Where Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof meet... I need your help
Where Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof meet... I need your help
#1Where Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof meet... I need your help
Posted: 6/22/10 at 12:50pm
The company I am working with this summer was planning to do Fiddler on the Roof for their big production, but, at a meeting we were called to last night they announced that if they cannot get three more males to join in the next two days then the musical will have to be switched to Seussical... I've been working towards this audition for months, hoping for the role of Hodel. I had Somewhere from WEST SIDE STORY memorized and prepared, along with Far From The Home I Love audition-ready. Now, with less than a week's notice I may be auditioning for Seussical, a musical that I know almost nothing about. So my questions are ..
Would it be a better idea to stick with Far From The Home I Love / Somewhere or try to learn a more appropriate audition piece in this short time frame? If so, song suggestions?
Knowing that I originally was going to audition for Hodel, is there a role similar in vocal range or in character from Seussical? Or atleast the closest I can get. Suggestions?
I would also like to add that I am a regular with this company and they are very familiar with me and my capabilities/talents.
Thank you BUNCHES!
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#2Where Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof meet... I need your help
Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:22pmSeussical is not heavy stuff, in fact it is all fluff. You are probably safe with anything that shows you can carry a tune, but if you wish, switch to something high energy, because if you can say one nice thing about Seussical its that it is a high energy show/
#2Where Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof meet... I need your help
Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:42pm
If you want to audition for Gertrude, a perfect ballad would be Times Like This from Lucky Stiff. A Trip to the Library from She Loves Me would also be an inspired choice. For Mayzie, a sultry torch number would do like No Man Left For Me from Will Rogers Follies or Lost and Found from City of Angels.
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#3Where Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof meet... I need your help
Posted: 6/22/10 at 3:15pmI don't believe that any of the female principals in Seussical are legit sopranos like Hodel in Fiddler, so neither of the songs you've prepared have anything to do with that score (unless you're OK with being in the ensemble). Gertrude is a mixy-belter, and Maisie and the Kangaroo are low voices.