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Norton
Singers
announces open
auditions for
The Drowsy
Chaperone, a
hilarious
send-up of
old-fashioned
Broadway
musicals. The
auditions will
be held on
Monday, February
13 and Thursday,
February 16 at
the Chartley
Methodist Church
on S. Worcester
Street in
Norton,
MA,
starting at 7:00
p.m. Callbacks
for principal
roles will be
held on
Saturday,
February 18.
We also need a set designer and other help off stage. If interested Click here
The Drowsy
Chaperone
recently was
produced on
Broadway, where
it won Tony
awards for Best
Book and Best
Score, and is a
loving tribute
as well as a
hilarious satire
of Broadway
musicals from
the jazz age.
The show was
written by Bob
Martin and Don
McKellar, with
music and lyrics
by Lisa Lambert
and Greg
Morrison, and
debuted on
Broadway in
2006, where it
showcased the
talents of
Sutton Foster,
Georgette Engel,
and Joanne
Worley during
its two-year
run. The play is
narrated by the
"Man in Chair,"
a mousy
Broadway
fanatic who is
seeking to cure
the blues by
listening to a
recording of a
fictional 1928
musical called
The Drowsy
Chaperone. As he
listens to the
recording, he
transports the
audience into
the musical, as
the characters
appear in his
dingy apartment,
which is
gradually
transformed into
a lavish
twenties
Broadway set.
The play within
a play tells the
story of a
showgirl
planning her
wedding to a
dashing oil
tycoon, and
features all the
elements of a
typical Broadway
show, including
a ditzy blonde,
dancing
gangsters, a
wacky producer,
a Latin
lothario, and
the Drowsy
Chaperone, an
over-the-top
nightmarish
cross between
Liza Minelli and
Ethel Merman.
All auditioners
should prepare
16 bars each of
a ballad and an
up-beat tempo
song, and should
bring sheet
music. Those
interested in
auditioning for
a major role
should be
prepared to read
a short scene
from the script.
There are
speaking roles
for 8 men and 5
women, and an
ensemble of
between 8-10
performers of
various ages.
The musical will
be directed by
Ted Mitchell,
marking his
seventh spring
production with
the group.
Judee Bottomley
serves as
choreographer,
with musical
direction by Dr.
Anthony-
Alexander
Torelli. The
team have
previously
collaborated on
such productions
as
Jekyll and Hyde,
Anything Goes,
Fiddler on the
Roof, and
Guys and Dolls.
Rehearsals will
take two nights
a week, starting
the week of
March 12. The
show will have
two weeks of
performances,
starting the
first week in
June.
Plea
For additional
information visit
www.nortonsingers.com,
or send an email
to
info@nortonsingers.com
or call
508-243-6007.
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