In This Thread, We Send Warm Wishes to DA as His Son Leaves for NYC
 

bon voyage to your son!

Aw, that's nice.

Pray for gainful employment.

Good for him!! That's very brave, but I think he's smart to try it.

Sending good vibes to him (theatre trash must stick together!)

Fingers and toes are crossed for just that and much happiness for him!

He's on the ground at LGA and on the way to a friends apartment in Queens where he is living for up to six weeks while he finds a more permanent place.

We've told him not to try to find a "sustaining" job (waiter, etc.) for at least two months and we will augment what he saved performing this summer.

Just audition! Get a show. Get a cruise. Get a tour. We'll see.

He has a couple of things going for him. First, lots High School, College and Summer Stock friendss there. Second, he already earned his Equity Card so there are some "cattle call" lines he won't have to stand in.

I really appreciate your interest and good wishes.

Sending happy thoughts for DeltSon!!! :)

Best of luck to li'l DA on his journey to NYC!

DA, I made the same trip 15 years ago around this same time and things worked out very well for me. I know li'l DA will do just fine :)

(about a year after I moved there, my parents did get the famous "Hi, it's Tracy. I'm engaged. To a sailor I met three weeks ago." phone call, but it's all good)

Well, I hope that doesn't happen in this case.

I have to keep reminding myself about two things. First, he's twenty-two years old. Second, New York is a lot different place -- much friendlier and safer -- than it was on my first trip there at age 19.

He talked to Mrs. DA right after arriving at the apartment, but didn't return a call from me last night. I expect he was out with friends -- of which he has a lot in New York.

You never know, he IS a thespian.;)

(((((DeltAlum's son)))))

sending good vibes to delt's son

will do, :)

There in a high branch of a proud old tree,
Lay a nest of babies which no one could see.
Beside the nest, stood Mother, with loving heart,
And Father looking on, guarding as from the start.

The babies were young and filled with delight,
The ways of the world were beyond their sight.
They were wanting to try their wings of gold,
And enter the new world, ever so bold.

Their parents were hesitant, all so knowing,
Their babies had not finished growing.
But knowing they needed that freedom,
Were willing to let the babies leave them.

The first little bird, so eager his wings,
Thoughts of the new world, losing his strings,
He jumped on the side of the nest so fast,
And flew into the air, was free at last.

The next little bird, so timid, so shy,
He wanted to go but not a goodbye,
He timidly went to the side of the nest,
And flew to the next branch, then passed his test.

The last little bird, the last of the three,
Looked round at her parents, then forward to see,
The new world was opened for her to reach,
By trying her wings, trying what they did teach.

The wind got under the wings of the last,
And she flew through the air, into the world so vast,
Leaving the only home that she had known,
To go into world, the breaking of dawn.

The parents looked on as all of the three,
Found love and happiness and family.
They were proud of the choices that were made,
But their love for their babies never did fade.

The empty nest will always be there,
But visited with love and care,
The empty nest will be a guiding light,
A home for hope and stars so bright.

If he has his card he should see what L&O is up to...they are all over the city. Heck, can not walk around city with out walking into some shoot these days.........few weeks ago in the course of under 3 hours walked by two different film shoots.

I mentioned that, believe me.

I thought you needed SAG for TV. I thought Equity was only stage?

At any rate, DA, he's fine, trust me. I was 21 when I made my move, but I only knew the one person I was staying with. If I'd had a bunch of friends here already, I really would have been set.

I look forward to buying tickets to his first Boradway show! :D

I know that. I've lived there. It's just the last baby leaving the nest, you know?

Heck, he was a National Merit Scholar and has been away from home in college and summer theatre for the past four years. He's very capable.

Just another of life's passages.

Any word on how he's doing so far?? Has he gotten settled??

Actually, potentially pretty good news.

He is settled in the place he's staying for the first six weeks.

He did his first auditions yesterday.

Urintown in the morning. Nada

West Side Story for an Eq House in Houston in the PM. CALLED BACK on Thursday.

Pretty good for his first NY day of auditioning.

Auditions for Hairspray on Thursday.

He's also going to audition in NY for "Millie" which is playing in Denver over holidays -- rehearsals would start one day after West Side Story -- if he gets cast in either.

We're pleased.

Great news!!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for him!

Pretty good news today. He's been offered a job on a Holland America cruise ship for six months, with an extention to a year if he desires. It's not NY, but the cruise schedule for this ship is really good and he would get to see a lot of neat stuff.

Today and tomorrow, he's at Equity auditions in NY for a show here in Metro Denver over Christmas, and if he is cast, the cruise line will see if they can put him in the cast on a different ship with a contract that begins a month or so later.

That would be very cool, and getting cast in anything after being in the city for under a month is pretty good.

He's been called back for a number of parts, so we're encouraged.

Yay! Congrats to your son!:) :)

Good luck and Godspeed to DA's son

Yea for him! Keep us up to date.

OK. Decision time.

He's been called back twice for a show here in Colorado which is being cast in New York.

The cruise line can't put him on a later ship.

If he gets a lead here, he will have to decide on the lead here, or six months to a year's work on the ship.

Film at eleven...

When it rains, it pours! Good for him, choices are always better than endless auditions and portraying a member of the wait staff in a restaurant.

My opinion - go with the lead.

Especially since he's been having good luck with call backs at his recent auditions, it's just a matter of time before he really lands something solid. The more auditions you go on the better. He can't be auditioning if he's stuck on a ship.

Also, lets say 6 months from now he hasn't landed a solid show, he can always audition for another cruise line (they are auditioning constantly in NYC!) and get a paying gig then.

Good luck to him!

I think that's what he's thinking, too.

He feels the lead will look better on his resume.

The question is whether the people here will make their decision in time for him. He has worked in children's theatre (non Equity) at this theatre before in a show that was actually written for him, so they are somewhat familiar with him.

By the way, the local show is Thouroughly Modern Millie.

He can't string the cruise line along forever, though -- it's not fair to them and he certainly doesn't want to burn any bridges.

If they want to cast him in the chorous in Millie, he'll go with the "boat people" as I call them.

In the mean time, he's still auditioning.

ETA

He called just as I was posting. Another call back for Millie this morning with the group down to about six.

He doesn't think they're considering him for the main lead (Jimmy, I think), but perhaps still a secondary lead. He did the show in the Chorus in summer stock last year. They don't think they'll have a decision until early next week. He's not sure when he will need to give a go/no go to the cruise line.

The tension mounts.

By the way, the ship they want him for has some great Carribean trips, a couple of Florida to San Diego trips through the Canal and some Vancouver to Alaska cruises, so that would be a lot of fun, too.

I didn't really think there was many/any secondaries in Millie - just Jimmy & Trevor & the chorus...well, except the two Japanese guys that go around abducting the girls....

You're right.

Latest is that he accepted a part (chorus) in Millie -- which makes Mrs. DA very happy since he'll be home for Christmas.

The Millie job pays more than the cruise line, but is for a shorter time.

He hopes the cruise line can put him on a later schedule/boat.

And makes Mr. DA happy because his son is now gainfully employed.:) (I know how you dads think.)

Congrats to him (and to his parents)! All experience is good, and I hope this works out well for him.

Congrats and it will make for a nice Christmas for everyone!

And DA, I'm tellin' ya, the cruise ships are auditioning every other week here. He can easily get another one if he needs it after Millie.

This just in. The cruise line offered him a job that starts after Millie, on a bigger ship and as the lead male singer instead of backup singer/dancer.

They were impressed when he called back to ask them to keep him in mind and said they, "didn't want to lose him."

Bright kid. Lucky star.