Having worked on Next to Normal, Three Tall Women and other shows along that line, it is usually a life casting of the actress's face on a , usually custom built,
dummy. It is cheaper then paying an actress to take on the role.
Or for paying the extra fees to have to make up a swing and have a custom costume made.
Check out Off-Broadway as well. The Irish Rep always presents an intimate and wonderful Christmas show each year. Whether it be A Child's Christmas in Wales or It's a Wonderful Life the Radio Show. I do not know what they are doing this holiday season but ALL of their shows ar top notch. They are currently running On a Clear Day, Soon to be followed by Bill Erwin's Beckett.
I am sure at this point in the game the costume builder's have bolts of customer dyed fabric and construct the unitards according to the actresses measurements. Unitards are not hard to make at all.
I saw Hair 26 times in the recent revival. It has a very strong book! I also found it strangely Patriotic in an unpatriotic protest about an illegal war. I lived during that era and on more then one occasion say the black Continentals pulling up to people's homes on my paper route with Military Officers delivering the sad news to families.
To this day I cannot listen to Flesh Failures/ Let the Sun Shine In, without bursting into tears.
i always go to Gahalage'rs whenever I am in the area. Adore their CHICKEN POT PIE! Plus it has such a wonderful ambiance. Where you sit in a dark booth on the second floor and still get waifs of the lively conversations.
Ben_Platt_Out said: "Scottsboro Boys. I still think about it."
Yeah loved that show. Met John Cullum at the Irish Rep a few years after and he told me the protestors of the show, which caused it to close , were invited to a free performance. They were all moved to tears when they saw how the Black Face and Minstrel aspect was used. Says a lot for knee jerk reactionism!
We also have on the record statements from the likes of Anthony Hopkins about a director not knowing how to direct actors. And yes actors win nominations for there acting which is directed.
I adore Marian! Had the pleasure of working with her on Three Tall Woman (have a wonderful post card she sent me from the road on that show somewhere in storage). Also worked with her on The Play About the Baby. The last time I saw her was at the opening night reception of the Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones. She came over and gave me a huge hug and a kiss and said, "I only wish Mr O'Neil were still here to see how you realized his text!". She was just beginning to get il
