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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Rituals
Stagecraft is a physical ritual of gesture and word.
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On the 1st Day of Stagecraft
I’ve always loved the word stagecraft.
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What Does It Mean to Belong
Intentionally is impossible to deduce conclusively on a stage.
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No NY No NY No
It’s a cliche to say that setting a story in New York turns the city into an important character within the movie’s firmament.
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Lyle, Lyle, Dramaturgy
A musical’s primary dramaturgy is rooted in which parts of the story the composers decide to set to music.
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The Innuendo Is for Porn
Taking an adult stroll down Sesame Street — courtesy of The Musical!, now at Theatre Row — had the unexpected effect of making me realize anew both the extent and the nature of how Avenue Q riffs on the original series.
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Mueller?… Mueller?… Mueller?
There’s a noble tradition throughout the annals of musical theater history that I like to call the “Now, Ulla belt!”
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