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From: faust@vpnet.chi.il.us (Chad Lawson)
Subject: Re: Company managers
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:14:21 GMT


I have a friend who runs his own touring company.  I'll ask him.  Please
let me know of anything you find out.

Chad FAUST Lawson

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From: dsy@psych.toronto.edu (Desiree Sy)
Subject: Re: Need a crowd pleaser
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:18:06 GMT

In article <BzB3tI.D7K@news.udel.edu> conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad) writes:
>In article <1609@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM> lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow) writes:
>
>>Please give me suggestions for a sure-fire audience grabber type play.
>>Preferrably a very funny comedy, preferrably NOT a heavily male cast.
>>Should have good audience name recognition.  We need to put butts in 
>>seats big time.  This is for community theatre.  NOT a musical either,
>>and if it has low royalties that would be a big plus.  Thanks.
>
>For my money, there have been three hilarious comedies written in the
>last 10 years.  One, Michael Frayn's NOISES OFF, is probably too
>technically complicated for your purposes (LOTS of props, split-second
>timing, set changes, British accents, etc.) plus it may be so well known
>that its royalties are higher than you'd like.
>
>So consider the other two, both written by the late Larry Shue:  THE
>FOREIGNER and THE NERD.  

I hadn't realized Larry Shue had died -- what a shame. 

>Both are extremely funny farces, I've seen both
>of them work brilliantly in community productions, and both are fairly
>modest in production requirements.  

I agree with Jon that the plays are both funny and doable in
community theatre.  However, I'm not sure either play would "put
butts in seats big time", as Linda said.  That is, I think these
shows are crowd pleasers, once you get the crowds in, but I'm not
sure the shows would *draw* crowds.

But that's a problem all round, because generally the people who
would recognize a good play (through association with a play
written, directed, produced by someone known) are the people who
come to see theatre, anyway.  How can you draw audiences in who
don't know much about theatre?

Probably only through association with films, or pop culture.  I
think that's why DRACULA did so well at my high school --
students knew what it would be about (more or less), and were
willing to see it in a play form.  Other student productions, even 
the ones that were about students (UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, DAVID 
AND LISA, to name a couple) played to almost empty houses.

Can anyone else think of a good way to get people to come to the
theatre?

-desiree
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Subject: Dream on Monkey Mountain
From: bcimmet@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 18 Dec 92 17:25:49 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

Does anyone know anything about a show called "Dream on Monkey Mountain" by
Derek Walcott? I am currently writing original music for a production to take
place in late April, and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the play
and might want to talk about it a little bit? Or if there's a production of it
happening anywhere that someone knows about?

	- Medford


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From: tsojro@pyuxd.uucp (25819-olenchak)
Subject: Attaining a script to MUSIC man.
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 19:22:33 GMT

 I was wondering if/where one could attain a script for "MUSIC MAN".  An	organization in my area is thinking of doing this musical next year and I 	would like to try out for the lead part of Prof. Harold Hill.  Any or all	help is appreciated.
Organization: Masters student, Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:35:09 -0500 
From: Brennan Kraje <nk0s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: NUTCRACKER TIX 12/29


    Folks,

    I have three (3) tickets to the Nutcracker Ballet I may be unable to
use. They are in the Benedum Center left-center center section of the
Director's Circle, Row AA, seats 33,35, and 37 (ajoining).

    The performance is for 7:30 pm on the 29th, the last performance of
the year.  It should be quite a memorable one.  I have already seen it
once, and it ranks a close second to a show I saw in DC a few years ago.

    Regular price for these tickets is $123.00.  These are excellent
seats.  However, since I am a season subscriber, they only cost me
$96.00.  I would like to cover my costs, but am willing to part with all
three tickets for $75 at the lowest.

    Three is odd.  I was going to take a date and her sister.  Now is a
chance for you to take the wife or husband and a kid, or just two
friends.  Just e-mail me back @ nk0s if interested...

Brennan Kraje

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From: spady@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robyn Spady)
Subject: Re: Is the Phantom still playing in New York?
Organization: Boeing
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 17:06:49 GMT

Tania L. Velinsky writes:
>
>Your other option is to travel to Toronto to see the show there.  I
>have seen it twice, and Colm Wilkenson is definitely worth the $91.00
>(Canadian) per ticket.
>
For those interested, Phantom of the Opera just opening Dec. 3rd in Seattle, WA.I was able to see it Dec. 4th and thought it was magnificent!  It will be 
playing here until sometime in March . . . I want to go see it again.

To NEW Phantom in this production company (I can't remember his name) played
Anthony Corleone (Al Pacino's son) in the _Godfather III_ . . . I thought 
his performance was excellent . . . I think he's really come close to 
capturing the Michael Crawford performance.

We're happy to Phantom here!  

Robyn



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From: dsy@psych.toronto.edu (Desiree Sy)
Subject: Re: Need a crowd pleaser
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:51:54 GMT

In article <1609@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM> lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow) writes:
>Please give me suggestions for a sure-fire audience grabber type play.
>Preferrably a very funny comedy, preferrably NOT a heavily male cast.
>Should have good audience name recognition.  We need to put butts in 
>seats big time.  This is for community theatre.  NOT a musical either,
>and if it has low royalties that would be a big plus.  Thanks.

When I was in high school, the only plays (we didn't do musicals)
that had even half full audiences were WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE
MOUSETRAP, and DRACULA -- and of these, only DRACULA had sold out
houses.  (Perhaps this is only a comment on the students at my
high school.)

-desiree

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From: murray@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Thomas Murray)
Subject: Re: What's at TKTS??
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:42:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.202606.26056@cbnews.cb.att.com> gwb@cbnews.cb.att.com (gregory.blum) writes:

I was just in NY at Thanksgiving, so I can respond to a couple of your
questions.  Figured I would post this instead of e-mailing it, as
other might be interested.

>  And what about the Christmas show at Radio City?  Does it typically
>  sell out for the after Christamas week?  How much does the darn thing
>  cost??  Has anyone seen it this year, is it worth the time and money?

My ticket was about $46.00, over the phone, though I am sure cheaper
seats are available.  Is it worth it?  Well that depends.  It's a
*very* glitzy show.  I loved it!  It's lots of fun, and very, very
spectacular, especially if you've never seen a Radio City X-mas show,
like me.  What's more, they orchestra is wonderfully conducted by
Donald Pippin, with arrangements by some of B'ways great
orchestrators, including Jonathan Tunick!  I definitely recommend it,
as does most the reviews I've seen this year, which really praise the
show's ability to top previous years' show, which had started to
become somewhat stale.  This being the 60th anniversary year of Radio
City, I imagine alot of effort was poured into this production.  It
really sparkles!

>  And lastly, even though I know this doesn't really belong on r.a.t.,
>  I was really interested in seeing the Matisse show, but found out from
>  their recording that it's sold out until it closes....... however, they
>  say that they release a small number of tickets for each day at 10:00,
>  and that you can also get tickets by becoming a member of the museum at
>  various levels.  Does anyone know how many tickets there are released at
>  10.... and how early the line up for them starts? 

I tried to see the Matisse exhibit, and got the big buzzer.  You are
correct that all the shows are sold out.  You are also right that they
are selling tickets at 10:00.  I got to the museum around 9:00, ready
to stand in line, and found a all the way down 53rd, and around the
corner to 5th (where the church is), and then about another half block
up 5th, and getting longer by the minute.  There were about 300 people
in line already.  I can't imagine that there were too many more extra
tickets than that available.  I would suggest getting there about 7:30
or 8:00 in the morning, at the latest.  Ticket prices are $12.50, if I
remember correctly.

If I may suggest an alternative, the Guggenheim (the uptown one) has a
wonderful Russian Art exhibit from the revolution to about 1935.  It
is wonderfully displayed in what has to be one of the world's best
museums for viewing art.  Included in the exhibit are a number of
Kandinsky's that have probably never made it out of Russia (like most
of the exhibit), and are well worth catching.  At the museum branch in
Soho, the Guggenheim also has an exhibit of Marc Chagall's theatre
works.  I didn't get to see these, but it sounds worthwhile.

Enjoy your trip.

-tom

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From: Clare Durst <CCD@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
Subject: Pere Goriot (Eugene)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:08:33 GMT



Apparently in the late seventies there was a musical which was given
some variety of Producer's Showcase presentation; it never made it
to Broadway, but it was called Eugene! and was an adaptation of Pere
Goriot. Has anyone ever heard of it? Have a tape of it?

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From: wwd1@ra.msstate.edu (William Duncan)
Subject: Re: Chess, & a teeny Phantom question...
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:41:06 GMT

>
>About the Phantom lyric:  Going from my aging memory (the libretto
>isn't at hand), I thought the lyric was 'What a *change*, you're 
>really not a bit the etc.'  However, from day one, the aforementioned
>son has insisted that Raoul is singing, 'What a change, you're really
>not a bitch.'  After some of the things I've heard about Ms. B, 
>maybe it *was* a Freudian slip?
>-- 
Well, due to a characteristic of British pronunciation, many open sounds
like a, aw, etc, sound like they have an 'r' stuck on the end.  Just
listen to the number of times in the musical that someone says, "Operar."
The lyric is "gawkish girl."

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From: croth@scott.skidmore.edu (catherine roth)
Subject: Re: Need a crowd pleaser
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:33:18 GMT

have you looked at "a thurber carnival" by james thurber?  it's a
series of scenes with interchangeable parts, not musical, but very
funny.  take a look at it.  as for how to "get butts in the seats",
check out public access advertising on cable.  everyone sees it when
the flip the channels.
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From: shorts@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Rafi Levavy)
Subject: Re: Chess, & a teeny Phantom question...
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:20:29 GMT

>W H I L E   W E ' R E   T A L K I N G   A B O U T   "C H E S S" ...

>   ... I've been reading this newsgroup for about a year, and I'm amazed at
>how many people dislike it! Personally, it's my favorite CD (at least, in the
>musicals category), and I catch myself humming music from it constantly. Why
>does everyone groan so much when it's brought up???

Chess does habe an extraordinary score, but have you ever seen the
play?  It is a really bad play with a lousy book.  The only thing it
has going for it is its svore (which I listen to quite often).  Note
that everything above in IMHO.

>A N D   N O W,  A  G R A T U I T O U S   "P H A N T O M"  Q U E S T I O N...

>   ... In the recording of "Think of Me", some of the lyrics (according to
>the libretto) are:

>   "what a switch, you're really not a bit
>   the gawkish girl that once you were"

>   ... but when I listen to it, it sounds much more like this:

>   "what a switch, you're really not a bitch,
>   the gawkish girl that once you were"

>   QUESTION: am I hearing things, trying to carry over the rhyme in my head, or
>is the singer just trying to make a smoother transition between words, or did the
>singer really sing that (perhaps commenting on Ms. Brightman)?

I think you're hearing things, because I have never heard that, and
I've been been listening to the CD quite often for the past 6-7 years.
Bu who knows, maybe I've been missing something/

Rafi


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From: pyramus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Jeffrey Brooks Meador)
Subject: The Secret Garden
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 20:01:13 GMT

Does anyone know when The Secret Garden will be coming to the SF Bay Area?
I've heard sometime in February, but have seen nothing about tickets.


From: shalese@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Shalese Huang)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:33:58 GMT
Subject: Re: Phantom in LA?
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre

>/ hpcc01:rec.arts.theatre / 6500mkng@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Michael King) / 10:40 pm  Dec  9, 1992 /
>Does anyone know if The Phantom of the Opera is still 
>playing in Los Angeles? If you've seen it, how is their
>production of it? I picked up the London cast recording
>the other day after reading all the posts lately, and now I
>desperately want to go see it live! I've never actually been
>to a show before. How much do tickets usually cost? Is there
>a dress code?

----------

I saw the show at LA a year ago, and I absolutely loved it.
I paid $15(student price) for front balcony.
I then saw it again at Broadway recently for $65, and was
very disappointed. They made several stupid changes to
the scenes, and had a *less good* cast than LA.
The LA phantom is sensational!!!
I forgot his name, sorry. I think it's something Jacob or Jacob something.
I think he is better than Michael Crawford whom I heard thru the
recording. The girl who sang Christine was not so good, but the Bway one was
even worse.

Anyway, I don't know if it's still playing.
It should, since it has been there forever. Definitely go try.


UCSB alumni :)
Shalese

Organization: Freshman, Drama, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 14:40:15 -0500 
From: Todd Nicholas Tarantino <tt27+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Aspects of Love
	<1992Dec10.213741.11642@cbnews.cb.att.com>
Distribution: na

i have to disagree with those who have posted praising "aspects of love"
as i find it more of a novelty than a truly well done musical. as was
said it does run over two hours, which i do know, but to me the problem
rests not in the singing, michael ball is excellent on the album, but
instead in andrew's choice to use nine or so melodies for the entire
show, repeated over and over again. of course, it is a joy to sing, just
because it goes all over the place in terms of range, but so little
originality. let's see:
1)the love changes everything melody
2)the mermaid song
3)seeing is believing (same progression and all as journey of a lifetime)
4)she'd be far better off with you
5)there is more to love
6)parlez vous francais
7)"it would be hard to find a more capricious mind.." etc. melody
8) the army type melody

and i cant seem to remember the rest off hand, any other Aspects bashers
who would like to help complete this list it might be interesting to see
a complete list of the melodies in aspects. let's face it im not a big
andrew lloyd webber fan.  all this though i mean in good fun  :)

todd
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From: jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Grizabella)
Subject: Re: Chess, & a teeny Phantom question...
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:30:53 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-22563]: thor

>>A N D   N O W,  A  G R A T U I T O U S   "P H A N T O M"  Q U E S T I O N...
>>
>>   ... In the recording of "Think of Me", some of the lyrics (according to
>>the libretto) are:
>>
>>   "what a switch, you're really not a bit
>>   the gawkish girl that once you were"
>>
>>   ... but when I listen to it, it sounds much more like this:
>>
>>   "what a switch, you're really not a bitch,
>>   the gawkish girl that once you were"
>>

Well, Kell, I put in the tape as I logged in tonight, and am currently
listening to it. I distinctly heard "...not a biT" (with the "T" almost
overemphesized, so it comes out kinda like "not a bi-tuh...") See ya
later...

Meows and kisses...
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From: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Need a crowd pleaser
Date: 14 Dec 92 15:32:42 GMT
Reply-To: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Distribution: na
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

Please give me suggestions for a sure-fire audience grabber type play.
Preferrably a very funny comedy, preferrably NOT a heavily male cast.
Should have good audience name recognition.  We need to put butts in 
seats big time.  This is for community theatre.  NOT a musical either,
and if it has low royalties that would be a big plus.  Thanks.
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From: csanoy@bcars689.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Cynthia Sanoy)
Subject: Re: Joseph Tour
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:03:58 GMT

From what I understand, the Michael Damian tour is different from the 
Donny Osmond tour.  (I saw the Donny Osmond tour here in Toronto. Great
stuff! I also acquired the Toronto soundtrack for Joseph. Donny makes
Jason Donavan sound like a feeble-voiced wimp!)

Donny and the gang have returned to Toronto and will be here until March
some time.  If you get a chance to come see this production, do so! You 
won't be disappointed!

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From: jdooley@maemaster.eng.uci.edu (John R. Dooley)
Subject: Re: Need a crowd pleaser
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 18 Dec 92 15:56:42 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <BzGMCD.3w8@encore.com> jpenovic@encore.com writes:
>> 
>  Another play that has great name recognition and always
>  seems to pull people in (especially older people) is
>  _You Can't Take It With You_.  It really is a very wacky and
>  funny play.  

Yes.  This is a great choice.  (Actually, since the question was
originally asked I'd been trying to remember the title of this
play.)  And ... another by the same two authors is 
_The Man Who Came To Dinner_, another riotous farce.  I expect
either of these could fill seats.

John D.
From: forsburg@vax.path.ox.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Phantoms
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:23:15 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Molecular Biology Data Centre
Nntp-Posting-User: forsburg

Okay, I can't resist putting in my tuppence here....

I've seen Michael Crawford 5 times (twice in London, three times in NY)
Dave Willets twice (london) 
Jeff Keller once (NY)

When Crawford is good, he's VERY VERY GOOD.  However, not surprising 
for someone who played it for so long, he does (did) have off nights 
when the magic wasnt there. But the last time I saw or will ever see 
PHANTOM was Crawford's last night in NY:  it was amazing, he sobbed his 
way through the last few lines, and it was incredibly emotional. The 
entire theatre was weeping.  (at the end the audience flung roses on the
stage). His Phantom is very gentle, human, and hurt.

Willets' Phantom was angry, threatening, very powerful.  A different 
interpretation which worked but was coming from a different emotional
base.

Keller did okay, but the part wasnt his (I saw him as the understudy);
it's hard to make it your own if you only get to play it occassionally.

Steve Barton actually understudied the Phantom in London.  When Crawford
was out with a hiatal hernia (sent to the hospital) Barton took over.
As I recall, he got injured and so Crawford came back against doctor's
wishes.  That's when he stopped carrying Sarah Brightman around, I 
suppose!

i cant listen to PHANTOM these days.  It's way too familiar and can't go
anywhere new on a re-hearing.  Lloyd Webber is like that. Unlike anything 
by Sondheim, which you can listen to for years
and still not hear all the possibilities.

slf
From: hellmerj@lars.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Jeffrey N Hellmers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: South Pacific question
Date: 20 Dec 92 21:50:29 GMT
Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN

In article <BzKs23.BtH@csulb.edu> sichermn@csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes:
>   In South Pacific, what is Nellie Forbush's hometown ?
>
>   Thanks.
>
>
>
>-- 
>Jeff Sicherman
>up the net without a .sig

Little Rock, Arkansas?




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