A "quiet place" on Broadway
A "quiet place" on Broadway
#1A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/10/18 at 10:59pm
Has there ever been a "silent" play with no words spoken?
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#2A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:32am
I truly doubt it. The only thing I can think of that even had part of the show with no words was the musical "Song And Dance".
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#3A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:54am
For what it's worth, the dream ballet sequence in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma has no spoken or sung words - only music and staging.
#4A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/11/18 at 5:17pm
Didn't CONTACT win a Tony for Best musical with no words spoken? I didn't enjoy it much, so it could be I've misremembered...
Shouldn't this thread be on the Broadway board by definition?
#5A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/11/18 at 8:42pmThe sound design for Sunset Boulevard revival was so bad that I could barely hear anything. Does that count?
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#6A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/12/18 at 9:26pm
Why is this Off Topic?
Contact did have a few lines here and there.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#7A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/13/18 at 7:55pm
The 1st act of Contract had virtually no words.( I think about 10 at the end) The 2nd act in the restaurant had quite a bit of speaking and the 3rd act ( Girl in the Yellow Dress) was a full script esp moving to the "bar" from the Apt.
There was a ballet sequence in "High Button Shoes" using Keystone Kops that has no words that Stroman referenced in a Ballet tribute to Robbins .
I guess that a play w/out words would just be mime and I can't think of a play that is totally mimed.
#8A "quiet place" on Broadway
Posted: 4/21/18 at 1:16pm
Robert Wilson's "Deafman Glance" comes to mind. I don't know if it was entirely without words but certainly significant portions are, including the hour-long scene with the black woman in Victorian garb very slowly giving her children milk before stabbing them. I think a silent play is an interesting idea, either with sign language or being about something that's impactful but doesn't require words, like Akerman's film Jeann Dielmann. I think "Small Mouth Sounds" was also done with limited verbage.
