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Aug. 11th, 2004 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoSo I had an audition tonight.
The Client is so damned big, there are clubs and groups and whatnot. One of them is the Theatre Troupe. (I kid you not.) When I was on my last contract, they did A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. But I got there too late to audition.
This year, they're doing Return to the Forbidden Planet. Shakespeare's long-lost rock'n'roll/science fiction follow-up to The Tempest. (Some of you may recall the 1956 movie of Shakespeare's only previous science fictional work.)
Anyway.
So, I did "On the Street Where You Live" (My Fair Lady), bopped up, a cappella. They then wanted me to pick one of three songs they had, off the cuff. I did "I Saw Her Standing There" (Beatles). They stopped me after two verses, it being obvious I could sing it. We then fiddled with the piano player to find my range. (Big.) Then I did my monologue -- "O For a Muse of Fire," from Henry V. They loved it. So -- and now that I've poked around the musical's web site, I think this is revealing -- having seen my half-assed Derek Jacobi gig, one of them asked if I could do it completely differently, say... like a mad scientist?
Ah.
I think I did Dumbledore more than a mad scientist. But they applauded nonetheless. Enthusiastically, not pro forma.
At an audition.
So... Here's the cast list of the 2002 production, with the names of the parts. Sounds a lot like someone sees me as "Dr. Prospero". I mean, if I had to guess... :)
The Client is so damned big, there are clubs and groups and whatnot. One of them is the Theatre Troupe. (I kid you not.) When I was on my last contract, they did A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. But I got there too late to audition.
This year, they're doing Return to the Forbidden Planet. Shakespeare's long-lost rock'n'roll/science fiction follow-up to The Tempest. (Some of you may recall the 1956 movie of Shakespeare's only previous science fictional work.)
Anyway.
So, I did "On the Street Where You Live" (My Fair Lady), bopped up, a cappella. They then wanted me to pick one of three songs they had, off the cuff. I did "I Saw Her Standing There" (Beatles). They stopped me after two verses, it being obvious I could sing it. We then fiddled with the piano player to find my range. (Big.) Then I did my monologue -- "O For a Muse of Fire," from Henry V. They loved it. So -- and now that I've poked around the musical's web site, I think this is revealing -- having seen my half-assed Derek Jacobi gig, one of them asked if I could do it completely differently, say... like a mad scientist?
Ah.
I think I did Dumbledore more than a mad scientist. But they applauded nonetheless. Enthusiastically, not pro forma.
At an audition.
So... Here's the cast list of the 2002 production, with the names of the parts. Sounds a lot like someone sees me as "Dr. Prospero". I mean, if I had to guess... :)
