The WORST things about Musical Theatre

[@broadwaylover1265]

“Hi, I’m Kat. I run an internet cult.” Best way to start a video

[@Kath_Steele]

😂😂😂

[@superduper.cooper]

Broadway Lover don’t worry about it just join

[@superduper.cooper]

Katherine Steele ps u look flawlessly gorgeous in this vid (as usual but like especially in this vid) 🥰🥰

[@angeliquemariel2916]

It's PERFECT!!!!😃😃😃😃💯💯💯💯

[@jeremyjuala2989]

I joined UwU

[@jamiehall1316]

One thing that really bothers me about musical theatre is that I do not have Ben Platt’s vibrato. There. I said it.

[@Kath_Steele]

😂😂😂

[@cowboylike_zoe]

Jamie Hall true or Andrew Rannells range

[@jamiehall1316]

Zoe Fay Truuuuuuuuuue

[@emilydonan7000]

or sutton fosters long long legs

[@woahlaura3333]

Emily Donan FACTS

[@luciasings]

true MT heartbreak: when a show with a really strong cast bond comes to an end😭

[@Kath_Steele]

Omg THIS 😭😭😭

[@1yumeharafan327]

Yep

[@remykate761]

Ah yes the classic Post Show Depression

[@elphieb3538]

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!

[@bernice8688]

Yes. Beetlejuice.

[@theswiftieteacher]

Alto life is a hard life when there’s barely any alto roles

[@CitricOW]

basses as well 🥺

[@julianbrown9860]

before my range grew I HAD NOTHING AHAHA it’s all high tenor or soprano belting.

[@tidalvii8640]

Yes I am an alto and it is so hard to find a role

[@alimcmanamy364]

Preach! 🙌

[@danebirbhaha7520]

Preach!

[@maddyray8455]

"that's just a role I'm gonna play in the shower" THATS MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@carterdean4274]

I can't get a role so all of it is performances in the shower lmao

[@maddyray8455]

@@carterdean4274 YES SAMEEE THAT'S WHY IM A BROADWAY OBSESSED STAGE CREW MEMBER

[@tay.lor.58]

leftie drawer yes omg

[@elizabethotoole1840]

If you sing the songs that Christine sings in Phantom of the Opera in the shower it just hits different lmao

[@AtsumuMiya123]

"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 😑

[@spwingawakeningmakesmecwy3193]

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 😂

[@AtsumuMiya123]

@@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)

[@spwingawakeningmakesmecwy3193]

Gokufan 2029 how funny! I completely forgot about six, all of the six would be on my resume too! 😂

[@JulietteVeronica1201]

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.

[@emmachilderss]

same lol

[@rebeccah2662]

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

[@harperlee270]

Rebecca H i understand i am legally blind

[@noodlearg9745]

Rebecca H aw that stinks

[@maura_the_rose]

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!!

[@limesquared]

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...

[@kates3730]

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

[@mariaanzalotti4193]

“I’m just like a crazy, neurotic little showpony.” Can I use this as a senior quote please and thank you

[@shivalikavig985]

LMAO

[@miaise2642]

Omg I understand I’m an Alto so it’s so hard to find roles I feel like I can play 😂😭

[@cerysgibby7542]

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 :(

[@pepperminttree]

Mia Ise i can barely find audition songs too!😭

[@miaise2642]

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. 😂🙄

[@theunoriginalian4147]

Oof, as a bass I relate to this so much

[@cerysgibby7542]

@@miaise2642 Flashback to the time when I sung Be Prepared auditioning for Annie

[@chloejarvis1]

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

[@meganheath1215]

Later... Lol

[@oietchau162]

It's been a year u know?!

[@veshmahaldagrmufapaqueleni2233]

May you rest in peace

[@theatreaxolotl8768]

@@oietchau162 ITS BEEN 2 YEARS LOL

[@harperfisak]

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!

[@glitchedpng8919]

“Love running a musical theater internet cult,” This is why I am subscribed!

[@Kath_Steele]

YAY CULT 🥰💖

[@VickyNaomiz]

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.

[@lucia_kidtech]

I'm a baritone and like I always sing with the boys at my theatre class and like please give me a role!

[@darkhorse4122]

vicky naomi TRUE it is so freaking annoying :(

[@richardavila2951]

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

[@JJ-nt6px]

Six has alto roles other than Anna, the og howard was alto and most of the parrs are alto

[@thebettertee]

@@JJ-nt6px … did you just say Katherine Howard is an alto

[@PlantBasedBride]

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

[@Kath_Steele]

oh absolutely !!!!

[@elizabethmok554]

the cost of musical theatre..... I cry, you cry, our wallets cry.

[@InnerUtopia]

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.

[@kandyappleview]

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!

[@calebppatrick]

I go to a community theater and I wanted one of my friends to join but it was too expensive

[@keke9795]

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. :(

[@rosewhipple7513]

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 KZbin page uploads tons of acting advice workshopish videos for anyone to see. Dancing is way trickier but I’ve been using KZbin & 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)

[@singinwithceline]

-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.

[@annika6815]

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

[@total.eclipse.of.the.sun.395]

DANG I FEEEEEEL the lack of the shows in the Midwest (0_0) :ALJHLKASJHLJDSLSDJKFHLKJS THE PAIN

[@juliareste]

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.

[@greekchick104]

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.

[@catradoraisyes]

I can not STAND actors being rude to techies and crew

[@annika6815]

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

[@carolinaaguad1279]

One thing I hate about doing musical theater....... MIC TAPE!!! It hurts and if you get it on ANY HAIR your done for.

[@Kath_Steele]

OH MY GOD THIS

[@emmyruegg5596]

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.

[@carmenyork4383]

I REMEMBER ITTTTT😭😭😭😭

[@flynnbraithwaite4322]

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

[@carolinaaguad1279]

Anna B that sound like fun! 😂

[@katelen3610]

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

[@faithfullygracefulfilms]

Katelen YES.

[@Phelie315]

I feel this on a deep level!

[@shivalikavig985]

OMG YES!!! It's really confusing

[@KassMcCormack]

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.

[@thehufflepuffhermione]

The principal's son always got the lead.

[@nataliekerchner3024]

NAILS IS MY NUMBER ONE THING! LIKE JUST LET ME PAINT MY NAILS NUDE

[@Kath_Steele]

RIGHT??? It seems so silly but it means SO MUCH

[@nataliekerchner3024]

@@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!

[@352eden]

This is either an unfortunate typo or too much information

[@RachaelTheRed]

@@352eden I think she means let her wear nude colored polish. Not painting her nails in the nude.

[@kittymarch8455]

​@@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.

[@princesacelestia6669]

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™️

[@BrockLoyd]

or young boy just obsessed with girl

[@heartyelf7063]

....this is annoyingly accurate I have played all of these and I'm literally the only tenor in my group 🙃

[@ChasingPavenents1995]

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 😂

[@jamiehall1316]

When she says “grass onstage” and you immediately know she’s talking about All My Sons 😂

[@ronancolouredfunk]

Kat's having a breakdown oh my

[@Kath_Steele]

hahaha, I’m actually very okay! 😂♥️

[@stegosaurus6654]

Kat's pulling a Trina*

[@brenna9182]

Stegosaurus I’m BrEaKiNg DoWn

[@lucyschraff4893]

I have no clue what I’m doing lol My LIfe iS ShITY aND My KiD sEEmS LikE aN IDIot TO mE

[@princesacelestia6669]

I MEAN THATS *S I C K*

[@aliciamata00]

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

[@richardavila2951]

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

[@aliciamata00]

Richard Avila that’s NOT how it should Go

[@beckycohen6599]

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!

[@aliciamata00]

Becky Cohen i felt that hard!!!!

[@kiera8395]

Batlover Sings I played Enid in legally blonde too! It was so fun!

[@gracieobrien202]

Petition for Kat to be in The Light in the Piazza. Please.

[@Kath_Steele]

OMG PLEASSSSSSE

[@gracieobrien202]

Katherine Steele I DONT CARE WHAT IT COSTS ME. you can BE the Piazza.

[@specodust8770]

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.

[@ellienorris]

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

[@kennydreadfuls861]

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.

[@eli01653]

“That’s a role I can only do in the shower” literally me with JD

[@emilylandaverde649]

Haha same he's my dream role but im a girl..

[@kidkrowtaylor.ৎ]

Me with Fiyero

[@emilyyoutt4093]

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.

[@emilyyoutt4093]

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?!!?

[@TurtleJulia]

@@emilyyoutt4093 This. Or that creepy guy who can't keep his hands to himself, but we need more men, so he gets in anyway.

[@greyyy4546]

Kat: I love being a rainbow-y, sunshine-y person ☀️🌈 Also Kat: *I run an internet cult*

[@elvanderen8337]

“Because Im a crazy, neurotic, show pony.” I’m dead 😂

[@ibutski4259]

“I’m a crazy neurotic little sh...” Me: MOOD “...ow pony” Me: not as much of a mood but I’ll go with it

[@monkeysrock021]

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😭

[@mimirose2833]

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!

[@rachelgill7579]

This me!!! I can't sing or dance; but musicals are life! Its so hard!

[@LG4EVR1808]

same

[@yuju1195]

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

[@harlows.journey]

Diany Freire I cannot dance

[@elizabethmok554]

“that’s why we freak out when we lose our voice!” IT SPOKE TO ME IN VOLUMES

[@SuperBananaChannel]

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...

[@IWillBeHers]

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.

[@tinmy3094]

The money thing is honestly why I’m trying to get as much training in while my parents still pay for it.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

Me: reads title Also me: *Definitely the bathroom lines.*

[@bubble2245]

"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

[@jordanbryant5868]

The hardest part for me is being an overweight Alto and so never really finding parts that fit both my voice and body type

[@allisonxpayne]

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

[@allisonxpayne]

Dance Moms Life Typecasting?

[@allisonxpayne]

Usually one of the leads

[@nathan-tp7us]

@@allisonxpayne bruhh

[@ElinorMahoney]

Parfaits! Everybody likes Parfaits! Lmao ikr

[@victorias.6270]

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.

[@rainbowandre9580]

Isn't Mary Sunshine a gender bend role?

[@suhanikhanna265]

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

[@rickym242]

"maybe in 2020 ill get to do a show" (7:00) yeah this didn't age well.

[@theshadowfollows1339]

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.

[@lucyschraff4893]

Jam n' Toast *cries in alto*

[@theshadowfollows1339]

@@lucyschraff4893 That was the first time I was able to hit that note. I was shooketh.

[@lucyschraff4893]

Jam n' Toast I mean that’s super awesome and I’m hella proud of you tho

[@beckycohen6599]

[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🎤🎬🎼

[@lucyschraff4893]

Becky Cohen thank you so much I really needed that I’m kinda struggling with my lower voice lately 😅

[@hadassahjeunene3116]

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.

[@Whatifiwasven]

Ugh I just had a show where someone asked specifically to not have a singing role and they were the lead

[@kierangrossman1814]

Jonathan wait... they had already been cast??

[@Whatifiwasven]

@@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.

[@lucyschraff4893]

Jonathan Jesus fuck almighty

[@winged_thestral4543]

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.

[@willgowan1423]

When she started talking about best friends getting the role you wanted, I really felt that

[@TillieRoseBoysen]

This has venting to your best friend at a sleepover energy and I needed itttttt

[@taylorduarte2468]

Don't worry about it. JUST JOIN

[@ambersheahodge704]

I recently just was in a show where favoritism was very evident in all of the creative process. And it sucks big time!

[@dorothy6732]

I love the chaotic energy that your more recent videos have

[@Kath_Steele]

YAY!!! Glad you like it 😂💖

[@ChelseaLomez]

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.

[@Kath_Steele]

YOU ARE SO SWEET OMG 🥺💖

[@ChelseaLomez]

Katherine Steele 💕🥺🥰

[@lucykat4209]

WOOHOO WE GETTIN SPOILED THIS WEEK!

[@AW-tv6nq]

lucy elizabeth IKR?!?!?

[@Kath_Steele]

💙💙💙💙

[@vallerina_2]

It is great being spoiled with extra videos because I had finals and finally have time to relax😅

[@SarahBaird-io2tn]

Ikr

[@ssantin]

"Hopefully in 2020 I'll get to do a show or several shows" Well... 😅

[@TheAsExtreme]

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]

truly my fave thing is to show Bare to my friends & just watch them melt into a pile of tears

[@TheAsExtreme]

@@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

[@AnarchyKween]

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 😫

[@emilys4255]

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.

[@hamham6640]

Dude I’m almost always not even close to the roles I wanna play and it’s sad

[@page6379]

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 :)

[@jorgeguzmanm99]

The worst thing about Musical Theatre in Bolivia is that doesn't exist. :(

[@sarahgarcia6275]

Oh honey *cries in Venezuelan*

[@AW-tv6nq]

sarah valentina garcia vielma Hablan español en Venezuela cierto??

[@salamandah69]

@@AW-tv6nq Por supuesto!

[@AW-tv6nq]

Andre Ribeiro Soy bilingue! Hablo español e ingles!

[@milefazzini3481]

Argentina, te entiendo

[@juliasings6131]

4:16 This In my school, two of the productions actually have a relatively small amount of politics from what I've seen. The spring play, I think, tends to get speech kids because the speech coach directs and it doesn't conflict with the season. The winter play is kinda a niche group of people who want to do it. It's more timing than anything, and this year the "lead" in the winter play (it's very much not a show with a lead, but his character is the narrator and so is onstage almost constantly) is a freshman. It's great But then there's the fall musical. That's the choir show, and if you're not in show choir and/or a guy (because school theater), it's nearly impossible to get a lead. We did a funny thing happened on the way to the forum this year. I've got a friend who would've been great as hysterium. She got cast as domina. She's... Not domina. The person who got cast as hysterium did great, but she would've fit just as well as domina and if the two had been switched, I think it would've been a lot better The difference between the two? The actress who got Hysterium is in show choir. Domina's is not. Hysterium has more time onstage. I don't know if that's actually the reason, but I definitely wouldn't be surprised

[@NicoleFoti]

I FEEL that role one. I am not a belter but so many of my favorite roles belt.

[@darkhorse4122]

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

[@TheChaoticAsexual]

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

[@taylorgage5684]

EARLY! HI I LOVE YOU! Also I love how your best insult is “I hope they step on a piece of gum” 😂

[@adamshockley3163]

That part at 7:02 didn’t age well 7 months later, since there’s been no shows to be casted in

[@franfrankie7]

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

[@Kath_Steele]

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!

[@franfrankie7]

@@Kath_Steele thank you ;)

[@ayannav6526]

“Hopefully in 2020 I’ll be in a show” That aged like gavroche in Les Mis

[@user-sb9mv3yn4p]

Her: "so I've been thinking" Oh dear the worst thing one can do

[@RoriDinosaur]

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 😭

[@audreyhollenbaugh4086]

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

[@mariaanzalotti4193]

I’m literally living for the amount of vids this week it’s like the holidays came early

[@Melissasofia522]

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

[@amandareneclanton]

My friend was just in Bare! In NYC! It was my first time seeing it or hearing the music and I really loved it!!

[@352eden]

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*

[@iamtheaceupmysleeve1687]

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

[@deliaraats855]

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

[@jaimeethomas7018]

My list "I can't, I have rehearsal." 'nuff said

[@emmatarditi5316]

Thanks Kat! I just lost an audition to one of my best friends, but it made me feel better knowing you care and acknowledge those kinds of problems.

[@emmyruegg5596]

Kat: I run an internet cult Everyone and anyone: we stan Kat 2 seconds later: I’m generally a sunshiny rainbowy person

[@amandatanglao9166]

In my youth theatre, many parents are on like the board or something and their kids always get a leading role and it’s kinda annoying because (I’m not trying to be mean but) they’re most of the time not fit for the role or they can’t dance and/or sing. It gets really annoying when other kids in this group are actually fit for the role and they’re better singers and dancers. One time a base got cast as a boy that has a very high vocal range (for a boy) and that base was one of the kids of a parent that was on the board. It annoys me A LOOOOOT!

[@michaelbartelme9761]

"Crazy Neurotic Show Pony" - too funny!

[@allthewayfromatoz3855]

2:16 That didn’t stop me from performing as Connor from DEH for my drama final today. Homemade-safe binders! Yay! (I mean, I do have a pretty large range that is naturally alto-tenor so it worked out)

[@shravanakarthikeyan5914]

"Hopefully in 2020 I get to do a show, or several shows" We can never plan too far ahead :/

[@amelialainson9162]

one of the things i love about kat is that she acknowledges that she is “full on”. being “full on” is not a bad thing, but i know so many people who won’t admit it and it is so frustrating to me for some reason. so thank you for being refreshing to see someone who comes out and fully acknowledges the way they are, and it makes me like you even more. also i rlly like ur personality it makes me laugh and i think ur rlly cool :)

[@isaiahrobinson5831]

"Kat talks about teachers showing favoritism" Me: *cough Mr. Schuester cough cough*

[@Niqhtmusic]

Mine! 1. Not getting a part you’ve loved for a long time 2. Getting a part that doesn’t fit me (or I can’t sing it whatsoever) 3. When your bff gets it (which I’m really happy for) 4. When someone just jokes an audition and ironically gets it?

[@savannahmoore1197]

Favoritisms is such a thing where I do theater and it makes me sick 😷

[@faithhernandez764]

“Hopefully In 2020 I’ll get to do a show, or several” I’m so sorry girl. Maybe 2021

[@juliesanchez8179]

*intense zoom in on face* “dang that just got deep” -kat 2019

[@ellie5919]

I recently lost a role. the girl who beat me for it wasn't a bad actress or singer, but there were other girls in the room that fit the role better, vocal and acting-wise, and it was very clear that she wasn't trying in the audition room. the casting team seemed to know her (along with a lot of other girls), though, and when i showed the cast list to my friends who had done the company before, i was told that her parents funded the show. i had done everything right that i could control-i had prepped a lot, practicing with the tracks, making sure my performances brought something unique to the character, and i was the only girl in the room able to belt the last note (an E5) in the song. but she still beat me for it. i hatehatehateeeee how something like funding can cheat out more talented people and lower the quality of shows. not doing that company again.

[@enrietdijk4339]

“So I’ve been thinking.” Me: uh oh

[@Kath_Steele]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@louloudaki_]

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

[@MaiaCVideos]

Quick (and unrelated to this video) question - do you have any tips for youth trying to get into musical theatre who live in more isolated places and therefore don't have lots of access to vocal coaching/musical theatre productions? very specific question, I know haha side note - I actually asked this question on a different video of yours and have since realized that it's way more likely you'll respond if it's on your most recent video

[@jjvolleyball9374]

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

[@madelyns2607]

When you try out for a part and your the only one who tried out and still didn’t get it

[@abbycollins262]

Kat! I want to thank you! I auditioned for my school production of Annie, and all you audition preparing videos helped me so much and I ended up getting lily! Your vids are amazing and so are you 💕😁

[@carolinepetersma2090]

I love that the trailer for in the heights came on before this video!😂♥️

[@Kath_Steele]

Omg perf 😂💖

[@playingbyear5747]

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😂😂