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Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part

Michael Shurtleff

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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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bantam
  • Publish Date: Dec 2nd, 1979
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.80in - 4.10in - 0.80in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9780553272956
  • Categories: • Theater - General• Acting & Auditioning• Monologues & Scenes

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About the Author

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.

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Casting Calls for Commercials | Digital Content | Film | TV | Print | Free Cutting Edge Software to Find Talent & Schedule | Record | Edit | Share Auditions

Looking for some audition tips to refine your technique? Michael Shurtleff whose casting work includes #Chicago and #Becket as well as the films #TheGraduate and #JesusChristSuperstar provides his top tips to help you nail that next audition; https://t.co/qTzBZ4D64R https://t.co/IA0YSCY7pa

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Account Inactive. On Mastodon: https://t.co/I9VJXRFgeu + https://t.co/fTrTxk8gcZ More ways to find me in pinned tweet.

One of my fave books of all time: AUDITION by Michael Shurtleff. Officially for actors, but also for writers, directors & casting directors. Changed how I view relationships & scene dynamics as an artist & as a human. I can't recommend it enough. #ad https://t.co/DlnNfunIMO

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Praise for this book

"What a book! Yet it's so simple that you learn without feeling it happen. Thank you, Michael; we needed it."--Joshua Logan

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Casting Frontier
Casting Frontier
@castingfrontier
3 years

Casting Calls for Commercials | Digital Content | Film | TV | Print | Free Cutting Edge Software to Find Talent & Schedule | Record | Edit | Share Auditions

Looking for some audition tips to refine your technique? Michael Shurtleff whose casting work includes #Chicago and #Becket as well as the films #TheGraduate and #JesusChristSuperstar provides his top tips to help you nail that next audition; https://t.co/qTzBZ4D64R https://t.co/IA0YSCY7pa

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Mentioner image for: @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us is not here: see pinned tweet
@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us is not here: see pinned tweet
@ShaulaEvans
3 years

Account Inactive. On Mastodon: https://t.co/I9VJXRFgeu + https://t.co/fTrTxk8gcZ More ways to find me in pinned tweet.

One of my fave books of all time: AUDITION by Michael Shurtleff. Officially for actors, but also for writers, directors & casting directors. Changed how I view relationships & scene dynamics as an artist & as a human. I can't recommend it enough. #ad https://t.co/DlnNfunIMO

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