Indisputably, the most-heard song at auditions for about a decade and a half has been "Gimme Gimme", by Dick Scanlan and Jeanine Tesori from the Broadway hit, Thoroughly Modern Millie. There are reasons why it’s so popular. And there’s a ton of reasons why nobody – and I mean nobody – should be auditioning with this song. I’ll go into those in a moment. But, since nothing I say is going to stop the steady parade of role-seekers essaying this epic, I thought I’d talk about how it could be done better.

Every day I think about making it in theatre, or voiceovers, or TV, or film. Something that will make me happy and pay the bills. Reaching that point for an actor can take years, decades even. But, you still have to make money somehow to live until you can reach the point where acting can make things work for you.