Stardom Can Be Found Just Over The Rainbow
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
(PLANO, Texas - July 14, 2010) - Stonebriar
Centre rolls out the Yellow Brick Road for the Be The
Next Dorothy talent search competition on Wednesday,
August 11 and Thursday, August 12.
If you are a young woman between the ages of 16-21
and can sing, act and dance, then this is your chance to win a
starring role in the musical, "WiZaRD," which opens at New York
City's Jazz at Lincoln Center in December 2010. The musical,
"WiZaRD," was created, written and directed by singer/crooner
George Bugatti and is produced by the Harold Arlen Foundation.
Auditions for the Be The Next Dorothy competition
will be held at Stonebriar Centre Wednesday, August 11 and is open
to the first 400 contestants. Doors open at 6:00
am. Registration will occur from 8:00 am - 10:30 am with
auditions starting at 11:00 am. On Thursday, August 12
call backs will be held, followed by the announcement
of the local winner later that afternoon. Tony nominee Tom Gregory
(Guys & Dolls) will preside over the auditions as emcee. The
grand prize winner of the nationwide Be The Next Dorothy
talent search will be announced during the contest finale at the
South Street Seaport in New York City on September 3rd.
Once the judges have narrowed down the contestants of the
nationwide search to the final three, America will decide who will
Be The Next Dorothy. Besides the
coveted role of Dorothy in "WiZaRD;" there also will be an online
"People's Choice" component to the contest with the winner
receiving a GGP Shop Etc. gift card. The entire competition will be
filmed for an online reality series where America can follow all
the contestants during the 11-city run.
For complete rules and registration visit: www.wizardthemusical.com
<http://www.wizardthemusical.com>
. Be The Next Dorothy is sponsored by The Harold Arlen
Foundation and the contest will be held exclusively at shopping
centers owned by affiliates of General Growth Properties
(GGP).
It's personal for Sam Arlen, son of the legendary WIzard of OZ
composer as to why he is co-producing this talent search and the
forthcoming musical production. "We wanted to create a wholesome
family contest and a show that would give us all a break from what
seems to be a relentless assault on our innocence, just like my
father did as composer of "The Wizard of Oz.'"
In addition, director Michael Bay's production company, The
Institute, signed on to bring Be The Next Dorothy to
television. "Family entertainment on television is sorely
needed in the marketplace and I believe this project can be huge",
said Bay's Co-Founder and Executive Producer Scott
Gardenhour.
About the Harold Arlen Foundation
The Harold Arlen Foundation is the Sponsor of the
Be the Next Dorothy
contest. The Harold Arlen Foundation was founded in 2008
by the composer's son Sam Arlen, and business partners George
Bugatti and Mary Shriver. Sam Arlen, being the publisher of
his father's catalogue, and George Bugatti, a noted singer, and
Mary Shriver with a background in marketing, make for a robust
team. Together they pledge to preserve the American Jazz Pop
Standard songbook and the music of Harold Arlen, who not only wrote
the score to the "The Wizard of Oz", which earned Arlen an Academy
Award for the song "Over The Rainbow, but composed some of
America's most beloved songs including: "I've Got The World On a
String," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Old Black Magic," "One For My
Baby," "Stormy Weather" and "Accentuate The Positive."
It is also the Foundation's mission is to provide free
music classes and theater tickets to the under-served children of
public school systems across America. www.haroldarlenfoundation.org
<http://%C2%A0www.haroldarlenfoundation.org>
"WiZaRD" is a musical centered on the works of the Wizard of Oz
composer, Harold Arlen. The show unfolds in the mythical
radio studios of W-Z-R-D. Wendell Owens, host of the radio
show Absolutely Arlen, weaves stories through production numbers,
with the help of WZRD's in-house radio players. Audiences are
taken on a journey from the Golden Age of Hollywood, to the
Broadway Stage, through the Cotton Club Years and then to the land
of OZ! "WiZaRD" premiered in the summer of 2008 at the Ford
Amphitheater in Los Angeles and has since been work-shopped at
performing arts centers across the country.
Stonebriar Centre is located at Preston Road and SH
121 in Frisco. For directions to the shopping center, visit www.shopstonebriar.com
<http://www.shopstonebriar.com>
or call 972.668.6255.
About Stonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre is
owned and/or managed by an affiliate of General Growth Properties,
Inc. GGP currently has ownership interest in, or management
responsibility for, more than 200 regional shopping malls in 43
states, as well as ownership in planned community developments and
commercial office buildings. GGP's portfolio totals approximately
200 million square feet of retail space and includes more than
24,000 retail stores nationwide. GGP's common stock is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GGP. For more
information visit www.ggp.com
<http://www.ggp.com/>
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