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‘America’s Got Talent’ auditions in NYC draw hundreds searching for their big break

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  • Beatboxer Norbert Lisiewicz, 20, of Staten Island, considers '
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  • The squad from Queens-based Untouchable Movement Dance Company showed off a hip-hop routine to Janet Jackson's
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  • Rapper Tanesha Creddille goes by her stage name, Brooklyn. From the same borough in New York, she says she inherited her rapping skills from her father.
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  • The tiny dancers from PS 48 in Queens struck a pose every time their dance teacher, Lynnelle Whichard, 33, yelled
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  • Ellen Love, who prefers to go by
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  • Dressed as Bette Davis from
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  • Tommy Burnett, 56, of Astoria, showed off his mind-reading skills Sunday. Burnett said he was born with cerebral palsy and has always been able to read people.
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  • Tiffany Spearman, 22, of Brooklyn, a security and home attendant, planned to sing
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  • Brandon Williams, 27, of the Upper West Side, has been doing magic since he was 4 years old. Planning to carry out a pickpocket routine, the professional magician expressed the desire to
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  • Old music partners Michael Bishop, 64, and Charles Costantino, 55, reunited to perform their original creation,
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From juggling to Bette Davis impersonations, New Yorkers brought their A-game to the latest “America’s Got Talent” auditions.

In search of their big break, hundreds of the city’s hopeful artists flocked to Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Sunday to showcase their talent on the seventh stop of the show’s nationwide tour.

They auditioned to be featured on the 13th season of the NBC show, which will air in summer 2018.

Featured below are some of the city’s optimistic auditionees, who waited for hours for a chance to meet judges Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Simon Cowell and Mel B.

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