Nudie Cutie Moments Penetrate the Casting Call for a Mae West Role

Actresses Bring Out the Birthday Suit" during a New York Talent Search

New York (PRWEB) July 31, 2005 -- No cameras were rolling in an Astor Place audition room in Manhattan when director J. David Copeland was conducting a talent search for the role of MAE WEST in the play Courting Mae West" but the dare-to-bare urge was in the air.

Dramatist LindaAnn Loschiavo, the casting crew, and Mr. Copelands personal assistant were astonished to see how many aspiring actresses interpreted the directors suggestion to have fun with Maes bawdy dialogue and be bold" as a green light to go blue.

Actor Richard Kent-Green, while playing a waiter in the opening scene, found himself adrift in fishnet hosiery and female garments as an Australian actress tossed her black apparel around. Ever the improv expert, Kent-Green anchored these cast-aways on a folding chair and stayed in character. Is Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction becoming a trend? Kent-Green admitted to a roving reporter that he had seen, in one night, more curves than a coastal highway.

Comedienne Louise [Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"] Lasser said its unfortunate when an actress puts her faith in the casting couch instead of her talent. Being bold during an audition, observed Lasser, used to mean you showed some sass. Mae West may have had the two biggest props in Hollywood but shes remembered because her wit titillated.

The talent search will end before August 17, 2005 when a Backers Presentation of Courting Mae West" will be offered in midtown Manhattan [at 57 East 54th Street]. Will this comedy play peekaboo with the audience? Echoing the final line of the film She Done Him Wrong," Copeland said, Youll find out."

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