HaIrSpRaY THE MOVIE AUDITION STORIES

Hey-
There were quite a few people (I was there 2h early and there were allready people lined up outside.) I am bad at guessing though.
We were all seen, because they apparently had enough time for all of us. We went in in groups of ~20 (in the order we got there and got our numbers), first somebody collected headshots and audition forms, and then we all went in a room where we lined up against the wall and then sang one after another for the casting directors. Some were great, some were pretty bad.
That's it nothing to thrilling....lol.
They then kept some people in each group and explained about today's call-back, the rest went home.
The best part though, was that quite a few girls who cannot possibly have weighed more than 110lbs came to audition for the part as well......lol.

thanks for the info! hope you had a good experience!
BrightEyedInNYC

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yessicab, how did it go for you? are you the next tracy? :)
thats exciting, i hope to hear some more audtition stories!

Hey for everyone who needs the info for the audition email me. Doggydog566@aol.com

I have the letter and everything that I recieved from my director at my theatre group.

I have an application as well.

If you dont need this or you think im stupid dont say anything because its kinda rude.

lol- I could just see a white girl doing Seaweed's routine in "The Blacker the Berry..." *laughs to self*

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is is 8 bars...like a whole line or eight measures...like 8 beats of four. so you would suggest singing something from the show? thanks for all your helpful information. :)

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They didn't seem to be too strict on 8 bars exactly. A lot of people sang like 16 bars or more and they weren't stopped. But be courteous and don't do that. Just keep it around 8 bars if you can and you are good. I probably sang like 10 of Good Morning Baltimore.

My audition went very well! I got a call back which I didn't expect at all! I think about 30 people were called back, but not many for Tracy. When I came for my callback, they asked me to sing 16 bars of Good Morning Baltimore like 3 times with the piano and then I did the scene they gave me about 3 times as well. They wanted to see how I handled direction and I think I gave it my best shot. I won't know for a couple of months because they have to go Chicago, NYC about the next call back I assume. But the experience was so much fun and I had a great time doing it. It was a whole new experience for me!

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haha thank you so much!

well my mom said they announced that everyone was welcomed to come up to Baltimore and Toronto to be extras at their own expence. One mom said "It ain't that important!" haha! I'm nto sure about roles like Penny and such. I hope they do casting calls for those roles!

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i totally agree! it doesn't hurt to go an try! go for it!

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haha the same thing happened to me. only i thought i was only supposed to come on Saturday and not Sunday so I came Saturday. i know they said I could come Saturday but there was a mistake and they apologized. And they just let me do the open call anyway instead. But it's ok because I got a call back. You'll go through the call back process pretty much. i guess they they depend that on your resume and such.

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even though i'm white, i almost wanna go and just audition. I wonder if they'd see a white dude for Seaweed? Hm...

how were the guys that auditioned for seaweed? my nephew is auditioning and i wanna kno what he can expect. he's a great singer/actor and im jus curious what kinda guys came out.

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