My theater group did Wizard of Oz for just one weekend in October and literally everyone said we should have done more shows. Seriously, if I so much as mention it, someone would be like "Den, too soon!" I'm not excluded from the post-WOZ blues either! I really miss it!
"I guess that's a role I'll only be able to do in the shower" Me: Or Bedroom, if I got a theater credit for every character I've done I'd have a full resume 😑
Gokufan 2029 😂 this made me think of how many musicals I’ve performed in my bedroom. Let’s see, Carrie (Carrie the Musical), Michael and Christine (be more chill), Veronica, and pretty much every heather (Heathers), Wendla, Ilse, and every other freakin’ character from Spring Awakening, those are just some of them 😂
@@spwingawakeningmakesmecwy3193 That's most of mine too: Elphaba, Glinda, Nessa, Fiyaro, A.Hamilton, A. Burr, Veronica Sawyer, Heather's C D & M, JD, Cady Haren, Regina George, Karen Smith, Gretchen Wienners, Janis Sarksisian, C. Of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, K. Howard, Etc (I have so many more it would make this a Tumblr post it would be that long)
It annoys me how musical theatre generally isn’t as inclusive as straight acting, I’m legally blind and I always felt like people assumed less of me because of my disability, I understand because I’m legally blind I might take a little bit longer to pick up choreography but I even felt that way when I was just singing, I feel like all areas of the performing arts have a long way to go with inclusivity but I definitely felt much more accepted and valued for my talents when I started straight acting rather than just being seen as a liability in musical theatre, but this is just based on my own experience, I hope other people have had better experiences with this
I think there are dance companies out there who help physically disabled. You can dance amazingly in wheel chairs. A friend of mine told me they would accept autistic people as well which means hopefully blind and deaf...
Rebecca H my friend is visually impaired and she feels so left out because she loves theater songs but she can’t preform in them I just feel really bad for her
It really bothers me how much women with truly deep voices are not appreciated. Every alto role is not really for an alto, it's for a mezzo with a range that includes some low notes. We see very few roles like Anna of Cleves from Six, Aurora from The Kiss of The Spider Woman for example which is built for a really deep voice.
If I ever write a musical (probs won't but I'm making a point😂) it's gonna have a true alto or bass/baritone lead with a meaningful belty song somewhere in it where the actors can really show who they are, and not try to be a soprano or tenor just cause they want a role
I honestly love mic tape. And gaff tape. It’s so helpful. Then again I do stage crew so like I use it all the time. The stuffs stuck to all my black shirts though.
Me and the girl doing sound had a running joke, I could NOT get the mike pack out of my shirt one night, another time, my mike tape got stuck in my hair and they had to cut it out, wire got stuck around my bra, all kinds of things
Here's my list: 1. Favoritism even when the actor isn't really good 2. People not letting you be sad for a day when you don't get the role you wanted 3. Eh, I'll add more later, I don't wanna think right now my dudes
Right! People are allowed to be disappointed! It’s only really a problem when they diss the person who got it or when they let it get in the way of the show- if it doesn’t harm anyone, LET THEM BE SAD!
my least favorite thing is the exclusivity that can happen. especially in high schools, there are seniors that will be super sweet to underclassmen and people younger than them, but there just some that aren't. and don't even get me started on the DRAMA. sometimes it feels like people in musical theater are super entitled also idk if this is just my experience, but actors NEVER give the crew the credit they deserve.
When it comes to drama and crew not getting recognition in high school theatre, I relate all too well! I did both cast and crew, and I will say from my experience, the cast had WAY MORE drama than the crew ever did!! Also, a lot of the people I did theatre with were such garbage humans (not all, of course, but there were a good amount who were awful): they felt like they were the most important people in our school just because the high school I went to has a reputation for notoriously having a really good theatre program in my area, and they also were just so fake and they just loved to stir the pot and isolate people IN OUR THEATRE PROGRAM that they just didn't like for whatever reason (this I know personally bc I was on the receiving end of the isolation). So yeah, as much as I loved my time in high school theatre, the people I dealt with were kinda the worst.
The crew are always my favourite people! when I did lion king I'd always play cards with them before the show. They really dont get the credit they deserve
honestly my least favorite thing about working in theatre is that when u dont get a part, often you dont know exactly why! its hard to improve when you dont get told what youre doing is wrong
I totally get the favoritism thing! When I used to do musical theatre in middle school the same 3 or 4 people would get the lead roles every. Single. Year. Even after the teacher in charge made a rule that you could only get cast as a lead once she STILL cast the exact same people every single year and all of them were tone deaf with two left feet. Like I'm not saying I was a flawless singer (because little 12-14 year old me was far from being an Idina Menzel) but at least I could stay on tune and didn't constantly trip over my own feet or forget the moves in the middle of a performance and just freeze or forget my lines and just start riffing completely out of character. Like I worked my ass off and actually took it seriously because I genuinely loved performing (unlike the others who got cast as the leads who actually openly said they were only doing it to pad their high school applications) and the only time I even got close to being a lead was when I played Patty Simcox in Grease (which totally isn't a lead but apparently was enough of a lead for the director to count it in her stupid "one lead per person" rule so I was stuck back in the chorus or with a non-speaking role the entire rest of my time there). All of that (plus some other bs in high school that I won't get into) was enough to make me never want to do theatre again no matter how much I loved it and how happy being on stage made me. It just wasn't worth it.
Giiiiirl I was WAITING for you to bring up the issue of money. As someone who grew up poor, I definitely felt I was at a disadvantage in my high school drama club compared to the kids who could afford voice lessons/dance lessons/theatre camps/the option to not work part-time while in high school. Even now in my 20s, I've never had the opportunity to take the singing lessons I've so desperately wanted because I just can't afford it. It kinda makes me feel like I'll never be in a musical again, or if I do, it'll be an ensemble role because I don't have the training or skill for anything else.
I feel you on that one. I feel that way about acting and just being in the theate world in general. But with singing, don't let lack of lessons stop you! There's tons of stuff in internetland to help. Talk around too, there might be music students who are just begging for someone to teach. You can do it!
Same, I love being in my drama class, but I cant afford theater camps or trainers and I have to work twice as hard as the kids with those expensive advantages that I don’t have. Luckily my choir is free but still. :(
Okay this was literally a year ago so you might not care anymore, but if you want free voice lessons Yousician gives you 10 minutes for free every day (you can also play the free trial & cancel game if you trust yourself to cancel) With acting, Backstage’s TH-cam page uploads tons of acting advice workshopish videos for anyone to see. Dancing is way trickier but I’ve been using TH-cam & Pinterest tutorials to help me. (Just as someone else who feels behind because I never took lessons, but I also feel like I’ve been finding success with my free tools, I wanted to share some ideas)
-As a singer in a wheelchair, I NEVER got cast in any musical I auditioned for. And yes, I cried when Ali Stroker got her Tony because FiNALLY. If 10 year old/teenage me had seen that, it would have been monumentally life-changing. -Ticket prices in general are expensive, but if you need accessible seats, it’s obscene because you are usually closer. -Having to cover tattoos for performances. -The performing arts identity crisis is SO REAL. -Inaccessible performance spaces/weird accessible stage entrances. I always felt like my directors/vocal coaches were ‘sneaking me in’. -Despite knowing Wicked inside out and upside down, I logistically would never be Elphaba and it hurts my soul. -Still have not seen Hamilton. -There’s a serious lack of Broadway quality shows in the Midwest, damn it. Why? We have theatres too! -Finding performance opportunities as an adult is really hard.
Defying gravity with someone in a wheelchair would kind of be awesome though. We really need more disability-inclusiveness (is that the right word?) in musical theater
@@Kath_Steele yes! I played Cinderella and my nails are yellow from constantly painting my nails and I was like great these kids are going to think I'm Madame!
@@Kath_Steele You need Zoya Naked Manicure!!!! It's a system that helps your nails be super healthy and look like you aren't wearing nail polish, but have some sort of real-world-photoshopped fingernails. I love it. There are 3-4 layers: a treatment "blurring" base coat, "perfecting" color layer(s) chosen to match your nail bed color, and a satin top coat. There is no polish shine, just protected, secretly polished nails! I'm also a fair girl, so I would get the buff and pink "perfecting" polishes to layer. They sell a kit with the base and top coats, pink polish and a tip perfecter. I found that adding the buff made it look more natural than just pink. The tip polish is for French tips, which probably wouldn't work for a totally no polish look. For job interviews, I use a metal nail art tool, dip it in the white and run it along the edge of the nail. Also, the treatment part is real, my nails are much healthier and stronger after a few weeks wearing this. Enjoy your videos enormously. I was a drama kid in high school. I have a very deep voice, so my moment in the sun was as Mrs. Sowerberry in Oliver! You should do a video about parts where you have a song, but are only in one scene, so everyone is astonished to meet you at the first run through. And they run around singing your song because it is NEW! and they haven''t heard it a million times. It's a weird niche.
Tenor roles: -young boy just hoping to make it big -young boy trying to survive his circumstances -boyfriend/high school side love interest, not to be confused with Jock Baritone™️ -lovable yet odd villain character -quirky boy™️
The thing that I find most frustrating out of all of it, and a point that Kat touched on, is favoritism. Every. Single. Year. The director picks the same people. While they are reliable they aren't more talented than any other person by any great amount. You always see the ideal director in the media as some eccentric and outgoing person who's main goal is to support their cast and make the show the best it can be. My director is so....average? She just doesn't allow for that environment of growth that I, and everyone else in the cast, so desperately wants and needs. I don't have her as a teacher or taken choir so my ability to gain a relationship with her is very limited. I thought okay then, I guess I will do tech, at least make sure she registers me as a person, but as it turns out she already has a tech manager who deals with everyone. I feel like I can't even work my way into that zone of trust when she refuses to cast anyone she doesn't see every day in drama class and choir and acting class and improv. Sorry about that rant but wow does that bother me. Theatre is something that I have only within the past three years been exposed to or developed a passion for and it is such a crazy place, but I still love it.
THE NAILS OMGGGGG(haven’t been casted in stuff yet but I’m mentally preparing) Also yes losing out on a role to a friend SUCKS that happened to me with Matilda i wanted Miss Honey but my friend got it. And LOSING YOUR VOICE OMG. I’m on the worship team at church on top of trying to be in musicals but I’m also a teacher so GERMS. I feel like a diva when I’m losing my voice & I just play the “I’m on vocal rest” scene from TGWDLM on repeat 😂
My heart broke when I got a lead role in our schools production of “Legally blonde the musical” (I play Enid) and my best friend didn’t she got stuck in the chorus because of favoritism she’s not a favorite and I’m slowly becoming one and I know it hurts her because she would be a much better Serina or Margot or pillar because non of the favorites can sing besides me the Vivian and the Paulette and it breaks my heart and pisses me off that she is literally getting the worst deck for being so talented
I hate when directors do that. One of best sopranos in choir who does all the school shows couldn't make it to an audition but instead of doing it before or after, the director said it was fine and cast her anyway. Worst part was that she got a lead
For YEARS in my theatre company I have been put as side characters and chorus. I have a good voice and the leads didn't! They got cast cause they were "more experianced." It's so aggravating!
fricking quick changes can go home now pls i was recently in a variety show and we did ‘six’ as a number and i had a quick change into a leather jacket in which my arm got fully stuck (couldnt get it out at all) so i had to literally use my legs to get the mic off the stand and just had to yank my arm out of the sleeve and carry on with one arm out of my jacket :) so smooth
Lord this. I’m currently playing Bazzard/Phillip Bax in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. IN THE SCRIPT, Phillip Bax plays the waiter in “No Good Can Come From Bad”. I literally have three lines, then have to hand out the coats to the guests at the very end, wearing a tux of course. There is then 30 seconds for me to change into Bazzard. In order to do it, I have to wear my tuxedo OVER my wool period costume. We are 4 weeks in our run and I haven’t missed it yet, but I am just waiting.
I think my absolute least favorite thing about theatre is how under appreciated it is. Even if I suck up everything: wear no nail polish, get up early in the morning to go to rehearsal, watch someone else play the role that I wanted so badly, pay money for everything that costs money, and do everything else, still a bare minimum number of people will watch and appreciate how much work and effort went into it. So many people do not care.
relateable! ll of my friends who can't sing dont do theater or anything like that so it doesnt matter, but all of my theater friends can all sing so well!
My school just announced our musical and it’s high school musical 3 so at auditions I’m just going to welcome everyone to the cult. Plus I dont know who to audition for so like help, please
Oh boy do I have tea about nepotism in theatre!!! Drowsy Chaperone: all of the leads were favorites (2 were the director’s children) High School Musical: my director (new company I was with) said I didn’t get a lead because she wanted to let other kids have a chance even though our Troy and Gabriella were ValJean and Eponine respectively when we did Les Mis not even two months prior (wasn’t even a lead then either) Bare: I wasn’t in it but my best friend was this close to not getting Peter because the director (same one for drowsy) was going to give the role to her son Yeah I’ve literally left companies because of favoritism behind the scenes...
My situation: My high school is doing Chicago this fall. By then, I’ll be a sophomore. Chicago is one of my favorites and Velma Kelly is a DREAM role. My issue is that I’m just an “okay” dancer. I’m not amazing and I look pretty awkward sometimes. There are seniors who will compete hardcore for the leads. I know that my director will cast them because she will have had them for 4 years and be comfortable vs me, she only have had me for 2. I think I’ll just go for Mary Sunshine tho. I have a freakish amount of vibrato which may be fun.
That feeling at dance recitals when you've got a super sequined costume and then you get that big old red mark on your shoulders/armpits/bust line because tHe sEqUinS.
"I guess that's a role I'll only be able to do in the shower" EXACTLY, SOMWTHING I TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO ACEPT, AND ALSO THIS IS ME THINKING ABOUT ELPHIE
@@kierangrossman1814 no they went into auditions and said please don't give me a singing role I don't want to sing and then they were cast as the lead. The other day the director was insulting their singing voice even though they specifically said they didn't want a singing role.
My list 😭 1. Not getting a good role then seeing someone play that role that I wanted 2. Directors just giving the older kids in my school chances that I (and my fellow 5th graders) don’t get like a main role they are on there not even caring when we audition but then the older kids go there they give them respect that we didn’t get 3. Favoritism
Is anyone else watching this in 2020 during the pandemic and when she said hopefully I get to do a bunch of shows in 2020, your just like well that went out the window along with the rest of our year.
I'm a mezzo-soprano and I was singing all of the songs in my rep book to see which ones to keep and get rid of and I was able to hit the last note in Show Me from My Fair Lady and I was so proud of myself.
[some funny and unique name] All voice types are AWESOME! I'm a mezzo soprano and I'm shook at how alto can go that low! I wish I could hit the low notes. Lol! I love my voice and I'm sure yours is amazing too! If we didn't have altos musicals would be very one sided for female ranges. At my company alto are VERY appreciated for hitting those kind of notes! Have a wonderful day! -some random theater geek on the internet🎤🎬🎼
1 -waiting for the cast list to go up 2 -waiting for the cast list to go up 3 -waiting for the cast list to go up 4 -waiting for the cast list to go up 5 -waiting for the cast list to go up
Ugh! Thank you for being willing to talk about these issues! I just graduated in December with a BFA in Musical Theatre. But, I've been considering quitting theatre altogether because I just don't fit in well with it. I did pretty well in college and high school theatre. I was cast in every show I auditioned for, and I'm so, so grateful. But, I've found myself at a place where I'm not sure if I can look past the nasty politics of it anymore. Even as I was cast in every show, I had professors (who were sometimes the director) tell me that they didn't quite know where to put me because I don't fit in a box (either ingenue or character actress). In the interest of keeping this comment short (too late), I'll stop there. All of that was supposed to communicate this - THANK YOU. I feel slightly less alone in my frustrations seeing that someone was willing to talk about it.
Me: does listening to Assassins the musical count as studying for us history? Me to me: of course it does now get back to listening to it so you’re prepared for for your final
I know this is supposed to be a light-hearted video. But some of these points, excpecially about show politics, no finding the right show for you, ect. really hit hard right now. It's getting to the point where I almost want to give up on theater completely. I can't decide if I want to audition in college and hope it's different than high school (even though I wouldn't be an MT) or if I should just fangirl over musicals from a distance and not perform anymore.
Me: *constantly sings What Is This Feeling, Satisfied, and The Smartphone Hour* Also me: *cries because I'm a boy and I can never perform those songs in a show*
Me: singing Meant To Be Yours, Freeze Your Brain, Michael in The Bathroom and Waving Through a Window Also me: cries because I’m a girl who could play all of their lovers (and wants to ngl) but knows I’ll never play those roles too
i live in a small community (and we already know the theatre world is small) so everyone knows everyone... and favoritism is such a problem around here... like no matter how amazing you are as a performer and as a person, directors always choose their favorites. i just auditioned for a show and got cut. a lot of people got in mainly because they either know the director/ choreographer personally, or they have been doing shows with that company for a while. and not to sound conceited, but i didn’t even get a callback and my two friends that got one told me that everyone that got a callback lowkey wasn’t that good, and apparently i should’ve gotten one... i was super confident about this audition, and even my friends that got in are pissed about the casting and stuff... anyways, theatre is super tough!!! but y’all gotta stay strong :)
i do musical theatre, band, and orchestra and i really felt the “it’s so expensive and they barely pay us” part cause i’m a gig musician and good pay for like 2 hours of sight reading is like $100 and then you don’t get hired again for another few months and the cheapest thing to do is get new strings or get a bow rehaired which is like collectively half that paycheck at minimum
Kat I know I've been asking this for so long but it would be really great if you could make a video on how to have stage presence in musical theatre! ;) -a theatre obssessed teen
Hey Frankie!! I've been trying to think about that topic because it's kind of a difficult one... I feel like stage presence is a lot more difficult to teach. I feel like it has a lot to do with confidence, actually letting your own personality shine through, staying physically grounded, committing to your material, and making clear choices!
Omfg i am read and listened to bare: a pop opera bc of you and I loved it!!! My gay heart just melted and when jason.... Uhum.... No spoilers... At the end! I JUST CRIED!!!
@@Kath_Steele I also recommend Bare to a friend but they haven't seen it yet, but i am suuure they are going to melt. Also what is your favorite song in bare? Mine is You and I, maybe Role of a Lifetime. Ohh and All gown up! I have Ivy bc of what she did but u cant blame her, jason should NOT have done what he did
Nicole Foti I think I can belt emphasis on think, cause I’m too old and poor to get people to help me on it I don’t even know if I sound good some of the times
I have never related to a video more in my life.👏🏻 Musical theatre is honestly SO FRUSTRATING sometimes.....but I love it anyway. Its an interesting relationship😂😂
Your comments on Bare are such a mood. It’s my #1 favorite show but I can’t listen to it casually because I cry over it so much. I’ve only seen it once and I just want more people to put it on 😭
"when you do everything you can and still just don't get the part" waaaay to relatable. My school I doing Les Mis for my senior show. Me and 5 of my closest friends have been in every show since Freshman year. We run tech for all of the school concerts. We are officers for our schools thesbian troup. We represent our school at the local theater fest and Ren Faire. Basically the 6 of us do it all. But cast list came out, and all 4 female leads were Juniors. Fantine and M. Thenardie (can't spell) make since, they do a lot too. Cosette, not a great actor but only one who can hit the notes. It is our Eponine that hurts the most. She has never been in a musical before. SHE HIGHLIGHTED HER SCRIPT. She barely knows any of her notes/songs, it's been a month and a half. Her voice cracks on all the high notes AND EPONINE DOESN'T GO THAT HIGH. But, just the fact that seniors didn't get the leads when we are capable of it.
My problem with my theater community is that the kids that always get the leads aren't necessarily "good”, they are just the kids who have been there the longest. As a result, the newer kids that may have the talent don't stand a chance any it's really sad. Btw, Kat- you are such a ray of sunshine I can't take you seriously when you say "Join my cult"
Sally Jonesie I totally get this! I completely bombed my audition for my school’s Sound of Music because I sang a song meant for a 40 year old man and couldn’t do it well. But it was the only thing I could find
Worst thing when I could sing for Chicago, look in line but don’t have dance experience and can’t cause I’m too old to do the basics :( also I am not doing rehearsals with children, Reyes it for gymnastics took one year I left I did 2years of ballet so boring and I was a child tbh, only experience I have in athletics is being a black belt but I don’t think that counts for anything since I didn’t get the altheltic role in legally blonde :( the skinny blond girl got it :(
a personal pet peeve of mine is that directors i’ve had tend to type-cast me based on my looks and not on my voice! it’s frustrating, because i mainly get placed in alto or even tenor roles on some occasions, basically villains, mothers, and male leads; i have a true, bright, and occasionally operatic soprano voice, so i rarely feel like a true fit for the roles i get!
omg, the bit about getting sick is really relatable right now, haha. I'm sick, my mum's sick, my dad's sick, and a few weeks ago, 25% of my year group were off sick. I haven't been able to sing for 3 weeks, so I couldn't sing in my choir concert!
When a show you really don’t like is super popular, so people assume you like it, cuz they like it, and then they get upset when you express distaste for the show... this might be a “me” thing...
See, nobody in my area is really into Musical Theatre like I am (I know that sounds SO stuck up, but hear me out...) I live in Alabama and my school TORE DOWN their theatre to make a parking lot, because they dont care about the arts and they are more into sponsoring sports. Now the only community theatre we have is about a 30 minute drive away ( I have no car). I feel so lonely, and it makes me lose motivation to continue my passion, but it's people like Katherine and my fellow Theatre Cult members that keep me going. So, Thank you for existing, Kat. You don't know how much your videos mean to me! Edit: I'm going to community college next fall as a Theatre major and Transferring to a university as a BFA in Musical Theatre. We are making progress
lmao in 2020 hearing “i hope in 2020 i can do a musical, heck maybe even multiple musicals!” well that one didn’t go as planned for any of us unfortunately
@@Kath_Steele i’m so sorry if that came off as rude, i really didn’t intend it that way! i love your videos and i was just being sarcastic bc that’s my only sense of humor :)
This hit why to close to home for me... I quit school theater years ago due to horrible favoritisms. The director was a parent and she always cast her daughter for lead roles and only chose kids from StarStruck (a huge community theater in my area) probably in hopes to get some kind of benefit from her or some of the very rich families who went there. It made me feel like I was never good even especially since we couldn't afford to go to StarStruck. I have one more year stuck with her till I have the freedom of highschool drama classes. Just thanks for starting a convo about these topics
“Hi, I’m Kat. I run an internet cult.” Best way to start a video
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Broadway Lover don’t worry about it just join
Katherine Steele ps u look flawlessly gorgeous in this vid (as usual but like especially in this vid) 🥰🥰
It's PERFECT!!!!😃😃😃😃💯💯💯💯
I joined UwU
One thing that really bothers me about musical theatre is that I do not have Ben Platt’s vibrato.
There. I said it.
😂😂😂
Jamie Hall true or Andrew Rannells range
Zoe Fay Truuuuuuuuuue
or sutton fosters long long legs
Emily Donan FACTS
true MT heartbreak: when a show with a really strong cast bond comes to an end😭
Omg THIS 😭😭😭
Yep
Ah yes the classic Post Show Depression
My theater group did Wizard of Oz for just one weekend in October and literally everyone said we should have done more shows. Seriously, if I so much as mention it, someone would be like "Den, too soon!" I'm not excluded from the post-WOZ blues either! I really miss it!
Yes. Beetlejuice.
Alto life is a hard life when there’s barely any alto roles
basses as well 🥺
before my range grew I HAD NOTHING AHAHA it’s all high tenor or soprano belting.
Yes I am an alto and it is so hard to find a role
Preach! 🙌
Preach!
"that's just a role I'm gonna play in the shower"
THATS MEEEEEEEEEEEE
I can't get a role so all of it is performances in the shower lmao
@@carterdean4274 YES SAMEEE THAT'S WHY IM A BROADWAY OBSESSED STAGE CREW MEMBER
leftie drawer yes omg
If you sing the songs that Christine sings in Phantom of the Opera in the shower it just hits different lmao
"I guess that's a role I'll only be able to do in the shower"
Me: Or Bedroom, if I got a theater credit for every character I've done I'd have a full resume 😑
Gokufan 2029 😂 this made me think of how many musicals I’ve performed in my bedroom. Let’s see, Carrie (Carrie the Musical), Michael and Christine (be more chill), Veronica, and pretty much every heather (Heathers), Wendla, Ilse, and every other freakin’ character from Spring Awakening, those are just some of them 😂
@@spwingawakeningmakesmecwy3193 That's most of mine too:
Elphaba, Glinda, Nessa, Fiyaro, A.Hamilton, A. Burr, Veronica Sawyer, Heather's C D & M, JD, Cady Haren, Regina George, Karen Smith, Gretchen Wienners, Janis Sarksisian, C. Of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, K. Howard, Etc
(I have so many more it would make this a Tumblr post it would be that long)
Gokufan 2029 how funny! I completely forgot about six, all of the six would be on my resume too! 😂
Mine is a wide list as well, but the amount of times I did Jekyll & Hyde oh my GOD. My neighbors hate me, especially during Confrontation.
same lol
Omg I understand I’m an Alto so it’s so hard to find roles I feel like I can play 😂😭
Same! If I'm lucky I'll get a villain role (which is honestly pretty fun) but as an alto there are so few roles :(
Mia Ise i can barely find audition songs too!😭
F G I’ll find a great one and then realize I can’t sing it for an audition because it’s meant for a 30 yr old and I’m auditioning for a 10 yr old. 😂🙄
Oof, as a bass I relate to this so much
@@miaise2642 Flashback to the time when I sung Be Prepared auditioning for Annie
“I’m just like a crazy, neurotic little showpony.” Can I use this as a senior quote please and thank you
LMAO
It annoys me how musical theatre generally isn’t as inclusive as straight acting, I’m legally blind and I always felt like people assumed less of me because of my disability, I understand because I’m legally blind I might take a little bit longer to pick up choreography but I even felt that way when I was just singing, I feel like all areas of the performing arts have a long way to go with inclusivity but I definitely felt much more accepted and valued for my talents when I started straight acting rather than just being seen as a liability in musical theatre, but this is just based on my own experience, I hope other people have had better experiences with this
Rebecca H i understand i am legally blind
Rebecca H aw that stinks
I have a friend who is no dancer, nor a singer, but she is an INCREDIBLE actor. Therefore, she's able to pursue dramas and plays instead!!
I think there are dance companies out there who help physically disabled. You can dance amazingly in wheel chairs.
A friend of mine told me they would accept autistic people as well which means hopefully blind and deaf...
Rebecca H my friend is visually impaired and she feels so left out because she loves theater songs but she can’t preform in them I just feel really bad for her
It really bothers me how much women with truly deep voices are not appreciated. Every alto role is not really for an alto, it's for a mezzo with a range that includes some low notes. We see very few roles like Anna of Cleves from Six, Aurora from The Kiss of The Spider Woman for example which is built for a really deep voice.
I'm a baritone and like I always sing with the boys at my theatre class and like please give me a role!
vicky naomi TRUE it is so freaking annoying :(
If I ever write a musical (probs won't but I'm making a point😂) it's gonna have a true alto or bass/baritone lead with a meaningful belty song somewhere in it where the actors can really show who they are, and not try to be a soprano or tenor just cause they want a role
Six has alto roles other than Anna, the og howard was alto and most of the parrs are alto
@@JJ-nt6px … did you just say Katherine Howard is an alto
“Love running a musical theater internet cult,”
This is why I am subscribed!
YAY CULT 🥰💖
One thing I hate about doing musical theater.......
MIC TAPE!!!
It hurts and if you get it on ANY HAIR your done for.
OH
MY
GOD
THIS
I honestly love mic tape. And gaff tape. It’s so helpful. Then again I do stage crew so like I use it all the time. The stuffs stuck to all my black shirts though.
I REMEMBER ITTTTT😭😭😭😭
Yaaaass! It’s the worst!
Me and the girl doing sound had a running joke, I could NOT get the mike pack out of my shirt one night, another time, my mike tape got stuck in my hair and they had to cut it out, wire got stuck around my bra, all kinds of things
The longer I’m in this industry the more reasons I find to be annoyed by it 😂 I love musicals so much, but the industry?? Nope nope nope lol
oh absolutely !!!!
Here's my list:
1. Favoritism even when the actor isn't really good
2. People not letting you be sad for a day when you don't get the role you wanted
3. Eh, I'll add more later, I don't wanna think right now my dudes
Later...
Lol
It's been a year u know?!
May you rest in peace
@@oietchau162 ITS BEEN 2 YEARS LOL
Right! People are allowed to be disappointed! It’s only really a problem when they diss the person who got it or when they let it get in the way of the show- if it doesn’t harm anyone, LET THEM BE SAD!
my least favorite thing is the exclusivity that can happen. especially in high schools, there are seniors that will be super sweet to underclassmen and people younger than them, but there just some that aren't. and don't even get me started on the DRAMA. sometimes it feels like people in musical theater are super entitled
also idk if this is just my experience, but actors NEVER give the crew the credit they deserve.
When it comes to drama and crew not getting recognition in high school theatre, I relate all too well! I did both cast and crew, and I will say from my experience, the cast had WAY MORE drama than the crew ever did!! Also, a lot of the people I did theatre with were such garbage humans (not all, of course, but there were a good amount who were awful): they felt like they were the most important people in our school just because the high school I went to has a reputation for notoriously having a really good theatre program in my area, and they also were just so fake and they just loved to stir the pot and isolate people IN OUR THEATRE PROGRAM that they just didn't like for whatever reason (this I know personally bc I was on the receiving end of the isolation). So yeah, as much as I loved my time in high school theatre, the people I dealt with were kinda the worst.
I can not STAND actors being rude to techies and crew
The crew are always my favourite people! when I did lion king I'd always play cards with them before the show. They really dont get the credit they deserve
the cost of musical theatre..... I cry, you cry, our wallets cry.
honestly my least favorite thing about working in theatre is that when u dont get a part, often you dont know exactly why! its hard to improve when you dont get told what youre doing is wrong
Katelen YES.
I feel this on a deep level!
OMG YES!!! It's really confusing
I totally get the favoritism thing! When I used to do musical theatre in middle school the same 3 or 4 people would get the lead roles every. Single. Year. Even after the teacher in charge made a rule that you could only get cast as a lead once she STILL cast the exact same people every single year and all of them were tone deaf with two left feet. Like I'm not saying I was a flawless singer (because little 12-14 year old me was far from being an Idina Menzel) but at least I could stay on tune and didn't constantly trip over my own feet or forget the moves in the middle of a performance and just freeze or forget my lines and just start riffing completely out of character. Like I worked my ass off and actually took it seriously because I genuinely loved performing (unlike the others who got cast as the leads who actually openly said they were only doing it to pad their high school applications) and the only time I even got close to being a lead was when I played Patty Simcox in Grease (which totally isn't a lead but apparently was enough of a lead for the director to count it in her stupid "one lead per person" rule so I was stuck back in the chorus or with a non-speaking role the entire rest of my time there). All of that (plus some other bs in high school that I won't get into) was enough to make me never want to do theatre again no matter how much I loved it and how happy being on stage made me. It just wasn't worth it.
The principal's son always got the lead.
Giiiiirl I was WAITING for you to bring up the issue of money. As someone who grew up poor, I definitely felt I was at a disadvantage in my high school drama club compared to the kids who could afford voice lessons/dance lessons/theatre camps/the option to not work part-time while in high school. Even now in my 20s, I've never had the opportunity to take the singing lessons I've so desperately wanted because I just can't afford it. It kinda makes me feel like I'll never be in a musical again, or if I do, it'll be an ensemble role because I don't have the training or skill for anything else.
I feel you on that one. I feel that way about acting and just being in the theate world in general. But with singing, don't let lack of lessons stop you! There's tons of stuff in internetland to help. Talk around too, there might be music students who are just begging for someone to teach. You can do it!
I go to a community theater and I wanted one of my friends to join but it was too expensive
Same, I love being in my drama class, but I cant afford theater camps or trainers and I have to work twice as hard as the kids with those expensive advantages that I don’t have. Luckily my choir is free but still. :(
Okay this was literally a year ago so you might not care anymore, but if you want free voice lessons Yousician gives you 10 minutes for free every day (you can also play the free trial & cancel game if you trust yourself to cancel) With acting, Backstage’s TH-cam page uploads tons of acting advice workshopish videos for anyone to see. Dancing is way trickier but I’ve been using TH-cam & Pinterest tutorials to help me. (Just as someone else who feels behind because I never took lessons, but I also feel like I’ve been finding success with my free tools, I wanted to share some ideas)
-As a singer in a wheelchair, I NEVER got cast in any musical I auditioned for. And yes, I cried when Ali Stroker got her Tony because FiNALLY. If 10 year old/teenage me had seen that, it would have been monumentally life-changing.
-Ticket prices in general are expensive, but if you need accessible seats, it’s obscene because you are usually closer.
-Having to cover tattoos for performances.
-The performing arts identity crisis is SO REAL.
-Inaccessible performance spaces/weird accessible stage entrances. I always felt like my directors/vocal coaches were ‘sneaking me in’.
-Despite knowing Wicked inside out and upside down, I logistically would never be Elphaba and it hurts my soul.
-Still have not seen Hamilton.
-There’s a serious lack of Broadway quality shows in the Midwest, damn it. Why? We have theatres too!
-Finding performance opportunities as an adult is really hard.
Defying gravity with someone in a wheelchair would kind of be awesome though. We really need more disability-inclusiveness (is that the right word?) in musical theater
DANG I FEEEEEEL the lack of the shows in the Midwest (0_0) :ALJHLKASJHLJDSLSDJKFHLKJS THE PAIN
NAILS IS MY NUMBER ONE THING! LIKE JUST LET ME PAINT MY NAILS NUDE
RIGHT??? It seems so silly but it means SO MUCH
@@Kath_Steele yes! I played Cinderella and my nails are yellow from constantly painting my nails and I was like great these kids are going to think I'm Madame!
This is either an unfortunate typo or too much information
@@352eden I think she means let her wear nude colored polish. Not painting her nails in the nude.
@@Kath_Steele You need Zoya Naked Manicure!!!! It's a system that helps your nails be super healthy and look like you aren't wearing nail polish, but have some sort of real-world-photoshopped fingernails. I love it. There are 3-4 layers: a treatment "blurring" base coat, "perfecting" color layer(s) chosen to match your nail bed color, and a satin top coat. There is no polish shine, just protected, secretly polished nails! I'm also a fair girl, so I would get the buff and pink "perfecting" polishes to layer. They sell a kit with the base and top coats, pink polish and a tip perfecter. I found that adding the buff made it look more natural than just pink. The tip polish is for French tips, which probably wouldn't work for a totally no polish look. For job interviews, I use a metal nail art tool, dip it in the white and run it along the edge of the nail. Also, the treatment part is real, my nails are much healthier and stronger after a few weeks wearing this.
Enjoy your videos enormously. I was a drama kid in high school. I have a very deep voice, so my moment in the sun was as Mrs. Sowerberry in Oliver! You should do a video about parts where you have a song, but are only in one scene, so everyone is astonished to meet you at the first run through. And they run around singing your song because it is NEW! and they haven''t heard it a million times. It's a weird niche.
Tenor roles:
-young boy just hoping to make it big
-young boy trying to survive his circumstances
-boyfriend/high school side love interest, not to be confused with Jock Baritone™️
-lovable yet odd villain character
-quirky boy™️
or young boy just obsessed with girl
....this is annoyingly accurate I have played all of these and I'm literally the only tenor in my group 🙃
Petition for Kat to be in The Light in the Piazza. Please.
OMG PLEASSSSSSE
Katherine Steele I DONT CARE WHAT IT COSTS ME. you can BE the Piazza.
When she says “grass onstage” and you immediately know she’s talking about All My Sons 😂
Kat's having a breakdown oh my
hahaha, I’m actually very okay! 😂♥️
Kat's pulling a Trina*
Stegosaurus I’m BrEaKiNg DoWn
I have no clue what I’m doing lol My LIfe iS ShITY aND My KiD sEEmS LikE aN IDIot TO mE
I MEAN THATS *S I C K*
The thing that I find most frustrating out of all of it, and a point that Kat touched on, is favoritism. Every. Single. Year. The director picks the same people. While they are reliable they aren't more talented than any other person by any great amount. You always see the ideal director in the media as some eccentric and outgoing person who's main goal is to support their cast and make the show the best it can be. My director is so....average? She just doesn't allow for that environment of growth that I, and everyone else in the cast, so desperately wants and needs. I don't have her as a teacher or taken choir so my ability to gain a relationship with her is very limited. I thought okay then, I guess I will do tech, at least make sure she registers me as a person, but as it turns out she already has a tech manager who deals with everyone. I feel like I can't even work my way into that zone of trust when she refuses to cast anyone she doesn't see every day in drama class and choir and acting class and improv. Sorry about that rant but wow does that bother me. Theatre is something that I have only within the past three years been exposed to or developed a passion for and it is such a crazy place, but I still love it.
THE NAILS OMGGGGG(haven’t been casted in stuff yet but I’m mentally preparing)
Also yes losing out on a role to a friend SUCKS that happened to me with Matilda i wanted Miss Honey but my friend got it.
And LOSING YOUR VOICE OMG. I’m on the worship team at church on top of trying to be in musicals but I’m also a teacher so GERMS. I feel like a diva when I’m losing my voice & I just play the “I’m on vocal rest” scene from TGWDLM on repeat 😂
My heart broke when I got a lead role in our schools production of “Legally blonde the musical” (I play Enid) and my best friend didn’t she got stuck in the chorus because of favoritism she’s not a favorite and I’m slowly becoming one and I know it hurts her because she would be a much better Serina or Margot or pillar because non of the favorites can sing besides me the Vivian and the Paulette and it breaks my heart and pisses me off that she is literally getting the worst deck for being so talented
I hate when directors do that. One of best sopranos in choir who does all the school shows couldn't make it to an audition but instead of doing it before or after, the director said it was fine and cast her anyway. Worst part was that she got a lead
Richard Avila that’s NOT how it should Go
For YEARS in my theatre company I have been put as side characters and chorus. I have a good voice and the leads didn't! They got cast cause they were "more experianced." It's so aggravating!
Becky Cohen i felt that hard!!!!
Batlover Sings I played Enid in legally blonde too! It was so fun!
fricking quick changes can go home now pls
i was recently in a variety show and we did ‘six’ as a number and i had a quick change into a leather jacket in which my arm got fully stuck (couldnt get it out at all) so i had to literally use my legs to get the mic off the stand and just had to yank my arm out of the sleeve and carry on with one arm out of my jacket :)
so smooth
Lord this. I’m currently playing Bazzard/Phillip Bax in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. IN THE SCRIPT, Phillip Bax plays the waiter in “No Good Can Come From Bad”. I literally have three lines, then have to hand out the coats to the guests at the very end, wearing a tux of course. There is then 30 seconds for me to change into Bazzard. In order to do it, I have to wear my tuxedo OVER my wool period costume. We are 4 weeks in our run and I haven’t missed it yet, but I am just waiting.
I think my absolute least favorite thing about theatre is how under appreciated it is. Even if I suck up everything: wear no nail polish, get up early in the morning to go to rehearsal, watch someone else play the role that I wanted so badly, pay money for everything that costs money, and do everything else, still a bare minimum number of people will watch and appreciate how much work and effort went into it. So many people do not care.
OH and also boys in community theatre. I could work my butt off for a role and then a boy who can’t even do a jazz square gets a role?!!?
@@emilyyoutt4093 This. Or that creepy guy who can't keep his hands to himself, but we need more men, so he gets in anyway.
“That’s a role I can only do in the shower” literally me with JD
Haha same he's my dream role but im a girl..
Me with Fiyero
The money thing is honestly why I’m trying to get as much training in while my parents still pay for it.
The one thing i hate so much about loving musical theatre is that I’m the musical theatre nerd in my group that can’t sing😭
relateable! ll of my friends who can't sing dont do theater or anything like that so it doesnt matter, but all of my theater friends can all sing so well!
This me!!! I can't sing or dance; but musicals are life! Its so hard!
same
In my situation, I can sing (kind of) but I don't have the stamina and range 😭 and I have stage fright but I love musicals so much it hurts
Diany Freire I cannot dance
“I’m a crazy neurotic little sh...”
Me: MOOD
“...ow pony”
Me: not as much of a mood but I’ll go with it
Kat: I love being a rainbow-y, sunshine-y person ☀️🌈
Also Kat: *I run an internet cult*
The hardest part for me is being an overweight Alto and so never really finding parts that fit both my voice and body type
My school just announced our musical and it’s high school musical 3 so at auditions I’m just going to welcome everyone to the cult. Plus I dont know who to audition for so like help, please
Dance Moms Life Typecasting?
Usually one of the leads
@@allisonxpayne bruhh
Parfaits! Everybody likes Parfaits! Lmao ikr
Me: reads title
Also me: *Definitely the bathroom lines.*
“Because Im a crazy, neurotic, show pony.” I’m dead 😂
“that’s why we freak out when we lose our voice!” IT SPOKE TO ME IN VOLUMES
Oh boy do I have tea about nepotism in theatre!!!
Drowsy Chaperone: all of the leads were favorites (2 were the director’s children)
High School Musical: my director (new company I was with) said I didn’t get a lead because she wanted to let other kids have a chance even though our Troy and Gabriella were ValJean and Eponine respectively when we did Les Mis not even two months prior (wasn’t even a lead then either)
Bare: I wasn’t in it but my best friend was this close to not getting Peter because the director (same one for drowsy) was going to give the role to her son
Yeah I’ve literally left companies because of favoritism behind the scenes...
My situation:
My high school is doing Chicago this fall. By then, I’ll be a sophomore. Chicago is one of my favorites and Velma Kelly is a DREAM role. My issue is that I’m just an “okay” dancer. I’m not amazing and I look pretty awkward sometimes. There are seniors who will compete hardcore for the leads. I know that my director will cast them because she will have had them for 4 years and be comfortable vs me, she only have had me for 2. I think I’ll just go for Mary Sunshine tho. I have a freakish amount of vibrato which may be fun.
Isn't Mary Sunshine a gender bend role?
The worst thing about Musical Theatre in Bolivia is that doesn't exist. :(
Oh honey *cries in Venezuelan*
sarah valentina garcia vielma
Hablan español en Venezuela cierto??
@@AW-tv6nq Por supuesto!
Andre Ribeiro
Soy bilingue! Hablo español e ingles!
Argentina, te entiendo
That feeling at dance recitals when you've got a super sequined costume and then you get that big old red mark on your shoulders/armpits/bust line because tHe sEqUinS.
WOOHOO WE GETTIN SPOILED THIS WEEK!
lucy elizabeth
IKR?!?!?
💙💙💙💙
It is great being spoiled with extra videos because I had finals and finally have time to relax😅
Ikr
"I guess that's a role I'll only be able to do in the shower"
EXACTLY, SOMWTHING I TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO ACEPT, AND ALSO THIS IS ME THINKING ABOUT ELPHIE
Ugh I just had a show where someone asked specifically to not have a singing role and they were the lead
Jonathan wait... they had already been cast??
@@kierangrossman1814 no they went into auditions and said please don't give me a singing role I don't want to sing and then they were cast as the lead. The other day the director was insulting their singing voice even though they specifically said they didn't want a singing role.
Jonathan Jesus fuck almighty
My list 😭
1. Not getting a good role then seeing someone play that role that I wanted
2. Directors just giving the older kids in my school chances that I (and my fellow 5th graders) don’t get like a main role they are on there not even caring when we audition but then the older kids go there they give them respect that we didn’t get
3. Favoritism
Don't worry about it. JUST JOIN
Is anyone else watching this in 2020 during the pandemic and when she said hopefully I get to do a bunch of shows in 2020, your just like well that went out the window along with the rest of our year.
I'm a mezzo-soprano and I was singing all of the songs in my rep book to see which ones to keep and get rid of and I was able to hit the last note in Show Me from My Fair Lady and I was so proud of myself.
Jam n' Toast *cries in alto*
@@lucyschraff4893 That was the first time I was able to hit that note. I was shooketh.
Jam n' Toast I mean that’s super awesome and I’m hella proud of you tho
[some funny and unique name] All voice types are AWESOME! I'm a mezzo soprano and I'm shook at how alto can go that low! I wish I could hit the low notes. Lol! I love my voice and I'm sure yours is amazing too! If we didn't have altos musicals would be very one sided for female ranges. At my company alto are VERY appreciated for hitting those kind of notes! Have a wonderful day!
-some random theater geek on the internet🎤🎬🎼
Becky Cohen thank you so much I really needed that I’m kinda struggling with my lower voice lately 😅
“Hopefully in 2020 I’ll be in a show” That aged like gavroche in Les Mis
1 -waiting for the cast list to go up
2 -waiting for the cast list to go up
3 -waiting for the cast list to go up
4 -waiting for the cast list to go up
5 -waiting for the cast list to go up
"Hopefully in 2020 I'll get to do a show or several shows"
Well... 😅
Dude I’m almost always not even close to the roles I wanna play and it’s sad
Ugh! Thank you for being willing to talk about these issues! I just graduated in December with a BFA in Musical Theatre. But, I've been considering quitting theatre altogether because I just don't fit in well with it. I did pretty well in college and high school theatre. I was cast in every show I auditioned for, and I'm so, so grateful. But, I've found myself at a place where I'm not sure if I can look past the nasty politics of it anymore. Even as I was cast in every show, I had professors (who were sometimes the director) tell me that they didn't quite know where to put me because I don't fit in a box (either ingenue or character actress). In the interest of keeping this comment short (too late), I'll stop there. All of that was supposed to communicate this - THANK YOU. I feel slightly less alone in my frustrations seeing that someone was willing to talk about it.
I recently just was in a show where favoritism was very evident in all of the creative process. And it sucks big time!
Me: does listening to Assassins the musical count as studying for us history?
Me to me: of course it does now get back to listening to it so you’re prepared for for your final
When she started talking about best friends getting the role you wanted, I really felt that
This has venting to your best friend at a sleepover energy and I needed itttttt
Literally your videos are the highlight of my week. You’re videos are so chill but passionate at the same time and I love it.
YOU ARE SO SWEET OMG 🥺💖
Katherine Steele 💕🥺🥰
I know this is supposed to be a light-hearted video. But some of these points, excpecially about show politics, no finding the right show for you, ect. really hit hard right now. It's getting to the point where I almost want to give up on theater completely. I can't decide if I want to audition in college and hope it's different than high school (even though I wouldn't be an MT) or if I should just fangirl over musicals from a distance and not perform anymore.
Her: "so I've been thinking"
Oh dear the worst thing one can do
I was also in the Crucible and at my school we NEVER talk about it because yes, it was that bad. Hearing THE CRUCIBLE genuinely makes me upset
Me: *constantly sings What Is This Feeling, Satisfied, and The Smartphone Hour*
Also me: *cries because I'm a boy and I can never perform those songs in a show*
Me: singing Meant To Be Yours, Freeze Your Brain, Michael in The Bathroom and Waving Through a Window
Also me: cries because I’m a girl who could play all of their lovers (and wants to ngl) but knows I’ll never play those roles too
i live in a small community (and we already know the theatre world is small) so everyone knows everyone... and favoritism is such a problem around here... like no matter how amazing you are as a performer and as a person, directors always choose their favorites. i just auditioned for a show and got cut. a lot of people got in mainly because they either know the director/ choreographer personally, or they have been doing shows with that company for a while. and not to sound conceited, but i didn’t even get a callback and my two friends that got one told me that everyone that got a callback lowkey wasn’t that good, and apparently i should’ve gotten one... i was super confident about this audition, and even my friends that got in are pissed about the casting and stuff... anyways, theatre is super tough!!! but y’all gotta stay strong :)
Part of me needs to see Kat as Katherine in newsies and now after seeing this video I know it will never happen but like idk I wanna see it
“So I’ve been thinking.”
Me: uh oh
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love the chaotic energy that your more recent videos have
YAY!!! Glad you like it 😂💖
i do musical theatre, band, and orchestra and i really felt the “it’s so expensive and they barely pay us” part cause i’m a gig musician and good pay for like 2 hours of sight reading is like $100 and then you don’t get hired again for another few months and the cheapest thing to do is get new strings or get a bow rehaired which is like collectively half that paycheck at minimum
Kat I know I've been asking this for so long but it would be really great if you could make a video on how to have stage presence in musical theatre! ;)
-a theatre obssessed teen
Hey Frankie!! I've been trying to think about that topic because it's kind of a difficult one... I feel like stage presence is a lot more difficult to teach. I feel like it has a lot to do with confidence, actually letting your own personality shine through, staying physically grounded, committing to your material, and making clear choices!
@@Kath_Steele thank you ;)
The amount of social events I’ve missed due to rehearsals/performances is another one that’s annoying!
Omfg i am read and listened to bare: a pop opera bc of you and I loved it!!! My gay heart just melted and when jason.... Uhum.... No spoilers... At the end! I JUST CRIED!!!
truly my fave thing is to show Bare to my friends & just watch them melt into a pile of tears
@@Kath_Steele I also recommend Bare to a friend but they haven't seen it yet, but i am suuure they are going to melt. Also what is your favorite song in bare? Mine is You and I, maybe Role of a Lifetime. Ohh and All gown up! I have Ivy bc of what she did but u cant blame her, jason should NOT have done what he did
I ended up being cast as peter in a recent production. Having to play that next to jason and not cry on stage is actually heartbreaking 😫
“Hopefully In 2020 I’ll get to do a show, or several”
I’m so sorry girl. Maybe 2021
I FEEL that role one. I am not a belter but so many of my favorite roles belt.
Nicole Foti I think I can belt emphasis on think, cause I’m too old and poor to get people to help me on it I don’t even know if I sound good some of the times
I have never related to a video more in my life.👏🏻 Musical theatre is honestly SO FRUSTRATING sometimes.....but I love it anyway. Its an interesting relationship😂😂
My list
"I can't, I have rehearsal."
'nuff said
Your comments on Bare are such a mood. It’s my #1 favorite show but I can’t listen to it casually because I cry over it so much. I’ve only seen it once and I just want more people to put it on 😭
Kat: I run an internet cult
Everyone and anyone: we stan
Kat 2 seconds later: I’m generally a sunshiny rainbowy person
"when you do everything you can and still just don't get the part" waaaay to relatable. My school I doing Les Mis for my senior show. Me and 5 of my closest friends have been in every show since Freshman year. We run tech for all of the school concerts. We are officers for our schools thesbian troup. We represent our school at the local theater fest and Ren Faire. Basically the 6 of us do it all. But cast list came out, and all 4 female leads were Juniors. Fantine and M. Thenardie (can't spell) make since, they do a lot too. Cosette, not a great actor but only one who can hit the notes. It is our Eponine that hurts the most. She has never been in a musical before. SHE HIGHLIGHTED HER SCRIPT. She barely knows any of her notes/songs, it's been a month and a half. Her voice cracks on all the high notes AND EPONINE DOESN'T GO THAT HIGH. But, just the fact that seniors didn't get the leads when we are capable of it.
EARLY! HI I LOVE YOU!
Also I love how your best insult is “I hope they step on a piece of gum” 😂
I’m literally living for the amount of vids this week it’s like the holidays came early
When you try out for a part and your the only one who tried out and still didn’t get it
"Kat talks about teachers showing favoritism"
Me: *cough Mr. Schuester cough cough*
Favoritisms is such a thing where I do theater and it makes me sick 😷
My problem with my theater community is that the kids that always get the leads aren't necessarily "good”, they are just the kids who have been there the longest. As a result, the newer kids that may have the talent don't stand a chance any it's really sad.
Btw, Kat- you are such a ray of sunshine I can't take you seriously when you say "Join my cult"
The most annoying thing is being a teenage alto, and having almost literally no roles to play or songs to sing in the original key!
Sally Jonesie I totally get this! I completely bombed my audition for my school’s Sound of Music because I sang a song meant for a 40 year old man and couldn’t do it well. But it was the only thing I could find
Worst thing when I could sing for Chicago, look in line but don’t have dance experience and can’t cause I’m too old to do the basics :( also I am not doing rehearsals with children, Reyes it for gymnastics took one year I left I did 2years of ballet so boring and I was a child tbh, only experience I have in athletics is being a black belt but I don’t think that counts for anything since I didn’t get the altheltic role in legally blonde :( the skinny blond girl got it :(
a personal pet peeve of mine is that directors i’ve had tend to type-cast me based on my looks and not on my voice! it’s frustrating, because i mainly get placed in alto or even tenor roles on some occasions, basically villains, mothers, and male leads; i have a true, bright, and occasionally operatic soprano voice, so i rarely feel like a true fit for the roles i get!
*intense zoom in on face* “dang that just got deep” -kat 2019
Just watched this today, and the part where you say that you hope you do more shows in 2020.... it broke my heart for you
"Hopefully in 2020 I get to do a show, or several shows" We can never plan too far ahead :/
omg, the bit about getting sick is really relatable right now, haha. I'm sick, my mum's sick, my dad's sick, and a few weeks ago, 25% of my year group were off sick. I haven't been able to sing for 3 weeks, so I couldn't sing in my choir concert!
Last time I was this early Beetlejuice the musical was still due to stay on Broadway
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When a show you really don’t like is super popular, so people assume you like it, cuz they like it, and then they get upset when you express distaste for the show... this might be a “me” thing...
ruining my vocal chords singing songs that are way out of my vocal range 💯
See, nobody in my area is really into Musical Theatre like I am (I know that sounds SO stuck up, but hear me out...) I live in Alabama and my school TORE DOWN their theatre to make a parking lot, because they dont care about the arts and they are more into sponsoring sports. Now the only community theatre we have is about a 30 minute drive away ( I have no car). I feel so lonely, and it makes me lose motivation to continue my passion, but it's people like Katherine and my fellow Theatre Cult members that keep me going.
So, Thank you for existing, Kat. You don't know how much your videos mean to me!
Edit: I'm going to community college next fall as a Theatre major and Transferring to a university as a BFA in Musical Theatre. We are making progress
lmao in 2020 hearing “i hope in 2020 i can do a musical, heck maybe even multiple musicals!” well that one didn’t go as planned for any of us unfortunately
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@@Kath_Steele i’m so sorry if that came off as rude, i really didn’t intend it that way! i love your videos and i was just being sarcastic bc that’s my only sense of humor :)
My least favorite thing about musical theatre: The drama! Oh my goodness! There is so much drama among a lot of casts and crews.
Also that I'll never see Beetlejuice. :(
"Crazy Neurotic Show Pony" - too funny!
This hit why to close to home for me... I quit school theater years ago due to horrible favoritisms. The director was a parent and she always cast her daughter for lead roles and only chose kids from StarStruck (a huge community theater in my area) probably in hopes to get some kind of benefit from her or some of the very rich families who went there. It made me feel like I was never good even especially since we couldn't afford to go to StarStruck. I have one more year stuck with her till I have the freedom of highschool drama classes. Just thanks for starting a convo about these topics