BDAAC Newsletter - January 2009

100 Years of Broadway Auditions

100 YEARS OF BROADWAY

Announces Online Auditions

It's your chance to be a STAR!

How would you like to have the opportunity to win a chance to sing with five Broadway Stars in front of family and friends? Well, here's that chance of a lifetime! Five Broadway stars are giving away the chance to join them on stage in Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway, the acclaimed musical revue that plays the Aronoff Center on Friday, February 20.

You can win the opportunity to sing on-stage in this all-star Broadway concert AND win a pair of tickets for family and friends.

To enter the online auditions, you need to upload a 90-120 second video of yourself singing a Broadway show tune to YouTube, MySpace, or Facebook. Then a panel of industry professionals will choose a winner and up to four runners-up to participate in the show. Runners-up will sing one chorus number with the five stars, and the winning entry will get to sing a solo part in the show finale.

All runners-up and winners will receive a pair of tickets, a free CD of the show and the opportunity to perform with five of the finest voices on Broadway, stars of such hit shows as Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll and Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof, and many more.

To submit an audition:

1) Entrants must be 15 years or older.

2) No purchase is necessary.

3) Entrants must be available to be at the Aronoff Center by 5:00 PM on the day of the performance for sound check and rehearsal.

4) There is an automatic 15% discount on tickets to the show for all entrants.

The deadline for submitting audition videos is Friday, February 6 at 5:00 PM (EST). The panel will announce the winners on Monday, February 9. Winners will receive notification by email or phone.

For complete audition / registration information, www.SingingWithTheBroadwayStars.com

Direct from the Big Apple, 100 Years of Broadway features a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band. This acclaimed musical revue of Broadway's most celebrated shows recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century, featuring the actual stars of musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the Broadway classics and the latest hit shows in which they've starred.

Tickets are still available for Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway, performing one night only at the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, February 20 at 8:00 PM. Tickets, ranging in price from $25 to $45, are on sale now and can be purchased at www.CincinnatiArts.ORG, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], or at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more by calling (513) 977-4157.