[Capdist-auditions] Not So Common Players Auditions for Anyone Can Whistle DECEMBER 15/16

[Sally Burke]

> AUDITIONS FOR NOT SO COMMON PLAYERS SPRING PRODUCTION OF ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
> Production dates: April 1,2 3, and 7, 8, 9, 10.  Tech week begins March 27th.
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> DECEMBER 15 AND 16 AT THE NSCP STOREFRONT LOCATION IN THE VILLAGE PLAZA STRIP MALL ACROSS FROM CLIFTON PARK CENTER.  OUR SPACE IS BETWEEN TOYS 'R US AND JOANN'S FABRICS.
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> SIGN-UP AT 6:30 PM.  AUDITIONS BEGIN AT 7:00 PM
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> DIRECTOR:			 TOM HECKERT--518-877-6777; tomh823 at aol.com
> MUSICAL DIRECTOR: 	COOKIE SEARS--esears52 at aol.com
> PRODUCER:			SALLY BURKE--518-877-5648; JBURKE6 at NYCAP.RR.COM
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> Please prepare 16 bars from a Broadway show tune; bring music; accompanist provided; no a cappella singing; dress comfortably for a brief dance audition (no flip flops or bare feet)
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> Casting will include an ensemble of 10-15 people in additions to the characters listed below.
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> Book by  Arthur Laurents 
> Music by  Stephen Sondheim 
> Lyrics by  Stephen Sondheim 
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> Two Acts, Book Musical, Rated PG 
> Revised Broadway version
> Concert Version 
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> 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."
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> 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!
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> 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....http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000006.
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> 	« Shows
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> Marcus Aurelius said "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." Anyone Can Whistle, an absurdist social satire about insanity and conformity (among a dozen other things) is probably one of the bravest show Stephen Sondheim wrote...
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> Anyone Can Whistle became a cult favorite over the years. Sondheim has admitted it has serious flaws, despite its considerable charm and humor. The show tells the story of a town that's gone bankrupt because its only industry is manufacturing something that never wears out. In order to revive her town Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper and her town council fake a miracle -- water flowing from a rock -- to attract tourists. When patients at the local mental hospital, the Cookie Jar, escape and mix with the townspeople and tourists, chaos ensues. Somehow, Sondheim and Arthur Laurents managed to shoehorn a love story in as well, between J. Bowden Hapgood, a psychiatrist who isn't really a psychiatrist, and Fay Apple, a nurse at the Cookie Jar who disguises herself as a miracle verifier sent from Lourdes. In addition to the outrageous subject matter and sharp (though hardly subtle) social commentary, the three-act show also included a ground-breaking, thirteen-minute integrated musical sequence that ended the first act. Whistle was not just breaking the rules of traditional musical comedy, it was thumbing its nose at them -- and, unfortunately, also at its audience......
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> http://www.sondheim.com/works/anyone_can_whistle/
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> ORIGINAL CAST:
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> Sandwich Man	Jeff Killion
> Baby Joan	Jeanne Tanzy
> Mrs. Schroeder	Peg Murray
> Treasurer Cooly	Arnold Soboloff
> Chief Magruder	James Frawley
> Comptroller Schub	Gabriel Dell
> Cora Hoover Hooper	Angela Lansbury
> The Boys	Sterling Clark
>  	Harvey Evans
>  	Larry Roquemore
>  	Tucker Smith
> Fay Apple	Lee Remick
> J. Bowden Hapgood	Harry Guardino
> Dr. Detmold	Don Doherty
> George	Larry Roquemore
> June	Janet Hayes
> John	Harvey Evans
> Martin	Lester Wilson
> Old Lady	Eleonore Treiber
> Telegraph Boy	Alan Johnson
> Osgood	Georgia Creighton
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