LA’s NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR® 2017 - Colony Theatre Non Equity Auditions

Posted November 28, 2016
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LA’s NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR® 2017 - Colony Theatre

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AUDITIONS FOR LA’s NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR® 2017

PRESENTED BY PRINCESS CRUISES

TO TAKE PLACE DECEMBER 10, 2016 AT BURBANK’S COLONY THEATRE

Executive Producer Michael Sterling (
www.msapr.net), has announced that auditions for LA's Next Great Stage Star® 2017 Presented by Princess Cruises will take place Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA. The critically acclaimed competition premieres January 8, thus marking its 11th consecutive anniversary year.

Annual auditions in search of 10 men and 10 women between 18 and 32 years of age, are highly anticipated by the hierarchy of those associated with the business of presenting Broadway musical theatre in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California.

For her 6th year - actress, concert headliner, author, businesswoman, and arts philanthropist Barbara Van Orden (www.barbaravanorden.com) joins Sterling as Co-Executive Producer by gifting LA's Next Great Stage Star® with the Barbara Van Orden Grant which provides invaluable financial assistance for production of the annual competition. “Barbara is part of a rare breed of philanthropists whose passion for live performance and commitment to young hopefuls who dream about having a professional career in the arts, is a trait not often found in Los Angeles. We are humbled by her generosity,” said Sterling.

Musical theatre and television Performer/Writer/Director/Producer Peter Welkin (
www.peterwelkin.com) returns for his 5th year as Associate Producer. Richard Berent joins the Creative Team for his first season as Musical Director. Broadway and Television Performers/Choreographers Joe Giamalva (
www.jagcoproductions.com) and Susie Ewing return for their 3rd season.

For further information, interested talent may call Michael Sterling Publicity and Production at (818) 623-7300. Auditions are by appointment only and will be scheduled for Saturday, December 10 between 11:00am and 5:30pm. Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Colony Theatre located at the Burbank Town Center, 555 N 3rd St, Burbank, CA 91502. A musical accompanist will be provided. Attendees should be prepared to sing one up-tempo song and one ballad, both from Broadway musicals.

Having premiered in late 2006 with its first winner (Merissa Haddad) chosen in early 2007, LA’s Next Great Stage Star® Presented Princess Cruises is the only such known competition of its kind in the western United States and will be presented at the Colony Theatre as a series of five Sunday events: January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 12; with its Grand Finale on February 19.

Loosely patterned after “an audition process”, the competition is geared to discovering new talent for the musical theatre stage. As has become the standard, 20 contestants will be selected from auditions to compete for the 2017 title, and a cash award of $2500. The winner will also receive theatrical agency representation, and other valuable gifts, including a paid headlining engagement at Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal... LA’s most celebrated intimate concert destination.

Contestants selected from auditions to compete in the competition are subject to a one-time entry fee of $600.

All contestants will compete at each competition with no eliminations until the Grand Finale on February 19th. Following the Finale’s competitive performances, the winner and a group of 4 to 5 top finalists will be determined based on cumulative votes. As a direct result of “...Stage Star...”, more than half of its 200 contestants to date have been cast in top regional musical theatre, Las Vegas Broadway productions, Broadway U.S. National Tours, major cruise line production shows, and network television shows; while 16 have made either their Broadway and/or Off-Broadway debuts. An average of 50% of “all” contestants in each year’s edition of LA’s Next Great Stage Star® are signed by the competition’s musical theatre agent/judges.

The 2017 competition will be judged by a live *audience and an overall nearly two dozen member panel of LA musical theatre’s most dynamic creatives forces. To date, panels have included such entities and individuals as the Center Theatre Group at the Los Angeles Music Center (Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum); Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and 3-D Theatricals of Orange County; Cabrillo Music Theatre/Thousand Oaks, CA, Musical Theatre West/Long Beach, CA., Performance Riverside, Riverside, CA; Theatre/Television/Film Casting Directors Jeremy Rich, Robby Armitage, Michael Donovan, Peter Matyas, Amy Lieberman, Michael Serna, K.C. Gussler; Directors Glenn Casale, Roger Castellano, Marco Gomez, Cate Caplin, T.J. Dawson, Michael Matthews, Bruce Kimmel, David Galligan, Joshua Finkel, Daniel Solis, James Mellon, Todd Nielsen, Larry Raben, Calvin Remsberg, Kristin Towers Rowles, and Robert Marra; and Equity Theatrical Agencies such as Stage 9/DDO, Connor/Ankrum, Across The Board (ATB) Talent, Kazarian/Meaures/Ruskin & Associates, the Daniel Hoff Agency, and Brady, Brannon & Rich. Judges will give live post-performance critiques to each contestant during the first five weeks of competition. Judges and *audience members vote on vocal, acting ability, stage presence and personality. (*Audience members vote only during the first five weeks of competition).

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