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28TH Season – “The Magic Behing the Mask"
2010-2011 SEASON
UPCOMING AUDITION OPPORTUNITIES
CURTAINS
Book by Rupert Holmes.
Original book and concept by Peter Stone.
Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Mark Hawkins
Musical Director/SHASHA*: TBD
Choreographer(s): TBD
AUDITION DATES:
Sunday, August 22nd beginning at 8pm
Monday, August 23rd beginning at 6pm
Please prepare 16 bars from a musical theatre piece, in the appropriate key.
No appointments necessary. Auditions will be held at theater. No phone calls please.
DANCE CALLBACKS: Tuesday, August 24th All singers must dance. All dancers must sing.
PRINCIPAL CALLBACKS: Wednesday, August 25th. Cold readings.
REHEARSALS BEGIN: Thursday, August 25th
PRODUCTION DATES: October 1-24, 2010
ROLES:
LIEUTENANT FRANK CIOFFI (40s): Local Boston detective who is also a musical theatre aficionado. Aside from being exceptionally good at his job, he has also aspired to be a musical theatre performer his entire life. He falls in love with Niki.
NIKI HARRIS (early 30s): Pretty, naïve ingénue. Niki is a chorus girl/understudy in the chorus of the show-within-the-show during its Boston tryout. She aspires to make it as a performer on Broadway. She meets and falls in love with Det. Frank Cioffi who is investigating a murder at the theatre. Actress must have legit Soprano and good comic timing.
GEORGIA HENDRICKS (30s-40s): Female half of our songwriting team. Ends up taking on the leading lady role. Must sing and dance well.
CARMEN BERNSTEIN (45-65): Brassy Broadway producer. Terrific comedic actress who sings well.
AARON FOX (40s): The composer of the show-within-the-show. His songwriting partner, Georgia, is also his wife from whom he's separated. Must sing well.
SIDNEY BERNSTEIN (Late 50s-Mid 60s): The producer of an out of town flop. Sidney is tough and self-serving stereotypical mobster type. Actor should have good comic timing.
CHRISTOPHER BELLING (40-60): British director. Very camp (gay). Very funny. Requires a good comic actor.
BAMBI BERNÉT (Early 20s-early 30s): Performer in the chorus and daughter of Carmen, the lead producer. Hungry to work her way up to leading performer many think she was only hired because of her mother. Bambi is a good dancer/comedienne who sings well.
DARYL GRADY (30s): A Theatre critic for the local Boston newspaper, he enjoys using the power he has to make or break shows during their out of town tryouts.
JOHNNY HARMON (40s-50s): The Stage Manager of the show-within-the-show. Johnny is a character man who is gruff but lovable. He keeps the company in line and on their toes throughout the rehearsal process.
OSCAR SHAPIRO (45-65): The general manager. An agreeable if slightly gruff man. He is always looking for any angle to find money. Seeking a good comic actor who sings.
BOBBY PEPPER (20s to early 30s): The choreographer and lead dancer. Seeking a strong singer who dances well.
JESSICA CRANSHAW (30s-60s): Fading Hollywood star. A diva, who has no right to be one, she is a terrible singer and actress who stars in the show within a show and gets murdered on its opening night.
*SHASHA ILJINSKY The show’s MUSICAL DIRECTOR and pit conductor. He/She sings the opening song in Act II and leads the orchestra. Bass or Alto.
ENSEMBLE - Five Men & Five Women. These are young, fresh-faced, enthusiastic singers and dancers. Some play more than one role. All voice parts.
SYNOPSIS: CURTAINS is set in 1959 during the tryout of a Broadway-bound musical, whose cast and crew all become suspects after the show’s leading lady mysteriously drops dead onstage while taking her final bow to the sound of applause. The detective "is a fervent musical theater fan, who allows the company to continue rehearsing while he conducts his murder investigation. He soon finds himself in the middle of the uproarious bedlam of theatrical egos and eccentricities, more murders and even a budding love affair." The style of the show is very 1950’s about extroverted show-biz types who are not only concerned for their life but who want to be the best performers they can be. KANDER & EBB’s final musical.
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