CENTRAL AVENUE BREAKDOWN Equity Chorus Calls - NYMF Global Productions Limited Liability Company Auditions
NYMF Global Productions Limited Liability Company
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2011 5-time award-winning NYMF musical about jazz, family, tragedy and triumph. It won for Excellence in Music, Choreography, Orchestration, Individual Performance as well as the Daegu International Music Festival Production Award at 2011 NYMF.
It tells the story of Bill and Jim Marcel, brothers and sax players, battling to carve out unique voices amidst the rising musical movements of swing and bop. Driven by their father's failed musical aspirations and their own ambitions, brother betrays brother and each pays a price. Set in electrifying 1940s Los Angeles, the show's action unfolds against the backdrop of World War II, a newly booming Hollywood, and the early stirrings of the civil rights movement."Central Avenue Breakdown" plunges the audience into the sexy Central Avenue jazz scene where artists must choose between fame and authenticity, greed and faith, pride and transformation.
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Preparation:
Dancers: Please be warmed up and ready to dance at the start of the call. Proper dance attire. Men: Jazz shoes. Women: Character shoes. Some may be asked to stay and sing after all have danced. Prepare 16 bars of an uptempo jazz song or 16 bars of a rhythm and blues ballad. Bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose. Please bring a headshot and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Singers: Please prepared EITHER A) 16 bars of an uptempo jazz song or 16 bars of a rhythm and blues ballad. Bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose. Please bring a headshot and resume, stapled back-to-back.
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Seeking Ensemble:
Casting Note: All Ensemble members will play various characters of the Central Avenue community. Ensemble must sing in the jazz style and should be strong jazz dancers. Swing/Lindy Hop dance skills are a plus.
Man 1:
AVAILABLE. Plays African American characters, 20s. World weary musician/shop owner- R&B tenor to F.
Woman 1:
AVAILABLE. Plays African American characters, 20s-30s. Whiskey-voiced scat jazz vocalist -low alto F-C.
Sally/Ensemble:
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. African American Female. 20s-30s. Martha’s sister. Teacher and established member of the Central Avenue community. Helps the Marcel family get settled, introduces Joe to club owner, tutors Bill and Jim and supports her sister Martha. Whiskey-voiced scat jazz vocalist -low alto F-C.
Man 2:
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. Plays African American characters, 20s. Hipster jazz cat – baritone.
Woman 2:
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. Plays Caucasian characters, 20s. Scat jazz vocalist-sing to a C, must be strong dancer.
