From Broadway to Hollywood to Beijing, a growing list of productions are turning their casting calls into a talent show. Stunt casting used to mean well-known actors shoehorned into unlikely roles (think Marlon Brando playing Jor-El in the original “Superman”). But increasingly, the term is being applied to reality show competitions used to cast actors for stage and screen. This innovation isn’t about to put casting directors out of business. But the process is growing in popularity—mainly because of the publicity it generates. “You can get work from it,” said Cathy Reinking, a longtime casting director and author of “How to Book Acting Jobs in TV and Film.” “I don’t think there’s such a negative connotation anymore” with unscripted competition programs. Broadway turned to stunt casting in 2007 when it sought to fill the leads in a revival of “Grease” through NBC’s unscripted competition “Grease: You...
- 6/13/2013
- backstage.com
In a musical revue game show opening the 10th Annual Rivers and Spires Festival in Clarksville last Thursday, the Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville's oldest live theatre and only professional theatre, unveiled its 30th Anniversary Season. Under the direction of Tom Thayer, executive director, and John McDonald, artistic director, the theatre will kick off the 2012-2013 season with the Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5 The Musical. Starring Bailey Hanks of Broadways Legally Blonde, it will open tonight, September 14.
- 9/14/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Bailey Hanks, who dazzled audiences as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway repeats the lead role in Diablo Theatre Company's production of the show, which runs through March 3. Hanks won the role in Legally Blonde, The Musical after a nationwide search and audition process aired on MTV. She performed the show at Broadway's Palace Theatre until it closed in October of 2008.
- 2/20/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Bailey Hanks, who dazzled audiences as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway will repeat the lead role in Diablo Theatre Company's production of the show in February. Hanks won the role in Legally Blonde, The Musical after a nationwide search and audition process aired on MTV. She performed the show at Broadway's Palace Theatre until it closed in October of 2008.
- 2/17/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Bailey Hanks, who dazzled audiences as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway will repeat the lead role in Diablo Theatre Company's production of the show in February. This is a major coup for us and we couldn't be more excited to have a Broadway headliner like Bailey in our East Bay premiere of the high energy show, said Daren A.C. Carollo, Diablo Theatre Company's Artistic Director. A grant from the Diablo Regional Arts Association helped make this a reality.Check out production shots below...
- 2/17/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Bailey Hanks is blonde. She's Beautiful. And she's here in the bay area reprising her role Elle Woods in the hit musical comedy Legally Blonde, the Musical Hanks talked with Bww's Linda Hodges about what it was like to be in the MTV spotlight, how she handles the challenges in her life and what scrumptious thing she and Elle have in common - besides being blondes...
- 2/4/2012
- by Linda Hodges
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York Musical Theatre Festival's "Next Broadway Sensation," formerly known as "Broadway Idol," returns for its fourth year. Diana DeGarmo, "American Idol" (Season 3) runner-up, now in The Toxic Avenger at New World Stages, will serve as host for the competition's first round on September 13; celebrity hosts for the semifinals on September 20 and the Broadway Sensation October 4 finale will be announced shortly. Confirmed judges include Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, upcoming film Taking Woodstock), Bailey Hanks and Orfeh (Legally Blonde), composer/lyricist Paul Scott Goodman (Rooms), Kacie Sheik and Allison Case (Hair), and record producer Noah Cornman of Sh-k-boom Records... With more to be announced.
- 8/25/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The winner of MTV's reality search to find the star of the Legally Blonde musical has now landed the lead in the stage adaptation of High School Musical.
Bailey Hanks will play Sharpay in the upcoming production of Disney's High School Musical.
Hanks, the winner of Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, is the first star named to the cast.
Bailey Hanks will play Sharpay in the upcoming production of Disney's High School Musical.
Hanks, the winner of Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, is the first star named to the cast.
- 10/8/2008
- WENN
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