Audition by Michael Shurtleff - ISBN: 9780553272956
Paperback
Unlock your acting potential: Audition secrets from a Broadway casting legend.

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 1981

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Summary

Michael Shurtleff, casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket, and films like The Graduate and Jesus Christ Superstar, shares the secrets of his legendary auditioning course in this essential guide for actors. From the beginning student to the seasoned professional vying for that chance-in-a-million role, Shurtleff provides the “how-to” for unlocking your audition potential and launching your career.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780553272956
ISBN-10:0553272950
Author:Michael Shurtleff
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 January 1981
Weight:147g
Dimensions:174mm x 105mm x 19mm
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Critics Review

“What a book! Yet it’s so

“A practical handbook [and] a bible for aspiring actors.”—The New York Times“Audition is absolutely indispensable to any aspiring or even mildly ambitious actor. There is no book of which I am aware that gives such first-rate, clear-cut, no-nonsense advice.”—Bob Fosse “What a book! What an achievement! Audition is the only book ever written that makes the reader understand the theatre.”—Joshua Logan“Immensely useful … A distillation of broad how-to-do-it wisdom.”—Variety “The subject matter is surprisingly universal (everybody has to audition for something sometime) and the inside tales are terrific… . What Stanislavsky was to acting, Michael Shurtleff is to auditioning.”—New York Post “Extraordinary … No actor will want to be without it.”—Estelle Parsons“An education—in theatre savvy, in self-knowledge.”—Publishers Weekly

About The Author

Michael Shurtleff

Michael Shurtleff worked as a casting director with Joshua Logan, Bob Fosse, Tom O’Horgan, Mike Nichols, Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Stuart Ostrow, David Merrick, and others. He also writes plays and novels, directs films, teaches his famous auditioning course, and regularly sees 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.”

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