Audition 4 -- I thought City of Angels was a movie!?!?!

Ok, actually that is not true. I have known that City of Angels was a musical since 1991 when Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps presented selections from the show as their on-field production. Granted, I did not rush out to purchase the CD after 91 & 92 when they repeated the show with some different selections, but I knew the basic premise of the show.

Fast forward to now....I know the audition is coming up, it is the one I have been hoping to get since MAME ended. Many thank to my Vats for making sure I had the CD on my iPod when I visited NOLA last summer so that I could learn to love the music. Since the audition called for a song from the show, I picked one out that I liked (It Needs Work), went to the library and made a copy of it and then started working on it with my new voice instructor.

A week before the audition, I was offered a part in the Adult Ensemble in OLIVER! (ie, Audition #3) OMG! 3 auditions in and I was offered a role!!! That is sooo much better than 21 auditions before a role. =) However, I asked them to wait because I had put so much time in prepping for CITY that I wanted to audition for that and the rehearsal days did not allow for overlap.

So...off to the audition. Should I mention that it was a BLIZZARD out?? Yea, the snow was coming down like CRAZY, but I was NOT going to miss this audition. So, I set out early in the batmobile, drove slowly and carefully and made it down to the theatre. Seeing as how this was the same group that produced MAME, I knew a LOT of people at the audition! So, filled out the paperwork and waited.

First up, the singing. Your gut drops a bit when you present the music director a song from the show, taken from the score, and she does not recognize it or know how to play it. Ever try to sing something that was supposed to be syncopated against something that is played straight?? Yea, it kinda throws you off a bit, but you work your way through it. Sadly, I was working so hard on that some of my higher notes did not hit quite right. Oh well.

Next, the dancing. The first routine was a little bit challenging but not that much. The one thing it was driving home was that I really needed to work on my technique. Didn't even take it into the studio to perform it, the choreographer scored us right there in the rehearsal space/costume build area.

On to the cold reads! I read for Oolie and Avril Reigns. When I finished with Avril several people gave me thumbs up and told me I did a great job! Honestly, it was the first time I really felt good about a cold read.

Finally.....last dance combination! Holy sexy batman!! It was INTENSE and HOTTTTT!!!!

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Ok, I started writing this a while ago and never got around to finishing it....I had to make a choice between CITY OF ANGELS and OLIVER! and chose to do CITY because I was offered a speaking role, which (in my mind) beats out Ensemble any day of the week. I am also going to be dancing in a couple of the numbers, which is thrilling. I am not in all because, once again, I am the tallest person on stage! =)