Attentive, hard-working, incredibly personable. Have been with them freelance for several months…read moreand have really enoyed the growth of my professional development and have auditioned for and booked quality, high-profile network, Cable, Broadway auditions. Be prepared to hit the ground running. Ben Padua is Highly recommended.

Yes, Matheus was helpful. Thanks again!…read moreDavid Aaron Chicago

Backstage was a very helpful Casting venue for Many Years, then after it was sold to a new owner…read moreBackstage destroyed itself. Backstage should go back to it's previous format, because now Backstage is a confusing unpleasant experience. Customer Service at Backstage is a total joke!

A number of my friends have been talking about Act First Studios as a one-stop shop for exciting…read moreclasses, audition taping, and coaching, for budding actors, so I had to check it out. I recently got my headshots done there, and I had a blast of an afternoon and got great affordable shots to boot! Not only were Angela and Christopher a joy to hang out with and talk shop about the business, but they encouraged me to relax and try some different looks so I could get a variety of options. Their future is bright, and I will continue to recommend them.

I've been a student at Act First Studios for over a year and I couldn't be happier! I was…read morecompletely new to acting after a career change, but after just my first program I started getting up to 10 auditions a week. From learning script analysis, on camera technique, getting my headshots and reel, and having help getting my casting account set up in class, I found myself getting cast super often immediately after graduation from the beginner program. I now take the on going advanced classes, and all the students and coaches truly feel like a family to me. The school's coaches are all working actors themselves who have worked with some of the biggest names in the industry so they are the best to learn from. They are people that you can go to with any questions you may have as a new actor and they are always so helpful. This isn't the type of school where you eventually take all the classes and have no more to gain; the advanced classes are always growing and the coaches give us scenes and work that they know will help our individual careers. The coaches take the most amazing tapes in class for us so I have a great reel from that to use for castings. We also always have endless support, a place to film our self tapes, and help with our auditions at this school. The classes that are offered are also the most affordable acting classes I have found in the city. I am grateful everyday that I have Act First!

Former Equity "Monitor" here. i always felt treated professionally by Telsey folks. The CDs know…read morethe Equity regulations better than most members. I always felt supported there - when monitoring or auditioning.

I almost feel like I should hold off on reviewing this place until I get my first Broadway role,…read morebut god knows that could be years....and it would be unfair to withhold this information from the public due to my own insufficient singing voice.... ANYWAY.. Telsey and Co cast for everything from musicals and plays to commercials and feature films. They moved to 43d street actually and their new offices are very welcoming. The waiting room is HUGE and has lots of posters, and is painted green which I learned is supposed to be a 'calming' color....right... because the hyperventilation before I auditioned for Spider man today was simply a figment of my imagination.. The bathrooms deserve a shout out. Huge stalls, plenty of light from giant windows, and enough mirrrors to accommodate approximately 15 worried musical theater divas, or 20 regular ladies.(they tend to not travel with curling irons therefore take up less space) Anyway, thumbs up on the new location, auditioning here makes me feel important and a teeny weeny big more calm than other places.

Very unserious agency. You have to be the one to reach out them if you want to hear something.read more

Working with Katherine and Stacey has been demanding, yet very productive. I have yet to land a…read morerole, but the intention of their submissions on my behalf is uncompromising. They support me greatly, give great advice, and continuously inspire me to keep going. I am not a typical client, nor are they a typical agency. They truly stand behind their choice of actors. I am very happy to have found them..

I signed up for NYCastings back in 2008. I stopped using the system when I realized there were…read morebetter platforms out there (ActorsAccess, Casting Networks, Mandy etc). Now a union member with representation, NYCastings does not serve me at all, but that's okay. I realize I am NOT the target demographic for NYCastings. The target demographic is nonunion, beginning actors, looking to do background or copy/credit/meals type projects. If you work for free or are a breathing mannequin, then you could still view this as a viable product for you, and that's okay. My problem comes with how after de-activating my account nearly 8 years ago, I recently started received cleverly FOMO-inducing marketing emails reading "Dear Talent, This is a quick notification that a Casting Director or Client of NYCastings.com has reviewed Your Profile while searching through our Talent Database. Please login to update any Pictures, Resume Credits, Video or Audio if you think it's needed. We want you to get those Auditions!" I started getting this email 2-3 times a DAY, and here I forgot I even had this account, having not logged in for 8 years! I log back in, but I can't find a way to stop the messages, and my account is listed as inactive, so I can't even de-activate to stop the messages. I try to delete my account, and am told they have to be done manually over the phone. So far this week, I have called every afternoon, to always hit voicemail in the member services extension. Today, I tried reaching the technical support extension, still voicemail. FINALLY, I decided to call the casting director line, and was able to speak to a person! I explained my issue to this man on the phone and he said I had to speak to technical support, I explain I have called a left several voicemails this week to which he says, "Well, I see all the voicemails and I don't see one from you, so I think you are lying to me. Sounds like you are lying." To which I responded "Wow, that's super rude," and he just laughed. For a company that requires you to use phone support to use their system, you would think phone support would have some decorum? He said he could not help me further and someone would call me back. Luckily, the technical support person, Mig, did call me back within minutes and was very helpful, but this process has taken far too long. Save your $12/month, save your energy. p.s. For comparison, ActorsAccess is $68/year (or $5.66/month), Casting Networks starts at $6/month and Mandy.com is FREE, Central Casting is FREE, Grant Wilfley is FREE, Playbill.com is FREE. Regardless of the tier you are working at, there are ways to be smart with your money in your career.

Review is for the casting listings:…read more Pro: -At $12/month, it's affordable. There's better rates if you want to commit to longer. Cons: -Very few NY listings compared to the competitors. -Scams allowed to sit on the page for days. -The platform the website is built on is straight-up miserable to use. It's stuck in 1996. Weird colors, pop-ups, step-by-step instructions for things that are intuitive everywhere else. I can't spend more than 30 seconds on it. I likely won't renew.

This past year I was hired to do a print ad commercial for a drug company. The agreement was that…read morethat they would Payne a fee and that the drug company would pay the agency fee of 15%. I only used this French because my cousin uses them and I thought I would do him a favor. I already had the job without them whatsoever. When I finally got the check, they had deducted an additional 15% from me, thereby double dipping. When I approached them about it, Ingrid herself told me, "You don't like it, sue me." Beware of her and her agency. They are unethical cheats.

Great agency! Ingrid and all the other agents are so friendly and helpful when I have any…read morequestions. They are always sending me out on auditions and I have booked several jobs every year since they have represented me.

I just recently signed with Boon Models, and I have to say that they have been a pleasure to work…read morewith! As an agency, they are respectful of my feelings and do not force me into any jobs that I am not comfortable with. Unlike some of the other NYC agencies, Boon welcomes all varieties of models, even those with little to no modeling experience. The agency is very professional, while still providing a fun atmosphere that is great to be around. Truly a great agency, Boon Models is the place for models to be.