Super Summer Theatre auditions

Jade Productions, Inc. and Super Summer Theatre will present Working this September at Spring Mountain Ranch. 

Auditions are Friday evening, June 5, beginning at 6:00. You must show up no later than 8:00 to complete the audition. CALLBACKS are on Saturday, June 6 beginning at noon and are by appointment only. 

Auditions are at Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts, 3265 E. Patrick Lane, Las Vegas, 89120.

Prepare an up-tempo Broadway song--approx. 32 measures. Bring sheet music in your key (or a cd with no vocals). An accompanist will be provided. You may prepare a song from the show. Be prepared to dance.

Director - Joy Demain

Musical Director - Pat Demain

Choreographer - Kristin Gressley

Rehearsals begin the third week in July and continue until the show opens on September 10. Performances run through September 26. There will be no Equity contracts.

There is a small monetary gift for participation in the production.

Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso from the book WORKING by Pulitzer Prize Winner Studs Terkel, this timely musical pays tribute to the spirit, hearts, and souls of America's citizens. WORKING weaves the story of America's common working wo/man revealing the hopes, emotions, passions, and the spirit of the working class striving for the piece of the American Dream. The production includes songs by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, and James Taylor. Musical styles include R&B, rock, Broadway, and folk. The monologues and the lyrics to the songs are genuine, taken from Mr. Terkel's book of the views of the American worker. Honesty, responsibility, championship is conveyed by each character to the audience.

The show is wonderfully textured with all types of people, all types of characters, all types of opportunities for many people to shine—for singers and non-singers alike. This large, multi-ethnic ensemble cast of characters range in age from a nine year old boy to a retired gentleman.

Super Summer Theatre

Pack a picnic, bring a blanket, and take a short drive to the west... Super Summer Theatre's first musical of the 2009 season is right around the corner.

"Buddy"—The Buddy Holly Story.

June 3-20

Wednesday through Saturday

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park (8000 Blue Diamond Road)

Gates open at 6pm

Show starts at 8:05pm

Seating on the lawn or rent a chair for $1.

Advance tickets are $10 (www.unlvtickets.com) or $15 at the gate.

Children under 5 are free.

Also this season:

West Side Story, July 8-25

Once On This Island, August 12-29

Working, A New Musical, September 10-26

Menopause, the Musical reopens tonight!

Menopause has a new home on the strip! The show will reopen tonight at the Luxor with America's Got Talent star Queen Emily onboard.

Show times:

May 26-31, 8pm

Beginning in June, 5:30pm Wed-Mon, 8pm on Tues.

Ticket Prices:

$49.95 and $65 plus tax and service fee

$65 tickets include one free drink

To purchase tickets, click here:

See Menopause The Musical ® at Luxor Hotel and Casino-fun Las Vegas entertainment

To read Mike Weatherford's R-J article about it, click here:

MIKE WEATHERFORD: Campy musical reopening - Neon - ReviewJournal.com

VS. a rock cabaret

This Wednesday is the premiere performance of VS.! Hosted by Ali Spuck and Keely Vasquez, VS. is a unique chance for singers to perform songs they love to sing and for Vegas audiences to see the talent they love in an entirely different setting. It's not an open mic, nor a traditional cabaret. Backed by a rockin' house band featuring the best musicians in Las Vegas, it's a combination of a rock show and a cabaret showcasing talent from the biggest shows on the strip, visiting Broadway greats, and stars from TV/Film and the LA theatre scene.

Each show has a different theme that will showcase two different concepts, artists, shows, composers, etc. They'll pull from all genres of music—you never know what you'll get to see!

This Month's Theme: Hello vs. Goodbye

Wednesday, May 27 at 9pm

The Liberace Museum (1775 E. Tropicana at Spencer)

$20 (Benefitting the Liberace Museum and Foundation)

Call 702-798-5595 x14 to reserve your ticket!

For more information, visit their website:

VS. - a Rock Cabaret

Reminder - A Taste of Shakespeare

Don't forget... A Taste of Shakespeare is happening this weekend at the Springs Preserve!

May 23-25 (Sat-Mon)

Noon to 6pm

$9.95  for admission to the park for the day

6 shortened plays on 2 stages, every half hour

Live classical music throughout the park

Call 822-7705 for tickets and information!

YouTube - A Taste Of Shakespeare at The Springs Preserve

Phantom Fans Week is set for September!

Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular is pleased to announce it will host the first annual Phantom Fans Week in September 2009, highlighted by a special keynote address from Phantom's Tony Award-winning director Hal Prince. This unprecedented celebration of all things Phantom will give fans from around the globe insider access to the show like never before. 

Sign up by June 25 and save $25 off your registration fee. So register early and mark your calendar for a week when the Music of the Night takes over the City of Lights.

Click here to register!

Phantom The Las Vegas Spectacular

Joe Brown's fantastic Lion King review...

"This is the real thing. All hail 'The Lion King.'"

‘The Lion King’ brought to life - Las Vegas Sun

PEEPSHOW auditions

OPEN CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE REPLACEMENTS

(Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas - AEA contract)

Location: Backstage Dance Studio 2

3425 Backstage Blvd., Las Vegas)

Female dancers

Tuesday, May 19 at 11am

Please come prepared to dance — bring heels and flats.

**Girls should be comfortable performing topless (not in auditions).**

Bring photo/resume.

Male dancers

Tuesday, May 19 at 2pm

Please come prepared to dance.

Bring updated photo/resume.

Male and Female singers

Wednesday, May 20 at 11am

Please bring a pop/rock song to sing—you may bring a track or sheet music. Accompanist will be provided.

Bring photo/resume.

Please email jerry.mitchell.casting@gmail.com if you need more details.

Produced by BASE Entertainment
Conceived/Directed/Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell
Original Music by Andrew Lippa
Set Design by David Rockwell
Associate Choreographer: Nick Kenkel
General Manager:  Michael Gill
Casting: Telsey + Company

PEEPSHOW, created by Tony Award-winning Director/Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, takes a simple story with a ‘naughty’ adult twist and tells it using the power of today’s music. Production numbers are derived from popular fairy tales and nursery rhymes all told with a female empowerment point-of-view.  The show uses the razzle & dazzle of burlesque to spin a unique, sexy, and very entertaining tale.

SEEKING:

Female Dancers – Beautiful, strong, sexy, confident.  All ethnicities.  Specialty dance talents are a plus.  At least one dancer has a pole-dancing specialty. (Audition on Tuesday, May 19th)
Male Dancers – Any ethnicity; Strong, masculine, sexy.  Specialty dance talents a plus (break-dancing or tumbling – any special skills!).

PEEP DIVA – female, any ethnicity.  20s – 40s.  She is the star of our evening. Must be an excellent singer in pop/rock and r&b styles with great charisma and star quality.  Currently being played by Mel B. (Spice Girls).  Must be very comfortable with movement and some dance.  A strong, confident, sexy performer who leads us through the evening. (Audition on Wednesday, May 20th)

Male Singer – Any ethnicity; 20’s – 40’s; Suave, sexy, confident, ala Michael Bublé; sings throughout the evening.  Featured scene where he performs “Feeling Good.” (Audition on Wednesday, May 20th)

FEMALE BACK-UP SINGERS – female, any ethnicity, 20s – 40s.  Must be an excellent singer in pop/rock and r&b styles.  Must be comfortable with movement as well. (Audition on Wednesday, May 20th)

Nevada Conservatory Theatre

Next season at Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV...

Company — Oct. 2-11

A Christmas Carol — Nov. 26 - Dec. 13

The Women — Jan. 29 - Feb. 7

The Little Dog Laughed — Feb. 26 - March 7

A Midsummer Night's Dream — April 23 - May 2

Masters' Season (adult content):

Reasons to Be Pretty (Neil LaBute) — Sept. 18-27

New Play Festival — Nov. 4-22

Musical of Musicals — March 12-21

Featuring artists from around the country as well as UNLV students, the NCT offers the most exciting live experience and is one of Las Vegas' great cultural bargains. All productions are in the beautiful Judy Bayley Theatre on the UNLV campus. 

For more information, click here:

Nevada Conservatory Theatre | Home

Fit for a King

The Lion King opened officially last night to a roaring ovation and a great review from Mike Weatherford in today's paper. The performance was followed by a fabulous party at MIX high atop The Hotel at Mandalay Bay, with Quincy Jones in attendance, as well as Tony and Emmy award winning and Oscar nominated director Julie Taymor and local celebrities Siegfried and Roy. But the real stars of the night were the absolutely gorgeous cast of The Lion King. Las Vegas is so lucky to have yet another amazingly talented group of people in town!

To read Mike Weatherford's review, click here:

SHOW REVIEW: 'The Lion King' - News - ReviewJournal.com

A Taste of Shakespeare

This Memorial Day weekend, the Springs Preserve becomes more dramatic than usual as it hosts the three-day "A Taste of Shakespeare" festival.

Six shortened Shakespearean plays will run continuously on two stages, one starting every half hour, from noon to 6pm daily from Saturday, May 23 to Monday, May 25. Visitors can drop in and out of performances, sample a variety of local cuisines, taste fine wines, listen to live music, stroll the well-marked trails, and visit the Preserve's gift shop, cafe, and museums.

Presented by Dan Decker Theatricals in association with the Metro Arts Council, "A Taste of Shakespeare" will feature shortened versions of Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Much Ado About Nothing. Music will be provided by members of the Henderson Symphony Orchestra and Green Valley High School Orchestra.

Carol Linnea Johnson and Don Burroughs

Cedar City, UT—Casting for this summer's Utah Shakespearean Festival production of Private Lives is putting a new twist on Noel Coward's most celebrated comedy: The actors playing the volatile couple, Elyot and Amanda, are, in fact, married in real life. Indeed, they met at the festival in 1996.

"Don and I have always talked about coming back to the Festival, but the time was never right," said Carol Linnea Johnson, who recently completed a three-year run in the lead role of Donna in Mamma Mia! at Mandalay Bay. "Now the timing couldn't be more perfect." She was also play Emilia, the abbess, in The Comedy of Errors.

Carol's husband, Don Burroughs (also from the cast of Mamma Mia!), will appear this season as Amiens and Hymen in As You Like It, as well. 

To read the full press release, click here:

Couple's Love Story To Continue This Summer in the Utah Shakespearean Festival's Private Lives

For ticket information, click here:

Welcome to the Utah Shakespearean Festival

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Do you have a question for one of the theatre actors in Vegas? 

Just ask!

Click CONTACT KRIS and send it in. Be sure to specify which actor it's for and what show they're in.  Then stay tuned... you may see your question personally answered on video!

Menopause

Menopause: The Musical, starring Paige O'Hara and Queen Emily, recently closed after a successful run at the Hilton, BUT...

we're happy to spread the exciting rumor that the musical is set to re-open at the Luxor at the end of this month!

Shear Madness opens tonight!

Shear Madness began preview performances on Tuesday and is officially opening tonight at 7pm at Town Square!

The cast: Enoch Augustus Scott as Tony Whitcomb, Robin Long as Barbara Demarco, Tracey Adams as Eleanor Schubert, Joe Ditmyer as Eddie Lawrence, Chris Tarjan as Nick Rosetti, and Nicholas Caruso as Mikey Thomas with Christie Maturo as the understudy/assistant stage manager.

Shear Madness engages visitors and locals alike as armchair detectives help to solve the scissor-stabbing murder of a famed concert pianist who lives above the Shear Madness hairstyling salon. The show combines up-to-the-minute improvisational humor and a mixture of audience sleuthing to deliver a truly unique performance each night.

Show times will be Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 7pm with matinees Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.

Tickets, priced $42.95 - $72.95, are currently available by calling 702-949-6123 or by visiting ShearMadnessLV.com.

Jersey Boys auditions

** information from www.actorsequity.com**

Jersey Boys (Las Vegas)

Dodger Theatricals Ltd. (New York, NY)

EPA on Thursday, June 4

10am to 5:30pm (lunch 1:30 - 2pm)

Sign-in at 9am

Equity Chorus on Friday, June 5

Male and female singers at 9am (sign-in at 8:30)

Male dancers at 1:30pm (sign-in at 1:00)

Female dancers at 3:30pm (Sign-in at 3:00)

Location: Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts

3265 East Patrick Lane, Las Vegas, NV

EPA rules are in effect. A monitor will be provided.

Personnel

Music Director: Keith Thompson

Assoc. Choreographer: Caitlin Carter

Casting Director: Merri Sugarman

Accompanist: Wayne Green

Contract: Casino ($1509.00/wk)

Seeking versatile male and female singers with a strong pop sensibility who are comfortable with tight harmonies. For the men, we are especially seeking singers who play instruments, and singers who have a strong falsetto. Also seeking male and female dancers who sing extremely well, and singers who dance extremely well, for future replacements of the Las Vegas company of Jersey Boys. The ensemble will understudy the principals.

Preparation: For the EPA, please prepare one brief rock 'n' roll song that shows as much range as possible, and bring your book of music. For the chorus call, please prepare 16 bars of a rock 'n' roll song and bring your book.

Female dancers bring character heels. Male dancers bring flat dance shoes.

Jersey Boys was originally produced at the La Jolla Playhouse.

Breakdown:

[FRANKIE] 20s-early 30s. Must be 5’9 or shorter. Must have a strong tenor with sweet and strong falsetto and be able to sing in the style of Frankie Valli. Strong tenor to high A or Bb plus strong falsetto up to treble G. Charismatic and charming. Must be a very strong actor (comfortable with narrative text) and have a gritty side as well as a polished veneer. Must be very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies. Leading role. 

[BOB] 20s-early 30s. Preferably tall. Strong tenor/baritenor voice. Must be very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies. Also needs to be comfortable with narrative text. Ability to play piano a plus, but not necessary. An intelligent, sensitive, and introspective musical prodigy. Leading role. 

[TOMMY] 30s. Strong tenor/baritenor voice. Must be very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies. Also needs to be comfortable with narrative text. Ability to play guitar a very strong plus. A natural-born leader with an appealing, bad-boy quality. Leading role. 

[NICKY] 30s. Strong bass/baritone voice. Must be very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies. Also needs to be comfortable with narrative text. Ability to play bass a plus, but not necessary. A quiet dreamer who longs for life after The Four Seasons. Leading role. 

[GYP DECARLO] 45-65. Tough, mafioso type. Must be a good actor and strong singer. Ability to play guitar a plus, but not required. Supporting role.

[BOB CREWE] 35-45. Intelligent and flamboyant – genius music producer and lyricist. An integral part of creating the magic of the Four Seasons. Supporting role.

From the mean streets of Jersey to American Bandstand, this is the thrilling story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became the biggest doo-wop sensation of all time: The Four Seasons. Using their legendary music, two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff brings to life the exciting early days of rock-and-roll, and the price of fame for four guys who had nothing – and everything – to lose.

An Opportunity to Give

This Saturday, May 9 is the Letter Carriers' Food Drive. 

Put your non-perishable donation in a bag by your mailbox. They'll deliver it to a local food bank for you. Easy as that. :)

Dancin' Feet

Great dancing. Great music. Comedy and romance! 

M&M American Dance Theatre's DANCIN' FEET, a romantic musical comedy, tells the story of Dancinmannio & Twinkletoenia, two showbiz muses who are banished from Mount Olympus and sent to the planet Earth because they are voted off the reality TV competition show Dancing with the Gods. In order to get their immortality back, the two muses have to bring joy and inspiration to two mortals on Earth.

To a rousing, jazzy score of some of the greats of the American songbook such as "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "Night and Day," "Mona Lisa," and "Let Yourself Go" with new musical arrangements by Keith Thompson (Musical Director of Jersey Boys) and Broadway legend Peter Howard (Chicago, Raiders of the Lost Ark), their quest to inspire others unexpectedly teaches them something very important about joy, inspiration, and love.

Congratulations, Jersey Boys!

Jersey Boys will celebrate its first year anniversary on the Las Vegas Strip at the Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino this Sunday, May 3!

The show has become a staple of entertainment in Las Vegas, being named the number one show of 2008 by the Review-Journal after only six months of performances. In addition, just last month, Jersey Boys was named "Best Show" in Las Vegas by the staff of the R-J in the newspaper's 28th annual "Best of Las Vegas" poll.

In honor of the show's first anniversary, the cast of Jersey Boys will present a medley of songs in a rare, live performance in support of Race for the Cure and its valued mission this Saturday, May 2 and 9:50am on the 3rd Street Stage of the infamous Fremont Street Experience.

Tickets for Jersey Boys can be purchased by calling 1-866-641-SHOW or online at www.palazzolasvegas.com.