Booked another show, my first Broadway audition (take two)

June was a pretty productive month for me as an actor. Especially considering I spent a week of it in Arizona with Heather's family. I didn't book any TV work, but I did have an audition and a call back for a movie. I'm trying not to get my hope up about it, but the director told me he would definitely call me. I felt really good about it, but I haven't heard anything yet, so we'll see. It shoots in the fall. It pays, but it's a non-union film, so it may not be that much. It would be a good experience for me though, so I really hope he does call.

I auditioned and was cast in an off-Broadway musical! It's for a new version of Phantom of the Opera. I will be one of the opera house managers. I know in the Andrew Lloyd Webber version, those two have really good, featured roles, so I hope it's the same with this one. It will be at the Players Theater in Greenwich Village. The same place where I did Cabaret. This time, it will be on the main stage though, not the blackbox. It pays a little, but I will need to keep the day job unfortunately. It's an open ended run, so depending on how well it does, this could keep me busy for a while.

After a few frustrating months of going to equity auditions only to be sent away because they didn't have time to see non-union actors, I finally had a break though! I went to the Broadway call for Mary Poppins yesterday. I was running really late, so I thought I had an even worse chance than usual. I was surprised however to find the audition room fairly empty. At least by Broadway audition standards. I checked in with the monitor and was very happy to hear that they hadn't sent the non-union actors home yet. There are never any guarantees, but that meant there was a least a chance they would see us. They finished with the equity actors with about fifteen minutes to spare. And all of us non-equity men, there were about twenty five of us, we were able to audition of a Broadway show! I know the odds are not great, but if they liked me enough, they can offer me a contract and I will finally be an equity actor!