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Comment on 2009 Watch Awards by Jay Tilley

Jay Tilley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:50:33 +0000

Congrats to all the winners and nominees, particularly my fellow castmates and the entire production team of RCP’s Curtains! What an honor to be part of a production that won 12 awards out of 19 nominations!

Comment on Defensive Driving On Stage by Dave Bayles

Dave Bayles — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:34:16 +0000

I sure ther are hundreds of incidents that can be related to this article. here is my take. During our run of Dearly departed, we had one actor who started developing a “frog” voice because of all the yelling he had to do in character. He would sometimes start to cough and have difficulty getting his lines out particularly during the ending funeral scene. Another actor came up with a plan on his own. The next time our hero started to lose his voice, in charcter the other actor handed our hero a “flask” to take a swig from. The blast of cool water in the flask was just what the actor needed to keep his voice. Keep up the great articles Ty, love em all.

Comment on Tantallon Community Players A Raisin In The Sun by Joyce Lee

Joyce Lee — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:34:40 +0000

I’m loving the review on this play, I know it had to be a big hit based on cast. Sending out congratulations to the whole cast and especially to my nephew, Jivon Jackson – “Asagi”.

Comment on Defensive Driving On Stage by Laura & Mike Clark

Laura & Mike Clark — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:22 +0000

I recently ran props for The Wizard of Oz for a high school production, and the hourglass I created broke in half (where the two bottles joined together) during a rehearsal. I asked the actress playing the witch what she’d do if that happened during a show. She didn’t know, so I suggested rehashing her line (as Miss Gulch) from earlier in the play “That’s the last time I buy an hourglass from a charity bazaar.” Mike

Comment on Challenge Yourself Through Other Performing Arts by Jay Hepner

Jay Hepner — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:19:55 +0000

Ty, I believe I’ve missed only opera. Not a huge fan, but took a humanities course as a senior in HS, and have a passing familiarity with Carmen, Don Giovanni, and La Boheme.

I’d recommend any of those three first. Carmen for its classic tunes–really, find a clip of March of the Toreadors, or Love is a Bird that’s free–or words to that effect, and you’re sure to recognize at leat one if not both. Then again, they were common to advertising /cartoons 40 years ago. Not so much now. Speaking of cartoons, What’s Opera, Doc? is a good intro to the form. Haven’t been ’cause the music is fine, but once the singing starts, all I can think is: “You’re ruining the music.”

My best music teacher ever, who intro’ed me to La Boheme, on which RENT is based, btw, also told me the truly great story of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Until Mrs Scozzafava, I thought it was simply the “dinosaur music” in Fantasia. Turns out it created a total riot–literally–cause it was so ahead of the curve musically, and choreographically. It was ballet that balletophiles HATED! Totally post-modern.

I was so fascinated that this really cool music from the dinosaur sequence of Fantasia had this incredible backstory, the end of which was that it created such a to-do that it almost literally disappeared from the face of the earth. It was never perforemed again.

Until 75 years later, after some dance archivists, through contacting some survivors of the day, or their children, grandchildren, associates, painstakingly reconstructed the costumes and dance steps, etc.

When it came to the Kennedy Center in Oct of ‘89, not only did I go, I literally rushed down to the box office in DC the day the tix went on sale, so necessary was it to me to see this ballet that my 7th Grade music teacher, Rose Scozzafava had totally sold me on.

Got to that one if it ever happens again. Rent an old PBS version.

As for poetry readings. Come on, Ty. How hard can it be to find one of those?

Comment on Dominion Stage Reefer Madness by Review: Silence! The Musical | @lurkmoophy

Review: Silence! The Musical | @lurkmoophy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:25:25 +0000

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Comment on Little Theatre of Alexandria Chicago by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:54 +0000

The report I got from one of the show participants was that Ms. Rabben had differences with one of the principals. I would have liked to have seen her do this role as well. However, she is well so far as I know.

I agree with this rave review, though, and Jennifer was great as Mama.

Comment on Little Theatre of Alexandria Chicago by Paula Y. Bickham

Paula Y. Bickham — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:48:15 +0000

This show was fabulous! I went Sunday, March 7. I saw “Chicago” at a professional venue and it did nothing for me. It was nice, but it didn’t move me the way THIS show did. I walked out of the little theatre humming the tunes, it was just that good. A lady sitting next to me told me she thought this show was absolutely wonderful. She’d seen “Chicago” on both Broadway and at a professional venue in DC, and concluded the LTA’s production was better. Those two girls handled themselves like real pros. The entire cast, as a matter of fact pulled it off like pros. Heck, the entire production was awesome. There were a few glitches, a horn out of tune, or a wayward spotlight, but no major big deals. If you are a “Chicago” fan you should see this show. It didn’t get a standing “O” from what I could see.

Comment on The Children’s Theater Hansel & Gretel by Keady, Susan

Keady, Susan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:25:26 +0000

Thank you Mari, for the very kind review. Your seven year old brother is my favorite critic. Cheers!

Comment on Fauquier Community Theatre The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by Sallie Willows

Sallie Willows — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:09:10 +0000

Jose,
Thank you for the wonderful review! We truly appreciate it!

Sallie Willows – Co-director of Musical Comedy Murders of the 1940’s