A production is not confined to the confines of its stage.
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P.S. In the Beginning…
Revisiting A Christmas Carol on Broadway made me realize a detail I missed regarding its generational stagecraft:
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Straight Line
Theater is a localized art form.
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Between Truth and Artifice
While we’re on the topic of actorly attributes that contribute to a thoroughly-embodied performance:
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Samuel L. Parsons
While we’re on the topic of looking as acting, and acting as looking:
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Crafting the Stage
While we’re on the topic of generational stagecraft:
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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.
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WWTD
Sometimes, a movie adaptation of a play makes you realize new dimensions to a seemingly straightforward moment of stagecraft in the original production.
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Duplicitous Multiplicity
Here’s the thing about symbolic stagecraft, and really all artistic symbolism:
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Unblockable Blocking
What’s the difference between watching a seance on a stage and watching a seance in “real” life?
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