How Honesty Elevates Your Acting Performances
Make it Sparkle Video with Billy Tighe
Broadway Performer & Theatre Teacher
4:44 (run time)
Director’s Notes
Billy Tighe reflects on two pivotal moments in his young career that set him on a journey towards personal growth as an actor.
His first principal role on a tour in La Cage Aux Folles challenged him to be more authentic in his acting choices.
Working with director Diane Paulus on Pippin, she called him out on his acting choices and challenged him to be honest with his portrayal of the character and situation.
Tighe credits these moments for challenging him to pursue his full potential as an artist and to give as much of himself as possible every time he performs.
He believes that ‘good enough’ should not be the goal as an artist, but rather to actively pursue evolution and transformation both for himself and his audience.
About Billy Tighe
Billy has performed with Symphonic Pops Orchestras and Broadway tours internationally and all across the country and is honored to have the opportunity to continually work with many of the worlds greatest musicians. His symphonic career started while attending the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music where he began his professional relationship with the late Maestro Erich Kunzel of the Cincinnati Pops. Since receiving his BFA in Musical Theatre, he has worked with the Toronto, Atlanta, Modesto, Vancouver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Long Beach & Cincinnati orchestras in a variety of programs. When not performing with symphonies he is continually pursuing a career in professional musical theatre. His recent theatrical credits include the Broadway tour of WICKED as Fiyero; La Cage Aux Folles starring George Hamilton, where he played the son Jean-Michel; the U.S. premiere tour of Dirty Dancing; The Marriott Theatre (Hairspray as Link); Goodspeed Opera House (Happy Days as Potsie); North Carolina Theatre (Dreamgirls as Dave) and many others. Currently, Billy is in the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of Pippin. Billy's studies began at the Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts. Born in Germany, raised in Marietta, GA, college in Cincinnati, OH, and now calls NYC home with his wife and Boston Terrier Buster.
Specialties: Gymnastics, Break Dancing, PADI certified Scuba Diver