You Have To Go To Los Angeles To Get To New York

27Feb09

For film & television, you go to Los Angeles. For theatre, you go to New York. That’s always been the perception for actors.

But in a post in today’s Backstage Blogs, there is an interesting quote from actor Jordan Lage, a 25-year veteran of New York theatre:

You cannot open a straight play on Broadway without some kind of a name attached…You gotta go out to L.A. and become a TV or movie star to have a career in the theatre.

Ironic, since many actors believe it best to train in New York before embarking on a career in Los Angeles.

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