City Center Encores! 2019 Season - NYC ECC / Female Singers
New York City Center Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Oct 01, 2018
9:30 am (EDT)
Female Singers
CONTRACT
Special Agreement ($1,544/ Week) Favored Nations
SEEKING
FEMALE SINGERS
Characters are early 20s to mid 40s: The singing ensemble will play various step out roles in all three shows. Seeking singers of all types, ages, and vocal ranges. I MARRIED AN ANGEL requires major legit sopranos to play beautiful ethereal angels. See breakdown for more info on season.
Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to attend.
PREPARATION
Come prepared to sing a cut of a Golden Age musical theatre song. Suggested composers: Irving Berlin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Rogers and Hart, Jule Styne, Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern etc. Bring a picture and resume, stapled together, and sheet music (an accompanist will be provided).
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Encores! Artistic Director: Jack Viertel
Encores! Musical Director: Rob Berman
Casting: Binder Casting
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production dates.
OTHER
NOTE: The landmark New York City Center 75th Anniversary Season will pay tribute to the institution’s past and celebrate its dynamic role in the arts today. The Encores! Series presents fully staged concert versions of rarely produced American musicals. All performances will be at City Center. They include a full orchestra and chorus.
ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
2019 SEASON
NOTE: The landmark New York City Center 75th Anniversary Season will pay tribute to the institution’s past and celebrate its dynamic role in the arts today. The Encores! Series presents fully staged concert versions of rarely produced American musicals. All performances will be at City Center. They include a full orchestra and chorus.
Encores! City Center is seriously committed to an entirely diverse cast for each of the productions of the 2019 Season.
Show #1
CALL ME MADAM
Music and Lyrics by: Irving Berlin
Book by: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Concert adaptation by: Bill Russell and Charles Repole
Director: Casey Hushion
Choreographer: Denis Jones
Musical Director: Rob Berman
Rehearsal: 1/22/18
Open: 2/6/18
Close: 2/10/18
NOTE: CALL ME MADAM originally opened on Broadway in 1950. A satire on politics and foreign policy that spoofs America's penchant for lending billions of dollars to needy countries, it centers on Sally Adams, a well-meaning but ill-informed socialite widow who is appointed United States Ambassador to the fictional European country of Lichtenburg. While there, she charms the local gentry, especially Cosmo Constantine, while her press attaché Kenneth Gibson falls in love with Princess Maria. While still set in the Truman administration, the production will bring a fresh take on this political satire.
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Show #2:
I MARRIED AN ANGEL
Music by: Richard Rogers
Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart
Book by: Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
Director/Choreographer: Josh Bergasse
Musical Director: Rob Fisher
Rehearsal: 3/5/18
Open: 3/20/18
Close: 3/24/18
NOTE: I MARRIED AN ANGEL originally opened on Broadway in 1938. Originally starred famous ballerina Vera Zorina. Set in Budapest, Hungary, in the late 30s, the story centers on a wealthy banker, Count Willie Palaffi, is love-weary. He ends his engagement to Anna Murphy, swearing that the only girl he could marry would be an angel. A real angel soon flies into his life, and he marries her. It turns out, however, that she is free of the human failings that permit people to tolerate each other. In particular, she is unable to fib. Her honesty alienates Willie's high society acquaintances and his biggest customer and causes a run on the bank. His sister, Countess Palaffi, saves the day by teaching the angel about the real world. She also bribes taxi drivers to make Willie's creditors late, so that he has time to save his bank. Willie and his now Earthier angel live happily ever after. All actors must have experience in high style witty romantic comedy.
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Show#3
HIGH BUTTON SHOES
Music by: Jule Styne
Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn
Book by: George Abbott and Stephen Longstreet
Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Musical Director: Rob Berman
Rehearsal: 4/23/18
Open: 5/8/18
Close: 5/12/18
Note: HIGH BUTTON SHOES originally opened on Broadway in 1947, starring Phil Silvers and Nannette Fabray. Set in 1913, the musical follows con artist Harrison Floy back to his hometown of New Brunswick, NJ, his latest hideaway after being run out of every other town he's set foot in. The honest folks of New Brunswick welcome the flimflam man home with open arms. There he bamboozles Mr. and Mrs. Longstreet out of some money by running a shady property development deal. Once discovered, the wacky chase to catch Floy brings everyone to Atlantic City before the con-man loses all on a football game.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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