Audition in a Way that’s Truthful and Alive

Make it Sparkle Video with Sandra Joseph
Broadway Legend, Author and Speaker

9:55 (runtime)

Director’s Notes

This video is part of a series called "Make it Sparkle," which is designed to give ideas and inspiration for theater and dance shows.

• The video features Sandra Joseph, a Broadway star who has been the longest-running leading lady in the longest-running Broadway show of all time, Phantom of the Opera.

• Sandra talks about the insecurity that comes up during auditions, and how it can lead to people either ‘playing small’ or overcompensating.

• She shares her own experience of this during her auditions for Christine in Phantom of the Opera, and how she was able to overcome it in her third audition by trying out in a place of gratitude and love.

• Sandra emphasizes the importance of having someone in your life who believes in you and will support you, regardless of the outcome.

About Sandra Joseph

Sandra Joseph is a history-making Broadway star, a #1 international Amazon bestselling author, and a TEDx and keynote speaker. Her legendary run as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera spanned ten years and over 1,500 performances. She holds the record as the longest-running leading lady in the longest-running Broadway show of all time. Sandra has appeared on many national broadcasts including The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Today Show, Dateline, The Early Show, The View, and Oprah: Where Are They Now?

Sandra is a member of The Transformational Leadership Council, an invitation-only group of 125 top thought leaders. Among the luminaries that endorse her work are Jack Canfield, Mark Nepo, Martha Beck, Marci Shimoff, and Geneen Roth. Sandra is the author of Unmasking What Matters: 10 Life Lessons from 10 Years on Broadway. She is also the co-author, with five-time New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss, of Your Creative Soul: Expressing Your Authentic Voice.

Sandra’s one-of-a-kind musical keynote program inspires audiences to live authentically, contribute their gifts wholeheartedly, and unmask what matters most in their lives and careers. She is married to actor Ron Bohmer, who played The Phantom. They perform together during keynotes, concerts, and client events either in-person or virtually from their home in San Diego, which they share with a mini-Australian Shepherd named Rocky.