I want to be on broadway someday and am planning on taking vocal lessons soon. Is there a special way to learn to sing for broadway, or will any lessons cover it?
I teach Theater Arts and it takes me 4 years to get someone from just being a basic singer to someone who can hope to actually find a job on Broadway… If you wan to be on broadway, then you will need to do more than just SING.. which is what people do when they have no other skills.. so SINGERS are a DIME A DOZEN. If you REALLY want to be on Broadway, you will need to SING, DANCE and ACT.. and with the current trend of having the PERFORMERS provide the music from the stage.. you will need to PLAY AN INSTRUMENT by the time you are ready for auditions in 10 years of so.
Singing on Broadway is it’s own genre.. it’s nothing like just singing in a garage band or with some choral group. For one thing.. you have to be in VERY GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION.. because doing 8 shows a week can really drag you down. YOu also need to be able to HOLD A STAGE for 2 HOURS.
Doing professional singing is like a race.. Broadway is the MARATHON while singing in a band is like a sprint race.