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| eclectic tastes, distinctive growl, full plate: the director's choice of Defoe for the role was mostly a "a ______ thing" |
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| eclectic tastes, distinctive growl, full plate: In "Idiot Servant" William Defoe leads a giant ______________ around the stage by its genitals. |
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| Donmar's Impact Echoes from London to New York: what is the distinctively familiar set piece that has become a "stylistic signature" of Donmar's warehouse? |
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| Are they laughing? Are they moved: Neil Simon: "I was smart for not having it thrown out?" what was he talking about? |
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| the "Brighton Beach Memoirs" |
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| One Writes, The Other Act. Sparks Fly: "And I think what I bring to it is trying to do it with good humor, grace and _________" |
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| One Writes, The Other Act. Sparks Fly: the stage manage, Roxanne, is a classic Julie White character, with _________ and poignancy. |
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To Lynn Redgrave, The Examined Life is Worth Staging:
"Nightingale" is a Lynn Redgrave's introspective one women play about her _____________ |
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To Lynn Redgrave, The Examined Life is Worth Staging:
this play is a series of family stories and dialogues about love, marriages, and __________. |
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Writer Digs Up Gods From Bayou:
[McRaneys] prose is as raw as his subject matter: children growing up without parents...adults holding onto _____. |
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Writer Digs Up Gods From Bayou:
Tarrell's personal story, when you hear it in one fell swoop, does sound surreal and __________. |
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A Challenge of Innocence and Experience:
In a coincidence that makes the production even more personal, the actress playing Laverne is Ms. Antoine's ___________. |
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A Challenge of Innocence and Experience:
Winnie is a "__________ role". And the fact that we can rarely take our eyes off her is a great tribute" |
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-short term
-commerce = main goal
-consensus
-popular appeal
-temporary |
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- meaningful aesthetic
- challenge viewer
- classical
- long-lasting |
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category of artistic composition marked by a distinctive style.
- genres are becoming more difficult to classify. |
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- comedy
- drama
- musical
- other |
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- light spirited
- amusing dialogue
- goal= to make you laugh |
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1) incongruity (motorcycle guy w/ high voice)
2) unexpectedness
3) exaggeration
*usually when we laugh its bc of one of these |
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- slapstick
- sketch
- satire
- farce
- parody |
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physical comedy, often using abuse
- name comes from Vaudeville
- punch line: 2 sticks slapped together
- slapstick comedy seen in old cartoons
-- such as The 3 Stooges; Tom & Jerry |
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- short funny skit; complete in itself
-- such as Saturday Night Live |
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- comedy that uses wit, irony, and exaggeration
- humor used to make a point |
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- wildly improbable action
- Joe Morton - loot
- Ken Ludwig - Lend me a Tenor
- Michael Frayn - Noises off
- Charlie Chaplain |
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- mockery of style using exaggerated imitation
- ex SNL (Tina Fey/Sarah Palin) |
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- representation of real life
- generally serious |
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- Realistic
- Tragedy
- Docudrama
- Melodrama
- Morality Plays |
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- representation of everyday life with attention to detail
--specific scenic elements
- Tennessee William's; Street Car Named Desire
- Arthur Miller's; Death of A Salesman |
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- Serious drama w/ unhappy ending usually ending w/ death
- Hamlet |
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- Historically, drama, and melody used together to tell tragic
- action drives story, rather than character (what happens to the characters drives the story)
- Soap Operas (General Hospital) |
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- Stories designed to teach morals
0 Veggie tales |
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Theatrical Style fusing 3 elements
1) Music
2) Dance
3) Story |
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1) Musical comedy
2) Opera
3) Revue |
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- musical infused with comic characters and situations
- style developed in America |
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- Entire story sung
- using little or no dialogue
- popularized in Italy
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) |
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- unifying collection of songs, dances, and/or sketches
- Aint Misbehavin': Collections of the songs of Fats Waller
- Smokey Joe's Cafe
0 Collection of songs written Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller |
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| these types are not as popular as the others |
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- cast works together as a team
- No one is a big star
- Grey's Anatomy/Crash |
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- broadway production of previously produced show
- Grease, South Pacific, Hair, West Side Story |
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- actors read from books
- sometimes maintaining 3rd person
- Tarell Alvin McCraney - The Brother's Size
0 uses 3rd person
0 West African Storytelling |
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- non-verbal recreation of the world
- imagination of the audience completes the image
- does not work on TV |
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- Inanimate object replaces the actor
- Sesame Street
- Lion King uses sophisticated puppetry
- Avenue Q (mature audiences) |
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- large scale shows
- cicus
- Cirque De Soleil
--French Canadian performers
- Radio City Rockettes |
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| in the show, smaller role, but will be able to swing into a larger role |
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| paid to be on standby, not in the show until moments notice |
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is the weekly cost of running a show after it has opened.
- is a legend, Europe at the time
- earn the nut back
- took the nut off the wheel
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is the organization that created the "castle" program
1)location
2)Structure program |
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| core meaning of what a play has to say. Statement the director thinks what the play is about. |
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| changing rates or beats of dramatic action. Rhythm of the piece |
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| feelings or emotions generated from the clash of forces in the dramatic action |
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| the individualization of the art form. Something that makes it distinctive and has a statement attached to it. |
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| coordinates all the technical activities of the production including but not limited to the creation of the prompt book. |
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| In a musical, the script is broken down into... |
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- books( spoken)
- lyrics(silent).
Usually end up with 3 people, lyricists, librettist, and the composer. |
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| is stressed and unstressed like a heart beat. |
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| the plot facts that are revealed in the dialogue. Things the audience needs to know that the playwright includes in the dialogue. (instead of using a narrator) |
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an example of something other than the traditional solitary process of someone going away and writing a play. It involves a collaborative group process where there is no one designated playwright.
o Interviews became
Their answers were recorded and became
• Monologues became songs
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1 - Inspiration, metaphor
2 - Characters
3 - Plot
4 - *dialogue
5 - First draft |
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| - Series of staged readings and rewrites: first time the playwright gets to hear their play aloud & spoken. First time theater actually happens |
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- *difficult part is to get from phase 2 to phase 3
- Full production |
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| Four donor types: in regards to producing: |
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Not for profit: four types of donors
- Individuals (largest)
- Corporate
- Foundation
- Government
then they have for profit as well |
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| Script analysis takes you from ______ to _______________. |
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| Stanislavski’s co founder of the Moscow arts theater. They went to a café and committed themselves to reinvent theater. |
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| Who are the two prominent actresses of the late 19th century with distinct styles? |
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| Sarah Bernhard & Eleanora Duse |
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| First international star using the style of realism |
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| can either describe an action, a setting, or a point of view. Two primary sources of parenthetical information (sarcasm) can be from the playwright to help the next person get a sense of what they mean. The second source is from the first professional production of the play, so after the world premier, someone is hired to take the original script and see the production and fix it. |
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| was mentioned in the context of how (up to and including early part of last century) when scenery was 2 dimensional. Still in use, and give better angles to hang lighting and good for scenery. |
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| Pyramid diagram: script analysis, shows the starting point for the process. |
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TOP TO BOTTOM:
- idea
-- characters
---dramatic action
----Circumstances looking for facts…given circumstances: Given facts found in play |
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| Costumes, sets, sound, and light |
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| Designers are supposed... |
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| are supposed to support the directors vision |
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