LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Equity Chorus Call Dancers - Longacre Theatre Auditions
Longacre Theatre
PRODUCTION
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES – Equity Chorus Call / Dancers
Broadway/Production Contract $1,653/week minimum.
Producers: Sonia Friedman, David Babani for the Menier Chocolate Factory, Fran and Barry Weissler
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman
Book: Harvey Fierstein
Based upon the eponymous play by Jean Poiret.
Director: Terry Johnson
Choreographer: Lynne Page
Musical Supervisor: Jason Carr
Music Director: Todd Ellison
Casting Director: Duncan Stewart, National Artists Management Co.
Associate Casting Director: Benton Whitley
Equity Chorus Call / Dancers
Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Pearl Studios
10 AM – Equity male dancers who sing 500 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor
2 PM – Equity female dancers who sing New York City
Please be warmed up and ready to dance when the call begins. Men/Women: heels/flats, jazz shoes, ballet shoes, tap shoes. Some may be asked to stay and sing after all have danced. Please prepare 16 bars of a traditional musical theater song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Seeking possible future replacements in the Broadway production:
Ensemble Dancers:
(M/F): All ethnicities. Dancers with great singing voices for the ensemble and to understudy some principals. Ensemble characters include (but are not limited to):
Les Cagelles: Six men, any ethnicity, early - late 20s. These are not your ordinary drag queens. These male/female creatures are otherworldly and birdlike. Notorious and dangerous. Masculine, athletic, flexible and muscular:
Chantal: Songbird of Avignon. (male falsetto)
Hanna: From Hamburg. (S&M diva with a whip.)
Phaedra: The Enigma. (belly dancer)
Mercedes: The Magnificent. (excintric diva)
Angelique: (jaded show queen)
Bitelle: (sex pot)
Tabarro: Man, late 40s – mid 50s. An old fisherman with a large build. Masculine and lower class. Actor also understudies Georges, Albin and Dindon/Renaud. Must be a strong actor and singer.
Étienne: Man, early 20s. Young man with Jean-Michel’s qualities. Must cover. Strong actor/singer/dancer.
Colette: Woman, early 20s. Young woman with Anne’s qualities. Must cover. Strong actor/singer/dancer.
