Michael Shurtleff
Michael Shurtleff, born as Charles Gordon Shurtleff, ( born July 3, 1920 in Oak Park (Illinois ), † 28 January, 2007 Los Angeles ) was an American author and casting director for the film and on Broadway.
Life
Shurtleff attended Lawrence College in Appleton (Wisconsin ). He then studied at Yale University. He then went to New York, where he changed his first name to Michael. Here Shurtleff worked as a production assistant for Jed Harris, of Sartre's drama staged Dirty Hands.
For the theater producer David Merrick (1911-2000) Shurtleff worked as a casting director. As part of his activities, he discovered and promoted the actor Elliott Gould, Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Bette Midler and Jerry Orbach. For Bob Fosse Shurtleff was involved in the premieres of the musical Pippin (1972) and Chicago. On the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, he worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
1962 Michael Shurtleff had founded his own company under the name Casting Casting Consultants. In the book written by him play Call Me By My Rightful Robert Duvall and Alvin Ailey played the lead roles.
Publications
- Audition. Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part Walker, New York 1978. German edition: Successful audition - Audition. From the American Petra Schreyer. With an introduction by Keith Johnstone and a foreword by Bob Fosse. Alexander Verlag, Berlin, 1999. ( 5th edition. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89581-044-2 )