I'm trying to decide which box at the Mariinsky Theatre (old stage) could be permanently allocated to an extremely respected and famous retired ballet dancer, who comes (usually by himself) to watch performances most nights. He's elderly, so something close to the stage where he can see better would be ideal. I don't want to give him the Tsar's box ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely certain how to Google this, but I'll list what I've done after the question ( Read more... )

My character is a transgender man (which means he was born with a female body, and thus a female singing voice). A lot of the focus of the story is on classical music, and I want to know how an ordinary female contralto voice could be used as a tenor. I know the ranges are very similar, but would he be able to sing a certain way and simply sound ( Read more... )

Situation: Young man from Good Family goes to school to study International Business at the urgings of his family. After graduation and working at a good job for about three years, he decides to follow his passion and study to become a professional actor. He does have experience in acting and working backstage (general stage hand), from school ( Read more... )

Setting: details needed for an anecdote taking place in New York City during WWII (though the actual fic is set in the present day, and someone else is telling this story - it's a Captain America/Avengers fanfic)
Searched: Googled various combinations and permutations of "racial discrimination in theaters/performances in 1940s New York ( Read more... )

Year and Place: Great Britain, 1925. Ideally I would like this to occur in late October or early to mid November.

Context: In my story, I have an extremely famous young girl (thirteen at the time). Extremely famous has the meaning of probably the most famous person in the world at this time due to the fact that she has enormous wings and is billed ( Read more... )

Setting: Present day fictional American university.

I've created a fictional theatre program where all students with that major are required to have experience in both musical and straight theatre in order to graduate.

And my protagonist hates musicals ( Read more... )

Hi guys. I've been doing some googling and wikpediaing (searches such as adoption in 1920s britain, 1930s epilepsy medication, 1930s theatre productions, etc.) about the above stuff, but alas google is just giving me more questions and not enough answers. Plus I find I never want to trust wikipedia fully ( Read more... )

I'm writing a novel set in early 1880s in Finland, with a touring theatre troupe from Germany visiting a small regional town. I've been trying to find out whether, when there is a love story in a play, there would be any kissing between the actors on stage. I've searched with various combinations of stage/theatre and kiss/kissing, sometimes adding ( Read more... )

Los Angeles, present day ( Read more... )