WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
FOCI
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#0WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:35pmSurprised not to see a million threads about this already, but is anyone going?
"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be.
I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!"
-Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray
Updated On: 9/22/04 at 09:35 PM
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#1re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:39pmwhen is it?
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#2re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:43pmDo you really have what it takes to be cast?
CCM '10!
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#3re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:44pm
NYC - September 30.
http://web.actorsequity.org/CastingSearch/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=4283&NoticeType=1
LA - October 4.
http://web.actorsequity.org/CastingSearch/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=4304&NoticeType=1
There's also a casting call for the AIDA tour in LA on Septebmer 28 and 29, with this itinerary:
Chorus rehearsals begin 12/20
½ day Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve
off Christmas & New Year's Day
Jan. 4 - 9, 2005 Thousand Oaks, CA,
Jan. 14 - 16, Long Beach, CA,
Jan. 21 - 23, Pasadena, CA,
Jan. 28 - 30, Richardson, TX
Feb. 1 - 6, Phoenix, AZ
April 15 - 17, Greensboro, NC
April 21 - 24, Toledo, OH
April 26 - May 1, Kansas City, MO
oooh!
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Updated On: 9/22/04 at 09:44 PM
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#4re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:55pmits chorus only...not worth me taking a day off of college and making the trip out
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#5re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:56pmYou got to begin somewhere...
CCM '10!
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#6re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:56pmIt's also for replacements in the Broadway cast. (Does this mean they've already casted the principals for the tour?)
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
FOCI
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#7re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:57pm
"Do you really have what it takes to be cast?"
Um, I am not auditioning-I was just wondering who was...
"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be.
I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!"
-Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#8re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 9:59pmBwayTheatre11- i know i gotta begin somewhere but in the realm of reasons to take a long leave of absence from my freshman year of college i don't thing an ensemble role is gonna cut it with the parentals
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
FOCI
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#9re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:00pmOh by the way, interesting that they seem to still be casting the principals in LA but not in NY...
"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be.
I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!"
-Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#10re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:03pmI noticed that. I also noticed LA has casting calls for Lion King, B&tB, etc. I don't think NYC has this! (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:03pm
Very cool! Well, good luck to those who are going! LA, huh? That's so close to me, but I think I'll stick to my day job since I have NO TALENT on stage! He, he! 
~Rosalynn
bobbysworld
Understudy Joined: 5/13/04
#12re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:04pmIs there going to be a 'singers' call for Wicked?? I know the show has dancing tracks and singing tracks...
FOCI
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#13re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:10pm
Unfortunately, I live in Cali but farther North so I'm not near L.A. at all.
I agree Type_A_Tiff very interesting, I wonder what the rationale is-I would have thought it would be the other way around.
Bobby'sworld-The singing call as of right now is in LA only
"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be.
I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!"
-Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray
Updated On: 9/22/04 at 10:10 PM
#14re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:12pmI asked this question earlier this week. I am more of a singer who can move well and was hoping there would be a chrous open singer call in NYC. Maybe i should jsut send my stuff to Telsey Casting instead and bag this dance audition. But I really think it's worth pursuing.
Stevieboy512
Swing Joined: 9/22/04
#15re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:15pmHmm im scared 2 see who will be..I cant believE Shoshana bean is in it now!
FOCI
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#16re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:17pm
Good luck with whatever you decide to do Paulie.
One more thing that just came to mind: they listed Elphaba as a high pop/rock singer-I definitely think Idina is in this category but does eden have a pop/rocl voice? Also, Why do they feel the need to list who originated the role?
"I guess she is one very confident girl who feels if you see it, it shall be.
I hope she sees a room with a piano player and a bunch of scary middle-aged queens sitting behind a table, talking to each other as she auditions!!"
-Marc Shaiman on Kelly Osbourne in Hairspray
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#17re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:18pmWait, there's an Aida tour?
#18re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:33pmYEs, there's a non-union tour of AIDA.
Gypsy - Betty Buckley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN5XoB5vFs&feature=youtu.be
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#19re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:44pm
Aida tour was supposed to start a few months ago, but it was postponed "indefinitely". I guess so they could...uh...cast it again? Those dates don't seem to be coming close to the Pacific northwest! 
I'll try not to pass judgment on it being non-equity. If this cast is half as good as the current non-equity Rent tour, I'll be happy. (SHILL! SHILL! I'm a SHILL!)
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Kanab69
Chorus Member Joined: 9/22/04
#20re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 11:24pmIf I was a unique, fit, eccentric dancer I'd be there in a heartbeat...
Kanab69
Chorus Member Joined: 9/22/04
#21re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 11:25pmIf I was a unique, fit, eccentric dancer I'd be there in a heartbeat...
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#22re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/22/04 at 11:37pminteresting- they don't seem to be casting for morrible and the wizard- i'm guessing those a reserved for celebrities of a certain age
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#23re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/23/04 at 8:18pmMost people start out in the chorus and consider themselves lucky to be in the ensemble. It also pays pretty well and has a per diem attached to it on tour.
Live long and prosper.
Marriage equity now!
#24re: WHO IS GOING TO THE WICKED NATIONAL TOUR OPEN CALL??
Posted: 9/23/04 at 8:28pm
about the casting call only in LA... I guess they figure that if they do one in NY, they will be swamped. I'm guessing that they are still making it known that there are auditions being held in CA so that only NY people who are really enthusiastic about being in the show and are extremely confident in their talent will show up. Unless people just happen to have the funds for those plane tickets just lying around...
and saying that being in the ensemble is 'above' you is sort of offending to me... Maybe you are really talented, but I think its sort of rude to downplay ensemble members. They work hard too! They still get paid decent ammounts even though they are usually not recognized. I personally wouldnt turn down an audition because the part isnt big enough unless I have some alternative job in mind...
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