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Fame beckons
New Zealand Listener
|November 15-21, 2025
A company aiming to bring more musicals our way is enlisting local talent.
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At Auckland’s Aotea Centre on a recent Friday morning, allusions to the 1980s film and TV series Fame are inescapable. Young dancers, all in their finest audition gear – sweatpants, leotards, shorts and even the odd pair of legwarmers – limber up as they ready themselves for a onetime chance to impress.
In town for the blink of an eye, two of the creative forces behind Heathers: The Musical are auditioning New Zealanders for one of 19 parts on offer in the teen satire. Like 9 to 5 The Musical,
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