A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL! - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

SEEKING ADULT DANCERS ONLY AT THIS CALL. A SEPARATE ECC WILL BE HELD FOR CHILD DANCERS (WATCH FOR SEPARATE NOTICE).


Preparation:
Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Please be warmed up and ready to dance when the call begins. Women: jazz shoes, tap shoes and high-heel character shoes. Men: jazz shoes, tap shoes, and character shoes.

Some may be asked to stay and sing after all have danced. Please prepare two 16-bar selections:
1) A bright up-tempo that displays personality, style and strong lyric interpretation, and
2) A legit ballad with sustained phrases that displays range.
Note that not all will be asked for their second selection. Bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose. 

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About the Show:
After a successful US tour last year, A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL! is coming to Broadway this holiday season.

This classic holiday tale centers on a mischievous, bespectacled boy, Ralphie, who dreams of getting a BB-gun for Christmas. In the weeks before the big holiday, Ralphie, his friends and his family get into all kinds of situations— including run-ins with a bully with “yellow eyes,” a tongue stuck to a flag pole, a bar of soap in the mouth, a garish leg lamp, a major award and a Chinese Christmas dinner. Based on the humorist Jean Shepherd’s novel “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash,” this is a tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas.

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Seeking ADULTS of all ethnicities to add to a strong ensemble to create an interesting, multiracial, off-beat, quirky group. The following positions must sing, dance and act to a high standard and must exude personality, warmth, and be tremendously talented: Seeking a high-caliber cast.

This score requires strong ensemble singers who have bright, present, contemporary voices that can run the gamut from contemporary musical theatre chorus voice to legit, choral voice. (It is crucial that these singers are able to sing tight harmonies at the top of their registers with and without vibrato.)

THE FOLLOWING ENSEMBLE POSITIONS REQUIRE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SING, DANCE AND ACT TO A HIGH STANDARD (character ages: 20s-50s)

ADULTS: 
MALE ENS 1: Tenor who sings up to a high A.

MALE ENS 2: Tenor who sings to a high A.

MALE ENS 3 (Santa & Old Man U/S): Tenor who sings to a high G.

MALE ENS 4: Tenor who sings up to a high G.

MALE ENS 5 ELF/WAITER: High baritone who sings to a high F#.

MALE ENS 6: High baritone who sings to a high F#.

FEMALE ENS 1/US MISS SHIELDS: Mezzo w/strong belt and legit mix. (Must belt up to a C and have a strong legit F above).

FEMALE ENS 2/FEMALE ELF: Mezzo w/strong belt and legit mix. (Must belt up to a C and have a strong legit F above).

FEMALE ENS 3: Soprano who sings up to a high A. 

FEMALE ENS 4/US MOTHER: Soprano who sings to a high A. 

FEMALE ENS 5: High soprano who sings up to a high C.


Also seeking two Swings:

Male Swing: Must be able to cover all tenor and baritone parts.

Female Swing: Must be able to cover all soprano and alto vocal parts. Flexible singer with strong legit voice and belt required. 

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SEEKING ADULT DANCERS ONLY AT THIS CALL. A SEPARATE ECC WILL BE HELD FOR CHILD DANCERS (WATCH FOR SEPARATE NOTICE).