Variety (March 1959)

60 LEGITIMATE P&Rusfr Wednesday, March 4, 1959 i CASTING NEWS :i f ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ . ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦ > <» Following are available parts in upcoming Broadway , off-Broad' way touring, films, industrial and television shows. All information has been obtained directly by the Variety Casting Department by tele¬ phone calls, and has been rechecked as of noon yesterday (TuesJ. The available roles will be repeated weekly until filled, and addi¬ tions to the list will be made only ichen information is secured from responsible parties. The intention is to service performers with leads provided by the managements of the shows involved rather than to run a lengthy list of blind items. In addition to the available parts listed, the tabulation includes pro¬ ductions announced for later this season, but, for which, the manage¬ ments, as yet, aren’t holding open casting calls. Parenthetical designa¬ tions are as follows: (C) Comedy, (D) Drama, (MC) Musical Comedy, (MD) Musical Drama. (Rep) Repertory, (DR) Dramatic Reading. Legit BROADWAY "Flight to Matia” (MD). Produc¬ er. Jamieson Productions, 350 W. 57th St.; Director, Clay Yurden; musical director, Alfred Kicky. Available parts; femme lead, 26- 28. Spanish type singer; femme lead, 16, singer, American teen¬ age type; male singer, 38, American, slim, Don Ameche type; male singer, 45-50, Spanish-dicta- tor type, stocky; male, 17, Ameri¬ can teenage singer; femme singer, 28-30, beautiful, sophisticated; male singer, 19, Latin appearance. Ivy League manner; two male charac¬ ter comedian-singers. Mail photo and resume to producers. “Flower Drum Song” (MC>. Pro¬ ducers, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein 2d & Joseph Fields. Male and femme dancers-singers- actors of Oriental appearance for the contemplated touring and Eng¬ lish companies. Mail photo and resume to Eddie Blum, c/o Rodgers & Hammerstein. 483 Madison Ave. “Sure Sign of Spring” (MO. Producer, NET Production, 234 W. 44th St., director, John Stix; chor¬ eographer, Matt Mattox, Parts: Femme lead. French,, early. 2Q*s, sensitive, lonely; male, co-lead, middleaged ex-bootlegger, ex-car¬ nival man; male, co-lead, Scot, late 20’s, dour,, proud, husky fisherman; femme comedy lead, middleaged, realistic French businesswoman: male comedy lead, Scot, boastful affable, middleaged retired sea captain; male, late 40’s, French vil¬ lage priest, strong, raw-boned; femme singer, early 39’s, hard- talking; male, gentle, close mouth¬ ed. giant; also, rugged fishermen, elderly villagers, innocent young people and children of all ages. Mail photo and resume to pro¬ ducers. “West Side Story” (MD). Pro¬ ducers, Robert Griffith & Harold Prince. Auditions will be held every Tuesday, 2 p.m., at the Win¬ ter Garden Theatre, 1643 broadway, for replacements of the Broadway and London companies. Apply for appointments, stage door at 2 p.m. or 8 p.m., to Lo Hardis or George Eckert. Calls for dancers for re- OFF-BROADWAY “Chic” (R). Producer, Peter Pell, 148 W. 10th St. Parts: young tenor, William Tabbert type; sexy comediennes. Mail photo and resume to producer. “Courtyard” (D). Producers, An¬ thony & Goodman Productions, 1225 Sixth Ave. Accepting photo and resume of performers via mail only; also resume of potential tech¬ nicians, managers, stage managers. “Father” (D). Producer, Living Theatre, 530 Sixth Ave.; director Julian Beck. To be presented in repertory with the current “Many Loves.” Parts, experience required: male lead, classical style, for 100- year-old; femme, white or Negro, brooding, powerful physically and in speech; male, to appear 15 and able to age as play progresses. Mail photo and resume to director. “Happy Town” (MC). Producers. B & M Theatre Productions. Equity ensemble calls- April 13-14. Open calls for ensemble April 16-17. Theatre and time schedule for auditions to be set. “Season of Choice” (D). Pro¬ ducers. Bowden, Barr & Bullock. 137 W. 48th St. Available parts: southern girl, 18, personality; mill- worker, 20, forthright; character juvenile, southern, weak but like¬ able; femme character, neurotic, most be able to portray ages of 25 to 45; male character, southern weak, to play business man 30 to 50; femme character, 40, south¬ ern aristocrat, warm but weak, drinks; male Negro servant, to play 40 to 60. Accepting photo and resume by mail. “Single Man at a Party” . (D). Producers, Frank Haderer & Scotti D’Arcy. Available parts: male, mid 20’s, Hollywood star type; femme, early 20’s, Hollywood ac¬ tress type; two femmes, around 45, faded actress types; femme, moth¬ erly, 50-60; three male, middle- aged, sophisticated; Date for read¬ ings not set as of press deadline; phone JU 2-4739. Photo and re¬ sume may be mailed to Scottf D’Arcy, suite 2A, 152 W r . 49th St., N.Y. “Wind Is Still” (D). Pro¬ ducers, George Charles, Joan Hor¬ vath & Luis Martinz; director. Our Congratulations to Sidney Poitier on the occasion of his Academy Award Nomination for "Best Actor 1958 Cast op A Raisin intlieSun” Martinz. Available parts for Mex¬ ican Indian and peasant types: boy 10-13, small, loveable; male, Por¬ tuguese, late 40's, short, stocky, Akim Tamirrof type; male, 50, resolute, irritable, wiry. Auditions, Feb. 22 from 2 to 6 p.m., St. Marks Playhouse, $d Ave. and 8th St. Bring photo and resume. OUT OF TOWN “Babes in Anns” (MC), touring show. Producers, Lee Guber, Frank Ford & Shelly Gross. Open calls at 11 a.m.‘tomorrow (Thurs.) for dancers, singers, age 17-21; at SI. James Theatbe, 246 West 44th St.. N.Y. . “Li’l Abner” '(MC). Producers, Guber, Ford & Gross; general manager, Marvin Krauss. 136 W. 55th St., N.Y.C. Will accept photo and resume of candidates for a new company and replacements for the current touring troupe. “The Law and Mr. Simon” (C). Producers, Guber, Ford & Gross. Available parts: (character parts are Jewish); male, Menasha Skul- r.ik type; 50-60, character mother; good hearted but nagging, dominat¬ ing; 22-25, femme attorney, bright, attractive; 30-40, unimaginative divorcee with, daughter seeking husband; boy., 7, Quiz Kid type, unspoiled; male, 50-60, character, successful manufacturer; male, lead, early 30’s romantie-interest, lawyer; male, 35-45, character, romantic, de¬ partment store buyer, male, mid 2G’s, camp counsellor type. Rehears¬ als start early May. Summer tryout tour lor Broadway entry in fall. Mail photo and resume to Marvin A. Krauss, 136 W. 55th St.. N.Y.C. STOCK TOURING PACKAGES “Bells are Ringing” (MC). Pro¬ ducer, Stanley Prager. 47 W. 44th St., N.Y.C. accepting photo and resume by mail; casting all parts. “Li’l Abner” (MC). Same casting setup as for “Bells Are Ringing” (see above). ALLENTOWN, PA. Guthsville Playhouse, P. O. Box 1125; Producer-director, John Cameron. Equity. non-Equity players and apprentices sought for 18-week season; mail photo and res- jme to producer, c/o theatre. Casting April 24-25 in New' York. ATLANTA, GA. Theatre-Under-the-Stars (Muni¬ cipal Theatre, Inc.); producer- director, Eric Mattson, 35-15 75th St., Jackson Heights, N.Y. Accept¬ ing photo and resume of Broad¬ way and stock credits. Mail to pro¬ ducer. * BEVERLEY, MASS. North Shore Music Circus. Man¬ ager, Stephan Slane. Call for Equity singers March 31; femme, 1 p.m.: male, 3 p.m., at the Showcase, 930 Eighth Ave., N.Y. BLAUVELT, N.Y. Rockland County Playhouse; producer, Alw’in Leber. Mail photo and resume to the theatre, 474 Greenbush Road, Blauvelt, N.Y. Casting to start in May. BOILING SPRINGS, PA. Allenberry Playhouse. Planning 28-week season, including two mu¬ sicals. Mail photo and resume of Broadw’ay and stock credits to managing director Richard N. Gage, c/o Allenberry Playhouse. BUFFALO Melody Fair; producer, Lewis T. Fisher. Equity calls for dancers March 17: male, 10 a.m.; femme, 12 . noon: Equity calls for singers same date: femme, 2 p.m.; male, 4 p.m.: Open calls March 18, same schedule as Equity; March 19 finals. Audition held at Showcase Studios, 950 Eighth Ave., N.Y.C. CHICAGO Drury Lane Theatre. N.Y. Rep¬ resentative, Floyd F. Ackerman, 576 Fifth Ave., N.Y. 36; PL 8-2000. Usually books stars only from N.Y. office; agents or packagers with available boxoffice names contact Ackerman at the above address and phone. CONCORDVILLE. PA. Brandywine Music Circus. Pro¬ ducer, St. John Terrell. Same cast¬ ing setup as for Music Circus, Rose- croft, Md. (see above). DAYTON, O. Dayton Theatre Festival. Pro¬ ducer, Douglas Crawford, 40 W. 55th St., N.Y. Mail photo and re¬ sume of Broadway and stock cred¬ its to producer. (Equity and non- Equity). .'e* Will alternate six straight plays and six musicals. DEVON, PA. Valley Forge Music Fair. Pro¬ ducers, Guber, Ford & Gross; gen¬ eral manager, Marvin A. Krauss, 136 W. 55th St., N.Y.C. (Same management also operates Had- donfield, N,J.; Springfield, Mass., and Westbury, L.I. — see below). Scheduled productions include t “Bells Are Ringing,” “Li’l Abner,” “Say, Darling.” Mail photo and resume to Krauss, at above ad¬ dress. Equity and open calls fot singers March 24. Equity male, 10 a.m.-12 noon; femme, 12 noon-2 p.m.; open calls male, 2-4 p.m.; femme, 4-6 p.m. Equity and open calls for dancers March 25, same time schedule as singers. Finals for singers April 6 and dancers April 7. All auditions, Nola ‘Stein¬ way Studios, 113 W. 57th St., N.Y.C. in the Concert Hall. Pro¬ duction personnel needed (stage managers and assistants, house managers, treasurers, technical di¬ rectors, directors, choreographers, musical directors). Address in¬ quires to Krauss. Companies will tour including ensemble, principals, stage managers and assistants, musical directors). HADDONFIELD, N.J. Camden County Music Fair. Pro¬ ducers, Guber, Ford & Gross; gen¬ eral manager, Marvin Krauss. Same management and casting pro¬ cedure as for the Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, Pa. (see above). HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. Music Theatre. Producer, Herb Rogers, 57 W. 45th St.. N.Y.C. Mail photo and resume of Broad¬ way and stock credits. Tenthouse Theatre. Producer, Herb Rogers. Casting procedure same as for Music Theatre, High¬ land Park, Ill. (see above). JONES BJ2ACH, N. Y. “Song of Norway” (MD), to be repeated from mid-June through Sept. 7 at Jones Beach, N.Y. Pro¬ ducers, Leonard Ruskin & Guy Lombardo, 730 Fifth Ave. N.Y.C. Parts available for leading and ensemble singers, ensemble dancers. Mail photo and resume to above address. LAMBERTVILLE, N.J., Music Circus. Producer, St. John Terrell. Same casting setup as for Music Circus, Rosecroft, Md. (see above). MILBURN, N.J. Paper Mill Playhouse; producer, Frank Carrington; choreographer, Anthony Nelle. Equity call for ducers, March 9 at 2 p.m. Equity calls for femme singers March 10, at 1:30 p.m.; Equity calls for male singers March 11. at 11 a.m.. Audi¬ tions Variety Arts Studios, 225 W. 46th St., N. Y. C. NEPTUNE, N.J. Neptune Music Circus. Producer, St. John Terrell. Same casting set¬ up as for Music Circus, Rosecroft, Md. (see above). NEW HOPE, PA. Bucks County Playhouse; pro¬ ducer, Michael Ellis. Mail photo and resume of Broadway and stock credits to Jack Lenny, c/o Lenny- Debin, 140 W. 58th St. N.Y. PINE BROOK, N.J. Pine Brook Show Tent. Pro¬ ducers, Jerry Wayne & Paul Bren¬ ner. Equity call for dancers March 16; male, 10 a.m.; femme, 12 noon. Equity call for singers same day: male, 2 p.m.; femme, 4 p.m. Open calls for dancers and singers March 17, same schedule as Equity. Audi¬ tions held at the Nola Studios, Steinway Hall, 113 W. 57th St., N.Y.C. ROSECROFT, MD. Music Circus. Producer, St. John Terrell. (Same management also operates Lambertville, N.J.; Nep¬ tune, N.J.; Rye, N.Y., and Concord- ville. Pa.—see below). Equity calls for singers. March 18: male, 10:30 a.m.; femme, 2:30 p.m.; open calls 4 p.m. Equity call for dancers March 19, same schedule as singers. Auditions at the Dance Plavers Studios, 1233 Sixth Ave., N.Y.C. RYE, N.Y. Rye Music Theatre. Producer. St. John Terrell. Same casting setup as for Music Circus, Rosecroft, Md. (see above). SACANDAGA, N.Y. Sacandaga Summer Theatre, Pro¬ ducer, Anthony Brady Farrell Pro¬ ductions; managing director, John Larson; choreographer, Edward Noll. Equity calls for dancers- singers, March 9; male, 11 a.m.; femme, 2 p.m.; open call and finals, March 10; male 11 a.m.; femme. 2 p.m.; finals, 4 p.m. Auditions at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, 237 W. 51st St., N.Y. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Storrowton Music Fair. Pro¬ ducers, Guber, Ford & Gross; gen¬ eral manager, Marvin Krauss. Same as Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, Pa. (see above). STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. Berkshire Playhouse, executive director, Nikos Psacharopoulos. Tryouts for two resident companies and jobbers to be held in New York late in March. Auditions and inter¬ views by appointment only. Mail photo and resume to Psacharop¬ oulos, c/o Yale School of Drama, New Haven. TORONTO Music Fair; producer, Lewis T. Fisher. Same casting schedule and place as for the Melody Fair, Buf¬ falo (see above). WARWICK, R.I. Warwick Musical Theatre; pro¬ ducer, Burton L. Bonoff & Ben Segal: Equity calls for dancers March 24: male, 10 a.m.; femme, 12 noon. Equity calls for singers same day: femme, 2 pm.; male, 4 p.m. Open calls March 25, same schedule as Equity. Auditions held. at Showcase Studios, 950 Eighth Ave., N.Y.C. Finals, March 26. .WESTBURY, LJ., N.Y. , Westbury Music Fair. Producers, Guber, Ford & Gross; general man¬ ager, Marvin Krauss. Same as Val¬ ley Forge Music Fair, Devon, Pa, (see above). WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. ' Williamstown Theatre Founda¬ tion, executive director, Nikos Psacharopoulos.. Same casting pro¬ cedure as for Berkshire Playhouse, Stockbridge, Mass, (see above). BALLET Ballet Florence & Frederic Do Paris, c/o Music Corp. of America, 598 Madison Ave., N.Y. 22. Avail¬ able parts for femme dancers, 5' 5V2”-5’ 6 W* (without shoes); mod¬ ern ballet essential. For tour of U.S. and Europe. Mail photo and resume. “Ballets: U.S.A.” Producer, Le¬ land Hayward in association with International Cultural Program. Director - choreographer, Jerome Robbins. Parts for dancers expert in classic, jazz and comedy tech¬ niques. Mail letter detailing quali¬ fications, background and experi¬ ence, address, Jerome Robbins, c/o Leland Hayw’ard, 655 Madison Ave., New York 21. FUTURE SHOWS “And So Farewell” (D). Pro¬ ducer, Norman Twain (no produc¬ tion office set). “Before the Fall” (D). Pro¬ ducers, Betty Lee Hunt & Ira Cirker (no production office set). “Happy Town” (MC). Producers, B & M Theatre Productions, c/o "Lenny-Debin, 140 W. 58th St. “Lend An Ear” (MR). Producers, Stephan Slane & Jenny Lou Law, (no production office set). “Let’s Go Steady” (MC)—pro¬ ducer Edward Padula (1501 Broad¬ way, LA 4-4860). “Purging of Simon Madden” (C). Producer, Norman Twain (see above). “Satin Legs Smith” (MC).- Pro¬ ducer, Warren Coleman, 729 Sev¬ enth Ave. “Skin Deep” (MC). Producers, P. R. B. Productions. “Tobacco Road” (CD). Producer, David Moss Productions, 580 Fifth Ave. SHOWS IN REHEARSAL BROADWAY “Destry Rides Again” (MC). Pro¬ ducer, Daivd Merrick, 246 W. 44th St.. LO 3-0830. "Gypsy” (M). Producers, David Merrick & Leland Hayward, 246 W. 44th St., LO 3-0830. “Lute Song” (MD). Producers, N.Y. City Center Light Opera Co., 131 W. 53d St., N.Y.; JU 6-2828. I OFF-BROADWAY “Geranium Hat” (D). Pro¬ ducers, New Drama. Productions, c/o M. J. Meyer, 154 Nassau St. “Our Town” (CD).- Producers, Leigh Connell, Theodore Mann & Jose Quintero, c/o Circle in the Square, N.Y. “Ping Pong” (C). Producers, Edward Hochman & Martin Schus¬ ter (no address available). OUT OF TOWN “Garden District” (D). Produ¬ cers. Anna Deere Wiman-Violla Rubber, 36 E. 61st St., N.Y.C. SIGNED BROADWAY Destry Rides Again: John Ray, ,, (Continued on page 61) Export toe td MUSICAL DIRECTOR AvailaW* for STOCK Tent or Proscenium 25 years on Broadway Box V.V. 32-59, VARIETY 154 W. 44th It., N. Y. 24, N. Y. 5000 Sp. FEET (AFP.) Street Kntrance. High Celling. Swltabfe fen Theatre, Rehearsal, Danca, Vocal, Photographic Studios or Private School. HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN lit Wott 57 S»., Now York Coll MaR«g«r . Cl 7-1900