Audition Notice

The Strand Theatre announces auditions for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing. Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first-rate revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon, conceived by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie. Over three decades after the duo’s final collaboration, The Sound of Music, took Broadway by storm, this new R&H musical opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction, garnering wildly enthusiastic notices and earning two Tony nominations, including Best Musical. 

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Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein may never have imagined “Shall We Dance?” as a comic pas de deux for a towering beauty and her diminutive admirer, nor might they have suspected that one day a lovelorn young lad might pose the musical question, “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” But that’s precisely the kind of invention lavished upon this new revue, with innovative musical arrangements, including a sultry Andrews Sisters-esque “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” a swingin’ “Honeybun” worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy “Kansas City,” proving how terrifically up-to-date the remarkable songs of R&H remain. 

 

A Grand Night for Singing will be presented April 10, at 7:00pm, and April 11, at 2:00pm. Cassie Majetich will direct, and Michael Murphy will serve as music director. 

 

Auditions will be held Monday, February 2, at 6:30pm at the Strand. Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song from any Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. You can gender-bend your song selection. An accompanist will be provided OR you can bring a karaoke track. If necessary, callbacks will take place on Wednesday, February 4, at 6:30 pm. Audition ages are 16 and older. There are opportunities for solos, duets, and ensemble members! 

 

Rehearsals will begin the week of February 9 and run three evenings each week for approximately 2-3 hours per rehearsal. A complete schedule will be created following auditions and distributed at the first rehearsal. Please visit www.strandtheatrewv.com/gns for character descriptions and complete audition details. Contact Cassie Majetich at cassandra.majetich@strandtheatrewv.com with questions. 

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Character Descriptions

There are opportunities for solos, duets, and ensemble members! 

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​The production is supported by The Karl & Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation