K-town Actor
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Male Singing PartsI have a very strong senior guy and he is tired of always being the king part in every play. He can panamime but wants something else. He isnt very strong vocally. Should I cast him as the King or let him be the Wizard and just rhythmically speak through the songs?
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PappyCat
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The Wizard barely sings...Even though the King is mute, it's a much better part. The Wizard isn't that great of a part really.
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dcrowley
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Welll... Dauntless doesn't have to be that strong vocally. Minstrel, Jester, and Harry are prolly the most difficult roles to sing in the show.
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Salome
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what do you mean the wizard isnt that great a part/ he is hystrical. the actor who played in when i was in college got an intercollegate award for the role.
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Salome
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what do you mean the wizard isnt that great a part/ he is hystrical. the actor who played in when i was in college got an intercollegate award for the role.
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PappyCat
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It's a small part and can be boring. I'm just saying that I doubt this kid would be excited about the wizard's part.
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Salome
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its not small. look at the script. ever wonder why all of the principal roles have almost the same amount of stage time? there is a story behind that.
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Brock07
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Which is......
Sorry if it's really obvious...I'm a little under the weather today.
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LaurelDP
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| Salome wrote: | | its not small. look at the script. ever wonder why all of the principal roles have almost the same amount of stage time? there is a story behind that. |
I want to hear the story.
And I agree the Wizard is a great role. When I was Queen Agg, my Wizard was amazing. She was a great comedienne (though she played the part kind of sexually ambiguously, which worked because she looks very androgynous).
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Tenalto
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I heard that the story behind the equal principle stage times was that, essentially, the original workshoppers kept having snits about how someone had a bigger part than they did, etc.
As to the Wizard -- our Wizard was pretty much the Queen's support system. She had difficulty memorizing her lines and was losing her voice, so he got a few lines in the Mamalogue and a line or two extra in "Sensitivity." He really got a chance to ham it up, and was one of the more entertaining characters in the show. And then there's the inside joke about Wizard Juice....
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Brock07
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That makes sense.
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Apples2for10
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So, if I were to audition for the Wizard, should I even bother bringing a song?
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Brock07
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Always have a song. Because if you don't get the Wizard, they don't have anything to place you by.
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PappyCat
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Very true.
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Trevor reincarnate
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My friend (also named Trevor) is auditioning for the King in the production that I'm auditioning for Dauntless. He went in and sang a random song that came to his head at the time and just started singing a capella and half way through the second verse he started miming the lyrics. It was pretty awesome. But the point of this story is: He still sang. Just in case.
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Brock07
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Man, that story would have been so helpful a week ago when I was auditoning for the king. 
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Brock07
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Man, that story would have been so helpful a week ago when I was auditoning for the king.
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Beagle On Stage
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| Tenalto wrote: | | I heard that the story behind the equal principle stage times was that, essentially, the original workshoppers kept having snits about how someone had a bigger part than they did, etc. |
But you left out the cutest part about how they cast a chorus girl as Fred, pissing off the resident leading lady. Which is why the Queen never stops talking, because she HAD to have X many more lines than the princess.
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