Monday, May 31, 2010

Seville will host the auditions Monday for the musical 'Les Miserables'

The producer of 'Mamma Mia! and 'Chicago' premiere in Madrid on November 18, the new version of the work • The 'casting' could be extended another day depending on the number of candidates

The production company Stage Entertainment, responsible for the rise of music in Spain thanks to Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia! or Chicago, you will find interpreters in Seville on Monday for its new production, a renewed version of Les Miserables which incorporates some changes to mark the 25th anniversary of the work and to be released on 18 November at the Teatro Lope de Vega de Madrid. Hearing in the Andalusian capital (Seville Spain), for which have already been registered over a hundred people, will be held in the Performing Arts Center (Cano y Cueto, 15), although those interested should register in advance on the web www.losmiserables.es. According to this newspaper reported yesterday from the promoter of the show, the evidence would be extended to Tuesday if this weekend greatly increases the number of candidates.

In the page where you can join the candidates, Stage Entertainment details the characteristics required for each character in this adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel. Thus, one of the protagonists of the action, the ex-convict Jean Valjean, the production demands an actor between 35 and 40 years, "a powerful figure, the ideal is a big man of passion. The voice needs to have a pop sound -rock or classic sound of outstanding clarity textual "he said. For the antagonist, Javert, a policeman "obsessed to irrationality, with a rigid and unforgiving moral code" casting organizers believe that "voice and lyrical classical belt can fit into this character," but, nuance, the interpreter "should be darker quality Valjean. " With regard to female characters, Fantine, "earthy and soulful", suffers various transformations over the plot, is "a beggar, a prostitute, a dying woman and a ghost" - requires a remarkable variety of records, for Cosette seeking a girl between 18 and 25 years, "the younger the better ', which requires a" voice light, young character, flute, good vibrato. "

Les Misérables, "the longest musical" after 25 years in the lineup, has been seen by more than 56 million viewers around the world. Thinking of the public who repeated, the producer Cameron Mackintosh to add to the scenery and sets new proposal inspired by designs of Victor Hugo himself. This version currently accounts for a few weeks at the Paris Théâtre du Châtelet and will, also for a brief period in September at the Barbican in London. Spain will be the first country to incorporate permanently to your bulletin this review of Les Miserables ..

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz Sevilla debut in "Night and day "

The City keeps waiting for Fox to pass a list of requirements, which depends on the choice of it for the world premiere of the film, which will be June 16

When the shooting ended conducted between Cadiz and Seville Knight & Day, Tom Cruise vowed to return in June for the premiere of the film. The actor will fulfill its promise on June 16 will be held in Seville Spain the world premiere of the movie, and with the official title in Spain by Night and day, and will attend the meeting the two protagonists, Cruise and Cameron Diaz, confirmed to Efe Spanish distributor of the film, Twentieth Century Fox

Has been told this newspaper, the City Council is currently waiting for the Fox provided a list of technical requirements for the screening of the film, a crucial detail when deciding which room or area of the city will host the premiere of the film.

In Night and Day, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, The 3:10 to Yuma), a woman (Cameron Diaz) knows a secret that should never have known to become partner to the strength of an undercover agent ( Tom Cruise) on a mission that should never have taken place. Your adventure will take you to places around the world in a series of meetings by surprise, persecution and false identities, which will make them realize that they can count only on each other.

The film, which opens in Spain a month later than its projection in Seville on 16 July, also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Maggie Grace and Spanish Jordi Moll, and has a signed script by Patrick O'Neill and James Mangold, both in a story inspired by Patrick O'Neill.

Cruise's visit to Seville again confirms the good impression that the interpreter was in the city, to which he devoted an enthusiastic entry on his personal blog after finishing the filming of Night and Day. Cruise then acknowledged his love of Spain and said he had been looking for "the right project for years" to take place in our country. "Having the opportunity to film some of the key scenes in our movie on the streets, roofs of Seville and Cadiz has been very exciting and rewarding," said on its Web.

In its statement, the American star particularly appreciated the "hospitality" and "warm welcome" received by his family in the weeks he spent in Andalusia during the filming of the tape and reviewed in his note, published in English and Spanish Some "great places" he had met during his visit, the Cathedral of Seville, the Alcazar Guillena Zoo, and do not forget to remember "the opportunity to applaud the football club Sevilla [sic] on his victory against Glasgow Rangers, Champions league match that he and Cameron Diaz were present at the stage of Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium.