[Capdist-auditions] Anyone Can Whistle--area Premiere Not So Common Players

[Sally Burke]

Not So Common Players

Anyone Can Whistle

Audition Notice

 

December 15th and 16th at the Not So Common Players Storefront Location (next to Toys ‘R Us--Hannaford Plaza, Clifton Park)

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Registration at 6:30 PM

 

Performances Shen HS East Little Theater (Moe Road Entrance)

April 1, 2, 3 and 7, 8, 9, 10--2011

 

Prepare 16 bars of a Broadway Show Tune and bring sheet music; no a-capella singing; wear comfortable clothes for a brief movement audition.  Accompanist provided.

 

Synopsis

 

“A legendary cult show, this wacky, intelligent, highly unconventional musical satire points ahead to Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking work in the 1970s even as it keeps a foot firmly rooted in the musical theatre's "golden age."

 

An absurdist fantasy by Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim (two of the authors of "West Side Story" and "Gypsy") "Anyone Can Whistle" tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town (through the resulting pilgrim trade) and the ill-fated romance between the rational nurse out to expose the fraud and the easy-going doctor determined to enjoy the chaos it brings. In the end, the show delivers a poignant message about the importance of the individual in a conformist society-but not before aiming its still-relevant barbs at government, religion, science and anything else that stands in its way!

 

With its circus-like atmosphere, "Anyone Can Whistle" features plenty of memorable, lovably cartoonish roles of all sizes. The dazzling, melodic Broadway-style score overflows with the youthful energy of experimentation, consisting of one showstopper after another, including two extensive ballets which provide opportunities for some inspired choreography”. (From the MTI Licensing page.)

 

Musical Numbers:


1.             Overture

2.             I'm Like the Bluebird

3.             Me and My Town

4.             Miracle Song

5.             Simple

6.             A-1 March

7.             Come Play Wiz Me

8.             Anyone Can Whistle

9.             A Parade in Town

10.         Everybody Says Don't

11.         I've Got You to Lean On

12.         See What It Gets You

13.         The Cookie Chase

14.         With So Little to Be Sure Of

15.         Finale

Additional Songs:

 

1.             The Lame, the Halt, and the Blind

2.             The Natives are Restless

3.             A Hero is Coming

4.             There Won't Be Trumpets

5.             There's Always a Woman



 Character Breakdown

 

Sandwich Man

Baby Joan

Mrs. Schroeder

Treasurer Cooly

Chief Magruder

Comptroller Schub

Cora Hoover Hooper

The Boys

 

 

 

Fay Apple

J. Bowden Hapgood

Dr. Detmold

George

June

John

Martin

Old Lady

Telegraph Boy

Osgood

Ensemble

 

 

 

Contact:

Tom Heckert, Director

877-6777

tomh823 at aol.com

 

Sally Burke, Producer

526-5648 (cell)

877-5648 (home)

jburke6 at nycap.rr.com

Not So Common Players

 
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