<p>NYtheatermom,
what's the difference between just getting tickets at TKTS and joining TDF and THEN going to TKTS? It seems like if you join TDF if costs an extra $25, so I must be missing something!</p>
<p>Chrism:</p>
<p>The big difference is you don't wait on line (i.e. a physical line) if you get them "on line" (i.e. the Internet). You reserve them with a credit card and they are either mailed to you or held at the box office. </p>
<p>And in some instances I have found the discounts are deeper on the website. For example, that $100 ticket I mentioned that cost $32; at TIX it would probably have been discounted to $50.</p>
<p>Also, you know at least a bit in advance w hat you are going to see, and can plan accordingly. At TIX you take what is available after you reach the front of the line.</p>
<p>My daughter is primarily a dancer and actor by training and performance experience. She has taken voice for 18 months with her current (and excellent) teacher and took for a year with another instructor that retired. She has made dramtic strides in her vocal ability this year but feels she needs more intensive training. She will be 16 late this summer (entering her junior year in the fall) and is a bit young for most summer college MT programs. The OCU program is one she could attend and since it seems to be primarily a vocal program it might be what she needs--but I'm wondering if she would be in over her head. Is this a program to help good singers get even better or is it for for singers that are already very very experienced and accomplished? Any information about the program would be appreciated</p>
<p>While membership works fine if you're a teacher, etc., if your h/s student is the member, it ends when they graduate. You also don't always get the best selectivity on seats from them. There are so many ways to get discounted tickets these days that paying a membership fee really isn't worth it, in my opinion. You can become a member at playbill.com for free and get their discounts. There are mailing lists for almost every Broadway show which will give you discount codes. There are always student discounts available for most Broadway shows. Not to mention rush policies, which are sometimes for students only, but more often are for anyone. And finally there's the TKTS booth which has tickets for many shows everyday, both Broadway and off-Broadway. They are generally half price but sometimes more of a discount. They are often excellent seats if you want til later to get them because house seats are often released after 7. Even at the height of the afternoon, the line moves very quickly, believe it or not. :)</p>
<p>Hi everyone. I think I've landed on the right thread, but could use some direction. My daughter has decided to go the classical voice route, rather than the MT venture. She has already submitted her CDs to Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music and is waiting to see if she gets called in for a live audition. In the meantime, we are investigating the other Jersey state programs. I am trying to find something that tells me which of the following (William Paterson, Montclair State, Rowan, Kean or Mason Gross) will offer her the best opportunity and exposure to both faculty and future employment. Anyone have any input? Thanks!</p>
<p>Actor465, hey, I'm sure you'll do fine...but I certainly understand the anxiety! Where do you go to school? (You can let me know via email if you'd rather.)</p>
<p>Student Rush is a WONDERFUL THING! Had NO IDEA that you could just walk up to the box office a couple hours before showtime, show them a student ID and get discount tickets! Got front row tickets to Movin' Out this summer with 2 friends for $20 a pop-- John Selva kissed our hands during bows and then when we went to the stage door he called us his "front row ladies"!!! The experience was priceless. Also saw 42nd Street and I Am My Own Wife- all good seats, all less than $30. Make sure your kids know about this perk. </p>
<p>jamimom- I'd love to hear about the young man that you know at Northwestern's experience thus far. Is he majoring in theater with a music theater certificate? Do you know how he's liking it? Any information you can share would be greatly appreciated as I think it will be one of my top choices for next years application process...</p>
<p>Hope everyone had a happy and healthy New Year! My poor family was all stuck at home with the flu (daddy's a doctor and being the martyr that he is, he wanted to save the flu vaccine for the little old ladies, so ended up catching himself...bad move...) Somehow I was the lucky one and escaped illness... but it's going around! Everyone stay warm and keep your immune systems going strong this winter!</p>
<p>One option my son was thinking of pursuing was getting into a school as a voice major. When he was looking for all around colleges with good voice department that have an audition, he found Northwestern. He had visited the school and really liked it. It helped that several kids he knows go there and he spent the time there with them. He found out that the musical theatre program has a sophomore year entry point so you have to audition after fulfilling a year as some other major. He also found out that about half the kids enter the program from the school of music and the other half from the general program, I do not remember what school it is called. He felt that the voice curriculum would give him a better boost because that is a main component of MT and by being a voice major he would be practicing voice all year, whereas the other way he would have to arrange for private voice on his own pretty much. The young man I know went in that route, but he had actually originally wanted to be a voice major and decided he would prefer the MT route once he got to the school. And he is now in there as a MT/theatre major. I did not look too closely at what the MT/theatre program entails. Just noted the heavy voice audition requirements since that is what he would need to fulfill if he wanted to get in. Figured I would look at it more carefully if he got in and if he wanted to go that route. It appears that he isn't going that way and he will be withdrawing his app and releasing his audition spot.</p>
<p>Lexasmomkbj:</p>
<p>First of all, congratulations on your d's acceptance to OCU! It's a fine program, and I'm sure she'll be very happy there.</p>
<p>Theatermom's advice on this topic is right on the mark. Most of us are strapped for slots, so a phone call would be greatly appreciated. I recommend that you call both the department and the admissions office. A follow-up e-mail would be helpful, since it will give us a written record of the decision.</p>
<p>To everyone: please do us the courtesy of making that phone call. It has happened more than once that weve turned away applicants, only to find thatbecause of no-shows-- we could have seen them.</p>
<p>Same applies later in the process. As soon as you decide where youre going, call or e-mail the schools which youve decided not to attend. Almost always, there are students on waiting lists, and we want to let them know as soon as we can.</p>
<p>Does anyone here have any information or experience re. University of Central Florida? My D always wanted to go there (based solely on its location). I know it's not really discussed here on the forum. I wonder if that's because they have a Master's program. Perhaps they are more well known for that? If anyone has any tidbits it would be appreciated. We are hitting the FL route this month. Miami on the 23rd, UCF the 24th and FSU on the 25th! I'm definitely not looking forward to all that stress or driving. ugh...</p>
<p>Actually, the dates of auditions for Florida are the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of this month. I don't know what I was thinking...I just hope I get my D to the auditions on the correct dates!</p>
<p>We're closing this thread now that we have a whole new Musical Theater Major forum. A few of the recent conversations in this thread have been split into new topics, but I'm sure a few ongoing conversations will be cut off midstream - feel free to start a new topic to continue the discussion.</p>