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Step, kick.

Strong arms!

Turn, turn, right, left.

Push!

And down!

You came down a little hard

on Cassie, don't you think?

Thanks, Kim.

Okay. We're eliminating down.

When Larry calls your number,

please stand in line.

Okay, girls first. 14.

-23.

-23!

The other girls,

thank you very much.

Come on.

Now boys. 18.

-17.

-That's me.

Excuse me.

The rest of the guys, thanks a lot.

God, I really got it,

I really got it.

I knew he liked me all the time.

I knew he liked me all the time.

I knew he liked me all the--

Listen up, everybody.

It's late and we've got a lot to do

before the next elimination.

You all get your pictures and resums

and give them to Larry. Thank you.

What's coming next?

God, it isn't over. It isn't over.

What happens now?

I can't imagine what he wants.

God, I hope I get it.

I hope I get it.

I've come this far, but even so

it could be yes, it could be no.

How many people does he--

I really need this job.

My unemployment is gone.

Please, God, I need this job.

I thought I had it from the start.

I've got to get this show.

Larry, would you collect them?

Kim, would you pick them up, please?

Thank you.

Who am I anyway?

Am I my resum?

That is a picture

of a person I don't know.

What does he want from me?

What should I try to be?

So many faces all around

and here we go.

I need this job.

Oh, God, I need

this show.

Zach?

Cassie, please. We're running late.

I'm here to audition, Zach.

Oh, come on.

It's nothing but chorus.

Okay, fine.

I'll audition for chorus.

Oh, Cassie, come on.

Okay, Larry, line 'em up.

Let's continue, please.

Starting from the right.

Step forward, tell me your real name,

stage name, if it's different,

where you were born and your age.

Cassie.

First, please.

My real name is...

Cass...

what's all this about the chorus?

Cass, what's all this chorus stuff?

Is Tina Mason still

in that apartment on 85th?

Tina Mason?

I haven't seen her for years.

-Yeah, credit card call to L.A.

-She went on to teaching.

-213-555-8535.

-Larry, come here a minute, will ya?

Yeah, sure!

-No, it's 213-555-8535-7298.

Hold on.

-Thank you. Hang on.

-Okay, I'll wait, okay.

Next, please.

Maggie Winslow.

Sometimes known as

Margaret, Margie. Peggy.

I was born in San Mateo, California,

on a Thursday evening, at 10:40 p.m,

August 17th, 1965.

Mike Cass...

but not always.

I used to be Timothy Michael

Cassiday O'Donoghue in Trenton...

New Jersey, where I was born

July 9th, 1960.

Connie Wong.

Always Wong, never right.

Bad joke.

I was born in Chinatown,

Lower East Side.

How old are you?

I was born December 5th,

My real name is

Sidney Kenneth Beckenstein.

My Jewish name is Rochmel Lev...

Ben Yokov Meyer Beckenstein.

My professional name...

is Gregory Gardner.

Very East Side,

and I do not deny it.

I happen to be a mere 28 years old.

Sheila Bryant.

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

But I've always felt

more like... Park Avenue.

Oh, yes. I'm going to be 30 real soon,

and I'm real glad.

-You want to rent for three months?

-Right.

I'm Robert Charles Joseph

Henry Mills...

...III.

That's my real name, too.

I come from upstate New York,

near Buffalo.

I can't remember the name

of the town. I blocked it out.

Age?

Tell him, Bobby.

Why should I lie?

Age is only a state of mind.

What age do you want me to be?

Bobby, how old are you?

My name is Bebe--

Louder, please.

My name is Bebe Benson.

Beatrice Ann Benson.

Washington, D.C.

I'm 19 years old.

My name is Judy Monroe...

but my real name is Marilyn Monroe.

Oh, no, no, no.

It's always been Judy Monroe.

I'm 22 years old,

and I'm from El Paso.

El Paso, Texas.

Hi, my name is Richie Walters.

on a full moon in Herculaneum, Missouri.

And I'm black.

We've met before, Zach.

Alan Deluca.

Okay.

I'm Kristine Erlich.

Kristine Evelyn Erlich.

I'm 18 years old. Well,

in last September.

Tell him where you're from.

I'm from St. Louis...

Missouri.

Oh! And my married name is Deluca.

Great!

Congratulations, Al. I didn't know.

Thanks.

Hi.

As far as I'm concerned,

I'm Valerie Clarke...

but my parents seem to think

I'm Margaret Mary Hoolihan.

Couldn't you just die?

I was born in the middle of nowhere.

I mean, it wasn't even a town, really.

Near Arlington, Vermont.

How old are you?

Old.

and a half.

Mark Anthony, I think,

is going to be my stage name.

I'm really Mark Philip Tabori

from Tempe, Arizona.

I'm 17 years old,

and if I get this show,

I'll work real hard.

Jesus.

-Paul San Marco, that's my stage name.

-Sorry to bother you.

My real name is Ephrain Ramirez.

I was born in Spanish Harlem...

Could you hold it a minute?

Sorry. Uh...

Paul, was it?

Paul San Marco, that's my stage name.

My real name is Ephrain Ramirez.

I was born in Spanish Harlem

and I'm 22 years old.

My name is Diana Morales.

I didn't change it

because I thought ethnic was in.

Born 04-10-62,

on a Hollywood bed in the Bronx.

Go on, Diana.

Go on what?

I gave you my picture and resum.

Everything's on the back.

Tell me what's not on it.

Like what?

Tell me about the Bronx.

What's to tell about the Bronx?

It's uptown and to the right.

What made you start dancing?

Who knows?

I'm Puerto Rican.

We jump around a lot.

Look, you want to know if I can act?

Give me a scene to read. I'll act.

I'll perform.

But I can't just talk.

Please, I'm too nervous.

You want the job, don't you?

Of course I want the job.

Back in line.

Before we do any more dancing,

we'll do a lot of dancing later,

let me explain what I'm doing.

This is not gonna be

like other auditions.

-I'm looking for a strong chorus...

-I'm sorry, what?

...people who can work together

as a group...

but I'm going to try to shake you up,

see who you really are.

We've got some small

but important parts...

to be played by people in the chorus.

Since I need great dancers,

I can't expect you all

to be great actors.

So I don't want anybody...

to try to act.

Understand?

Just be exactly who you are,

which is just as important to me

as how well you dance.

I'm going to ask you some questions.

What I want to know is

details about yourselves.

Things you're proud of,

things you're ashamed of.

So if anybody can't handle it

and wants to leave,

right now is the time

to make up your mind.

-Honey?

-What?

Could we please go?

We're going to be fine.

Okay...

Stay. We're Puerto Ricans. They say

we're ashamed of everything.

Screw him.

If I could think of anything I was

ashamed of, I'd have tried it years ago.

Zach?

Look, Zach--

I just need a minute.

-How many jobs are there?

-Four and four.

-44?

-No, four and four.

Four boys, four girls.

Need any women?

Cassie.

Dick, I'm going to need a spotlight.

Would you set it up for me, please?

I'm really sorry,

but Zach said he'll call you

as soon as he can.

And he told me to ask you

in a nice way...

if you'd--

would you mind leaving.

Sh*t.

Taxi!

Cassie!

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