Audition

Author: | Michael Shurtleff |
Rating: | 4.22 |
Bestsellers Rate: | 6489 |
Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
Book Format: | Paperback |
Binding: | None |
Pages: | 288 |
Hours of reading: | 4.8 hours |
Publication Date: | 2021 |
Languages: | | English | |
Price: | 7,87 € |
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When Streisand, Redford, Vereen, Tomlin, Midler, and Hoffman got their first breaks Michael Shurtleff was there. 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! Twelve guideposts for actors plus: Style - Pace - Over-Acting - Distractions - Risks - Drama - Musical Theater - Comedy - Self-Rescue - Seduction - Eye Contact . . . And more!
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"What a book! Yet it's so simple that you learn without feeling it happen. Thank you, Michael; we needed it."--Joshua Logan
Michael Shurtleff Biography
Michael Shurtleff (July 3, 1920, in Oak Park, Illinois – January 28, 2007, in Los Angeles, California) was a major force in casting on Broadway during the 1960s and 1970s. He wrote Audition, a book for actors on the audition process. He also wrote numerous one-act and full-length plays.
Early life
Charles Gordon Shurtleff was born in Oak Park, Illinois and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and the Yale School of Drama, where he received his MFA in playwriting in 1952. He moved to New York City after graduation and changed his first name to Michael. He has two brothers, John and Roger.Career
Shurtleff was the major casting director for producer David Merrick. During the casting process he would bring in to audition for the play's director such new names as Elliott Gould, Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Bette Midler and Jerry Orbach. Shurtleff worked with Bob Fosse on Pippin and Chicago, and Andrew Lloyd Webber on Jesus Christ Superstar.Shurtleff went on to form his own casting service, Casting Consultants, in 1962. Among the Broadway productions on which he acted as casting director were the original productions of 1776, The Apple Tree and Chicago. He served as casting director on such films as The Graduate and The Sound of Music. In his book Audition, he addressed common problems for actors during the audition process, problems he had witnessed many times over in his casting sessions. The book has become somewhat of a "bible for aspiring actors."Shurtleff wrote the play Call Me By My Rightful Name. He had plays published in The Best Short Plays Series, of which the 1979 edition includes his popular "Sailing."Death
Shurtleff died of lung cancer, aged 86, at his home in Los Angeles, California.References
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Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
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ISBN13: | 9780553272956 |
ISBN10: | 0553272950 |
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Edition Statement: | Reprint |
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Book Format: | Paperback |
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Pages: | 288 |
Book Weight: | 156 |
Book Dimensions: | 105x174x19 |
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Publication date: | Feb. 1, 1986 |
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Publication City/Country: | New York, United States |