this needed its own post

[thehefner]

I wouldn't have believed this is Playbill.com hadn't posted it. And even then, I'm still having a hard time believing it. In either case, I'll let this speak for itself. For never before has my icon ever been so appropriate.


Friday, Apr. 13, 2007, 11:47 AM Pacific
SPIDER-MAN
Theatre
MUSICAL
AEA 29-HOUR REHEARSED READING


Director: Julie Taymor
Music and Lyrics: Bono and The Edge of U2
Musical Supervisor: Teese Gohl
Book: Julie Taymor and Glen Berger
Producer: Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment
Casting Director: Telsey + Company
Rehearsals: Begin 7/2/07 in NYC
Reading: 7/12/07 and 7/13/07


PLEASE RUSH ALL PHOTOS AND RESUMES ASAP AND SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY TO:
TELSEY + COMPANY
311 WEST 43RD STREET, 10TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10036
ATTN: SPIDER-MAN

SEEKING:

[PETER PARKER] Male, late teens to early 20's, Caucasian. A bullied, high school senior in Queens passionate about all things Science, and infatuated with Mary Jane Watson to the point of near-paralysis. Earnest, ethical, and frequently relying on his
wry, self-effacing sense of humor to get out of scrapes, he was bitten by a genetically altered spider in Norman Osborn's Lab soon before graduating and becomes after trials and tragedy a crime-fighting superhero. He struggles daily to balance the
responsibilities his dual identity demands, as well as with the constant temptation to exploit the powers he has inherited. The burden of being a superhero, his guilt for his role in his uncle?s death, as well as his debilitating crush on Mary Jane all weigh
heavily upon him. Great pop/rock voice.

[MARY JANE] Female, late teens to early 20s, Caucasian. Sweet, intelligent, affectionate, compassionate, with a well-developed, wry sense of humor. Her power, her luminosity, arises from the unadorned simplicity and groundedness of her presence. She is desperate to get out of Queens, to get away from her abusive father, and make a name for herself as an actress. Great pop/rock voice.

[ARACHNE] Female, 20-35 years old, any ethnicity. A beautiful, boastful young woman turned into a spider for her hubris and lack of respect for the gods. She subsequently appears to Peter Parker and the audience as in turn a powerful spider-woman who comes from another time to inspire Peter; an otherworldly lover; a bride; a terrifying (and sexy) dark goddess of vengeance; a dance partner in a charged and violent spiders dance of death; and, finally, a lonely, fragile young woman. Possesses an ethereal, unique, gorgeous singing voice. Strong Celtic, Balkan style, e.g., Sinead O'Connor. Outside the box ideas are welcomed. Could be someone from the music industry.

[NORMAN OSBORN] Male, 50s, Southern. A brilliant scientist deeply devoted to his wife Emily and to the potential of science to improve the world. Always thinking, always tinkering, always talking, he is a dynamo, a folksy whirlwind of energy cut from the
same cloth as Ted Turner. An experiment gone wrong mutates him into an unholy terror called the Green Goblin contemptuous of humanity and very much insane. STRONG comic chops and strong character voice.

[J. JONAH JAMESON] Male, 50s. Brash, stubborn, and a throwback from another era, the mustachioed, cigar-chomping, tyrannical publisher of the Daily Bugle is always after the headline that will sell more papers. He is unrelenting in his hatred for Spider-Man, whom he sees as a vigilante and a bane to NYC. Need STRONG comic chops.

[GEEK CHORUS] Three teenage boys and one girl who meet to ritualistically retell the greatest Spider-Man stories. They have encyclopedic knowledge of the last forty years of Spider-Man comic books. They are inveterate role-playing, over-enthusiastic, idealistic, air-guitar-wielding, argumentative, earnest, hyper-serious geeks. Strong comic chops and strong singing voices. Any ethnicity.

Comments

[thirdbase.livejournal.com]

I'm getting to this now, after...20 minutes? of it being posted. I don't want to hear that you posted this BEFORE you send your headshot/resume....

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

... see icon.

I'm actually on the run now. Maybe tonight?

with my fingers in my ears

[thirdbase.livejournal.com]

la la la la la la ...I can't heeeear you! Not liiiiistening!

I won't watch the movie, but I think I could get behind a road trip to see you in this. :)

Knock 'em dead!

Re: with my fingers in my ears

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

See my above concerns to little_dinosaur, which may sounds flimsy, but... God, I just don't know. I've got a lot going on now, and an opportunity like that? I... gahh. Torn, confused, I hate hate hate when you have everything in order and then something like this comes along and presents even a possibility, however remote. Know what I mean?

Re: with my fingers in my ears

[thirdbase.livejournal.com]

Toss your face in. Cross the Acceptance/Denial bridge when you get to it. Who knows who else might see your resume?

Re: with my fingers in my ears

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Good point.

Actually, it occurs to me that there's no WAY this could be an open casting call. It has to be union. Has to be.

I'll still send it in. You're absolutely right on that.

Re: with my fingers in my ears

[thirdbase.livejournal.com]

Plan well (sounds like you are!) and be prepared to throw caution to the wind every now and again.

:)

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

WHAT.

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

That was ambiguous. Let me elaborate.
"WHAT." here means "I, uh, love her. Also, do you think you'll get to be the driver of the motorcycle-drawn chariot which I will pretend will be in it even though it won't? Because you're auditioning, obviously. You can't not be in a Geek Chorus. It's too perfect in every way."

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I fear it kinda means choosing between HEFNER MONOLOGUES or a bit role in a huge show. By which that could mean, a choice between what I want to do (desperately) and what I maybe should do, even though I may not be happy doing it.

Also, it's in New York. This would be kinda crazy last minute to uproot all I'm doing here.

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Well then you have to do the Monologues. You can always become Julie Taymor's muse later. All in good time!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Well also, it just occured to me that this HAS to be Union. There's no way they'd do an open casting call for all major rolls. I can't find the original article on-line, but there almost is never a professional show with all major roles open to non-Union folks like me.

thirdbase makes a good point about sending the ol' headshot in anyway. Even if it's two years old, with slightly more hair and no muttonchops/beard.

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Definitely send the headshot.
When will you ever get another chance to send something somewhere with "ATTN: SPIDER-MAN" written on it?

[torberg.livejournal.com]

I love the "Geek Chorus" idea.

[kimberlyknits.livejournal.com]

I'm freaking dying here. You ARE auditioning, right?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

See my responses to thirdbase and little_dinosaur!

<-*!!!*

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

1.)Ewww, pop/rock, BUT! Bono! U2! XD

2.) That's totally not what happened to Arachne! Athena was jus' hatin'. I'd like to see Jada Pinkett-Smith...I don't know why.

[suburbfabulous.livejournal.com]

I don't think this is legit.
I just don't.
There was supposed to be a Cap musical, once.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, have you HEARD Jim Steinman's demo tracks for the BATMAN musical he was supposed to do with Tim Burton?

[adaptor.livejournal.com]

I got as far as Bono and my head, she asploded.

Do you know how hard it is to get brain out of carpet?

[skalja.livejournal.com]

Somewhat belatedly (see also: my own headasplodey post, featuring octopedingenue's hilarious rendition of some hypothetical lyrics), I'm with the headshot coterie. I mean, almost certainly nothing will come of it, but at least you can say you sent in your headshot, right?

On another note, is it just me, or is that a very well-written casting call? I mean, it's actively entertaining.