http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/ DC's Liveliest Theatre Website Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-415 ronnie Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:50:24 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-415 ED Note..  Remember these are readings. The idea is to see if there is potential to bring the play or musical to stage where the staging will get proper attention.   ED Note..  Remember these are readings. The idea is to see if there is potential to bring the play or musical to stage where the staging will get proper attention.  

]]> http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-414 Lani McKenna Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:10:20 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-414 I attended the Stephen Schwartz Project and the Bingo Long Preview.  I frankly found the experience very boring.  The best I can say is that I did see some pretty good talent.  My comment on the Schwarz Project was the choice of the second piece (Sorry, I can't even remember the name of the piece.)  It was a male solo...Very unrememberable or remarkable.  Also, although all the singers had LOVELY voices, the woman in the middle of the ensemble (caucasian brunette) was so distracting with constant fidgeting that it broke the continuity.  Bingo Longe may have some potential as a script, but so much was lost because of the miking and staging (unimaginative directing) that it was hard to catch much.  Certainly the Mr. Posey song was powerfully delivered. I attended the Stephen Schwartz Project and the Bingo Long Preview.  I frankly found the experience very boring.  The best I can say is that I did see some pretty good talent.  My comment on the Schwarz Project was the choice of the second piece (Sorry, I can’t even remember the name of the piece.)  It was a male solo…Very unrememberable or remarkable.  Also, although all the singers had LOVELY voices, the woman in the middle of the ensemble (caucasian brunette) was so distracting with constant fidgeting that it broke the continuity.  Bingo Longe may have some potential as a script, but so much was lost because of the miking and staging (unimaginative directing) that it was hard to catch much.  Certainly the Mr. Posey song was powerfully delivered.

]]> http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-413 DC Theatre Reviews » WHAT’S IN THE OVEN, Sunday Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:56:50 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-413 [...] Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions helped make the world safe from optimism with two Shawn Northrup shows, Cautionary Tales for Adults, followed by the PBS-on-heroin children’s show, The Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles. These little musicales were each about a half hour long. The first gleefully explains that no matter how good your intentions, you’re going to die, and probably unpleasantly. Casie Pratt plays a deranged librarian who bullyrags four adults (Staphanie Hammel, Alessandra Migliaccio, Lucas Maloney and Joe Pindelski) into singing songs about how characters very much like themselves met their demise. For example, Migliacico’s character, to quiet her screaming twin eight-year old boys, allowed herself to be eaten by a lion in the zoo. I feel ya, sister. Maloney’s character doesn’t actually die, only retires, but after that he’ll die, for sure. In Trixie Tickles, Pratt is a hyper-obnoxious, made-for-TV child — the product of a spectacularly dysfunctional family — on her first day of school. Her addled day is spent getting bad advice: from her vodka-soaked mum (Migliaccio); her embittered teacher (Hammel), who sings "everything you do is bound to fail…"; and her cheerfully oblivious father (Pindelski). The evening climaxes when Mum delivers Trixie the startling news that girls don’t go to the bathroom because "every time you poo/you lose a part of you." ("…there goes your soul/ right down the bowl….") The cast is uniformly good and Pratt is a little ball of demonic energy in these two shows; Pindelski demonstrates a terrific set of pipes; and they are backed by a tight little band (Andy Wilchel, Bob Bonson, and Jacob Jackovich. You can read more about these two shows exclusively in dctheatrereviews here.) [...] [...] Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions helped make the world safe from optimism with two Shawn Northrup shows, Cautionary Tales for Adults, followed by the PBS-on-heroin children’s show, The Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles. These little musicales were each about a half hour long. The first gleefully explains that no matter how good your intentions, you’re going to die, and probably unpleasantly. Casie Pratt plays a deranged librarian who bullyrags four adults (Staphanie Hammel, Alessandra Migliaccio, Lucas Maloney and Joe Pindelski) into singing songs about how characters very much like themselves met their demise. For example, Migliacico’s character, to quiet her screaming twin eight-year old boys, allowed herself to be eaten by a lion in the zoo. I feel ya, sister. Maloney’s character doesn’t actually die, only retires, but after that he’ll die, for sure. In Trixie Tickles, Pratt is a hyper-obnoxious, made-for-TV child — the product of a spectacularly dysfunctional family — on her first day of school. Her addled day is spent getting bad advice: from her vodka-soaked mum (Migliaccio); her embittered teacher (Hammel), who sings "everything you do is bound to fail…"; and her cheerfully oblivious father (Pindelski). The evening climaxes when Mum delivers Trixie the startling news that girls don’t go to the bathroom because "every time you poo/you lose a part of you." ("…there goes your soul/ right down the bowl….") The cast is uniformly good and Pratt is a little ball of demonic energy in these two shows; Pindelski demonstrates a terrific set of pipes; and they are backed by a tight little band (Andy Wilchel, Bob Bonson, and Jacob Jackovich. You can read more about these two shows exclusively in dctheatrereviews here.) [...]

]]> http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-412 Mark Scharf Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:50:32 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2006/08/31/page-to-stage-the-interviews/#comment-412 One small correction -- my play LIKE WHITE ON RICE is being presented by Accokeekcreek Theatre & Bowie State University as part of their Shortstack V2: A New Play Festival in the South Atrium at 7:30 p.m. on 9/2 -- this presentation has nothing to do with the BPF event at 2 p.m.  Thanks! One small correction — my play LIKE WHITE ON RICE is being presented by Accokeekcreek Theatre & Bowie State University as part of their Shortstack V2: A New Play Festival in the South Atrium at 7:30 p.m. on 9/2 — this presentation has nothing to do with the BPF event at 2 p.m.  Thanks!

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