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Auditioning for the
Musical Theatreby
Steven M. Alper
illustrations by Herbert
Knapp
published by
Portsmouth, NH 03801
0-435-08686-3 / 08686
from the cover:
Certain
to strike a chord in
any musical theatre hopeful, Steven
M.
Alper's concise guide for the
actor auditioning for musicals
contains extensive dos and don'ts, pitfalls to avoid, and rules
that you should never break, along with suggestions on how to
proceed on your own.
Chapters include:
is the
perfect
reference book for actors old and
new, filled with personal anecdotes and spoken with the dry wit
of a true veteran of musical theatre. Insightful and candid, Alper
provides a springboard into the exciting, sometimes frightening,
and always interesting world of musical auditions.
...what an actor's resume should look like.
...can
I write you
with
questions about auditioning?
Sure! Write me
!
...what's up with that
AOL address you
published
in your book? I tried sending and I get a notice that the message
is undeliverable.
I had to close that
account. It became
total Spamsville,
man! It got so cluttered with junk I
couldn't find your questions amongst the solicitations and nastiness.
So write me
!
This Houdini-esque nightmare was sent in by Emma Sabean.
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I had an audition at a very prestigious institution. I arrived well over half an hour early -- leaving myself plenty of time to warm up. There was a large group of singers sitting in the lobby outside of the audition hall. I could feel the stress oozing out of them. So, I decided to wander away and take a look around the building. I climbed all the way to the top floor and discovered that all the practice rooms up there were empty. So, I walked into the first one, and closed the door. Even as the door was closing, I thought..."Wait a minute... this door has no handle...!" The door slams shut and I stand staring at it. "No, it can't be. They wouldn't have practice rooms that don't open from the inside!" Gingerly I try to open the door by putting my finger through the hole where the door handle was. It won't budge. "But this is ridiculous! This can't be happening!" I keep trying. I break into a cold sweat. And my heart is pounding. I look around for some instrument to help me. Nothing. I start to realize that my only option is to call for help. What a great warm up!!! I yell...several times. But I'm all the way on the top floor. No one can hear me. But then I think "I don't have those operatic lungs for nothing", and I try again at the top of my voice. Finally I hear bustling. A pair of auditioners arrive and pry me out with a bobby pin. I arrived at my audition just in time... a little flushed, a little more anxious than I ordinarily am, and -- miraculously -- in good voice. |
Join the famous and infamous whose stories appeared in the book. Do you have a nightmarish audition story you think we'd be interested in hearing about? Send it in and it could end up on this home page! I will gladly shield your real identity, as well as those of any evildoers you'd prefer not to offend. Just .
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