Auditions for male performers for Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon
Producer Jo Schuman Silver has announced auditions for male performers for Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon, the world’s longest running musical revue. Auditions will be held Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 2 p.m. at Club Fugazi (678 Beach Blanket Babylon Boulevard) in San Francisco. No appointment is necessary.
All auditioners should be prepared to sing one ballad and one up-tempo number (preferably rock or pop). An accompanist will be provided, but auditioners must bring their own sheet music (in their key) along with a current résumé and photo. Dance shoes are optional. Comic timing, acting skills and the ability to imitate popular culture icons and to play with accents are a plus. Some pop culture icons currently portrayed by the men include Elvis, Michael Jackson, Governor Jerry Brown, Governor Chris Christie, Justin Bieber, Michelle Bachman, HRH Queen Elizabeth, Tom Cruise, Prince Harry, Prince William and Magic Mike.
Beach Blanket Babylon offers competitive salary, full medical benefits (health) as well as paid vacations and sick leave.
Performers should bring one copy of a photo and résumé with them. Interested performers who cannot attend the auditions can send a DVD of their best performance voice (no dancing or acting) via email to auditions@beachblanketbabylon.com, or they can mail a DVD to: SSPI, 470 Columbus Avenue #204, San Francisco, CA 94133. DVDs should be no longer than two minutes.
Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon is the longest running musical revue in theatre history. Hailed as “a constant cascade of showstoppers” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Beach Blanket Babylon follows Snow White as she takes a fast-paced journey around the world in search of her “Prince Charming.” Along the way she encounters a star-studded, ever-changing line-up of hilarious pop-culture characters including President Barack & Michelle Obama, Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their baby Prince George, Duck Dynasty, Paula Dean, Katy Perry, Governor Jerry Brown, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Hilary & Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Jackson, Adele, Lady Gaga, “Fifty Shades of Grey” and The San Francisco 49ers.
For questions, please email auditions@beachblanketbabylon.com, fax 415-421-0518 (include the call back number) or visit Beach Blanket Babylon auditions.
