TORONTO -- They've probably been around since Mozart was learning his do-re-mi's. Called backers auditions, they exist to whet the appetite of potential investors for a new musical theatre vehicle.

With minimal cast, props, and costumes, a bare stage and not much more than your basic piano accompaniment, what's important is the music, which the composer and lyricist feel will prove to be the next big thing on the musical theatre stage.
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