[NEohioPAL]Hudson Players Seek Director
Gary Maher
gmaher at safetythink.com
Wed Aug 3 06:19:59 PDT 2005
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The Hudson Players is accepting applications for Director for our upcoming
production:
Barnum
Music by CY COLEMAN
Lyrics by MICHAEL STEWART
Book by MARK BRAMBLE
Originally Produced on the Broadway Stage by Judy
Gordon, Cy Coleman, Maurice and Lois F. Rosenfeld
in association with Irwin Feld and Kenneth Feld.
Show Dates: February 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Sunday Feb 19th at 2pm
Audition Dates: Sunday Nov 6th & Nov 7th
The Hudson Players are seeking director candidates for the musical
"Barnum". The show auditions November 6 & 7, 2005 and performs February 3,
4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and tells the tale of P.T.Barnum. With music
by Cy Coleman, it promises to be a great and challenging production. The
Hudson Players are a small but established community theater currently
celebrating our 66th season. We produce only three shows each year so we
like to feature high quality productions in a fun environment. We are
located in the heart of Hudson. Interested candidates should reply via email
as soon as possible with resume or background. A small stipend is
available commensurate with our theater size and budget. If unavailable for
this show, please feel free to forward your resume for future
consideration.
SYNOPSIS:
"Barnum's the name. P.T. Barnum. And I want to tell you that tonight
you are going to see-bar none-every sight, wonder and miracle that name
stands for!"
Here is the show that traces the career of America's greatest showman
from 1835 to the year he joined James A. Bailey to form The Greatest Show
On Earth. Let us begin, as BARNUM does...
OUTSIDE THE TENT where Barnum tells us he's here to defend the 'noble
art of humbug' which he defines as the puffing up he gives the truth; the
coat of varnish he puts on the hard facts of life. Whether we agree with
him or not, Barnum's sure he'll be able to sell us his bill of goods. Why?
There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute.
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS as Barnum signs up his first attraction, Joice Heth,
the oldest woman in the world. Joice turns out to be less of a draw than
he'd hoped until he tries a bit of humbug and pitches her as George
Washington's nurse. Joice is a big success and sings the virtues of living
to be 160 in Thank God I'm Old.
P.T. BARNUM VS. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, an age-old contest that
pits Barnum against his good wife, Chairy. She wants him to settle down,
run a respectable business -a clock factory for instance-and Barnum
explains that clock-making is just not the right color for him. He tells us
what he means in The Colors of My Life, then rushes off to close a deal to
build a museum at the corner of Ann Street and Broadway to house his growing
collection of attractions. Chairy, alone, tells us about the colors of her
life.
CLOWNS! A cornucopia of them, tumbling into the main ring as-with
Chairy to guide them-they build Barnum's American Museum -One Brick at a
Time.
STEP RIGHT UP LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, says Barnum, and let me tell you
about all the wonders you're going to see inside my museum! -Museum Song.
BARNUM VS. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, PART II. The years have gone by,
the Barnums are a bit older and a bit more successful, but their conflict
is the same. And so is their affection for each other in I Like Your Style.
25 INCHES FROM TOE TO CROWN! None other than Barnum's latest and most
sensational attraction, General Tom Thumb, who tells us that Bigger Isn't
Better.
A RESPECTABLE ATTRACTION AT LAST-one that brings great rewards and
poses great problems; Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, whom Barnum
presents in her first American concert at Castle Garden. Jenny sings first
in Swedish, then in English, and wins the hearts of all who hear her-Barnum
included-Love Makes Such Fools of Us All.
THE HUMBUGGER HUMBUGGED! Barnum buys his own bill of goods-well, who
could resist a Swedish Nightingale-and leaves Chairy to tour with Jenny and
put a bit of color in his own life-Out There.
OUT ON THE MIDWAY for a Grand Patriotic Parade, when the citizens of
Washington salute Jenny Lind as she makes her first appearance in the
nations' capital-Come Follow the Band.
A SECOND MUSICAL DIVERSION: PAYING THE PIPER, as Barnum realizes that
Jenny Lind is not for him, that he only loves his wife. He returns to
Chairy on her terms as he promises to banish color from his life and live
it in Black and White.
BARNUM VS. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, PART III. Many years later,
Barnum is out of the 'humbug' business, and Chairy is ailing. Both of them
realize how seriously ill she is, and before she leaves him forever, they
declare their love for each other by affectionately restating their age-old
quarrel-The Colors of My Life.
BEHIND THE SCENES, BENEATH THE MAKE-UP, as Barnum realizes that being
a respectable businessman is not for him, and even his beloved Chairy would
have agreed that what he is-and will always be-is The Prince of Humbug. THE
MAIN EVENT: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! James A. Bailey arrives on the
scene, and after a selling job that even Barnum would be proud of,
convinces Barnum at last to Join the Circus.
A PRINCELY FINAL ATTRACTION. The tent pole comes down, the canvas is
folded, the show is loaded and ready to roll, as we hear from Mr. Phineas
Taylor Barnum-himself-Final Chase and There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute
(Reprise).
Please contact Towar Vilas at: towarv at adelphia.net
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"Barnum's the name. P.T. Barnum. And I want to tell you that =
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Chairy. She wants him to settle down, run a respectable business =
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factory for instance-and Barnum explains that clock-making is just =
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Life,=20
then rushes off to close a deal to build a museum at the corner of =
Ann=20
Street and Broadway to house his growing collection of =
attractions.=20
Chairy, alone, tells us about the colors of her=20
life. <BR> CLOWNS! A cornucopia of them, =
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RIGHT UP LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, says Barnum, and let me tell you =
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Song. <BR> BARNUM VS. THE FEMALE OF THE =
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PART II. The years have gone by, the Barnums are a bit older and a =
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more successful, but their conflict is the same. And so is their =
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25 INCHES=20
FROM TOE TO CROWN! None other than Barnum's latest and most =
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attraction, General Tom Thumb, who tells us that Bigger Isn't=20
Better. <BR> A RESPECTABLE ATTRACTION AT =
LAST-one=20
that brings great rewards and poses great problems; Jenny Lind, =
the=20
Swedish Nightingale, whom Barnum presents in her first American =
concert at=20
Castle Garden. Jenny sings first in Swedish, then in English, and =
wins the=20
hearts of all who hear her-Barnum included-Love Makes Such Fools =
of Us=20
All. <BR> THE HUMBUGGER HUMBUGGED! Barnum =
buys his=20
own bill of goods-well, who could resist a Swedish Nightingale-and =
leaves=20
Chairy to tour with Jenny and put a bit of color in his own =
life-Out=20
There. <BR> OUT ON THE MIDWAY for a Grand=20
Patriotic Parade, when the citizens of Washington salute Jenny =
Lind as she=20
makes her first appearance in the nations' capital-Come Follow the =
Band. <BR> A SECOND MUSICAL DIVERSION: =
PAYING THE=20
PIPER, as Barnum realizes that Jenny Lind is not for him, that he =
only=20
loves his wife. He returns to Chairy on her terms as he promises =
to banish=20
color from his life and live it in Black and=20
White.<BR> BARNUM VS. THE FEMALE OF THE =
SPECIES,=20
PART III. Many years later, Barnum is out of the 'humbug' =
business, and=20
Chairy is ailing. Both of them realize how seriously ill she is, =
and=20
before she leaves him forever, they declare their love for each =
other by=20
affectionately restating their age-old quarrel-The Colors of My =20
Life.<BR> BEHIND THE SCENES, BENEATH THE =
MAKE-UP,=20
as Barnum realizes that being a respectable businessman is not for =
him, =20
and even his beloved Chairy would have agreed that what he is-and will=20
always be-is The Prince of Humbug. THE MAIN EVENT: THE GREATEST =
SHOW ON=20
EARTH! James A. Bailey arrives on the scene, and after a selling =
job that=20
even Barnum would be proud of, convinces Barnum at last to Join =
the=20
Circus. <BR> A PRINCELY FINAL ATTRACTION. =
The tent=20
pole comes down, the canvas is folded, the show is loaded and =
ready to=20
roll, as we hear from Mr. Phineas Taylor Barnum-himself-Final =
Chase and=20
There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute =
(Reprise).<BR><BR><BR><BR>Please=20
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