Audition Song for grease&more.
Audition Song for grease&more.
#0Audition Song for grease&more.
Posted: 8/8/05 at 3:16pm
hey guys i was wondering what your opinions are on me singing a song from hairspray for my audition for grease...the only problem is, its good morning baltimore.
Iv been the lead in the directors show of schoolhouse rock and hes really funny and a showgirl at heart(LOL)so im not really worried about this one...would you think it would be legible at more profeshional audtions to do this?
thanks in advance
cheers
Jeff
IAP ALUMNI -Music and Theatre Major Class of 07.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#1re: Audition Song for grease&more.
Posted: 8/8/05 at 4:57pm
My first opinion- DON'T AUDITION FOR GREASE!!! Horrible show, in my opinion. Just had to say it.
Second, Hairspray is probably not the best choice, especially for professional auditions. You NEVER want to do something on Broadway at the moment. And you probably wouldn't want to do Good Morning Baltimore either because it's usually not great to sing a song by the other gender. There are exceptions but... If you are auditioning for community or high school theatre, however this is all pretty much irrelevant. In com. theatre it doesn't really matter because the people auditioning are usually kind of "off the street" and not as familiar with theatre.
Hope this helps. (except for the first part 
)
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#2re: Audition Song for grease&more.
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:00pmCheck out Footloose and Tommy - both rock-edge musicals.
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
#3re: Audition Song for grease&more.
Posted: 8/18/05 at 5:07pmThere are also shows like Return to the Forbidden Planet, Starmites, and Weird Romance that have semi-poppy stuff that shouldn't be too overdone.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
#4re: Audition Song for grease&more.
Posted: 8/24/05 at 12:57amDo something from Zombie Prom the musical it is very grease and I used it for my audition. You could also sing a pop song from the 1950's like the first time i did Grease I san "Blue Moon" and got Danny so it couldn't hurt. Break a Leg p.s. i don't think hairspray would be a good choice.
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