as in exams
a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc.
Auditions will be held next week for the spring musical. He went to an audition for a new TV show.
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Recent Examples of auditions
This game is one of their final auditions for their teams’ starting quarterback jobs in 2025.
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Mike Jones, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
After several auditions, Ward originally got the role of the antagonizer's sidekick, Grover Dill (Yano Anaya).
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
In March, to mark the 30th anniversary of the very first Spice Girls auditions, the group shared archival footage from the audition process.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
The actress almost passed on the role after telling her reps not to send her to comedy auditions.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Bad auditions can haunt an actor years later — just ask James Marsden.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The auditions are rigorous and rehearsals are grueling…but the end result is magical.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 18 Dec. 2024
My first two auditions after that were for a Baz Luhrmann series and for Fear the Walking Dead on AMC.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Bart auditions for the role of the hero’s sidekick, Fallout Boy, but loses it to Milhouse, who’s an inch taller.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Mike Jones, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
After several auditions, Ward originally got the role of the antagonizer's sidekick, Grover Dill (Yano Anaya).
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
In March, to mark the 30th anniversary of the very first Spice Girls auditions, the group shared archival footage from the audition process.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
The actress almost passed on the role after telling her reps not to send her to comedy auditions.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Bad auditions can haunt an actor years later — just ask James Marsden.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The auditions are rigorous and rehearsals are grueling…but the end result is magical.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 18 Dec. 2024
My first two auditions after that were for a Baz Luhrmann series and for Fear the Walking Dead on AMC.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Bart auditions for the role of the hero’s sidekick, Fallout Boy, but loses it to Milhouse, who’s an inch taller.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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