Auditions for "Cabaret"

   ARTS will be holding auditions for four roles for the musical Cabaret this Sunday at 2 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Theatre in Huntington. 

   Please prepare a 30 second / 16 bar piece to be sung a capella. You may also be asked to cold read and dance so be prepared to move.

   The four roles available are:

- Sally Bowles - lead role 25-35 singer / actress / dancer

- Herr Schultz - leading character man 45+ actor / singer / needs to have some movement skills (ie. simple ballroom dance).

- Two young men multiple featured roles 16-25 actor / singer / modest dance skills.

   Rehearsals begin Nov. 29 and will run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

  Director's Note from Gene Anthony - In the “Golden Age” of Broadway musicals such as Hello Dolly, The Music Man, My Fair Lady and all such, the generic term used to describe them was “Musical Comedy.” With the advent of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Stephen Sondheim with titles like Phantom of the Opera and Sweeny Todd, the nomenclature became “Musical Theatre.” Think of Cabaret as a transitional, cross-genre musical work. It is full of comic and entertaining moments, but it is set against a very dark and serious background, Nazi Germany. The milieu of the piece is a cabaret set in this period. It centers around three major characters, Sally Bowles, Cliff Bradshaw, and a comic narrator type called the M.C. It is a story that embraces love, tragedy, hardship, persecution, satire, frolic and sensuality. It causes an observer to experience both laughter and shock. It is a totally engaging evening of music, comedy and provocative thought. Coni Anthony and I have been entertaining the notion of creating a version of this piece of entertainment for years and we have been discussing concepts for it for a long time. ARTS has offered us an opportunity to stage it in a very unique and, we think, exciting format which I refer to as “Environmental Theatre.” Be prepared for a spell-binding evening of theatre.