Audition by Michael Shurtleff

Audition by Michael Shurtleff

The casting director for Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, the Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar tells you how you can find your dream Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that moment before, how to use humour; create mystery; how to develop a distinct style; and how to evaluate the place, the relationships and the competition. In fact, Audition is a necessary guide to dealing with all the auditions we face in life. This is the bible on the subject.

Michael Shurtleff finds time to write plays and novels, direct films, teach his famous auditioning course, and attend at least a dozen plays and films every week in addition to working as a casting director with Joshua Logan, Bob Fosse, Tom O'Horgan, Mike Nichols, Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Stuart Ostrow, David Merrick, and others. He does exactly what he urges his readers to do: he learns every day. Learn enough to be able to perform well in the theater.