HARMONY (BROADWAY) - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
THE HARMONY MUSICAL LLC
SIGNUP INFO
Signups begin May 25, 11:45 am (EDT)
Via Submission
Thu, Jun 1, 2023
11:58 PM to 11:59 PM (EDT)
Submissions will be accepted 11:59 PM ET on June 1st.
Production (League)
$2439 weekly minimum
Equity actors for principal roles in HARMONY (See breakdown).
Venue: Barrymore Theatre
The producer is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
All actors must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 a minimum of two weeks prior to the first rehearsal date.
Please prepare an uptempo or ballad of your choice from the Golden Age of musical theater. Show off your voice and range. Please provide your own accompaniment. Please state your name and the title of your song at the top of the video.
As an alternative to singing a song of your choice, you may sing an excerpt from HARMONY. Sheet music, teaching tracks, and accompaniment tracks for the principal roles are accessible at:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2ap0q540961ghss/AACQ8tfRrnheiaN1e3Rwzlqsa?dl=0 .
Producers: Ken Davenport, Sandi Moran
Music By: Barry Manilow
Book And Lyrics By: Bruce Sussman
Director/Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
Musical Director: John O’Neill
Associate Director/Associate Choreographer: Sara Edwards
General Management: RCI Theatricals
Casting: Jamibeth Margolis Casting
Viewing submissions:
Casting Director: Jamibeth Margolis
EPA also on 5/30 & 6/1
Rehearsals Begin: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
First Preview: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Opening Night: Monday, November 13, 2023
OTHER
As part of a pilot program created in the new agreement for Production: Broadway and Sit-Downs, the employer will accept 126 video submissions from Equity members. Members will sign up online for one of the 126 slots. Only members who get one of the 126 slots will receive a confirmation e-mail with the preparation and submission information. After members' submissions have been viewed, the employer will notify each member who viewed their audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
HARMONY (Broadway)
Synopsis: Harmony tells the true story of The Comedian Harmonists, a group of six talented young men, Jewish and gentile, who came together in 1920s Germany and took the world by storm with their signature blend of sophisticated close harmonies and uproarious stage antics. Together they sold millions of records, starred in a dozen films and packed the houses of the most prestigious concert halls around the globe, until the world they knew changed forever. Their incredible story inspired music industry legends Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman to create a spectacular new musical with an original score that celebrates this extraordinary group of friends and ensures their quest for true harmony in the most discordant chapter of human history will never be forgotten.
PRINCIPAL ROLES NOT CAST
JOSEPHINE BAKER - The legendary, iconic dancer, singer and comedienne. 20s. Gorgeous, courageous, funny, sensual. At times provocative. Black. Female identifying. Vocal Range: Mix to an F.
STANDBY FOR THE ROLE OF RABBI - Rabbi” Josef Roman Cykowski, our narrator. Male identifying. 65-75 years old. Wise, truthful, self-deprecating. A sharp wit. Finds it easy to be funny. A peacemaker. A conflict avoider. A devout Jew. A Polish émigré, his speech is colored with Yiddish inflection but no accent. An inveterate nosher. He struggles with his memory. He is bearing a burden of some kind. Vocal Range: High Baritone-Tenor. G2-F4.
PRINCIPAL ROLES ON OFFER
MARY PANZRAM - “ON OFFER” – Mary Panzram, Rabbi’s fiancée and eventual wife, beautiful, with a profound devotion to her moral code. Sensible. Thoughtful. Supportive, but free-thinking and independent. An uncanny ability to know what someone is feeling and get to the heart of the matter. Self-assured, she possesses the clearest and most balanced vision among those around her, uncolored by Harry’s optimism or, conversely, by Bobby’s caution. She’s the one who “sees.” A Gentile who marries her ultimate soul-mate, who happens to be a Jew. Vocal Range: Soprano. G3-A5. 28 to 35 years old.
RUTH - “ON OFFER” – Ruth Stern, a gorgeous, dark-haired woman of great passion for many causes, and equally great emotional volatility. A Jew. She is terrifically courageous—almost to a fault. Her sexuality is as passionate as her eventual husband’s—Chopin. One of the two “mixed” marriages. Vocal Range: Alto G3-F#5 (mix/belt). 28 to 35 years old.
PRINCIPAL ROLES ALREADY CAST
RABBI - “Rabbi” Josef Roman Cykowski, our narrator. 65-75 years old. Wise, truthful, self-deprecating. A sharp wit. Finds it easy to be funny. A peacemaker. A conflict avoider. A devout Jew. A Polish émigré, his speech is colored with Yiddish inflection but no accent. An inveterate nosher. He struggles with his memory. He is bearing a burden of some kind. Vocal Range: High Baritone-Tenor. G2-F4.
YOUNG RABBI – 28 to 35 years old. The same as Rabbi, 30 years earlier. Vocal Range: High baritone. C3-A4 (full voice).
HARRY – Harry Frommerman, the founder of The Comedian Harmonists. A self-taught genius with an inexplicable talent. A passion and vision rare in his world – or ours. He talks fast, thinks fast, moves fast, eats fast. His substantial personality is housed with a slight frame. There is a disheveled look about him. A Jew who is completely assimilated into the fabric of German society. Vocal Range: Tenor. E3-D5 (to Ab4 full voice). 28 to 35 years old.
BOBBY – Robert Biberti, the uniquely talented bass of the group. Chooses his words carefully. Shrewd. Smart. Opinionated. Sensible. He is tempted by dreamers, but experience has taught him not to be seduced. He speaks the truth as he sees it, often to the displeasure of others. His explosions are few, but volcanic. Finds intimacy near impossible. Always reading a newspaper, not only to put distance between himself and others, but also to keep up on the tumultuous world around him, in which he’s keenly interested. A proud German. He probably sees himself much as he sees his country—the victim of overpowering circumstance. On stage, he’s a true comic. It’s the one place where he allows the child in him to play. Vocal Range: Bass. F2-Eb4. 28 to 35 years old.
ERICH – Erich Collin, the well-bred, sophisticated second tenor of the group. He wears a monocle. His vocabulary and range of knowledge is immense—some would say, pretentious. A man of manners. An enigma to many. We have much to learn about him—as he does about himself. Vocal Range: Baritone/Tenor. C3-C5 (to Bb4 full voice). 28 to 35 years old.
CHOPIN – Erwin “Chopin” Bootz, a virtuoso pianist and singer. Devilishly handsome. Some might find him slick. From the school of hard knocks. A street kid who made a name for himself. Exudes sex. He is earthy and direct. He tends to always choose the expedient solution. Vocal Range: Tenor. D3-D5 (to Ab4 full voice). 28 to 35 years old.
LESH – Ari Leshnikoff, a charmingly innocent first tenor of incomparable ability and talent. Exuberant, expressive, animated, and possessing a near-childlike enthusiasm for life. He is completely agog at the success that befalls him. He is without pretense. If he feels it, you see it. In many ways, the beating heart of the group. A Bulgarian émigré. A passion for redheads. A chain smoker. Vocal Range: Tenor. F3-F5 (to C5 full voice). 28 to 35 years old.
STANDARTENFUHRER-- A colonel in the SS and a fan of the group's. Sophisticated, well-educated, almost courtly. 28 to 35 years old.
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