broadway- my childhood dream

It's important, in life, to have dreams and goals. They lead you in the right direction and drive you to accomplish more than you ever thought you could. Yes, dreams do change and yes, some dreams don't come true. But no matter what happens in your life, dreams and wants and desires are important.


When I was 5, I saw my first Broadway show, "Grease" and from that moment on, I was hooked. I wanted to be on that stage, singing and dancing and just having a great time. I wanted to live in New York, have my own apartment, and be an actress, performing three shows a day and loving every second of it.

I went on to see many other Broadway shows: "Cats", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Les Miserables", "Oklahoma", and "Rent." I knew that my Broadway would be incredibly difficult to accomplish but, I wanted to do it.

So, when I got to high school, I did every musical that I could and was in choir. Any chance I got to sing, I would. Finally, My senior year came, and seriously, I thought i was a shoe in for the lead of our show that year, "Little Shop of Horrors." Not to sound cocky, but the reason i thought I would get the lead role, Audrey, was because I was the only senior to be in the musical all four years of High School. I got very good parts in the past and I seriously thought that my senior year would be my chance to shine.

Well, needlesstosay, the part was given to one of my very good friends and I was bummed, but decided to stick with it anyway. I thought I would never become a Broadway actress if I didn't even get the lead role at my high school, but then I realized that maybe acting wasn't really my dream. I had a passion for singing, but not necessarily the whole acting part of it. So, now I'm in school to become a choir teacher.

It's funny how dreams can change in an instant, but my Broadway dream lead me to where I want to be now. I know that I will make a good choir teacher and go on to do great things. Now, Broadway is just somewhere I go to see a show and have a good time, not somewhere I want to live.