Wicked seeking a new cast?

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:16am

Saw this posted on Playbill job postings:

Broadway, First National Tour, and Chicago
AEA Production Contract, $1422 minimum
SEEKING:

GLINDA: Female, 20 - 35. The "good" witch. Pretty, charming, entrancing, ambitious, perky, vain, very popular, but also vulnerable and sympathetic. Needs excellent comic chops and star power. Needs a glorious singing voice with high soprano and belt capability. STARRING

ELPHABA: Female, 20 - 35. The "wicked" witch. Born with emerald-green skin, she has had a rough childhood and is an outcast from the beginning. Smart, fiery, sensitive, passionate, misunderstood, sincere, has potent inner beauty, rallies for the underdog, has great talent for sorcery. Needs star power and a powerhouse, high pop/rock belt singing voice. STARRING

THE WIZARD OF OZ: Male, 50s - 70s. Needs a strong, distinctive, engaging, sweet character actor with powerful presence. Must sing. PRINCIPAL

MADAME MORRIBLE: Female, 40s – 60s, any ethnicity. Headmistress of Shiz University. Dignified, powerful, haughty, has a dark side. Takes Elphaba under her wing, training her in sorcery. Needs a strong, comical character actress with formidable presence. Must sing. PRINCIPAL

FIYERO: Male, 20 – 35, any ethnicity. The Winkie prince, a wealthy party boy. Very handsome with striking presence. Not really shallow and self-absorbed as he initially seems. Glinda pursues him, but he is much more intrigued by Elphaba. Needs a strong, high pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

NESSAROSE: Female, 20 – 30. Elphaba’s lonely, compassionate, attractive younger sister, she was favored by their father. Has spent her life crippled in a wheelchair. Becomes involved with Boq and becomes the Wicked Witch of the East. Needs a commanding actress with a strong singing voice. PRINCIPAL

BOQ: Male, 20 – 30, any ethnicity, height of 5’8" or shorter. A helpless, quirky munchkin. Enamored with Glinda, who pays him no mind. Reluctantly, he becomes involved with Nessarose. Needs a comical actor with a strong, high singing voice. PRINCIPAL

DOCTOR DILLAMOND: Male, 30s - 50s, any ethnicity. A distinguished and well-liked professor at Shiz University. He is a goat and the sole animal on the faculty. He becomes a victim to the animal discrimination occurring in Oz. Needs a strong actor with a sense of gravity, authority, and comic skill. Must sing. PRINCIPAL
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Job End Date
Union Information
Salary $1422/week min

Company Wicked
Address New York, NY -
US

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Audition Information When: Friday, July 29, 2005
10am - 6pm
Where: Chelsea Studios

151 West 26th Street, 6th Fl

New York City
Notes/What to bring: Please prepare a brief contemporary musical theater song showing range. Please bring sheet music and a photo/resume stapled together. A piano accompanist will be provided.

Updated On: 7/26/05 at 12:16 AM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:17am

A show is always seeking replacements. I am sure there were plenty other shows with casting notices as well.

Updated On: 7/26/05 at 12:17 AM

[Pinguin]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:32am

"Needs a commanding actress with a strong singing voice."

typo, much? HA.

I love how they put "Must sing" for Dr. D -as if people aren't going to know that.

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:33am

There were. But no other had all of the starring and principal roles. Generally they were seeking singers and dancers for chorus parts.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:39am

bwayfan is right, and using the breakdown for the leads makes the understudy casting that much easier

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:59am

Ever hear of required casting calls? Could be the case, as well.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 12:59am

It is understandable that they would put "must sing". Some musicals actually have characters that do not sing.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 1:02am

Every 6 months...required casting call.

[Jokerman]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 1:06am

Required by whom?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 1:08am

AEA.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 3:36pm

It's an audition that they have because the Equity says they have to have it not because they are looking for anyone.

You usually end up auditioning in front of a casting associate and not anyone who makes any actual decisions.

[Mythus]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 3:54pm

"Needs a commanding actress with a strong singing voice."

typo, much? HA.

Uh, Pinguin, I don't see any typos in that sentence.