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Advice from the room.
Casting directors, music directors and audition pianists on how to walk in, what they want to see, and how to make it in New York. Plus our Q&A videos and the sites we actually use.
- 18casting directors, music directors and pianists
- 13Q&A videos, full sessions and quick answers
- 12casting offices, with how each one takes submissions
NewBroadway timeline
160 years of Broadway musicals
Every Broadway musical since The Black Crook in 1866, drawn to scale by how long it ran. Find the era a song belongs to, or a hidden gem nobody else is singing.
Open the timeline →Advice from the room
We asked the people behind the table the same questions. Pick a question, narrow it by theme, then open any answer in full. There's no single right answer, so take what works for you.
Titles are as of when each person shared their advice.
Q&A videos
Full Zoom sessions from 2020, where actors asked casting directors and music supervisors anything.
Quick answers
Short clips pulled from the sessions.
Good reads
Interviews and advice from the people who actually run the room, collected from the theatre press over the years.
These all open on other sites. A few of the Backstage pieces may ask you to sign in.
Where to find auditions
Knowing what to do in the room only helps once you're in one. This is where the calls actually get posted.
The big casting offices
Who casts Broadway, the tours and the big regional houses, and how each office says it wants to hear from actors.
Before you email anyone: most offices don't want unsolicited headshots. The way in is their open calls, Equity EPAs and ECCs, and rooms like our classes. When you do submit, follow the office's own instructions and put the project name in the subject line. Only general office addresses are listed here, never anyone's personal email.
Checked September 2026. Offices move and rename, so tell us if you spot something out of date.
Helpful sites
The sites worth bookmarking, grouped by what you're trying to do. The last group is other places to take class in the city, because taking class somewhere beats taking class nowhere.
The bookshelf
Books worth reading before your next audition season.
Song books by voice type
The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology runs to eight volumes now, with 16-bar audition cuts and a teen's edition alongside it. Pick your voice type.
Duets, trios and quartets
For callbacks, showcases and anything you're not singing alone.
Also worth owning
The books that make you better company in a rehearsal room.