Sweet Charity

[EmsDad]

<p>The character of Vittorio Vidal is 30-45 years old, which is pretty far beyond the recommended age of 18-25 for a recent high school graduate auditioning for college programs. Remember, college faculty are experts in the Broadway Canon and expect you to act the song in the context of the show.</p>

<p>Here is a quote from kjgc, an MT department head:</p>

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…it is in your best interest to do the song from the show as written. I can’t emphasize enough that the entire casting process is helped when you audition with material that is right for you. Just because you played Tevye in high school does not mean you should audition with “If I were a Rich Man.” You won’t play that role for another 25 years at least. On the other hand, Billy Bigelow is likely a stretch, but if we squint a bit and use our imagination, we can at least see that on the horizon. Understand the difference? Only you can make that decision, and since we don’t know you we can only offer generalities. </p>

<p>Think of it this way. If you bend the character to fit your needs and not the needs of the character - we are not seeing your ability to act. When the time comes to cast a show, it is rare that the producer will suggest a younger man with the wrong range. Why would colleges change that procedure?

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<p>The quote above is from this thread, which you may find of interest - it talks about some of the problems in finding an appropriate audition song for a baritone:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/1184179-when-okay-use-overdone-song.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/1184179-when-okay-use-overdone-song.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here is another thread that discusses appropriate audition material with a great post by kgjc (see post #16):</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/1442585-being-alive-auditions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/1442585-being-alive-auditions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Most people don’t want the audition panel wondering, “why did he/she choose THAT song?” instead of focusing on your work in the very brief moment in time alloted for the audition.</p>

<p>There are many past threads that discuss audition song choices - searching for “audition song” or “overdone song” will produce lots of threads that discuss these and other audition topics (it helps to use the “Advance Search” mode and limit the search to “Musical Theatre Major” under “Search in Forum(s)”).</p>

<p>You may also want to read one of the many books on auditioning, such as, “The Enraged Accompanist’s Guide to the Perfect Audition” by Andrew Gerle.</p>