Austin Chronicle Culture Flash
Culture Flash! BY ROBERT FAIRES
• Aspiring musical-theatre performers ages 13-18, take note: Auditions for Making It on Broadway, a weeklong intensive that features Broadway musical vets teaching acting, voice, and audition techniques, will be held Monday, June 2, 2-8pm. The newly formed Austin Children’s Theater is bringing the New York City-based camp to Austin, which is one of only five cities in the nation offering the camp this summer. Training focuses on musical-theatre choreography, audition techniques, building a song repertoire, and more. Instructors may include Jodi Langel (Broadway: Les Misérables, Cats), Jose Llana (Broadway: Rent, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), and Sheri Sanders (national tour: Urinetown). At the end of the camp, representatives from Broadway casting agency Telsey + Company will hold private auditions with each student. The camp runs July 21-26. Only 40 students will be accepted. Students wishing to audition must bring sheet music for and be prepared to sing 15-32 bars of one upbeat song and one ballad (songs from musicals recommended but not required). To schedule an appointment, call 927-6633. For more information on this or Austin Children’s Theater’s regular summer camps, starting June 9, visit www.austinchildrenstheater.org.
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