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Are You a Star Waiting For a Break? Spider-man Auditions!

 

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SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, featuring direction by Julie Taymor (Across The Universe, Frida, The Lion King on Broadway) with music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy® Award-winners Bono and The Edge (from U2) will be holding open casting calls at major cities across the country starting next week.

 

SPIDER-MAN is seeking principals and understudies for the roles of ‘Peter Parker,’ ‘Mary Jane,’ and ‘Female Lead Villian.’ The production is looking for performers with dynamic rock/pop voices including those with experience in bands and as solo performers. Regardless of experience, anyone who thinks they might be qualified is encouraged to audition.

ORLANDO, FL (Thursday, April 9; 10 AM – 5PM)

Orlando Marriott World Center

8701 World Center Drive

Orlando, FL 32821

NEW YORK, NY (Monday, April 13; 10 AM – 5PM)

The Knitting Factory

74 Leonard Street

New York, NY 10013

LOS ANGELES, CA (Saturday, April 18; 10 AM – 5PM)

Hollywood United Methodist Church

6817 Franklin Avenue

Hollywood, CA 90028 

SEATTLE, WA (Monday, April 20; 10 AM – 5PM)

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED

CHICAGO, IL (Thursday, May 7; 10 AM – 5 PM)

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED

AUSTIN, TX (Wednesday, May 27; 10 AM – 5 PM)

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Roles and Understudies:

PETER PARKER – Male. 16-20’s. Must have a great rock tenor voice. Can be nerdy with understated sex appeal and a good sense of humor.

MARY JANE – Female. 16-20’s. Beautiful girl next door. Strong pop/rock singing voice required.

LEAD FEMALE VILLAIN – Female. 2535 years old. All ethnicities encouraged. Must have an amazing rock voice. Think Sinead O’Connor with a Middle Eastern /Bulgarian/Greek twist. Foreign and/or world music types are great. Foreign accents are great.

WHAT TO BRING:

All interested people should bring a snapshot or photo of themselves and a brief pop/rock or rock song to sing. Please note that no accompanist or audio equipment will be provided.

For more information, updated casting call information, or if you are not able to attend any of the above casting calls, please e-mail: SpiderManCasting@gmail.com or visit www.SpidermanOnBroadway.com

SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will open in New York on Thursday, February 18, 2010.

 

What’s up with that?

via Earth Times

So…last year, according to The NPD Group, a leader in market research for the entertainment industry, teens (age 13 to 17) acquired 19 percent less music in 2008 than they did in 2007. CD purchasing declined 26 percent and paid digital downloads fell 13 percent compared with the prior year.

Even in downloading music, the quantity of tracks downloaded from peer-to-peer (P2P)

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networks, fell 6 percent in 2008. The number of teens borrowing music, either to rip to a computer or burn to a CD, fell by 28 percent.

What does this mean? 32 percent of teens purchasing less digital music expressed discontent with the music that was available for purchase, while 23 percent claimed to already have a suitable collection of digital music. Twenty-four percent of teens also cited cutbacks in overall entertainment spending as a reason for buying fewer downloads.

Hmmmmm we’ve got enough crappy music already on our ipods right?

SPORE’s DRM setting make users trash the game!

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New from the creator of the  popular “The Sims” and “SimCity” videogames, is “Spore.” It’s great reviews are indicative of its status on Amazon.com as well; the game has rocketed to the #1 spot on the site. But all is not well in the word of mouth world for Spore. Digital Rights Management (DRM) settings on the game, which allow installation of the game only three times, have gamers in an uproar. Their [huge] response: trash the Amazon rating of “Spore.” At last check, 92% of the over 2,000 ratings were a measly one out of five stars.

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