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Seesaw The Musical |
- Music by Cy Coleman
Book: Michael Bennett, Lyrics: Dorothy Fields
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Seesaw 1973 Original Broadway Cast
Seesaw (1973 Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Download the Album Now! |
Based on the play Two For the See Saw by William Gibson.
Modern day New York.
There are many monologues from this show that could be used as audition pieces.
Audition Preparation Suggestions for Seesaw
There are seven(!) production numbers in Seesaw, requiring a tap-dancing chorus. |
- Jerry Ryan (Baritone)
- a good looking, straight-arrow attorney from Nebraska
- Gittel Mosca (Mezzo)
- unsuccessful Broadway dancer - a New York native, Jewish, a pessimist, suffers from a serious ulcer
- David (Baritone)
- Gittel's gay friend and dance partner
- Sophie
- Gittel's friend, an actress
- Sparkle (Tenor)
Julio (Tenor)
- a street theatre spectator
- Oscar
Sparkle & The Sparklettes
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List of Songs in Seesaw |
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Seesaw (1973 Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Download the Album Now!
- Seesaw (chorus)
- My City (chorus)
- Nobody Does It Like Me (Gittel)
- In Tune (chorus)
- Spanglish (Jerry, Julio, Sophie, Gittel)
- Welcome To Holiday Inn (Gittel)
- Loveable Lunatic (Jerry)
- He's Good For Me (Gittel)
- Ride Out The Storm (Sparkle & chorus)
- We've Got It (Jerry)
- Poor Everybody Else (Gittel)
- Chapter 54, Number 1909/Poor Everybody Else (David & tap chorus)
- It's Not Where You Start (David)
- I'm Way Ahead (Gittel)
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