Life is like a musical: how to live, love, and lead like a star

✍ Scribed by Federle, Tim

• Publisher: Running Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cast yourself in the role you must play -- Value courage over confidence -- Congratulate the person who got "your" part -- It's called a "play" for a reason -- Raise your voice -- Turn your weaknesses into strengths -- Dance like everyone's watching -- Remember: The show must go on -- Don't cross your arms when the director is talking -- Take comfort that everyone is always starting over -- Realize we're each the lead of our own life -- Fake it -- Find your "I want" song -- The real work happens after opening night -- Buy something physical to remember a big win -- Figure out what kind of no it is -- Forget your résumé. Polish your reputation -- Let someone else take a bow -- Be a good scene partner -- Be extra nice to the P.A.'s -- Make stuff. Don't make fun of stuff -- Create a new family from your cast -- Go where the love is -- Recognize that life is like a musical -- Save the drama -- Stop saying you're tired -- Clap loudest for the understudies -- Give compliment sandwiches -- Follow your whims -- Recover between performances -- Recruit a friend to assess your audition outfit -- Arrive a half hour before half-hour -- Imagine your hero in the audience -- Rehearse under emergency conditions -- Write fan letters -- Be nice outside the audition room, too -- Keep a photo of the worst gig you ever had -- Don't review a show on-site -- Forgive yourself for a bad performance -- Put on a happy face -- Reconnect with your inner theater kid -- Take the note -- Live in a suitcase -- Go on "vocal rest" -- Write an aspirational Playbill bio -- Try to name all of last year's Tony winners -- Know that you're both irreplaceable and replaceable -- Screw up onstage, but keep dancing -- Find your tribe -- Life is not a dress rehearsal.;Tim Federle shares 50 tips for getting ahead in life that he learned backstage, onstage, and in between gigs working as a back-up dancer at the Super Bowl, a polar bear at Radio City, and a card-carrying chorus boy on Broadway.

✦ Table of Contents

Cast yourself in the role you must play --
Value courage over confidence --
Congratulate the person who got "your" part --
It's called a "play" for a reason --
Raise your voice --
Turn your weaknesses into strengths --
Dance like everyone's watching --
Remember: The show must go on --
Don't cross your arms when the director is talking --
Take comfort that everyone is always starting over --
Realize we're each the lead of our own life --
Fake it --
Find your "I want" song --
The real work happens after opening night --
Buy something physical to remember a big win --
Figure out what kind of no it is --
Forget your résumé. Polish your reputation --
Let someone else take a bow --
Be a good scene partner --
Be extra nice to the P.A.'s --
Make stuff. Don't make fun of stuff --
Create a new family from your cast --
Go where the love is --
Recognize that life is like a musical --
Save the drama --
Stop saying you're tired --
Clap loudest for the understudies --
Give compliment sandwiches --
Follow your whims --
Recover between performances --
Recruit a friend to assess your audition outfit --
Arrive a half hour before half-hour --
Imagine your hero in the audience --
Rehearse under emergency conditions --
Write fan letters --
Be nice outside the audition room, too --
Keep a photo of the worst gig you ever had --
Don't review a show on-site --
Forgive yourself for a bad performance --
Put on a happy face --
Reconnect with your inner theater kid --
Take the note --
Live in a suitcase --
Go on "vocal rest" --
Write an aspirational Playbill bio --
Try to name all of last year's Tony winners --
Know that you're both irreplaceable and replaceable --
Screw up onstage, but keep dancing --
Find your tribe --
Life is not a dress rehearsal.

✦ Subjects

Musical theater--Vocational guidance--United States;Musicals--Auditions;PERFORMING ARTS--Acting & Auditioning;PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--Broadway & Musicals;SELF-HELP--Motivational & Inspirational;SELF-HELP--Personal Growth--Happiness;SELF-HELP--Personal Growth--Self-Esteem;SELF-HELP--Personal Growth--Success;Self-realization;Success;Theater--Vocational guidance;Theater--Vocational guidance--United States;Nonfiction;Self-help publications;Biography;Federle, Tim;Theater -- Vocational guidance -- U