How To Stand Out In A Broadway Audition

How can I stand out in a Broadway audition?

I think the best way to stand out in a Broadway audition is through your own artistic excellence. Certainly you'll always want to dress and present yourself as well as you can, but one of the ways that makes you stand out in an audition is, first of all, your initial take on whatever the material is. If you have a real understanding, and a depth, and you're able to communicate that through your song or through your acting work in an audition, that will stand out. But often what happens is, a particular director, casting director, producer, might want to go a little bit deeper with you, might want to say, "Yeah, that was really great when you did this and that, but now I want you to do it again, and when you do it again, could you add this other layer, or this other dimension, to it?" Now, this poses quite a trick for most actors in an audition situation, because you say to yourself, "Well, I've worked it out the way I've worked it out, and I'm very happy with that," but that may not be enough to get you the job. If you really want to stand out, you've got to develop the ability to be able to hear what the director is saying to you, and then be able to give it back to them in some demonstrable fashion that they can say, "Hey, this guy really listens to what I'm saying, and he's able to turn around what I'm communicating to him in a way that demonstrates visually that he can take it to that next level." That makes you stand out in an audition, if you can take a director's direction and then spit it back at them in a way that they can say, "Yeah, I see that," that makes you stand out.