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Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?

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Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?#1
Posted: 7/3/20 at 10:12am

Can you think of any plays that may work particularly well online on a zoom-like platform?  Plays with less physicality perhaps?  Julie Halston offhandedly said, in a conversation with TheaterMania, that she wouldn't want to see Pinter on Zoom - and that was a playwright whose work I thought could work in that format...

Let's inspire some online works!

PS: I live the Apple plays written directly FOR zoom, too!

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Posted: 7/3/20 at 10:30am

Parts of Enron could be cool, but I'd miss the incredible theatricality of the original production, which I loved.

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Posted: 7/3/20 at 12:08pm
TWO FOR THE SEESAW

THE BELLE OF AMHERST


SEA WALL/ A LIFE


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Posted: 7/3/20 at 12:37pm

I really liked how SIGNIFICANT OTHER was performed via zoom a few months ago.

The obvious ones are one-man plays like I AM MY OWN WIFE and A GERMAN LIFE. Thinking more about it, did the Bridge Theatre in London record Maggie Smith's stunning performance in A GERMAN LIFE last year?

As far as musicals go, I can see AVENUE Q doing well on ZOOM. 

 

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Posted: 7/3/20 at 1:52pm
Talking With by Jane Martin and Jane Wagner's The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe spring to mind.
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Posted: 7/3/20 at 3:06pm

-- Clarence Darrow

-- Barrymore

-- The Sound Inside

-- Lifespan of a Fact

-- The Year of Magical Thinking

-- Almost any other one person show

-- Love Letters

-- If they carefully worked out the blocking, I think The Gin Game could work.

 

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Posted: 7/3/20 at 7:15pm
12 angry men?
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Posted: 7/3/20 at 10:43pm
Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. It was excellent on the radio, and I think it would play very well online. Only three characters, and a level of stylization that calls for a non-representational production. The film was good, but the photorealism of it pulled me away from the essence of the piece. It would be right at home on Zoom!
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Posted: 7/4/20 at 2:14am
From very recent, The Minutes come to mind
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Posted: 7/4/20 at 11:40am
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Posted: 7/4/20 at 3:08pm
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Posted: 7/4/20 at 9:09pm
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Posted: 7/4/20 at 9:09pm

double post

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Posted: 7/4/20 at 9:09pm

Triple Post (aargh!)

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Posted: 7/6/20 at 12:39pm
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Posted: 7/6/20 at 12:39pm
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Posted: 7/7/20 at 7:03pm

I also would love to see Love Letters again - the Sally Field / Bryan Cranston one was just calling out to be repeated with other stars. 

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Posted: 7/7/20 at 10:38pm

I love Jarethan's and Dollypop's suggestions. Small, intimate shows.

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Posted: 7/7/20 at 10:40pm

Betrayal

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Posted: 7/8/20 at 1:46am
I really wonder how TWO FOR THE SEESAW would work in today's day and age.
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Posted: 7/9/20 at 6:56pm

One of my favorite plays- I saw it on the West End- was Mary Stuart. It had very few scenery changes- but the drama of Queen Elizabeth meeting Mary Queen Of Scots- though they never really met in real life- was so powerfully dramatic- that I was floored- and am still remember how much I loved this play. It is very dramatic and full of intrigue and suspense- and I think it is well-suited for Zoom- plus, since it has never been seen in the USA- and ithe subject matter is one that is fascinating for many- this would be a great choice, I think.

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Posted: 7/10/20 at 1:40am

I have applied for the virtual streaming rights for A LOT of plays over the past couple of months. Most “famous” ones have been denied unless the author is still alive to give their blessing. The estates are almost all saying no. No Pinter, Albee, Ionesco, or Beckett - pretty much all of the absurdist stuff that would work best over Zoom. It has been really frustrating. Caryl Churchill plays are available however.

EDIT: Caryl Churchill is still alive at 81. I guess the estate hasn’t taken full control yet!

Updated On: 7/10/20 at 01:40 AM
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Posted: 7/12/20 at 5:25pm

That's interesting and disappointing, Distinctive Baritone.

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Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?#25
Posted: 7/12/20 at 5:33pm

Closer.  Peter Marber's script is quite stage-y when he translates it to screen so maybe it plays well on zoom also.


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