XANADU
Audition Songs
Choose one song to prepare. It should be MEMORIZED and ACTED.
Audition Songs this year are character driven
Choose a song based the character you are most interested in.
If you are uncertain about which character you are interested in, choose the song based on your voice type.
(If you don't know your voice type, see Mr. Machan to help you with that!)
Sonny Malone
Male Role - Tenor
A self-critical and drepressed mortal, chalk artist who falls in love with Kira. Handsom, but not particularly smart. He embodies 1980s pop culture and is very much a California dreamer
Zeus / Danny Maguire
Male Role - Baritone
The hard-nosed "all work and no play" businessman who owns he theater he once built for his love, Kira. Used to be a budding artist like Sonny, but has since let money and greed consume him. .
Thalia
Male Role - Bari-Tenor
One of the Muses. Muse of Comedy. Actor doublings include: Siren, Young Danny, Tubes Singer, and Cyclops.
Terpsichore
Male Role - Bari-Tenor
One of the Muses. Muse of Dance. As Hermes, the messenger of the gods, he is deeply masculine in voice but sassy and flippant in attitude. Actor doublings include: Siren, Tubes Singer, Hermes, and Centaur
Clio / Kira
Female Role - Mezzo/Soprano
The youngest of Zeus's daughters and the muses. Falls in love with Sonny. Pretty, adventurous, honest, and determined. Muse of history and the leader of the Muses.
Medusa / Melpomene
Female Role - Mezzo
Kira's older sister. Mother of the Sirens. She is jealous that Kira is the leader of the Muses rather than herself, and therefore creates the plot for her downfall. Muse of Tragedy
Aphrodite / Calliope
Female Role - Mezzo
Kira's older sister and fellow muse. She is jealous of Kira and as Melpomene's sidekick, plots with her for Kira's downfall. The Muse of Epics
Euterpe
Female Role - Mezzo
One of Kira's older sisters and fellow Muse. Muse of Music. Actor doublings include: Siren, Andrews Sister, and Thetis.
Erato
Female Role - Soprano
One of Kira's older sisters and fellow Muse. Muse of Lyrics and Passion. As Eros, she is responsible for shooting Kira with the arrow of love brought on by Malpomene and Calliope's spell. Actor doublings include: Siren, Andrews Sistr, Eros, and Hera
AUDITION SONGS
For practice tracks "with voice" - the vocal part is played on a horn sound in the right ear, the accompaniment in the left ear.
Once you have it learned, go to the "accompaniment only" track
SONNY MALONE - "All Out of Love" by Air Supply
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CLIO / KIRA - "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton John
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ZEUS / DANNY MAGUIRE - "I Cannot Hear the City" from Sweet Smell of Success
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MEDUSA / MELPOMENE and APHRODITE / CALLIOPE - "Through the Fire" by Chaka Khan
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THALIA and TERPSICHORE - "Your Song" by Elton John
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ERATO and EUTERPE - "Gloria" by Laura Branigan
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