Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Little Shop / Seymour Audition
jczelyph
Broadway Star Joined: 10/21/04
#0Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/29/04 at 6:42pm
I searched for other threads about this but found none so forgive me if this is a repeat post.
I have an audition for our university's production of Little Shop Of Horrors coming up and I would really like to play Seymour. Does anyone have any ideas concerning a good audition piece for this character or any tips about the character or show generally. I'm super-excited about the show and really want a part in it. Any input gratefully received...
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#1re: Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/29/04 at 6:49pm
The Baseball Game/TEAM from YAGMCB might be a good choice.
Or what about Cellophane???
Break a leg or two!!!
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#2re: Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/29/04 at 7:04pmi am currently in rehearsals with this show and part. very excited. at my audition i baisically just threw myself into it as much as i could, don't hold back an dtry to find little things to do that'd make the part your own and give you an upperhand in the auditions.
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#3re: Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/29/04 at 7:21pm
"Purpose" from Ave Q or "Run, Freedom, Run" from Urinetown
Also, don't play Seymour as a nerd. He doesn't know he's a geek. I hate when actor's play the audience's perseption of the character rather than playing the character the way they view themselves.
Belle-arina
Understudy Joined: 9/1/04
#4re: Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:15amHow about "I wanna be a Producer" from The Producers?
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:39am
Seymour was a role I've auditioned for many times. Don't play him as a cartoon. But you might want to emphasize Seymour's enthusiasm and need to please other people. I don't know how much material you are allowed to sing, but remember Seymour has some high rock notes during the "Meek Shall Inherit" sequence. You want to pick a song that will illustrate you can do that.
Oddly enough, I used to have good luck singing Godspell at "Little Shop" auditions. I'd sing "All For The Best" as a comic song and "All Good Gifts" as the dramatic piece which could show off the high rock notes.
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producersfan2
Swing Joined: 11/30/04
#6re: Little Shop / Seymour Audition
Posted: 11/30/04 at 8:10pmBut if you're singing anything by Leo Bloom or Charlie Brown or Bobbie Strong, make sure you understand the difference between them and Seymour. While these other characters are cartoonishly neurotic, Seymour is a disenfranchized, broken young man with little hope remaining. He is not a child, he has practically lived his life in a sewer, abused by everyone. He is a slave to his own social inadequacies. On the surface he is sweet and patient, in reality he is desperate and tragic.
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