The audition was held a few minutes later in somebody's apartment.

Undoubtedly helpful was that some of the university ’ s strongest programs were in the areas of music, speech, and art, disciplines in which ability could be measured by audition or portfolio rather than through paper qualifications.

In 1997 Flockhart was requested to audition for the starring role in David E. Kelley's Fox television series, Ally McBeal.

Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won.

It was during her performances in the carnival that Day first caught the attention of Barney Rapp, who sought a girl vocalist and asked if Day would like to audition for the job.

Sylvia was an audition pianist at the time.

A significant invention, which later had a profound effect on electronic music, was Lee DeForest's triode audition.

Kay was the impetus behind the formation of Jamiroquai, deciding to form the band after an unsuccessful audition to become the singer of the Brand New Heavies.

When Lee made one final appeal to audition, Neil accepted and was hired April 1, 1981.

Brando sought out that role, driving out to Provincetown, Massachusetts, where Williams was spending the summer, to audition for the part.

In 1999, Katrina Bayonas, Cruz's agent, commented, " She was absolutely magic the audition.

Abdul was present at the initial audition of the eventual winner, Leona Lewis.

Deal was the only person to respond, but arrived at the audition without a bass as she had never played the instrument before.

Desmond once told Marian McPartland of National Public Radio's Piano Jazz that he was taken aback by the chord changes Brubeck introduced during that 1944 audition.

Despite Ethan Phillips getting the part, Picardo was asked by the producers to come back and audition for the Doctor — something that shocked him, because usually actors would be passed over completely.

During his audition for the role of the Doctor, Robert Picardo was asked only to say, " Somebody forgot to terminate my program.

" ( Picardo was initially afraid that he may have ruined his chances — ad-libbing, he explained, was something that one just " did not do " in an audition.

" Roddenberry was very pleased with Burton at his very first audition.

Tinker passed the first audition, but could not attend the second because her train was delayed due to a bomb scare, and she did not want to go in late.

At the time, it was atypical for an African-American man to be the hero of a film when the rest of the cast was composed of whites ; but Romero said that Jones " simply gave the best audition ".

At the time of audition, O ' Dea was in Hollywood seeking to enter the movie business.

Duchovny's audition was " terrific ", though he had talked rather slowly, and while the casting director of the show was very positive toward Duchovny, Chris Carter thought that he was not particularly bright.

Radio broadcasts, however -- now that even plain people could afford `` loud speakers '' on their sets -- held old fans to the major-league races and attracted new ones, chiefly women, who through what the philosopher called the ineluctable modality of audition, became first inured, then attracted, then addicted to the long afternoon recitals of the doings in some distant baseball park.

Dolenz also appeared in an event called " myRecordFantasy with Micky Dolenz " August 2 – 4, 2010 giving fans the opportunity to audition and perform on this album.

He met fellow member Mark Owen on the day of his audition / interview with Nigel Martin-Smith.

Her first professional audition and job was on a national radio network.

Kazan had seen Dean on stage in New York and after an audition gave him the starring role along with an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. Dean flew back to Los Angeles with Kazan in 1954, the first time he had ever flown in a plane, bringing his clothes in a brown paper bag.

The band name was shortened to Marillion in 1981 to avoid potential copyright conflicts at the same time as Fish and bassist Diz Minnett joined after an audition at Leyland Farm Studios in Buckinghamshire on 2 January 1981.

The lavish spectacle made an impression on the young Pavlova, and at the age of nine she was taken by her mother to audition for the renowned Imperial Ballet School.

Casting director Bonita Pietila brought Yeardley Smith in for an audition after seeing her performing in the play Living on Salvation Street.

During the time of his audition, Azaria was doing a play in which he had the part of a drug dealer, basing his voice on actor Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon.

According to Brooks, late on the night before shooting began, Hoffman begged Brooks to let him out of his commitment to do the role so that he could audition for the starring role in The Graduate.

Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by George Sidney and starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly, in which two sailors go on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, accompanied by music and song, meet an aspiring young singer and try to help her get an audition at MGM.

Enrollment is based on application and / or audition.

In 2006, Latimer accepted an invitation to audition for a guitar / vocal role on Roger Waters ' tour, the position eventually being filled by Dave Kilminster.

A successful appearance on Halifax radio station CHNS led to Snow's audition with the Canadian division of RCA Victor in Montreal, Quebec.

Matt Groening, the series ' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot.

They started traveling to Detroit, Michigan on weekends in order to audition for Motown Records and to participate in the fertile music scene there.

" The album version of the song also ends with him famously quipping " I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition ".

Lennon adds: " I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition ".

The four men hold an open audition to recruit more members and settle on Horse, an older man who is nevertheless a good dancer, and Guy, who can't dance but proves to be well-endowed when he exposes himself to the four men, and even Nathan.

Having coincidentally also met popular singer Rudy Vallée on the cruise ship, Lucy arranges an audition for Ricky who is hired to be in Vallée's orchestra thus allowing him to immigrate to the United States on the very ship on which Lucy and the Mertzes were returning.

While working on Flight of the Phoenix, Jacob Vargas operated the camera to shoot Laurie's audition tape for House.

At the audition, with withdrawal coming on, Frankie can't keep the beat and ruins his chance of landing the drumming job.