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Audition by michael shurtleff10/25/2023 Among the Broadway productions on which he acted as casting director were the original productions of 1776, The Apple Tree and Chicago. Shurtleff went on to form his own casting service, Casting Consultants, in 1962. Shurtleff worked with Bob Fosse on Pippin and Chicago, and Andrew Lloyd Webber on Jesus Christ Superstar. During the casting process he would bring in to audition for the play's director such new names as Elliott Gould, Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Bette Midler and Jerry Orbach. Shurtleff was the major casting director for producer David Merrick. He also wrote numerous one-act and full length plays. He wrote Audition, a book for actors on the audition process. Michael Shurtleff Michael Shurtleff (born July 3, 1920, Oak Park, Illinois - died January 28, 2007, Los Angeles, California) was a major force in casting on Broadway during the 1960s and 1970s.
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