Variety (January 1961)

74 LEGITIMATE * USRtihff _ Wednesday, January 18, 1961 Following are available parts in upcoming Broadway, off-Broadway, and touring shows, as well as ballet, films, industrial and tele vision shows. All information has been obtained directly by the Variety Casting Department by telephone calls, and has been re * checked as of noon yesterday ( Tues .). The available roles will be repeated weekly until filled, and addi¬ tions to the list will be made only when 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 wild goose marathon. This information is* published without charge. 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, (R> Revue, (Rep) Repertory, (DR) Dramatic Reading. a —————————— BROADWAY “All The Best People” (C). Pro¬ ducers, Joel Spector & Buff Cobb (147 W. 57th St., N.Y.; PL 7-2691). Available parts: naive femme, 21; male, 30-35; middleaged femme; executive male, 50-60; callous male, 30-35. Mail photos and resumes, c o above address. “Carnival” (MC'. Producer David Merrick (246 W. 44th St., N. Y.; LO 3-7520). Available parts: femme singer, tough, brash, sexy, 5 feet, 2 inches tall; male concertina player; character man. 50,. comic; character woman, 40, comic. Mail photos and resumes, c/o Michael Shurtleff, above addre “Donnybrook” (MC*. Producer, Ff-ed Hebert (130 W. 57th St., N.Y.; JU 6-1962'. Available parts: man, 45, burly, agile, 6 feet tall or over; several male and femme character singers. All roles are Irish. Mail photos and resumes, c-'o above ad¬ dress. Drama (untitled, formerly “Gen¬ eral Seegar”). Producers Shirley Ayers, Charles Bowden & H. Ridgeley Bullock Jr. (137 YV. 48th St., N. Y.; CO 5-2630). Available parts: male lead, 45-55; woman, 50; girl, 30; man, 24. military; five officers, 35-50: 10 reporters. Mail photos and resumes, above address. “Gypsy" (MC). Producer, David Merrick (246 YY\ 44th St., N.Y.; LO 3-7520;. Available parts: girl, 50-54 inches tall, must sing and do toe and tap dance work; man 17 20, good-looking dancer, must also sing;; boy singer-dancer, 7-11, under 54 inches tall; girl, 25, to sing, dance and play trumpet. Ac¬ cepting photos and resumes, c/o Michael Shurtleff, above address. “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (MC'. Pro¬ ducers. Cy Feuer & Ernest Martin (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. 205 YV. 4S:h St., N.Y.; JU 6-5555', in asso¬ ciation with Frank Productions. Available parts: ingenue, unusual personality, wide vocal range; character baritone, 50, charming, handsome; comedienne, 25, sexy singer or singer-dancer; soprano, 45-50, sophisticated, cold; man, 26, Ivy League type, cold, singer or singer-dancer; character man, 55, vaudevillian. Mail photos and re¬ sumes through agents only, c'o Larry Kasha, above address. Do not phone or visit theatre.* “Love A La Carte" (MC>. Pro¬ ducers, Arthur Klein, in associa¬ tion with Conrad Thibauit (St. James Theatre Bldg., 246 YV. 44th St., N. Y.; LO 5-6376'. Available parts: girl, 22; leading man, 30; second leading man, 30; character comedienne, 30. Accepting photos and resumes, above address. “Medium Rare" (R.\ Producer, Robert Weiner (146 CPW. N.Y.; SU 7-1914'. Available parts: man, 20’s, legit voice; male comic, some singing; femme comic, good sing¬ ing voice, wide acting range; in¬ genue, pretty, dance, some singing and acting experience; ingenue, pretty, legit soprano, some acting experience: feinme. 20-30, tall, wide acting range, deep voice; male comic, 20-30. tall, wide act'ng range; comedienne, 25-30. short, w:de acting range. Apply through agent or mail photos and resumes, c o above address. “Nine Millionth Star” (D>. Pro¬ ducers. Michael Charnee Sz Geof¬ frey F. Rudaw (340 E. 60Lh St., N. Y.; RE 4-1478 Available parts: man, 35-40. lank\ southerner; girl, 20-30, tall, attracthe; girl. 14; boy. 15; bo\, 3 6. Mail. photos and resumes, •• o above. “Sound of Music” (MDV Produc¬ ers, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein 2d (488 Madison Ave., N. Y.); casting director, Eddie Blum. Auditions for possible future replacements for girls, 7-16, and boys, 11-14 all with trained voices, characters. Mail photos and resumes to above address. OFF-BROADWAY “Achilles and the Maidens" (Q). Producer, Leonidas Ossetynski (40 W. 45th St., N.Y.; MU 2-4390), in asso. with Richard R. Roffman. Available parts: several girls, 1618, beautiful; leading man, young, handsome, muscular; woman, 3545, beautiful; woman, 35-45, cul¬ tured, dignified; man, 40’s, mili¬ tary, regal; man, 40’s, easygoing, aristocratic; b u xo m, .redhaired maid; middleaged man servant. Mail photos and resumes, c/o Anthony Smith, above address. “Apple” (D). Producer, Living Theatre Repertory Co. (530 Sixth Ave., N.Y.; CH 3-4569). Available parts: man, 30’s, con artist; man, 30’s, metaphysical nihilist; girl, 20’s, Oriental. Bring photos and resumes, c/o above address, 12-4 p.m. daily. “Barabbas” (D). Producer, Isaiah Sheffer (515 W. 110 St., N, Y,). Available parts: two character wo¬ men, 20-30; several character men of varying ages, all speaking roles; several bits and extras. Mail photos and resumes c/o above address. “Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" (C). Producer, Scotti D’Arcy (66 W. 46th St., N. Y.; JU 2-4860). Available parts; plump, bubbly character woman; slender, sweet, character man, Italian ac¬ cent; several bits and extras. Mail photos and resumes, c/o above ad¬ dress. Script available at Samuel French Inc. (25 W. 45th St.. N. Y.). “It Should Happen To a Dog" (C). Producer, James J. Cordes (600 Tenth Ave., N. Y.; JU 2-5999). Available parts: five character men to play older Jewish types with authentic accents. Mail photos and resumes c/o above address. “Jungle of Cities" (D>. Producer,. Living Theatre Repertory Co. (530 Sixth Ave., N.Y.; CH 3-4569). Part available for Oriental man in his 50’s as a six-week replacement. Bring photos and resumes c/o above address, 12-4 p.m. daily. “Leave It To Jane" (.MC). Pro¬ ducers, Joseph Berhu & Peter Katz (c/o Sheridan Square Thea¬ tre, Seventh Ave. & Fourth St., N.Y.; CH 2-9609)^ Auditions for male and femme singers as replace¬ ments, every Thursday at 6 p.m!, above address. ♦ “Squaring the Circle” (Ci. Pro¬ ducers, Cecil Reddick, Harvey L. Bilker & Richard Mendelsohn (3435 Giles Place, N.Y.; KI 8-5265). Available parts: girl, 20’s, attrac¬ tive; man, 20’s, over six feet tall. Mail photos and resumes c/o . above address. “Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (MD\ Producer, Dick York (c/o H. L. (Stone, 521 Fifth Ave., N.Y.; MU 2-7836, suite 1918). Available parts: soprano, 25, devoted wife; char¬ acter man, 50; man, 30’s, handsome, Irish. Mail photos and resumes, above address. “Trip to Chinatown” (MC). Pro¬ ducer, Equity Library Theatre (226 W. 47th St., N.Y.; PL 7-171Q). Available parts: two boys. 20-25; man, mid-30’s, heavy, comic; man, 25-30, tall, handsome; man, 25-30, tall, must do comedy; character man, small, dried-up, must dance some; girl, 20-25, beautiful; girl, 20-25, beautiful, sparkling; femme, 25-35, comic manner; man, 45-55, authoritative; character man, comic; three men, 20-25; character man, comic manner; male and femme dance team to do waltz or other period dance. All roles are singing. Auditions today (WecU, at 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at ELT Rehearsal , Hall (133 Second Ave., N. Y.>. j Scripts will be made available at auditions. This farce, first pro¬ duced in 1891, is one of America’s first long-running musicals. Untitled Medieval Musical Re¬ vue, based on Boccaccio's “De¬ cameron.” Producers, Selma Tamber & William Tarr (250 W. 52d St., N. Y.; JU 6-0482). Available parts: mezzo-soprano, 36, come¬ dienne; soprano, 28; lyric soprano, 20; leading man, 35, baritone; char¬ acter man, 45, basso; leading man, 20, tenor;, six male and femme singer-dancers. Bring photos and resumes to above address, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. daily, beginning tomor¬ row (Thurs.).' “What a Killing" (MC). Produ¬ cer, Jack Collins (c/o Lambs Club, 130 W. 44th St., N. Y.; JU 2-1515). Available parts: man, 30’s, quiet, confident, must have comic touch, sing and dance; woman, 30, attrac¬ tive, warm but brassy, versitile singer; man, 35-40, big, tough, must sing and dance; man, 30’s, smooth, glib, must do comedy and dance; character comedian, chubjby, dance some; girl, 25-30, commedienne, must sing and dance, well proportioned; man, 30’s, stool-pigeon type, must sing; man, 40’s, wry humor; man, track an¬ nouncer, must sing; character man, 145-50, tough, menacing; j-wo femj me dancers, must work r well to¬ gether; few male and femme night club type performers. Mail photos and resumes, c/o above address. TOURING “Get On Board" (R). Producer, Manning Gurian (157 W. 57th St., N. Y.; CI 5-8221). Parts available for several male and femme Negro singers and dancers. Mail photos and resumes, above address. “La Plume de Ma Tante" (MC). Producer, David Merrick (246 W. 44th St., N.Y.; LO 3-7520). Avail¬ able parts: two femme dancers. Mail photos and resumes c/o Michael Shurtleff, above address. “Sound of Music” (MD). Pro¬ ducers, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Leland Hayward & Richard Halliday (488 Madison Ave., N.Y.). Sev¬ eral parts available. Mail photos and resumes, c/o Edward Blum, above address. Script, published by Random House, available at bookstores. STOCfc BOILING SPRINGS, PA. Allenberry Playhouse. Producer, Charles A. B. Heinze (c/o Play¬ house, Boling Springs, Pa.; CL 8-3211). Parts available for male and femme musical and dramatic performers and paid apprentices. The 29-week season opens April 22. New York auditions will begin late in January. Mail photos and resumes, c/o Richard North Gage, above address. PALM BEACH, FLA. West Palm Beach MusicarnivaL Producer, John Price (940 S. Mili¬ tary Trail, West Palm Beach, Fla.; P.O. Box 2108). Parts available for leading men and women, and male and femme chorus performers. Mail photos and resumes, through agents only in the case of the leads, c/o above address. SHOWS IN REHEARSAL BROADWAY “Big Fish, Little Fish" (C>. Pro¬ ducer, Lewis Allen (165 W. 46th St., N. Y.; PL 7-5100). “Come Blow Your Horn" (C). Producers, Michael Ellis & William Hammerstein -(119 W. 57th St., N. Y.; CI 5-4157). “Devil’s Advocate" (D). Produc¬ er, Devad Co., in association with Walter Reilly (75 E. 55th St., N.Y.; PL 1-2950). “Happiest Girl in the World" (MO. Producer, Lee Guber (140 YV. 58th St., N. Y.; LT 1-3250). “Mary, Mary” (C). Producer, Roger L. Stevens (745 Fifth Ave., N. Y.; PL 1-1290). “Once There Was a Russian” (C). Producers. Leonard Key, Morton Segal & Kenneth Schwartz, in as¬ sociation with Mel Howard (120 E. 56th St., N. Y.; PL 2-4190). “13 Daughters" (MC). Producer, Jack H. Silverman (152 W. 42d St., N.Y.; OX 5-3783). OFF-BROADWAY “Bartleby" (MD). Producers, Rich¬ ard Barr & Clinton Wilder (c/o York Playhouse, 64th St. and First Ave.. N. Y.; TR 9-4130). “Call me by My Rightful Name” (D>. Producer, Judy Rutherford (31 Grove St., N.Y.; OR 5-1854). “Cicero" (D). Producers, Nor¬ man Seaman, Ben Tarver & Win¬ ston Sharpies (516 Fifth Ave., N. Y.; CI 5-9250*. “Double Entry" (MD). Produ¬ cers, Oscar and George Marientlial, Albert C. Lasher & Paul Lehman (L is L Theatre Prods., 245 Lexington Ave., N. Y.; OR 58557). “King of the Dark. Chamber" (D). Producers, Van Joyce & Har¬ old Leventhal', In association with Patricia Newhall (c/o Jan Hus House, 351 E. 74th St., N. Y.; LE 5-6310). “Moon and the Yellow River” (D). David Fulford & William Dempsey (60 W. 54th St., N. Y.; MU 2-1570). “Octoroon” (D). Producer, Phoe¬ nix Repertory Co. (189 Second Ave., N.Y.; OR 4-7160). TOURING Theatre Guild American Reper¬ tory Co. (27 W. 53d St., N. Y.; CO5-6170). . j Television “Camera Three” (educationaldramatic series). Producer, CBS (524 W. 57th St., N. Y.; JU 6-6000); casting director, Paula Hlndlin. Accepting photos and resumes' of general male and female dramatic talent, c/o above address. No dupli¬ cates. “Defenders” (dramatic ’ series). Producer, Herbert' Brodkin (Plau¬ tus Prods., 44 E. 53d St., N. Y.; PL 1-2345). Parts available for Screen Actors Guild extras. Bring photos and resumes to Central Casting (200 W. 57th St., N. Y.; CO 5-0756— rm. 1110). All appli¬ cants must bring SAG membership cards. “Lamp Unto My Feet" (religi¬ ous-dramatic series). Producer, CBS (524 W. 57th St., N. Y.; JU 6-6000); casting director, Paula Hindlin. Accepting photos and re¬ sumes of general male and female dramatic talent, c/o above address. ; No duplicates, “Naked City” (dramatic series). ; Producer, Herbert B. Leonard (Screen Gems, 711. Fifth Ave., N. Y.j PL 1-4432). Accepting pho¬ tos and . resumes of general male and female dramatic talent by mail only, c/o above address. Appoint¬ ments will be made for interviews. NBC-TV. (30 Rockefeller Plaza, N. Y.; CI 7-8300). Casting director Edith Hamlin is accepting photos and resumes of male and. femme dramatic performers for several shows. Mail information to her, c/o above address. Opera After Dinner Opera Co. Pro¬ ducer, Richard Stuart Flusser (550 Fifth Ave., N.Y.; SP 7-1396). Parts available for male and femme singers to perform contemporary English opera in domestic and foreign tours. Call Adam Kilgour,. above number, for appointment or mail photos and resumes, c/o above address. Films “Young Doctors" (Dj. Producers, Lawrence Turman & Stuart Mil¬ lar. for release through United Artists (729 Seventh Ave., N. Y.; CI 5-6000). Parts available for Screen Actors Guild extras. Bring photos and resumes to Central Casting (200 W. 57th St., N. Y.; CO 5-0756— rm. 1110). All appli¬ cants must bring SAG membership cards. Miscellaneous American Mime Theatre. Man¬ aging Director, Paul Curtis (192 Third Ave., N. Y.; SP 7-1710). Parts available for Equity character man and young leading lady with move¬ ment background. Auditions Feb. 18, at 2 p.m., by appointment only. Call above number, 2-8 p.m. daily, for appointment. The repertory group plays concert, tv and offBroadway engagements. Ballets Africains 24?G For Solo Week, Montreal Montreal, Jan. 17. Ballets Africains, with the femme dancers covered up above the waist at the insistence of local authorities, grossed nearly $24,500 last week at Her Majesty’s Theatre here. The 1,704-seater was scaled to a $4.95 top. Concert Reviews Helga Pjlareik (Washington Open Society) Washington, Jan. 17. This venturesome musical body here in the nation’s capital com¬ bined two offbeat events over the holiday period. Schoenberg’s “Erwartung” was having its U. S. first, teamed with “Rossignol" by Igor Stravinsky. The first work dates from 1909 when it must have been truly pioneering operatics since it attempts a state of mind rather than a vocal line in a work sans story or action, presenting its heroine, ‘The Woman” searching her lover in a deep forest. Though “Erwartung” is anything but an inviting item, the Washing¬ ton Opera Society stopped rather short in mounting a forest with only, rocks and ho trees and using nondescript color patches in lieu of more theatrical effects. Result was that they succeeded beyond intention in capturing aimlessness. In view of the uncertain setting and production all the more ac¬ claim for Helga Pylarczik of the Hamburg Opera, making her Amer¬ ican debut. Her range and intensi¬ ty proved hardly short of phenom¬ enal. She will debut with the Met Opera next season in more classi¬ cal repertory and is almost certain to be closely watchd then. Goth. Stanislaw — Skrowaezewski with N. Y. Philharmonic Unlike the film, vaudeville and television media, the concert world sticks to the name thy gavest me. Hence this conductor from Warsaw* (and more recently Cleveland and Minneapolis) braves the stammers and gags which his Polish spelling invites. The regulars at the'N. Y. Philharmonic forgot their preoccu¬ pation with cognomen soon enough for the lanky Pole, aged 37, proved a musician of much promise. ! New York heard for the first time an orchestra concerto by Wi¬ told Lutoslawski. touted as Poland’s chief living composer. His arrest¬ ing use of the different instruments creates a color-rife work, derived from folk sources but richly tape¬ stried. It was light-miles ahead of the typical “new” concerto of the average symphonic season and made a strong impression, in ad¬ vance of the arrival' in Manhattan of the Warsaw Philharmonic via Papa Hurok. The visitor opened with Mozart’s 29th, about which there might be invidious comparisons with betterknown readings of the score. Brahms Third closed. All In all the man from Minneapolis Sym¬ phony “debuted” to a pleasing im¬ pact. * Land. Touring Shows (Jan. 15-29) ™A1?*^onv,,U Trial— Ohio Theatre. Mansfield .<16-17); College Aud., Geneseo, N.Y. (18); Aud., Rochester (19-21); Para¬ mount, Springfield. Mass. (23); Klein Memorial. Bridgeport, Conn. (24); Strand. Albany (25-26); Bushnell, Hartford (27-28). At the Drop of a Hat— American. St. L. (16-21): Blackstone. Chi (23-28). (1628)^ R,de* A9a,n— °'Keefe Toronto Fiorelio (2d Co.)— Ford's. Balto (16-22); American, Roanoke (23); Municipal. Charleston (24); Keith-Albee. Huntington (2a); Loew's, Canton (26); Municipal, South Bend (27-28). Five Finger Exercise— Hanna. Cleve. (16-28). (l^wer Drum Song— Shubert. Chi J.B. — Biltmore, L.A. (16-28). Julia, Jake, and Unde Joe (trvout) — Walnut, Philly (16-21. moves to N.Y.). La Plume de Ma Tante— Riviera. Lae Vegas (15-29). Majority of . One — Erlanger. Chi (16-28). Mark Twain Tonight— Hancock Aud.. Boston (15): Grove City (Pa.) College (17); Marshall CoUege. Huntington. W. Va. (19); Kleinhans Music Halt. Buffalo (22); McAuley, Det. (24); Masonic Muncie. Ind. (26); Finley Chapel. Oberlin O. (28>. , Mldgie Purvis (trvout)— National. Wash. (16-21). moves to N.Y.). Midsummer flight's Dream — Capitol. Salt Lake City (16-17); Forrest. Philly (21-28). Music Man (2d Co.) — Civic. New Orleans (16-28). My Fair Lady (2d Co.)— Shubert. Boston (16-28). Once Upon a Russian (tryout) — Play¬ house. Wilmington (26-28). Once Upon a Mattress (Hurok) — Hart¬ man, Columbus (16-21); Shubert, Cincy (23-23). Once Upon a Mattress (bus-and-truck) — Temple, Tacoma (15); Fox. Spokane (16): Capitol, Salt Lake City (18); High School, Grand Junction. Colo. (19); Palmer High School, Colorado Springs (20); Municipal, Pueblo (21): Stuart. Lincoln, Neb. (23>; Civic Aud. Music Hall, Omaha (24); KRNT. Des Moines (25-26); Union Theatre, Madi¬ son (27-28); Sr. High School, Appleton. Wis. (29). Pleasure of His Company — Central Sr. High School, Springfield. Mo. (16-17>| Municipal. Tulsa (18-19); Robinson Memo¬ rial. Little Rock (20-21); Memorial. Shreve¬ port (22); Ellis Aud., Memphis (23-24); State College. Texarkana <2'j>: New Down¬ town Municipal, Dallas (27-28). Raisin In the Sun— Geary. S.F. (16-28). 13 Daughters (tryout)— Shubert. Philly (28).