Riedel, Musto et al. Audition Dame Edna Understudy for ALL ABOUT ME, 2/17

ALL ABOUT ME will be holding auditions for an honorary understudy to Dame Edna Everage, the toast of Melbourne society and an international gigastar.

The auditions will be held on February 17th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am at Henry Miller's Theatre and will be judged by the following theatrical gigastars of the media world: Michael Riedel (The New York Post), Michael Musto (The Village Voice), Frank DiLella (NY1) and more to be announced soon. There will also be special appearances by guest-judges Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna Everage, who are making their return to Broadway in their extravagant musical entertainment ALL ABOUT ME, directed by three time Tony Award-nominee Casey Nicholaw.

ALL ABOUT ME will play Henry Miller's Theatre beginning previews Monday, February 22, 2010 and opening on Thursday, March 18, 2010.

Producers are asking auditionees to be dressed in Dame Edna garb and to prepare a two-minute audition explaining why he/she would make a fabulous Dame Edna understudy. Auditionees should also be prepared to perform either a monologue, performance piece or modern dance movement and should prepare 16 bars of a song of his/her choice (bonus points for selections from The Great Australian songbook). The winner of the audition contest will receive a credit in the Playbill as the official honorary understudy for Dame Edna.

To audition, producers are asking people to e-mail their name, resume and a brief explanation of what makes them fit to be a Dame Edna understudy to allaboutmecasting@gmail.com. Auditionees are not confirmed until they receive a confirmation e-mail. Auditionees should be okay with having parts of their audition filmed by TV crews and photographers who are covering this unique audition event.

Written by Christopher Durang, Barry Humphries and Michael Feinstein, ALL ABOUT ME is conceived by Feinstein and Humphries, with Lizzie Spender and Terrence Flannery. 

ALL ABOUT ME features Scenic and Costume design by Anna Louizos, Lighting design by Howell Binkley, Sound design by Peter Fitzgerald, and Video design by Chris Cronin. Dame Edna's wardrobe will be designed by Stephen Adnitt.

Musical Supervision for ALL ABOUT ME is by Rob Bowman, with Orchestrations by John Oddo, Music Coordination by Michael Keller, and additional arrangements by Glen Kelly.

ALL ABOUT ME also features the acting talents of Gregory Butler, Jodi Capeless, and Jon-Paul Mateo.

ALL ABOUT ME is presented on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Eagle Productions LLC, Jamie deRoy/Remmel T. Dickinson, Mallory Factor, Ted & Cheryl Lachowicz, Chris Yegen, Richard Winkler, Judith Resnick, Jon Bierman, CTM Media Group, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Michael Filerman, Barry & Carole Kaye/Marc Frankel/Ronald Frankel, Jacki Barlia Florin, Christopher Hart Productions, Terry Allen Kramer and Jon B. Platt

ALL ABOUT ME will play Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @ 8pm, and matinees on Wednesday & Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday at 3pm. During previews, the playing schedule will be Mon-Sat @8pm with matinees on Wed & Sat at 2pm. Tickets are available through Telecharge.com, or 212-239-6200, and at the Box Office at a date to be announced.

Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski