BroadwayWorld.com is excited to introduce its newest blogger - VP Boyle! VP BOYLE is one of the most sought after Broadway audition and life coaches for professionals in New York City and works with actors at every level across the country to spread his irreverent approach to theatrical wellness. He wears many hats in the Broadway community (director, casting director, actor, writer, producer) and is most known in the theatrical casting world for creating The Musical Theatre Forum, a professional casting workshop with every major Broadway casting agency in NYC.
VP currently serves as the creator and Chair of the New York Film Academy's new cutting-edge Musical Theatre & Film Conservatory Program. The two-year program merges conservatory musical theatre training with Broadway professionals and an intensive acting on film curriculum that culminates with an original movie musical film project.
VP will be blogging weekly for BroadwayWorld.com...
The professional roller coaster for actor/artists is not a linear journey. It requires discipline, lifelong training and an appreciation for the craft with no guarantee of consistent results in the ways that our society measures success in other professions.
So be it.
Try having some strategic conversations with folks in other “professional” fields. That idea really gives me a chuckle, for the record. If you practice listening and just let them talk, 9 times out of 10 the conversation will come down to some form of unhappiness or discontent with their job. Hilarious!
A life in theatre isn’t easy. Neither is a life in any other profession. The one thing I do know after three attempts to “quit the biz” is that I’m a theatre guy. I love it. I love the people. I love the rollercoaster ride. At the end of my time on this planet, I will not have any regrets about the crazy people I know, the incredible moments on stage, the passionate stories that have changed my life for the better (and others!) and the legacy we all leave behind that are powerful ripples in the pond of life. They transform lives way beyond our scope. Remember that at your next matinee when you are exhausted, bored or wondering if it’s all worth it. Someone out in that audience will leave transformed because of your contribution to the world. And they may go on to write the book that helps the child that saves the dog that nurtures the wounded guy that finds the cure for cancer or HIV. It really does work that way so be sure to take on your life adventure and life’s work. We need you.
Live who you are. Love what you do.
XOXO VP
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 VP BOYLE is one of the most sought after Broadway audition and life coaches for professionals in New York City and works with actors at every level across the country to spread his irreverent approach to theatrical wellness. He wears many hats in the Broadway community (director, casting director, actor, writer, producer) and is most known in the theatrical casting world for creating The Musical Theatre Forum, a professional casting workshop with every major Broadway casting agency in NYC.
VP currently serves as the creator and Chair of the New York Film Academy's new cutting-edge Musical Theatre & Film Conservatory Program. The two-year program merges conservatory musical theatre training with Broadway professionals and an intensive acting on film curriculum that culminates with an original movie musical film project.
His book, AUDITION FREEDOM: The Irreverent Wellness Guide for Theatre People is availalbe at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Drama Book Shop NYC.
He directed the sold-out An Evening with Frank Wildhorn and Friends at Studio 54 featuring Linda Eder, Douglas Sills, Frank Wildhorn and others. He also directed the critically acclaimed presentation of The Normal Heart at Lincoln Center. He spent two years as the Producing Director for The Musical Writers' Playground and as a casting director with Dave Clemmons Casting casting Broadway shows, tours, and original workshops. He is currently the casting director for Mason Street Warehouse and teaches audition workshops from coast to coast. As an actor, his favorite moments on the boards include The Scarlet Pimpernel with Douglas Sills and Sunset Boulevard with Diahann Carroll.
He is the screenwriter/lyricist for Walk Away, with Sharon Kenny and is currently at work on a new pop/rock musical with Joe O'Keefe, The Tunnel, based on the Mole People—the underground homeless living in NYC's abandoned subway tunnels. Outside of the zany world of show biz, VP is an amateur potter, librettist/lyricist, closet photographer and self-proclaimed man of leisure with more professional union cards and guild affiliations than any one person should really have. Member: AEA, CAEA, SAG, AFTRA, SSDC, ASCAP, The Dramatists' Guild.
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