City of Angels Audition Preview

Brecksville Theatre on the Square Announces Auditions forCITY OF ANGELSVisit the City of Angels Website! www.cityofangels.freehosting.net(viewed best with Firefox or Safari web browsers)Featuring a book by M*A*S*H TV series writer/producer Larry Gelbart and a swinging score by Cy Coleman with lyrics by David Zippel, City of Angels is a wonderful musical full of great roles - including over 15 singing roles - to challenge a large number of strong character actors and strong singers. Directed by Geoffrey ShortMusical Direction by Georgiann BodleAudition Dates: Sunday, December 7 starting at 2 p.mMonday, December 8 starting at 7 p.m.Call-Backs Wednesday, December 10 starting at 7 p.m. Production Dates:3 weeks; March 13 - March 29...Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.Rehearsals to start on January 19th*Auditions are held in the B.T.O.T.S. Administrative facility located at Blossom Hill at 4450 Oakes Road in Brecksville. Oakes Road can be accessed from Brecksville Road or Broadview Road. Upon entering the Blossom Hill facility, follow the driveway to the back parking lot. The main administrative office is located in Building 5, across from the main school building. Auditions are held in Building 5.Performances are held at the Old Town Hall, 49 Public Square at the intersection of routes 82 and 21 in Brecksville.Please prepare a musical theatre song selection and bring sheet music in the proper key....accompanist will be provided. Dress comfortably for movement.Contact the Director, Geoffrey Short at geoffshort@sbcglobal.net to schedule an appointment.CITY OF ANGELS is two shows in one. It is the interweaving of two plots, one dealing with the writing of a screenplay in the legendary Hollywood of the '40's; the other, the enactment of that screenplay. The show boasts two musical scores. One provides the cast with numbers to help reveal certain emotions or to celebrate particular moments in the way that only music can. The "other" score was written to emulate pure movie soundtrack music, 1940's vintage. It is entirely appropriate, then, that the final curtain comes down on two happy endings.Roles are available for 13 men and 7 womenAmong the main characters needed are:Stine......male, fiction writer, 20's - 40'sStone....male - Stine's creation...1940's style private eye - Humphrey Bogart/Sam Spade type...20's - 40'sMOST OTHER ROLES ARE TWO CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ONE ACTOR - one character in the "real" world and one in Stine's fictional "story within a story":Male RolesBuddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving....Movie director/producer, mogul type...male....30's - 50'sGerald Pierce/Peter Kingsley...male...non-singing; 20's-30's...an actor/Alaura's stepson...handsome, suavePancho Vargas/Lt. Munoz - an actor and a police detective...male...20's - 50'sGene/Officer Pasco - an Assistant Director/Police Officer...male - 20's - 50'sJimmy Powers - a movie crooner.....a la Sinatra...smooth and suave..strong singer 20's-50'sWerner Kriegler/Luther Kingsley...(non-singing) an actor/the feeble, rich husband of the much younger Femme Fatale Alaura mature male 40's-60'sGilbert/Dr. Mandril...Buddy's barber/a religious leader; guru-type; Luther's caretaker...older male (non-singing role)...40's-50'sFemale RolesOolie/Donna...female, a wisecracking, jaded secretary (Imogene Coca type) in both worlds, but also sensitive. (sings the classics "You Can Always Count on Me" and the duet "What You Don't Know About Women" with Gabby . 20's-40'sGabby/Bobbi...Stine's wife/Stone's ex-wife...capable and confident writer, but also sexy and sultry lounge singer...20's - 30'sAlaura Kingsley/Carla Haywood - Femme fatale, beautiful - 20's-30's...sings the beautiful "With Every Breath I Take" and the duet "Tennis Song" with Stone.Mallory Kingsley/Avril Raines - Alaura's stepdaughter/a starlet...sultry, young and sexy...sings the steamy "Lost and Found"...18 - 30Margaret - a maid at the Kingsley's mansion (non-singing)...30'S-50'sPlus a number of other great ensemble/chorus roles (speaking and non-speaking) This is a non-equity production.*subject to change; detailed rehearsal schedule available on the Calendar page of the City of Angels website and will be available at auditions

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