Majestic to hold Youth Audition for upcoming Musicals

“YOUTH INVITED TO AUDTION FOR SWEENEY TODD: SCHOOL EDITION AND THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES AT THE MAJESTIC.

On Sunday March 2nd at 1pm and Wednesday March 5 at 6pm The Majestic will hold auditions for Sweeney Todd School Edition. This audition is open to teens ages 14 – 18. This production will be Directed by Jocelyn Duford with Musical Direction by Keith Belanger.

About Sweeney Todd School Edition:
Music and Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim / Book by Hugh Wheeler / Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond. An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up… and the carnage has only just begun! This special School Edition has been masterfully adapted, working directly with Mr. Sondheim to retain the dark wit and grand scope of the original work, with a few lyric and key changes to facilitate high school productions. At the show’s core is a challenging score of epic proportion with two tasty tour-de-force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice, Mrs. Lovett. Sweeney Todd School Edition is sure to be the highlight of any high school’s season.

On Sunday March 9th at 12pm and Thursday March 13th at 6pm The Majestic will hold auditions for The Emperor’s New Clothes. This audition is open to youth ages 8 – 13. This production will be Directed by Becky Rush.

About The Emperor’s New Clothes:
Book by Karen Boettcher-Tate, Music and Lyrics by Bill Francouer. Laugh your socks off in this fairy-tale pop musical with eclectic styles ranging from Celtic to 20s jazz to 50s rock and more! The kingdom of Glump has been falling apart ever since the pampered emperor became wrapped up in his tasteless wardrobe! Not only is he a big-headed clothes-aholic, his three ’lovely’ daughters are quickly becoming chips off the old blockhead. Enter two con artists, Wart and Hog, who devise their ingenious plan for fleecing the emperor. Naturally, everyone pretends to ’see’ the magic cloth, until the emperor’s serving boy covers him up at the parade, laying bare the facts: the emperor has no clothes on! The serving boy’s honesty is contagious, and the emperor has quite a revelation. He’s been blind to his own selfishness — and nakedness! — until this fateful day. But make way for one more hilarious scene in which his daughters, who haven’t heard the news, appear in their underwear, too! (Tastefully done, we promise!) As the girls angrily chase Wart and Hog offstage, the emperor vows to his people that he will not only keep his underwear under wraps, but he will reform his ways… and his daughters! The naked truth has never been funnier!

Audition and rehearsals will be held at The Majestic Theatre Studio located at 880 Page Street, Manchester, NH 03109. For Audition requirements, schedule, character list and more visit https://majestictheatre.net/ed...

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