I want Acting Roles for the Wrong Reason

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Let's talk about musical theatre dream roles I had for all the wrong reasons.
Hey Musical Theatre lovers / actors/ geeks / and everyone in between! Today, I'm taking a deep dive into the psychology behind some of my dream roles and accidentally throw myself into an existential crisis and uproot my whole identity! It's super fun :)
But seriously, this video is actually a really interesting investigation into the cross roads of my self-esteem, self-worth, body image, and self identity WITHIN the world of musical theatre and the roles that I want to play in shows. I'll be using examples from some of my fave shows like Hair, Little Women, Carrie, Gentleman's Guide, Spitfire Grill, and not Thoroughly Modern Millie (I'M SORRY OKAY I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN A GOOD PRODUCTION OF IT. I'M SURE IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT SHOW DON'T COME FOR ME)
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I'm Katherine Steele and I really like musical theatre! I'm officially the unofficial Drama Club President of the internet. On this channel you'll find Broadway musical reviews, analysis on your favorite shows, first reactions to brand new ones, countdown lists for theatre actors, and tons of musical theatre audition advice! When I'm not on KZbin, I'm a professional musical theatre & screen actress and made-for-TV series host!
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[@mykamateeff9247]

for me: every single lead in every musical ever my problem: i am not Sutton Foster

[@gracebonifabulous]

oh yes, you don't know how absolutely accurate that is...

[@jeylelugo8431]

Fat moooooddd

[@rat5800]

Lmao same

[@sethkaras8466]

Kat at the beginning of the video: My entire life is a lie. Kat at the end of the video: And I know things now, Many valuable things, That I hadn't known before

[@TarynM716]

Ayyyeee Into the Woods reference

[@redhead_bebs]

Into the Woods!!! 😍

[@harmonizing8627]

INTO THE WOODS

[@skylardenise1379]

You’re lying if you didn’t sing this

[@TarynM716]

Skylar Denise truth

[@kellyjohnson4186]

WHAT DO WE WANT? Roles for legit sopranos that aren’t the exact same every. time. WHEN DO WE WANT IT? Now please lord this isn’t a want it’s a need

[@unicornsprinkles3277]

sopranos get the leads, altos get background charcters that arent aloud to do the harmonies

[@cejk2044]

@@emilycollins2641 Legit Sopranos: Please, write us some roles that aren't ingenues. Altos: Please, write us some roles. Pop Sopranos and Mezzos: Looks like we win.

[@generalsherman5055]

@@unicornsprinkles3277 yeah not me!

[@chrysduran]

"You'd be such a good Amy" "No I'm not stuck up!" "It's called acting, Kat, oh my god!" I think this is very important because I hate when you say someone could play a generally unlikeable character and they get offended. It's not saying they are *like* that person, it's just saying they could *act* that part very well, they would be good at *playing that role* , so it bothers me that people get offended by being told they could play the mean/rude/annoying characters. They're just saying you have the talent for that, not that you actually are like that character.

[@kateadams2709]

THANK you! Oh my god you put it in words! I was mortally offended around this time last year by someone telling me I would be a killer Vivienne Kensington in Legally Blonde because i thought they were calling me a rude, stuck up piece of work. I was talking to the same person a few weeks ago and she told me she suggested that role because she adored my belt and thought I could play "hard-ass" (her words, not mine) to Kate Shindle's standard. Looking back, I'm both very touched and feel like an ass lmao

[@alainas.5263]

“It’s called acting, Kat Oh my god” The largest mood

[@NicoleFoti]

Yupppp

[@perezsienna8]

“let’s talk about my crisis” what a MOOD

[@frankieobrien5742]

Yessss spill the tea kath

[@kaileydueck4790]

my dream role is Veronica sawyer but I know I'd fit more as heather.. or heather.. or heather

[@winsh2040]

same, mood lmao

[@rat5800]

Kailey Dueck I’m opposite, I wanna be Heather C, but I’m more of a Veronica....

[@05RoadRunner]

Heather...... heather............ aNd PeGgY

[@danebirbhaha7520]

I wanna be a Heather but I'm more of a Martha 😑😑😑😑

[@lotproductions3014]

I want to be JD

[@rockwellmacgillivray3687]

My friend would always tell “you would be a GREAT jd” and I would always be like, wow she thinks I’m crazy and depressed

[@cjallen227]

My dream role was Katherine Steele in Theatre Thursday Cult: The Musical, but I realised it was because I wanted to upsurp the role of our cult leader. I have, now, squashed that dream because it's impossible.

[@averyalyse]

Not gonna lie, I kinda want to write that musical now.

[@vincentalatorre]

theatre cult thursday: the musical coming to broadway spring 2020

[@desaravladasi2062]

I write now and again, I just dont know how to write music! we need to cast and everything! ahh I love this cult so much!

[@elenafahmi9955]

@@averyalyse I already have a bit of an outline for Kat's Cult: A New Musical, if you want to collab :)

[@alicebergonzi3802]

Wait, are you guys actually going to try to make a musical about Kat? Because that would be AWESOME.

[@colestrashchannel208]

New camera New cult New setting New dream roles new hair style NEW HAIR COLOR and I want to play Veronica sawyer but I can never sing her part 😢

[@annagvazquezcolon9736]

Musical Memes Same I wanna be Veronica but I can't sing at all😩😭

[@alicebergonzi3802]

Me too! I would give anything to play Veronica, but the part is actually too high for me! I have a really low alto voice, so I can't hit the notes in Dead Girl Walking OR Dead Girl Walking reprise. It's just like, 'I thought you were an alto like me, Veronica, why are you singing all these crazy high notes?'

[@pepperminttree]

Anna G Vazquez Colon same!

[@colestrashchannel208]

Kitty'sCrown48 the joke is that she used to deny that her channel was a cult

[@mallorykatelife2098]

I’d love to play Heather Chandler!!

[@justjadeisms6320]

I'm female - My dream role is Jason Dean is Heathers....

[@AngelOfTheLord67]

I know you posted this comment 2 months ago but I was in a production of Heathers with a female JD and she was BOMB. You just gotta find the right people! Or a theater suitably lacking in male actors hahaha

[@lovesickrat4567]

Sameeeee!!! All my favorite songs in the musical are his!

[@reginaponce6311]

Dude sameeee omg

[@danebirbhaha7520]

Sameee

[@adrianam7834]

AngelOfTheLord67 Is that the TikTok production everyone is talking about?

[@AmazingEvie]

My favourite musical ever is Bare: A Pop Opera and I’ve recently been cast as Ivy in a production. While I love the role of Ivy, I had convinced myself I had no chance because Ivy is beautiful, sexy, confident, popular and boys like her which is never anything I was, either in school or today. I was little, funny looking and never had that many friends so I had convinced myself that Ivy was a role I would never play. I’ve never played a romantic lead, I’ve always been the best friend/funny one. Then, lo and behold, someone decided to take a chance on me.

[@emmakohlenberg3774]

I wanted to play Christine in Phantom of the Opera for a really long time. Then I realized I didn’t really like phantom that much. I really just wanted to sing pretty high notes. Ps. Don’t come for me

[@thomaslavoie6748]

Emma Kohlenberg actually same

[@oliver-bv5rj]

there’s a lot of roles with crazy soprano parts, though! like johanna in sweeney todd

[@laurakivimaki9956]

Sameeee

[@abrilmolina5012]

Same. I feel you!

[@broadwayindie]

Try candide

[@enrietdijk4339]

You know what I’ve noticed? Some channels have like “simply nialogical viewers also watch” well I have found none of those for yours. The cult lives strong. Edit 2: let’s just all drop our favourite Chanel meme or whatever. Since that’s what this has turned into. 😆 Edit: HOLY IVE NEVER GOTTEN THIS MANY LIKES THANK YOU SO MUCH 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@rachellawrence3534]

BubblyyBubbles 101 omg do u watch simplynailogical too?!

[@elenaboehm8476]

Ben loves bananas! Haha

[@enrietdijk4339]

Rachel&Mommy Lawrence hell yes she’s so funny 😆

[@rachelwashere5402]

Is iT REaL HOLO?!

[@georgia8392]

Elena Boehm don’t you mean BEYYYYYYYN?!

[@jasvwong]

i have a baby face but want to play morticia addams. maybe i just wanna be a hot mom and SO WHAT

[@neo-xy3fr]

Literally my whole life: i want to be (insert character) but that's not gonna happen lol

[@TheChaoticAsexual]

“SELF ESTEEM IS A WEIRD THING KIDS” ~Cult Queen 2k19, and something that I will continuously quote

[@elliechristensen3379]

Babe you have N👏O👏O👏O idea how much I love these kind of videos. I admire your vulnerability so f.r.e.a.k.i.n.g. MUCH

[@Kath_Steele]

Thank you so much 💗

[@swamism5361]

Dreamrole: Eurydice Problem: I can’t sing like Eva Solution: No solition, I can’t sing like Eva and I will never sing like Eva

[@lopsideddog7925]

Swami SM you don't need to sound like Eva to play the role, they don't want a copy of her. If you listen to Nabiyah Be's Eurydice, her voice is darker than Eva's and its perfect for the role.

[@channart374]

same for me but with all of amber gray’s roles 😭✋

[@the_17th_dragon32]

Yo do you have a permit? Cuz I sense that you’re fishing over here...

[@super-sizedmcshizzle6235]

OMG 3 years later but same 😭

[@jessicamattes4208]

Kat, a soprano: "I have played everyone's fiance/girlfriend/girl next door in every musical ever." Me, a 17 year old low alto: "I have played a mom or adult woman in every show I've ever done."

[@Vera-od4hp]

“And my entire life is a lie” MOOD

[@NicoleFoti]

Yup yup yup.

[@meredithjulia162]

i've always wanted to be heather chandler just because i want to be a powerful popular girl. oops.

[@jmmilner929]

Me too, I don’t even love the role that much and I don’t think I would be comfortable playing it but it’s always been a dream role for me...

[@kayling8495]

I would love to be Heather chandler even though i know i would be heather macamara

[@televisionhaze]

@@carsonpolipenguin1142 omg same

[@gracebonifabulous]

@@kayling8495 I love veronica and that show in general, but we all know if I was in it I'd be in the ensemble, and if I got even the chance to be a Heather I'd be Duke, just in the background hating on everybody.

[@lakefeatherss]

I same, but not Chandler, I always wanted to be Angelica Schuyler, because I'd want to be this amazing confident woman, who would also extremely selfless and would do anything for her sisters. I mean, I'm partially there, I'd do anything for my friends, but that's where our similarities kinda end. I'm more of a Burr.

[@cutsieproductions4805]

I would love to play Persephone in Hadestown but I’ve got the highest voice ever

[@alexandranewbery2565]

I’ve always wanted to play Eponine from Les Miserables but I know I’m way better vocally suited for Cosette damn..

[@marnirobertson]

Alexandra Newbery25 i’ve always wanted to play enjolras but i’m more suited to anyone else rip

[@awildantinous5302]

marni iris same

[@TheHuskey_3]

I'm the opposite way around.

[@cadiwatkins7978]

Cleves in Six bc of my range but my heart says K Howard😭

[@goodjobeli]

My heart says Parr but my voice says Cleves rip

[@poptarts5003]

coynie3 OMG SAME :(((

[@redvelvetraine]

My heart says Boleyn but my voice says Aragon

[@rat5800]

My heart says Anne Boleyn and so does my voice yay

[@joannaashfield9525]

My heart says Seymour and my vocal range says Seymour😌😌

[@ellisknox6107]

Is it just me or is Kat's top giving you Lauren from Kinky Boots vibes??

[@-bxmblebee]

OH MY GOD YES

[@apersonwholives738]

HOLY MOLY

[@porchcatproductions9931]

Phantom of the Opera is my favorite musical and I would LOVE to be in it! That being said, there was a time when I said I would want to be Madame Giry. I have NO DESIRE to be Madame Giry, but my brain was like look at this! You can sing this, it's a role with small amounts of dancing, you could do this! My real dream role for Phantom would be Christine Daae, but I am an alto. I would also LOVE to play Meg, but I lack the pointe skill. Maybe I’ll try out ballet, and see about tackling one of my real dream roles! 😊

[@winsh2040]

Kat: *" I'm Cuban, I'm loud, I'm ridiculous!"* Every Cuban Ever: *"I'm Cuban, I'm loud, I'm ridiculous!"*

[@aperson5261]

My name’s Cuba...

[@aperson5261]

Eek

[@annabethsadiebookfan]

This is very well said. As a mixer/legit soprano voice type, I've always wanted to play the belter roles because they're usually so much fun but usually it ain't like that even if you can mix well. It would be really cool to see more badass Soprano/mixer characters as more musical theatre shows are conceived because even though there are a few roles out there like that, there's a lot of us ready to take on that challenge and we need some love.

[@sophiehilger4396]

Yes! I always used to automatically count myself out at auditions for the roles I really wanted because I’m more of a legit soprano.

[@LarkSweetsong]

Oh my goodness YES we need some badass soprano characters in modern musical theatre! As much as I love playing sweet characters, it'd be great for a bit broader of a range of personalities to choose from!

[@Emhutter]

PREACH

[@poptarts5003]

This comment just summed up how I feel whenever there’s auditions for belters and not much for mixers/legit soprano voice types like me :(((

[@EmmaLennon8]

Periodt.

[@aubreymadelyn4474]

I can only sing alto belting and I can’t tell you how many soprano roles I WISH I could sing!!😥

[@ellabanchieri8114]

YESSS omg I hear so many sopranos complaining about how they can only sing high and I'm just like WELL AT LEAST YOU HAVE GOOD ROLES WRITTEN FOR YOU

[@gay5023]

my vocal type just isn't musical theatre at ALL and it makes me sad. my voice is very soft and very low. i also can't belt. i don't really have any "theatre dream roles" that aren't just sort of "in a different life i would" bc i can only really originate roles, just because there aren't any characters that fit my body and vocal type. it Sucks

[@lauren4495]

The struggle is real, I have loved Phantom from an early age and would kill to play Christine but erm..... that's not happening anytime soon 😂😂

[@goodjobeli]

Same! Literally the only roles I could play are those high male tenors and I would never get casted in something like that

[@elenafahmi9955]

same....

[@mariaantoniajosephajohanna]

Tbh I'd love to play Wednesday Addams or Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice but I definitely don't have the looks for either of them lol. In terms of a realistic role for myself, definitely Persephone from Hadestown or maybe even Veronica from Heathers.

[@kaleighmiranda1238]

Not so Amayzing you gotta love type cast

[@mariaantoniajosephajohanna]

Kaleigh Miranda ikr

[@theatrenerd2.068]

People tell me I look like a Lydia, and tbh, I do have her vocal range, but a healthier belt

[@theaterfreak141]

When I was in HS, we were doing a production of The Little Mermaid and I wanted more than anything to play Ariel. I auditioned and left feeling really great about myself. When the cast list came out the next week I saw that I was cast as Ursula and she was a BLAST. I was very confused because I didn’t want to necessarily play Ariel, I just really wanted to play a princess. I’m so happy I got to play Ursula. Her role came so easy to me in a way that made me understand that I finally found a “type” for me. That was the first time I feel like I really understood a role. And she is also right in my sweet spot of my vocal range! Man, I miss that show!

[@averyalyse]

I would LOVE to play Veronica in Heathers, but I know I am better suited for Heather M..

[@sarahcoughlan3684]

Avery Barber same!

[@ericagerold]

Yes!

[@lauren4495]

Same but I know I'm a Martha instead

[@bethanyrosesouth]

ME too

[@umno9605]

Lily Engelsgjerd that’s the opposite for me. I look like a Veronica or maybe even a heather c and I can hit those notes but I am a soprano and would much better be suited for heather m

[@yasmintorres1744]

i’ve been sensing a shift on your channel for some time now and i really love it. i feel like in your earlier videos you were super duper positive (which isn’t bad!) but now you’re being a bit more honest with your opinions and your fears. i love this for you! keep up the great work, kat! 💖

[@anaflaviarg]

i love those both sides of kath, and im usually picky with people's personalities, but kath is the kind of happy person i want to be but i also love when she gets real because that's more the kind of person I am

[@notmymainaccount5685]

Ana Gambale kath? Nice.

[@anaflaviarg]

@@notmymainaccount5685 oh yeah, i guess i misspelled there, sorry

[@aubreyymckenna]

my dream role is Anastasia in Anastasia on broadway. I love her character and she fits my voice so I guess i want to play her for the right reason.

[@peypey4548]

When she said “Crazy Town” at 1:30 the first thing that came to my mind was... “Way down, CrazyTown” 😂

[@lexibrown1100]

I always stop whatever I’m doing when my favorite cult leader posts a new video

[@mariahmendenhall2052]

Lexi Brown out of curiosity, does this imply that you know multiple cult leaders? Just wondering

[@desaravladasi2062]

😉

[@coragilbert8307]

Heather C. from Heather's, Sue from Carrie, Glinda from Wicked, Carrie from Carrie Katherine Howard from Six, Cinderella from Into The Woods, Joanna from Sweeney Todd, and Cosette from Les Mis. Truly I want to be Heather M, Chris or Margaret, Anne Boleyn, The Baker's Wife, Mrs. Lovett, and Eponine. I mean I adore all of the first roles, but I were to choose it's who'd I would choose to be

[@coragilbert8307]

Yes! Just those voice changes for Anne are more of a struggle than Katherine H.

[@coragilbert8307]

I probably would either be Jane Seymour or Katherine Howard, more likely Katherine for typecasting

[@abbyshewmaker1426]

When I was younger I used to say my dream roles were always the mousy, nerdy girl (Natalie from Next To Normal, Gertrude McFuzz from Seussical, Patrice from 13, Dawn from Waitress, etc), because I think that’s how I saw myself. As someone who felt misunderstood and unable to share who they really are. At that time I had only started to take musical theater seriously, and I didn’t know much about my voice. Most of the characters that fit that description are typically mix-y and have very light, mezzo soprano tones. I, as I would discover a few years later, am more of a mezzo belter who sounds a lot better singing She Used To Be Mine than When He Sees Me. Through learning about my voice and getting to play roles outside of my comfort zone (Wednesday in the Addams Family, Sandy in Grease to name a few) I’ve been able to discover more roles that I would love to play, and frankly, I could kill it as. Some of them include: Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice Rosie in Mamma Mia Paulette I’m Legally Blonde Jo March in Little Women and Lucy in 13

[@cultravioletkat2387]

let's see, my dream roles...: -carrie white* -chris hargensen* -lydia deetz* -zoe murphy* -veronica sawyer* -jeremy heere^ -evan hansen^ -brad majors^ either are out of my range just by a bit or a lot (*) or male (^)

[@victorpascucci4]

Fiyero is legit my dream role....but I’m a baritone so I’ll never play him. I just say I wanna play the Wizard instead bc I wanna be in Wicked which would still be amazing!

[@isthatjackson]

Victor TV You can be baritone Fiyero and I’ll be Elphaba in drag lolol

[@emmyruegg5596]

And I’ll be a Glinda that cant sing

[@perezsienna8]

count every time Katherine corrects herself when calling us a cult

[@alanasmith880]

I have fully just done this with a show I’m in. I told my director I wanted to play Ashley- a funny,high status hero (like who doesn’t want to be like that)But in the end I was cast as jo-an innocent,insecure girl experiencing love for the first time. I took this is a such an insult to both my personality and mental health. I’m now a month away from show week and god I love playing jo-her innocence is the highlight of the shows comedy and the fact she is so insecure about boys is the most heart warming part of the show. I think dream roles are purely what we want to be seen as,and luckily for us,directors see past that and are clever enough to find our true selves and the best characters to fit that ❤️❤️❤️

[@samuelchapdelaine9908]

Kat: 1:35 Me: (the musical theatre part of my brain) Wrong it’s actually, “I’m not freaking out, I’m really okay, I’m totally chill, or I will be some day...” -Bring It On The Musical, One Perfect Moment

[@thatoneannoyingsoprano8066]

damn...you hit something and now i have my dream roles list up on the side and i’m examining each role

[@loverlykylie]

This video makes me feel way better about my dream roles. Like, all of my dream roles are never in my vocal range or meet my personality in any way, but i always figured they are my dream roles. And not gonna lie, I very recently rewatched ur dream role videos and hearing this perspective now just makes me feel... better about my dream roles? Idk. Btw this existential crisis is very relatable. DREAM UR DREAM ROLES PEOPLE ITS FUN♥️♥️♥️

[@chrisoneill325]

"Self esteem is a weird thing, kids!" ... I want that on a t-shirt.

[@sprinklesondonuts6133]

My dream role is Christine I love her songs so much! *cries in Alto*

[@hannahpowell1402]

My dream roles Katherine Plumber ( Newsies) Belle ( Beauty and the beast ) Anna ( frozen ) And before I aged out of this role Winnie foster ( Tuck everlasting )

[@elenaboehm8476]

That is literally my list too! I also want to play areal in little mermaid!

[@brookelelia7790]

glinda was a dream role of mine for several years. but then i realized... i’m totally an elphaba

[@jenniferw.7855]

Elphaba is a dream role, but... if someone was foung a really young cast, I'd probably be Madame Morrible.

[@ratgirl5167]

my dream role is heather chandler, but im a low alto/female tenor so that wouldn’t work out well for anyone involved

[@olidon96]

story of my lifeeeeee!! sometimes I get lucky and can sing an entire mezzo song in head voice lmao

[@sophiaswan385]

okay but i think it's so important to allow yourself to think outside of the box and desire whatever role you wish regardless of reality. i am a 5 feet tall teenage girl and have absolutely no chance of playing hanschen in a production of spring awakening, but hey! it sure is fun to think about. they're called dream roles for a reason!

[@ro7950]

I have this weird thought in the back of my head that I would make a good Carrie and then again I remind myself I’m a boy!ಠ~ಠ

[@yodelgoats790]

Rodrigo Fabian do it

[@angeliqueriou2660]

Don't let that stop your dreams

[@jessica23claire]

Carrie but make it trans, and have the period thing be a whole new level of dysmorphia for her

[@gothicwebby2097]

not another theatre trash channel holy fuck that’s fantastic

[@jessica23claire]

@@gothicwebby2097 thank you! I'd love to direct a production of Carrie one day and honestly I'd love to take it in that direction

[@frogmeister528]

This has happened so much to me being plus size. I would love to do Heathers so much, Heather McNamara is in my vocals and is a role I love but I know ... I am Martha. In Hairspray i love the role of Penny but I'm a Tracy. I have so much trouble finding myself in theater because of my body and so many people telling me is impossible for a girl like me to make it.

[@lovelylexi2076]

I feel this sooo hard! I've always wanted to play the female lead in a lot of shows, but I'm short and plus sized (worst combination ever 😣) so I've struggled with that. I'm hoping the drama club at my college will be a bit better and more inclusive experience.

[@awindow4658]

You could be McNamara! Look at Carrie Hope Fletcher! She's a mid-size/plus-size actress and she played Veronica, who was originally portrayed as skinny.

[@elliespillane200]

Dreams Roles: 1. Regina George - Mean Girls 2. Maureen Johnson - Rent 3. Heather Chandler - Heathers 4. Zoe Murphy - Dear Evan Hansen 5. Christine Canigula / The Squip - Be More Chill 6. Glinda - Wicked 7. Chris - Carrie 8. Eliza Hamilton - Hamilton

[@titum1680]

My dream roles (listed by musical) Hamilton: Eliza, John Laurens (I was actually him when my drama club sung a few Hamilton songs) Maria, and maybe Angelica. Heathers: Veronica or Heather C (maybe Heather M?) DEH: Evan or Zoe SIX: Literally any of the wives, but preferably Katherine Howard or Anne Boleyn. Other: Eurydice from Hadestown, Jenna/Dawn from Waitress.

[@allylouisa5149]

when you said “i am okay i’m not freaking out” i completely expected you to start singing “im not freaking out i’m really okay” from one perfect moment from bring it on oops

[@ariellelyons]

I love that your angle has just rotated slightly over time and now we’ve finally seen the whole bed

[@etherealbuttersxx1277]

I love how Kat basically states throughout the video that her dream roles are people that are likable and I’m over here trying to squeeze into whatever villain role I can despite being timid and non-confrontational as a person

[@llcogan]

I used to sing the high notes in Dead Girl Walking (not being able to hit them and still trying) and attempting to belt out Fight For Me because I WANTED TO PLAY VERONICA *SO BAD*. I know Duke is by voice type, but she’s my least favorite Heather 😳

[@AB_Artz14]

If u take over Broadway, can I take over the West End 🎭?

[@jordanhenderson1315]

Mlp_ Artzie14 nah, that’s mine. But we can take it over together

[@CuteyPie1600]

I noticed when I was younger I a lot of my dream roles were ingénue. The older I got and more I realize I was a character actress, the less ingénune were on the list.

[@yuhgetintoit3190]

I wanted to be Scar. I'm a skinny, lanky Tenor. I'm also white. It just sounds fun to be evil and manipulative and intimidating, but that isn't what scar is about. I wanna play up the side effects of his hurt instead of actually playing a Scar that is hurt.

[@astraaddams2807]

One of my dream roles is Angel in a production of rent, but I know that I'm more suited to play probably a Mark, or a Collins, or possibly even a Roger, but Angel yeah no. But honestly just getting cast in Rent would be AWESOME Another role I'd love to play some day would be Matron Mama Morton from Chicago, but I'm a dude, and none of the male roles really sound that fun to me, except maybe the announcer.

[@alohaisland9999]

Okay; first of all, you need to see Thoroughly Modern Millie it's literally my favorite musical and you'd be an incredible Miss Dorothy Brown. Also sorry this is a novel. Dolly Levi (Hello, Dolly!)- I'm a boy (I mean drag is a thing but still) Reno Sweeney (Anything Goes)- Same as Dolly Millie Dillmount (Thoroughly Modern Millie)- Same as Dolly and Reno also it's way out of my range Orin Scrivello (Little Shop of Horrors)- I'm totally a Seymour but Orin sounds like so much fun Paul (A Chorus Line)- I'm white Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)- I'm a tenor and he's basically my polar opposite Flounder (The Little Mermaid)- I'm not a child Sam (Mamma Mia!)- He's not my vocal type or acting type or any type Bobby Child (Crazy For You)- I'm not a dancer and he basically dances the entire show Don Lockwood (Singin' in the Rain)- Not a dancer and I'm more of a Cosmo Brown Jerry Mulligan (An American in Paris)- Not. A. Dancer. The Master of Ceremonies (Cabaret)- I'm not that comfortable on stage to play someone so complex Bert (Mary Poppins)- I can't do accents, like at all Tony (West Side Story)- I'm not a belter (Also Kat I adore you)

[@adamarislopez.alfonzo]

Scotch Tape wait. I would love to see dolly in drag...

[@mkf914]

i thought the second lie was normal!! that's how i've picked all my dream roles lol

[@itsisabelalexis4294]

My friend and I were talking about dream roles the other day, and I realized that I didn’t really have any because I felt like I had to fit the looks for my strap roles. But this video made me realize that a dream role is just that, one that you would want to play, even if it’s just in your wildest dreams. Thanks Kat!

[@coastercraziness]

Surprisingly, this doesn’t change much for me. I would LOVE to play Jack in Into The Woods, but I know I would either be Rapunzel’s Prince or The Baker (which I’d also enjoy being, just I’d prefer Jack). In Little Shop of Horrors, I’m Seymour in my school’s production (which is one of my dream roles), but I would also LOVE to be Orin as he’s just so outrageous and absolutely hilarious. I look like a Seymour and he is perfectly in my range, but I would also love to be Orin someday. Another example is Jack from Newsies. As much as I wanna sing Santa Fe, I would 100% be casted as Davey (which is not bad by any means and I would be happy), but I would love to be Jack. Idk if this happens with everyone else but a lot of times I end up loving the character by the end of the experience and end up being glad it was cast the way it was

[@aubreymadelyn4474]

Okay, but how come you’re so pretty it’s not even fair💛😭

[@rosemadsen1341]

Good lord I'm so early. I just want to tell you Ms.Steele that you are such a positive force on the world wide web. Also I'm playing Logainne in Spelling bee and you are the entire reason for that. Thank you so much

[@graceliz865]

One of the roles that I would most likely play is Ellen in Miss Saigon but I would DIE to play Kim but I am tall and not Asian.

[@unicorngod423_4]

I would love to be in Miss Saigon but I don’t fit any of the characters. Too white to play John or the engineer, to fat to play Chris 🤷🏼‍♂️💔

[@aperson5261]

Same

[@aperson5261]

I mean I completely understand why but you get what I mean

[@fergarzaaa3076]

this video has changed my life, the way i view myself and my art, i always wanted to play the pretty male roles like anthony from sweeney todd, but now i realize im not interested in the slightest way on anthony, i just thought that would be the easiest way to get casted into that show, but i actually would LOVE to play sweeney freaking todd. my college is doing rent next semester and for a long time ive been preparing my audition to play mark, because that would be an easy role to play, he has a ton of songs, he has a ton of stagetime, he is probably considered the main character, but you know what? mark booooooooores me, he is the least interesting character on that show, so now im thinking on what actually interests me, I WANT TO PLAY ANGEL, i love to dance, i want to kiss a guy on stage, ive always secretly wanted to be drag queen, im so excited, thanks so much kath for this video, i love u so much

[@alyssag.676]

1:36 all I could think of was "One Perfect Moment"

[@pandalicious911]

Lol same

[@MaeRoth]

Cinderella in Into The Woods But only cause I like the princess and my favorite TV actress played a version of this princess in high school Also, I think I thought since Cinderella is so “pretty” then if I play bakers wife I’m not “pretty” like what you said She didn’t actually fit my type and I ended up realizing my real dream was Bakers Wife Which I played this past spring Don’t know if this is what you meant for question of the day but I tried lol Anyways! Love the video! How are you Kat!? Is life treating you well lol!!? 👊🏻👊🏻💜

[@elleLilly23]

This is so true my unrealistic dream roles include: -Whizzer From Falsettos -Spongebob lol -Shrek (I love his songs oml) -Emmett brown -Christine or the Phantom or Carlotta And many more lol

[@meaghansalmon8137]

GIRL YOURE PREACHING TO A KINDRED SPIRIT! I am totally with you through this whole journey.

[@emmamolteni]

Yes! Two uploads from Kat this week! ❤️❤️❤️

[@alicebergonzi3802]

'Self-esteem is a weird thing, kids.' Katherine Steele, 2K19.I also really love this video.

[@margaretgiles]

“It’s called acting Kat, oh my god” 😂 I died!

[@CoralMilitere]

Honestly, every role ever. I am a killer alto, my low range is so strong i sang tenor in choir and joined the boys choir at one point. But all the soprano parts in the musicals I've really thought about are so pretty and nice and gentle and just so attractive to me. I never liked the parts i knew i would get but kind of thought oh well, this is the best i can do, guess I'll just pretend this is what i want. But I'm starting to look at it differently and look at parts i could crush and seeing oh my gosh she has the best subplot and i want to show that range of emotion. Or just singing new music and completely falling in love because wow did you hear that tone, i need to play this onstage now! So thanks for this video, it kind of put the growth there in perspective.

[@sienamarina16]

“Self esteem is weird kids!!” Our cult leader gives the best words of wisdom

[@daisymurf4727]

I had this recently! I auditioned for Macbeth the other day and was saying to people that I would quite like to play a witch or I'd be happy to play any female, but realistically I just want to play Macbeth - I want bloody hands and to be completely psycho on stage 🤷🤷

[@sarahmilano9274]

I was in a production a few years ago that had a female Macbeth. She was the best actor for the roll and killed it. It was a college production so we didn’t have much push back with the LGTBQ aspect. The show was amazing

[@klarissamiller4466]

Girl, you are constantly changing my view of theatre into a healthier one. Thank you for these videos. They are really keeping a lot of us who are young actors heards up.

[@sageyikes]

this is such an interesting phenomenon??also kudos to you for noticing it and trying to break away from it. you’re killing it on the character development

[@sleepyhoe6452]

Last time I was this early the theatre Thursday fam hadn’t transformed into a cult

[@emmakohlenberg3774]

Sadie Odell omg same

[@mtreese7249]

“I am the internet drama club president” I DIED 🤣🤣🤣

[@goodtimes8229]

I absolutely loved this video, and can completely relate to everything you said. I think this is the case for many of us, and hearing you say it all really helped me tremendously.

[@wired4music92]

This was interesting, in a good way. I know internally I have thoughts and reactions like this, but I never thought as to why. I’m really enjoying these deep dives lately. It gets people thinking about theatre differently, more on a human level.

[@kerahbundy5705]

I'm similar in the way that I'd love to play Ivy in Bare. But I always feel like I'm not pretty enough, so I go for Nadia.

[@lovelylexi2076]

I feel that in my soul

[@pegasus.624]

some dream roles I have are: Flounder in The Little Mermaid Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland

[@jackie8876]

loving this new background !!!

[@alyssiamaki8464]

I’ve never related to anything more. I feel myself spiraling into questioning my own dream roles, thank you so much for being so vulnerable and talk8nga bout such personal things even though you are so popular and nd have a large following. Let’s all agree that you are one of the most down to earth and genuine people on KZbin and the planet.

[@tatianamelendez490]

Ever since I discovered Ragtime the musical, I've wanted to be Sarah; she's such a strong deep character, she's within my vocal range, and according to my vocal coach, I sing a damn good Your Daddy's Son. But I am absolutely 100% certain, beyond a reasonable doubt, that I'll never play her in a show because I am not black. I am a Caucasian Latina, which is on the opposite spectrum. Same thing with the role of Effie White from Dreamgirls with the added problem that hers is not my vocal or physical range AT ALL (although I really just want to sing And I'm Telling You, but whatever). Your Daddy's Son is still in my audition repertoire cause it's a gorgeous song and I'm good at it.

[@izzymac4302]

my fav part is that your first line was "and my entire life is a lie" I've never related to something more lmao!!

[@KeeperoftheTomes]

Your feelings and thoughts are valid and relatable and it's good to let them out!

[@apothekerrie]

The second lie is SO TRUE and I have never heard anyone discuss it before. Such a creative discussion topic-- thank you for making this video!

[@cam_stern9005]

we are *loving* the new camera angles

[@Kath_Steele]

YAY

[@nessathelochnessmonsterjon146]

Me in the begining: my dream role for the wrong reasons is The Jester from Once Upon a Mattress Me at the end:nevermind it's for the right reasons

[@saulconde5792]

Kat!! It’s so amazing to see u admit stuff. It shows ppl we need to be more open. This video has taught me a lot!!!! I don’t know too many ppl who will just randomly admit stuff and show self improvement like this. You are an absolute inspiration and I admire you SO much!!! Thank you for always being here. Keep doing what you’re doing 😊😆💕❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@skyepapa]

I just come here to see how much passion she has for musical theatre. I just love how much she cares about the arts. GAHHH! I just love this channel!!!