Audition for LULU

a tragedy in three acts

written by Frank Wedekind

translation by Nicholas Wright

directed by Spencer Golub

December 1, 2009: 3-5pm & 7-10pm
December 2, 3009: 3-5pm & 7-10pm

in Stuart Theatre

You know that person who everyone falls in love with? What if you were her? What would you do?

+ casting 15-20 performers
+ email sockandbuskin@gmail.com for an electronic copy of the script

+ NO PREPARED AUDITION PIECES NECESSARY: you will be provided with selections of the script from which to read

*All roles cast without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, etc., except when specified by the script

Show & Tell/Q&A with MAURY YESTON: Writer of NINE the Musical!

presented by Brownbrokers

The Topic: WRITING FOR THE MUSICAL THEATRE

Maury Yeston is an American composer, lyricist, arranger, educator and musicologist.

This Thursday (Nov 19th) at 4:30PM, Maury Yeston will perform in Leeds Theatre, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

Come see this award-winning musical theatre writer in a performance/discussion with the Brown community!

The film version of Yeston's show, NINE, hits theatres this month starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren!

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Yeston is best known for writing the music and lyrics to Broadway musicals, including Nine in 1982, and Titanic in 1997, both of which won Tony Awards for best musical and best score. He also won a Drama Desk Award for Nine.
Yeston serves on the Board of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also President of the Kleban Foundation, serves on the editorial boards of Musical Quarterly and the Kurt Weill Foundation Publication Project and on the advisory board of the Yale University Press Broadway Series.

Tonight: I'd Rather Not Say

A new play by Daria Marinelli '10

Directed by Becca Title '13

Monday 16th Nov

7PM at McCormack Theatre (70 Brown St, Lit Arts/English Dept)

FREE ADMISSION

In conjunction with:
The Brown Campaign for Burma and Southeast Asian Heritage Week

Lights up on the place with the poorest ratings in the World Health Organization
Lights up on a place that discourages tourism
Lights up on a place that is not America, that has two names.

To name it is to take a side.
To speak is to choose.
To speak is to always choose.

Heads-up: Auditions for Lulu

will be held 1 & 2 Dec.

Performance dates: March 4-7 and 11-14, 2010

Directed by Spencer Golub

Email sockandbuskin@gmail.com to request an electronic copy of the script!

LEAVITTSBURG, OH opens tonight!

a new musical by Nate Sloan '09

November 12-15 & 19-22

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Stuart Theatre

Jane, one of Leavittsburg's favored daughters, escaped Ohio for her New York City Ivy League school. But when she brings her new boyfriend Jake home to visit for the first time, she starts to wonder if she might want to escape back home again.

Leavittsburg, Ohio is written by Nate Sloan, '09 - the latest completely student-written musical from the nearly century-old Brownbrokers group. Directed by Lowry Marshall, musically directed by Andrew Hertz, choreography by Dante Sciarra.

Freshmen get in FREE tonight!! (Thurs, 9/12) Arrive 1 hr before showtime with your Brown ID. Get your tickets at brown.edu/tickets, or from the box office at the Leeds Breezeway. Check your mailboxes for $5-ticket vouchers!