Taylor Sternberg Talks About Life on the Road
April 13th, 2008Taylor Sternberg is profiled by reporter Michael Goodrich on Backstage.com. Goodrich notes that singers and actors are expected to be at peak vocal performance every day, regardless of their punishing eight-show-a-week schedule. It’s hard enough when you’re playing the same theatre in the same city. But what happens when you take the show on the road?
Taylor Sternberg is a young actor with one of the toughest jobs in the business: He’s a swing in the first national tour of Jersey Boys, still one of Broadway’s hottest tickets. A swing is required to know multiple roles and be prepared to perform each one at a moment’s notice. Sternberg is swinging four roles, including Frankie Valli, one of the show’s leads, which he has performed many times. I asked him about the vocal challenges he’s encountered on the road. “I’d say the biggest thing is going from climate to climate,” he says. “Singing in Arizona is going to be different than singing in Florida. In Florida you walk outside and it’s a personal humidifier 24/7, whereas you go to Arizona and it’s very dry; you have to stay hydrated all the time. You’ve got to be protective of your voice and your health. You only get a certain number of sick days. You’re a product, and you’ve got to take care of that product. I travel with a humidifier, and I’ve been really liking the saline nasal sprays.”
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