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 Victor / Victoria Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)
 Victor / Victoria Hollywood Film Version on DVD
Victor / Victoria Broadway Stage Version on DVD
 Victor / Victoria Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Opened on Broadway in 1995.
The place and time is Paris during the 1930s. Men who can sing as women are all the rage. Desperate for a gig, Victoria, a woman, disguises herself as a man pretending to be a woman. She is all the rage in Paris, as audiences fully believe that she is a he who is just pretending to be a she. Things get even more complicated after the gangster, King Marchan, happens upon a show with Victoria. To his dismay, King Marchan finds that he is falling in love with this man Victor. Meanwhile, King's tough bodyguard, Squash, falls in love with Victoria's truly male friend, Toddy. In the end, Victor reveals that he is really Victoria meaning that King Marchan is not homosexual, as he feared.
Audition Preparation Suggestions For
Victor/Victoria
The emphasis in this show is on comedy (much of it physical), so this should be reflected in your audition material. |
- Victoria Grant (Alto - F to F, comic ability, 27 -37)
- Female singer who is so desperate for a gig she pretends to be a female impersonator. Attracted to King but cannot act on it.
- Carroll Todd "Toddy" (Baritone - Bb to Eb, comic ability, 40 - 60)
- Flamboyant singer at Henri Labisse's Left Bank gay club, Chez Lui. An unabashedly gay man who is unwilling to behave in a traditionally
"manly" way. A generous and caring friend to Victoria.
- King Marchan (Baritone - C to F, 32 - 47)
- A handsome nightclub owner and gangster from Chicago. Arrogant but also sensitive.
- Norma Cassidy (Character Alto/Mezzo - A below C to D, Dance, 23 - 35)
- King's beautiful but air-headed girlfriend. Talks before she thinks and has an occasional temper.
- Squash Bernstein (Baritone, 30 -50)
- King's tough and loyal bodyguard. Reveals his homosexuality in Act II.
- Andre Cassell (Baritone/Bass, 40 - 65)
- An important agent/producer & nightclub owner.
- Henri Labisse (Baritone/Bass, 40 - 65)
- Owner of Chez Lui.
- Richard Di Nardo (Tenor, 25 - 35)
- Toddy's hostile and selfish ex-lover.
- Jazz Singer (Tenor)
- Street Singer (Mezzo)
- Sal Andretti (Baritone)
- King's partner in crime.
- Chorus and Smaller Roles (all voice types)
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