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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My younger brother has a truly beautiful singing voice and loves theater.  However, my mother strongly steered him to major in History at a top university instead of music and then pressured him into going to law school.  He is now a miserable and lonely attorney but does own his own condo (so my mother feels she was right in pushing him away from his "bliss").

Let your daughter make her own decisions now.  Be there to support her and let her know that it is okay to fail.  If she chooses ballet, do everything you can to help her realize her potential.  [/quote]

If he has the time, the DC area is actually an excellent place for those with the theater bug, even those who have other careers.  First, this area has one of the largest nation-wide regional centers for amateur acting.  To get an idea of the number of local amateur theaters, you can visit http://www.srbnet.com and see some of the many, many community theaters in the DC, VA and MD areas.  Second, if he can devote the time, there are many local and regional professional theaters that often look for new blood.  But, you have to be able to commit the time.  Because there are many, many professional actors in the DC area who also work day jobs, the DC area theater community is much better than many others in setting up rehearsal times during evenings and weekends.  Not all theaters do this, but many do.  The DC region has had many, many people start out in the community theater, then slowly move into the lesser known professional venues and then move to the more well known venues.  Eric Schaeffer (director, producer, artistic director Signature Theater) and Donna Migliacci (Helen Hayes award winning actress) the co-founders of Signature theater both started out in community theater, then moved into professional theater and then started Signature which is now one of the largest and most respected regional theaters in the country.  I know many dozens of performers who have gone this route including one friend who is a government lawyer.  He went through community theater, I met him in a production we were both in, then he slowly got jobs in smaller professional theaters and finally got cast in a fantastic production at Signature Theater.  He was nominated and won the Helen Hayes award for best supporting actor in that production and now works occasionally in local regional theater, while still maintaining his day job as a government lawyer.  I know a couple of other lawyers (not government) who perform in local community theater, but don't have the time to try out for professional work.  There are options available for those of us who had the bug, but for one reason or another, pursued another career option.[/quote]

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