Olivia Wilde was able to land her role in "Vinyl" because the show's producer, Martin Scorsese, was so impressed with her "Wolf of Wall Street" audition, and that's great.
To be sure, the company has made the rounds on Wall Street and auditioned the usual investment banks.
"There were 250 girls in tights and tap shoes in a building called the New 42nd Street Studios auditioning for a show called '42nd Street' that is intended to go into the Ford Center, a New 42nd Street theater, in the spring," she said.
The space is popular with street performers, who audition with the site's owners for an allocated slot.
Chase invited musician "Little Steven Van Zandtt (known as the guitarist of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) to audition for a part in his series after seeing him live at the 1997 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony and being impressed with his appearance and presence.
Instead he auditioned for a character created for the purpose of audition, 'the Street Kid', a normal teenager who had Angel as his guardian.
On Saturday, nearly 100 people turned up on a quiet street in Chelsea to audition for their chance to be B.I.G.
tells the story of Stephanie Lyon, a young woman who comes to New York for a career in dance and ends up on the streets after countless failed auditions and a miserable love affair.
Driver has commented, "Harry Kershaw, producer of Coronation Street, persuaded me to audition for Hilda Ogden – just think I could have been wearing curlers for 30 years".
Covent Garden is licensed for street entertainment, and performers audition for timetabled slots in a number of venues around the market, including the North Hall, West Piazza, and South Hall Courtyard.
