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GODSPELL
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ID # 24219
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Live Event
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Submission Type |
Open Call
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| Location |
New York, NY |
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Equity
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| Rate/Pay |
Union Scale
Housing, meals , trans, health club.
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Release Date |
01-04-06
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| Audition Date |
12-31-69
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Submission Deadline |
01-16-06
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| Shoot Date |
12-31-69
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| Casting Category |
Theatre - Equity (Union)
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| Market(s) |
New York City, NY |
All performers must be able to move. Auditionees should be prepared w/uptempo & ballad song & wear character shoes & comfortable clothes to learn dance combination.Bring sheet music in appropriate music key.No transpositions, tapes or CD's.Accompanist provided.Please bring Picture and Résumé, stapled together. Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend. Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Female Actress.
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Gender: Female
Age: from 21 to 45 |
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Male Actor.
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Gender: Male
Age: from 18 to 35 |
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Male Actor.
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Gender: Male
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Charles Humbard, former general manager of the Discovery Networks, and Brad Siegel, former president of Turner Entertainment Networks, are teaming with investors to launch it
Religious artists now have to search for television time wherever they can find it, on religious channels and the occasional syndicated music show, Humbard said
"If you have Country Music TV, you can certainly make a case for gospel," Gerbrandt said
An estimated 1,400 radio stations program gospel music, according to the Gospel Music Association 7 percent in 2001 and 2002, according to the Recording Industry Association of America
The Gospel Music Channel will have its headquarters in Atlanta, with production offices in Nashville, Tenn Religious music made up only 2 The success of "The Passion of the Christ" shows the power of an audience interested in spiritual-based entertainment
An effort to start a gospel channel a decade ago failed, primarily because cable systems had limited space on their systems in the pre-digital era, said media analyst Larry Gerbrandt Organizers liken it to ESPN's embrace of various sports "
John Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association, said there's a hunger for this programming
"You can get any kind of music on television, pretty much, except for gospel music," Styll said "
It remains to be seen whether there's room for two networks "It's a huge category and an underserved market But Humbard said the Gospel Music Channel has reached an agreement with Cox Communications, one of the nation's top cable providers, to negotiate space on its individual systems
The MP Network is going after a narrower niche, concentrating on an 18-to-34-year-old audience, which would leave out old-style, soulful gospel, said Larry Moore, its chief executive Veteran Execs Launch Gospel Music Channel
Apr 21, 11:07 PM EST
Two veteran cable executives plan to start the Gospel Music Channel in the fall, providing a TV outlet for a diverse genre that encompasses soulful church music and Christian rock and rap
"We look at gospel music as the wellspring of so many forms of music today," Humbard said
Religious music, which accounted for 50 million units sold in 2003, is often underestimated as a sales force 8 percent last year -based MP Network â€â€? short for music & praise â€â€? that also is shooting for a launch in the last three months of the year
So far, neither network has commitments from cable or satellite providers to carry it
Singer Larry Gatlin is also on board as an executive
The Gospel Music Channel will be dominated by videos during the day, with such programming as concerts and biographical sketches in prime time C
"We'll be so far in excess of what other music channels have been able to accomplish just with music that a lot of people will be surprised," Siegel said
They're in a race with the Charlotte, N "It's very hard to find Christian music and programming and clearly people are interested in this 9 percent of the music sold in the United States in 1995, but jumped to 6
With more room now, the Gospel Music Channel has a better chance, he said That slipped to 5
While other music channels, like MTV, Fuse or CMT, started by targeting a specific age group or musical style, the Gospel Music Channel will encompass many musical styles that appeal to many age groups
