Summary
Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows likeChicagoandBecketand for films likeThe GraduateandJesus Christ Superstar.His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this book he tells the all-important HOW for all aspiring actors, from the beginning student of acting to the proven talent trying out for that chance-in-a-million role!
Author Biography
Besides 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, Michael Shurtleff still finds time to write plays and novels, direct films, teach his famous auditioning course, and regularly see at least a dozen plays and films every week. He does as he advises his readers: “Everyday learn. Learn enough so you can do good theater.”
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
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| Prologue |
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1 Practical Aspects of the Audition |
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33 | (110) |
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Guidepost 1 -- Relationship |
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Guidepost 2 -- What are You Fighting For? Conflict |
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Guidepost 3 -- The Moment Before |
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67 | (7) |
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74 | (3) |
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Guidepost 6 -- Discoveries |
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Guidepost 7 -- Communication and Competition |
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87 | (5) |
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Guidepost 8 -- Importance |
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92 | (13) |
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Guidepost 9 -- Find the Events |
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105 | (9) |
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114 | (3) |
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Guidepost 11 -- Game Playing and Role Playing |
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117 | (14) |
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Guidepost 12 -- Mystery and Secret |
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131 | (12) |
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143 | (2) |
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4 Some Things an Actor Needs to Know |
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145 | (42) |
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5 Monologues, Soliloquies, Style |
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187 | (8) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (4) |
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201 | (6) |
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207 | (8) |
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215 | (2) |
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11 Observations from a Life in the Theatre |
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| Epilogue |
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| Index |
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