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Plays based on body image?
Plays based on body image?
popeyejos
Swing Joined: 1/18/13
#1Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 7:32pm
Can anyone please recommend plays based on body image (comedy) which can be adapted for community theater?
It will be of great help.
Thanks.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#2Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 7:47pmHow do you "adapt" a play for community theatre?
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#2Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 8:20pmI saw a community theatre do a show called "The Most Massive Woman Wins"...
#3Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 8:27pmMy first thought was Fat Pig...it's a 4-person cast so it's pretty easy to do, and it's a really interesting play.
#4Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 9:16pmThe Shape of Things
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 9:29pmI agree with an above poster: what do you mean ADAPT? When you license a show, you agree to do it AS WRITTEN.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#7Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/18/13 at 11:28pm
THE ELEPHANT MAN and RICHARD III aren't comedies, but since you are adapting.....
Updated On: 1/18/13 at 11:28 PM
#8Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/19/13 at 7:42amThe Waiting Room by Lisa Loomer. Deals with the ridiculous and dangerous lengths forced/taken upon by women to satisfy men. Explores past and present through cancer causing breast implants, Chinese foot binding, Victorian corsets so tight they damaged internal organs. And yes, it's a comedy...with many moments of high emotion/drama/pain.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
#9Plays based on body image?
Posted: 1/20/13 at 12:08pm
Check out BODY AWARENESS by Annie Baker.
BWW Reviews: BODY AWARENESS - A Stirring and Beautiful Portrait of Intimately Intense Humanity
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
