CHICAGO HS Edition AUDITION CUTS!
SRO'S CHICAGO HS Edition!
In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless
husband, Amos, to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted
and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight
and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and
acquittal. This sharp-edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.
The High School Edition is the only version of CHICAGO available to license. Not much is cut. However, MANY of the keys are a bit different (supposedly to make it easier to sing)
WE WOULD ADVISE YOU STOP LISTENING TO THE BROADWAY TRACKS OR THE MOVIE.
The keys you will audition with will be different. In case you want to hear the HS EDITION keys, we have a blue button above and below with links to the vocal tracks from the HS Edition.
WE ALSO SUGGEST NOT IMITATING THE VOCALISTS' STYLES FROM THE HS EDITION. We plan to keep the dialects/accents closer to the Broadway version (Inland North American 1920s-just check out some scenes from CHICAGO on YouTube. :) Basically we want it a little grittier-could go different ways-1920's gangster, NJ, Brooklyn, Chicago etc.)
CHICAGO AUDITION MATERIALS!!!
Please pick 2 selections for 2 DIFFERENT characters for your audition. Please try to be somewhat familiar with the other selections in case we ask you to sing one of them.
You will be accompanied on piano.
Vocal auditions Saturday, 9/25 and Sunday, 9/26.
*We will also post some monologues soon for you to choose from.*
*********CHICAGO Audition Monologues *********
TO SAVE SOME TIME AT THE VOCAL AUDITIONS, FEEL FREE TO LOOK AT THESE SHORT MONOLOGUES:
If you like, pick one or 2 of these to read after your vocal audition. Please read 2 DIFFERENT characters. If you don’t get a chance to look at these ahead of time, no worries. You can “cold read” one at the audition. There will be copies available there.
CHICAGO AUDITION monologues.pdfMAKE SURE YOU REGISTER ONLINE!
And all that jazz...
VELMA/ENSEMBLE: "All That Jazz"
ALL THAT JAZZ AUDITION.pdfROXIE/ENSEMBLE: "Roxie"
ROXIE AUDITION CUT.pdfMAMA MORTON/ENSEMBLE: "When You're Good To Mama
WHEN YOU'RE GOOD TO MAMA AUDITION.pdfENSEMBLE: "Cell Block Tango"
CELL BLOCK TANGO AUDITION.pdfBILLY/ENSEMBLE "All I Care About Is Love"
ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOVE AUDITION.pdfAMOS/ENSEMBLE "Mr. Cellophane"
Mister Cellophane audition.pdfROXIE/ENSEMBLE "Funny Honey"
FUNNY HONEY AUDITION.pdfVELMA/ENSEMBLE "I Can't Do It Alone"
velma_vocals AUDITION.pdfBILLY/ENSEMBLE "Razzle Dazzle"
RAZZLE DAZZLE AUDITION.pdf