Ghosts of Stagecraft PastPresentFuture
The current Broadway production of A Christmas Carol utilizes different generations of stagecraft to bring this centuries-old tale back to life.
The current Broadway production of A Christmas Carol utilizes different generations of stagecraft to bring this centuries-old tale back to life.
I’ve always loved the word stagecraft.
No matter how many shows you see, stagecraft can always surprise, even through the simplest riffs on established norms.
There are two types of people in this world:
Revisiting A Christmas Carol on Broadway made me realize a detail I missed regarding its generational stagecraft:
While we’re on the topic of generational stagecraft:
Sometimes, a movie adaptation of a play makes you realize new dimensions to a seemingly straightforward moment of stagecraft in the original production.
Here’s the thing about symbolic stagecraft, and really all artistic symbolism:
Stagecraft is a physical ritual of gesture and word.
Given theater’s common two-act structure, the intermission break provides a natural spot to insert a cliffhanger.