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Slashie
Mar 24, 2007

by Fistgrrl

Magic Hate Ball posted:

So is anyone else nuts about Sondheim? It's driving me crazy that I have nobody to talk to about his works.

Yes, I love him ever so.

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Slashie
Mar 24, 2007

by Fistgrrl

Magic Hate Ball posted:

I've been stuck on Merrily We Roll Along for like two weeks now, and it kills me that there was never a libretto published.

Not yet!

Slashie
Mar 24, 2007

by Fistgrrl

Magic Hate Ball posted:

Anyone know anything about The Exonerated? I'm supposed to be crewing it in a couple months.

Also, apparently Sondheim's started writing his two-volume autobiography.

It's one of those boring-rear end staged-reading plays. Unless your production makes a lot of changes it's probably the easiest thing to crew ever.

Slashie
Mar 24, 2007

by Fistgrrl

The Pillowman posted:

So, my university might put on "The Laramie Project" next semester (read that to mean I'll be directing it or designing it). And we might also be doing "Noises Off!". Now I know what both are, kind of, and I'm waiting for them in the mail so I can read them. Just wondering what opinions were, if you guys had done either show and had stories, advice, and general knowledge?

I was in Noises Off once in summer stock. It's bland and pleasant enough. It can actually be pretty funny if you have a good cast. If you've never directed or designed a farce before, you're going to need to do some research on that. Farces live and die by the set, and the acting style generally needs to be a little more pantomime than modern actors try for.


Also, I read Black Comedy when I was hanging out in a theater reading through their stack of old plays as a youth. Memories...

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