Musicals Tonight! Spring 2012 – Equity Principal Auditions
(NYC) Equity Seasonal Showcase Code; $680 total stipend
Producer: Mel Miller
Production Dates:
Each production runs two weeks – 16 performances in total (Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 7:30; Wed, FRI, Sun @ 2:00)
Performance Venue: The Lion Theatre (88-seats) at 410 West 43rd Street in The Theatre Row Studios Complex
Rehearsal Venue: ART/NY – 520 Eighth Avenue THIRD FLOOR
Rehearsal Schedule: We rehearse for only two weeks prior to opening. NO ONE is called to every rehearsal. There is no one day per week when everyone is off BUT everyone gets at least one day off per week. There is a mix of day time and night time rehearsals which hopefully accommodate most actors’ survival jobs. The Sunday before opening and the Monday before opening are MANDATORY rehearsals
Equity Principal Auditions:
Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Actors' Equity Audition Center
9:30 AM — 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Lunch from 1 - 2. New York, NY
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Prepare a brief traditional Broadway song (of the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s). No pop.
Bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.
Musicals Tonight, since 1997, has revived 67 classic musicals in staged concert form (open book).
L'IL ABNER
By Johnny Mercer.
Director: Thomas Sabella-Mills
Music Director: James Stenborg
Dates: March 20 – April 1, 2012
Seeking:
L'il Abner:
(20-30) – tenor – good-ole boy; literal but NOT stupid; well-built, tall
Daisy Mae:
(20-30) - soprano mix – ingénue; Southern “Valley Girl” but well-meaning; well-endowed
Marryin' Sam:
(any age) tenor – Stubby Kaye-like
Gen. Bullmoose:
Baritone/bass but most actors speak-sing it; character-type middle aged
Mammy Yokum:
(50s ) - character legit – good-hearted but simple
Pappy Yokum:
(50s ) - character baritone - good-hearted but simple
Stupefyin' Jones:
(20s-30s) - technically non-singing – “show girl” body and not willing to “do it” for just any “Tom Dick and Harry”
Moonbeam McSwine:
(any age) character belt - had solo in opening; character-type
Earthquake McGoon:
(any age) character baritone/bass - has solo in opening; character-type
Appassionata Von Climax:
technically non-singing - “show girl” body but willing
Evil Eye Fleagle:
(any age) character baritone; character-type
Senator Phogbound:
(older) character baritone; character-type
Dr. Rasmussen T. Finsdale:
(older) character baritone; character-type
Ensemble:
3 Men and 3 Women. To play the following parts: the Scraggs, Lonesome Polecat & Hairless Joe, in opening number, 3 male cronies w/Abner, 3 men secretaries for Bullmoose, Dogpatch wives and lots of chorus stuff (some in harmony, a lot can be in unison) and much double duty
SITTING PRETTY
By Jerome Kern and P. G. Wodehouse
Director: Thomas Sabella-Mills
Music Director: David Bishop
Dates: April 17 – 29, 2012
The interesting feature of this show is there are only two voice types: baritone and soubrette/soprano. Everybody has exactly the same range. So the differences will have to come in having sharply defined characters.
Bill Pennington:
Leading man, mid-twenties. solid baritone, comfortable down to a Bb and up to an F#. Charming, good looking, somewhat of a slacker. (How about Andy from All American?)
Judson Waters:
(mid-20s) probably a jock type (he likes to hunt) baritone, maybe a heavier voice for contrast.
Babe LaMarr:
(20-30) soubrette/soprano, on the wisecracking side.
May Tolliver:
(20-30) soprano, mixed. Should be the ingénue of the show.
Dixie Tolliver:
(20-30) soubrette, soprano belt - salt of the earth, she speaks her mind freely.
Horace Peabody:
Probably a year or two younger than Bill and Judson. Street kid, baritone something like the kid who sings “All I Need is the Girl” in Gypsy.
Uncle Joe:
Older character guy, baritone
Mrs. Wagstaff:
(40s + character-type) non-singing (except as double cast, then in ensemble)
James and Roper:
As in ensemble, although Roper does have a couple of solo lines.
Pennington relatives:
Assorted ensemble
Mr. Pennington:
Non-singing except in Finale
Ensemble:
Men and women for the ensemble
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