LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
– Equity Chorus Calls / Dancers and Singers
Broadway/Production Contract $1,653/week minimum.
Producers: Sonia Friedman, David Babani for the Menier Chocolate Factory, Fran and Barry Weissler
Score: Jerry Herman
Book: Harvey Fierstein
Based upon the eponymous play by Jean Poiret.
Dir: Terry Johnson
Choreo: Lynne Page
Mus Sprvsr: Jason Carr
Mus Dir: Todd Ellison
CD: Duncan Stewart, National Artists Management Co.
Assoc CD: Benton Whitley
Equity Chorus Call / Dancers:
Thursday, September 30, 2010 Ripley-Grier Studios
10 AM – Equity female dancers who sing 520 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor
2 PM – Equity male dancers who sing New York City
Please be warmed up and ready to dance when the call begins. Men/Women: Heels/flats, jazz shoes, ballet shoes, tap shoes. Some may be asked to stay and sing after all have danced. Please prepare 16 bars of a traditional musical theater song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Seeking, for possible future replacements in the current Broadway production:
Ensemble (M/F):
All ethnicities. Dancers and singers with great singing voices for the ensemble. May understudy some principals. Ensemble characters include (but are not limited to):
Tabarro:
Man, late 40s–mid 50s. Old fisherman w/large build. Masculine. Lower class. Actor also
understudies Georges, Albin and Dindon/Renaud. Must be a strong actor and singer.
Étienne:
Man, early 20s. Young man with Jean-Michel’s qualities. Must cover. Strong
actor/singer/dancer.
Colette:
Woman, early 20s. Young woman with Anne’s qualities. Must cover. Strong
actor/singer/dancer.
Les Cagelles:
Six men, any ethnicity, early-late 20s. These are not your ordinary drag queens. These
male/female creatures are otherworldly and birdlike. Notorious and dangerous. Masculine,
athletic, flexible and muscular:
Chantal: Songbird of Avignon. Male falsetto.
Hanna: From Hamburg. S&M diva with a whip.
Phaedra: The Enigma. Belly dancer.
Mercedes: The Magnificent. Eccentric diva.
Angelique: Jaded show queen.
Bitelle: Sexpot.
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