Yeah, so I’ve decided to write something. Big whoop. Well, for one, now that the show is over I’d like to really go into some detail about how well the directors handled our material. In the past, the directors have tended to ignore some of the stage directions and suggestions for set design that we placed into the script. This time thought, they were right on. In fact, I can only think of one thing (a minor difference in sound) that wasn’t really what we described, but it still worked well.
For the 99% of you that didn’t see the show, it was a comedy…despite how the Weekly Planet feels about it (hey, if he can make assumptions on how the whole audience felt, I can make assumptions on how his whole organization feels).
It was extremely dependant on timing and speed. There was a significant amount of “banter” that required the actors to be incredibly fast with their lines, and the jokes were piled one on top of the next. It took them a while (up until about a week before rehearsal) but they got it and it was great to see.
I wasn’t there, but I hear the crowd even stamped their feet to the beats in our brief “Tainted Love” musical piece.
August 26th, 2003 at 2:29 pm
I liked the play… it was nifty. I laughed. But maybe I am the comedy?