Castlemaine auditions for madcap musical

Capping off the inaugural 2011 Phee Broadway Theatre Season will be Three's a Crowd's production of the musical farce Lucky Stiff.
Over the past two years this local not-for-profit company has entertained Castlemaine audiences with its productions of Little Shop of Horrors and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The company aspires to unite local performers, professional and non-professional, to create entertainment of a high calibre.
Lucky Stiff was first produced Off-Broadway in 1988, bringing together composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens, the authors of My Favorite Year, Ragtime and the animated film Anastasia. Michael Butterworth's book The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo was the inspiration for this zany, offbeat, exceedingly humorous, musical murder mystery farce.
In order to inherit $6 million Harry Witherspoon, an unassuming English shoe salesman, is forced to take the embalmed corpse of his recently murdered Altantic City croupier uncle on a whirlwind vacation to Monte Carlo.
Should Harry fail to carry out his uncle's last wishes the money will automatically go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. Hysterical farce ensues when Harry is pursued by his uncle's chain smoking, legally blind mistress and her optometrist brother who is allergic to tobacco smoke, and Annabel Glick, a zealous representative from the Universal Dog Home determined to see the $6 million "go to the dogs".
Auditions will take place on July 22 and 24 - expect "stiff" competition. Bookings are essential - call Val on 54722813. For an information pack email: infothreesacrowd@gmail.com
Tickets for Lucky Stiff are on sale now and can be booked by calling the Box Office at Bendigo's Capitol Theatre on 5434 6100 or book online at www.pheebroadwaytheatre.com.au