Got into a discussion with a friend after seeing Waitress last night about the use of wigs in regards to female characters vs male characters - what female tracks are normally not wigged? And on a related note, male roles that are normally wigged? (Excluding gender bending shows such as Kinky Boots, Tootsie, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, etc).
msmp said: "One of the actual stars from theCarouselset. We rewired it andused it as a Christmas tree star last year. And at Tyne Daly's booth I got her lorgnette necklace from a tv pilot she did ages ago she said.
Oh, and a full revival signed playbill from1776!"
That is such a great use of the Carousel Star! I was intrigued by those at the flea but had no idea how I would go about utilizing it.
I am starting to get excited about the BCEFA Flea Market coming up, and have been trawling the board for old posts regarding everyone's off the wall finds.
Anyone have any interesting scores from past years? I'm especially interested in things outside of window cards and playbills, as it is always interesting to me what pops up outside of the norm.
My favorite finds last year were a 4 foot tall plexiglass An American in Paris placard that use
Andre was, to me, the weakest link. His performance felt a bit wooden, a bit too rehearsed; which I fully believe is the case since about five minutes in he forgot his lines and a stagehand had to yell them to him from the wings. Yikes. "
Not quite sure what you mean by a stagehand yelling him lines - I was at the show last night, fairly close to the stage, and I didn't hear anything of the sort. Could you be mistaking the moments when the ensemble speaks in unison wi
Bumping this thread because I would really love more female examples - there seems to be a difference between male and female actors who are inked. Linked to how much more skin female performers are often asked to show?
Skip23 said: "Has anyone heard anything? Is this coming to Broadway or Off Broadway for a run?
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Had a conversation with several of the cast members about a week ago - they've all been approached as to their availability for a return to NYC after San Francisco, but they have no idea in what capacity. If they do it they need to act fast though, as a lot of the actors visas only cover a year from their entering the country and depending on the cheeto the
Piggybacking on this thread to say that I really wish The Broadway would be renamed. For numerous reasons it is one of my top 3 performance spaces in New York, but I always feel ridiculous telling someone that "The Broadway" is one of my favorites. Obviously the name is supposed to point out how it is one of the few Broadway theatres actually on Broadway, but it just feels silly at this stage. Perhaps that could become the Prince? His Cabaret and Fiddler productions transferred ther
I had an absolutely fantastic time - I truly think the current stable of critics are a bit too on the "Art with a capital A" side of things. Sometimes you just need to have a good night. Not everything has to be as thought provoking as Sondheim or Kushner
Sondheimite said: "Let me first say that I don’t offer any conclusions in this nor am I sharing what I think on these matters. I’m just posing the questions.
There’s a weird thing that has to be considered and talked about. It kinda came up in the Carousel revival. And it has to do with the weird dichotomy of the best person for a role being a person of color but casting a person of color might be considered tonally tone deaf and incentive. The example be
I saw the matinee today, and loved it - reminds me of a lot of the shows that went through the Davenport in previous years - left with the same warm feeling I had from Daddy Long Legs, but for very different reasons. I could see this show doing very well in regional theatre, so long as a version is put forth without the actors playing instruments factor.
Sondheimite said: "CATSNYrevival said: "I still think the score for Bonnie & Clyde is excellent and the book and lyrics are the best of any of his other shows. That show deserved more."
I agree.
I have a theory that the show would have done much better on Broadway if Frank had written it under a pseudonym."
Agreed. I really hope that at some point in the next decade it gets brought to an off broadway house. I think it coul
artscallion said: "Sondheim has said that the purpose of an overture is to begin getting the melodies into the patrons' heads. A song feels more familiar and hummable with repetition. So a song will be better appreciated if the audience has already heard bits of it in the overture.
The opening moments of an overture have been known to make me ugly cry, just from the excitement of what's coming. Unfortunately, as others have said, folks today tend to not realize it&
another sloe eyed vamp said: "Wow, whosponsored/where was the talk? I'd really like to hearLaurence Maslon and Kurt Deutsch talk about cast recordings. I know some ATW talks get made available on audio or video, maybe some others as well."
It was the NYU Skirball program! I took an audio recording of my own for my own reference, but I can send it over to you if a professional one is not released.
