Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part - Mass Market Paperbound

Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part - Mass Market Paperbound

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Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part - Mass Market Paperbound

Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part - Mass Market Paperbound

$11.19
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by Michael Shurtleff (Author)

Harness your passion and nail your next audition with this "immensely useful" (Variety) playbook from the legendary casting director for Chicago, The Sound of Music, Gypsy, and Jesus Christ Superstar--featuring an introduction from Bob Fosse

"A bible for aspiring actors."--The New York Times

When Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Ben Vereen, Lily Tomlin, Bette Midler, and Dustin Hoffman got their first breaks, Michael Shurtleff was there. In Audition, the renowned casting director shares twelve vital guideposts for how to succeed in any audition and offers advice on:
- style
- pacing
- distractions
- risks
- seduction
- drama
- musical theater
- comedy
- self-rescue
- eye contact
- and more!

Audition is a seminal guide to finding victory in all the auditions we face in life.

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Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like "Chicago and "Becket and for films like "The Graduate and "Jesus Christ Superstar. His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this book he tells the all-important HOW for all aspiring actors, from the beginning student of acting to the proven talent trying out for that chance-in-a-million role!

Author Biography

A leading casting director for such renowned works as Pippin, Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Apple Tree, 1776, Oliver!, Gypsy, and The Sound of Music, Michael Shurtleff also wrote plays and novels, directed films, and taught a renowned auditioning course. He regularly advised his readers: "Every day, learn. Learn enough so you can do good theater." Michael Shurtleff passed away in 2007.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.8 x 4.1 IN
Publication Date: December 02, 1979

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