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Call Type
Equity Chorus
Time(s)
Equity Chorus Call / Singers
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
10 AM - Equity Female Singers
2 PM - Equity Male Singers
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Contract
Other
City Center Encores Agreement; $1,359/wk
Location
Pearl Studios NYC 500
500 Eighth Avenue
(35th/36th Streets)
New York, NY
Studio 414
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Seeking
Equity singers, men and women, for various ensemble parts in the upcoming 2015 Season.
See breakdown.
Preparation
See breakdown for specific preparation instructions according to the show you are most interested in auditioning for.
Other Dates
All performances will be at City Center
Other
NOTE: The Encores! Series presents fully staged concert versions of rarely produced American musicals. They include a full orchestra and chorus.
Personnel
Artistic Director: Jack Viertel
Encores! Musical Director: Rob Berman
Casting: Binder Casting
· Chorus rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare a brief legit song according to the style mentioned below for the particular show you are interested in. Also bring picture/resume, stapled together.
LADY, BE GOOD! – Up-tempo and jazzy musical theatre. George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson.
PAINT YOUR WAGON – Romantic golden age musical theatre with heart. Lerner & Loewe, Rodgers & Hammerstein.
ZORBA – Kander & Ebb, Frank Loesser, Bock & Harnick, Maury Yeston.
SEEKING
FEMALE ENSEMBLE SINGERS - to play early 20s to late 40s. Singers of all types, ages, and vocal ranges.
MALE ENSEMBLE SINGERS - to play early 20s to late 40s. Singers of all types, ages, and vocal ranges.
2015 SEASON:
Show 1: LADY BE GOOD
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Book: Guy Bolton & Fred Thompson
Director: TBD
Musical Director: Rob Fisher
Choreographer: TBD
Rehearsal: 1/21/15; Open: 2/4/15; Close: 2/8/15
NOTE: Lady Be Good opened on Broadway December 1st 1924. Lady, Be Good is a screwball farce set in the 20’s. The roles of Dick and Susie Trevor were played by Fred & Adele Astaire, the most famous brother and sister team to ever appear on Broadway. The score includes “Fascinating Rhythm” and “The Man I Love”.
Show 2: PAINT YOUR WAGON
Music: Frederick Lowe
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Director: TBD
Musical Director: Rob Berman
Choreographer: TBD
Rehearsal: 3/4/15; Open: 3/18/15; Close: 3/22/15
NOTE: Paint Your Wagon opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre November 11, 1951. The musical is set in Northern California in the 1850’s during the height of the “gold rush. All the male characters are prospectors with hopes and prayers of staking a claim and becoming rich.
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Show 3: ZORBA
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Director: TBD
Musical Director: Rob Berman
Choreographer: TBD
Rehearsal: 4/22/15; Open: 5/6/15; Close: 5/10/15
NOTE: Zorba opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on November 16th, 1968. The musical is based on the 1952 novel Zorba The Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the 1964 film of the same name. It is set on the island of Crete and Piraeus on the mainland.
Other than Nikos and Mme. Hortense all characters must be convincingly Mediterranean.
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