RENT may have closed on Broadway, but not in Manila.
9 Works Theatrical is set to rock the Philippines with a new production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical come February 2010. Theater stalwart Robbie Guevara will helm the project.
RENT Manila is currently looking for male and female talents (with or without musical theater background) who can sing, dance, and act.
Major parts are yet to be cast.
Roger Davis – tenor, 20s; Mark Cohen – baritone/tenor, 20s; Mimi Marquez – mezzo soprano, 18 to mid 20s; Maureen Johnson – mezzo soprano with belt, 20s; Angel Schunard – tenor/soprano, 20s; Tom Collins – baritone, 20s to mid 30s; Benjamin Coffin II – baritone, 20s; Joanne Jefferson – alto/mezzo-soprano, 20s to mid 30s; chorus – all voIce Types, 18 and above.
Online registration at www.9workstheatrical.com will be made available on October 12 and 13, 2009.
Auditionee must bring his/her own music sheets and/or CD accompaniment. Prepare to sing two “pop-rock songs” that will showcase vocal range. Songs from RENT or any other Broadway musical will not be allowed. Venue: to be announced.
Based on Giacomo Puccini’s LA BOHEME -- RENT, written by Jonathan Larson (tick, tick…BOOM!), is the story of Bohemian New Yorkers Mark, Roger, Maureen, Tom Collins, Angel, Mimi, Joanne, and their friends -- all struggling to survive during the rise of a mysterious, deadly disease – AIDS, and the ever prevalent economic crisis.
Socially relevant, youthful, and moving, RENT lives on, along with the affirmation that there is “no day but today.”
“Seasons of Love” is one of the more popular songs from the musical.
RENT premiered on Broadway in 1996. On that same year, RENT won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Tony Awards ( Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book - Jonathan Larson and Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Wilson Jermaine Heredia ); New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical; Drama Desk Awards (Best Musical; Best Music, Best Lyrics and Best Book - Jonathan Larson; Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Best Arrangements - Steve Skinner ); Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical; Drama League Award for Best Musical; Theatre World Awards ( Outstanding New Talent - Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega ); Obie Awards (Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics - Jonathan Larson; Outstanding Direction - Michael Greif and Outstanding Ensemble Performance ).
