Aspiring performers will have a chance to sing on stage with five Broadway stars and an all-star New York band during the Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) production of “Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7, at Bethel College’s Memorial Hall (North Newton).
To audition, contestants should upload a 90 to 120 second video clip of themselves singing a Broadway favorite to YouTube or Facebook and then submit the audition through an online form at singingwiththebroadwaystars.com. Auditions must be submitted by 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31. A panel of industry professionals will select up to two winners and 10 runners-up to be announced Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Go to singingwiththebroadwaystars.com for full guidelines and instructions.
The winning entry will sing a solo part in the show finale, and runners-up will sing one chorus number with the stars.
All winners and runners-up will also receive a pair of tickets and a free CD of the show. All entrants will receive a discount on any price level ticket to the Nov. 7, HBPA performance.
“Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” features Broadway stars from shows including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof, Wonderful Town, Tarzan, Cats, The Woman in White and It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues singing the finest hit songs of the last 100 years of Broadway musicals.