklahoma, Catholic University, and, of course, Juilliard, Yale, and NYU.” It is also said by the book, Careers in Focus: Film, that “Actors who complete a liberal arts program are generally more capable of understanding roles and strategies”.
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Everyone’s schedule is different, but Susan Blair Ross has an exemplary example, “An average day for a Broadway actor usually starts with some sort of physical activity. You want to make sure you have enough stamina to perform eight shows a week (it is way harder than you might think) so you want to keep healthy and strong. If you are in a musical, you should keep pretty quiet until about 4pm, when you warm up your voice with vocal and breathing exercises. Eat a big meal between 4pm and 5pm so that you can digest before the show at 8pm, but not run out of steam. Everyone has a different routine; I like to be at the theater at least an hour early because I hate feeling rushed and other folks like to get there just before the half hour call.” This is basically saying that there is no typical day in the life of an actor. The book, Acting is a Job, by Jason Pugatch, states, “The variety is part of the reason we all do it and love it.”, referring to an actor’s daily life. It is so random that an actor could spend up to hundreds of hours in rehearsal learning cues, lines, and songs alone. Every day for an actor is an exciting, new
Everyone’s schedule is different, but Susan Blair Ross has an exemplary example, “An average day for a Broadway actor usually starts with some sort of physical activity. You want to make sure you have enough stamina to perform eight shows a week (it is way harder than you might think) so you want to keep healthy and strong. If you are in a musical, you should keep pretty quiet until about 4pm, when you warm up your voice with vocal and breathing exercises. Eat a big meal between 4pm and 5pm so that you can digest before the show at 8pm, but not run out of steam. Everyone has a different routine; I like to be at the theater at least an hour early because I hate feeling rushed and other folks like to get there just before the half hour call.” This is basically saying that there is no typical day in the life of an actor. The book, Acting is a Job, by Jason Pugatch, states, “The variety is part of the reason we all do it and love it.”, referring to an actor’s daily life. It is so random that an actor could spend up to hundreds of hours in rehearsal learning cues, lines, and songs alone. Every day for an actor is an exciting, new