More Broadway news!
I know we just had a Broadway roundup post yesterday, but here are a few more random tidbits in the theater world.
Cast of Bob Fosse's Dancin' performs Sing Sing Sing on GMA
Have you ever wondered how those huge theater backdrops are created? At my high school, the answer was people like me who had no business trying to undertake something so massive. But for Broadway shows, they hire professional artists.
This studio recently created the backdrop for two new Broadway musicals (Shucked and Camelot). I also included the ones they did for Tootsie and Beetlejuice because the techniques are so different. They have time lapse videos of backdrops they have made for other shows including Moulin Rouge, A Beautiful Noise, My Fair Lady, The Book of Mormon, Kiss Me Kate, King Lear, The Prom, Pretty Woman, Head Over Heels, and Carousel).
As an aside, usually after a show closes, these backdrops are thrown away (they can't be composted because they have been painted and chemically treated to be fire proof). A former stage manager began asking theaters if she could have the backdrops and other materials that are normally thrown away (like stage decks and curtains). Her company now upcycles them into bags, keychains, and jewelry, and 10% of the proceeds are donated to TDF which provides middle school and high school students with tickets to see Broadway and off Broadway shows.
Life of Pi opens on Broadway tomorrow. Al Roker goes behind the scenes with the animal puppetry
Ariana DeBose and Bonnie Milligan perform "A Woman Knows" from the upcoming musical Female Troubles which follows Elinor Benton, an unmarried woman in 19-century England who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. Given the time and her circumstances, Elinor needs a solution quickly. Her friends rally around her and set off on a Victorian-era girls trip to London to find a midwife. The show seeks to illuminate the present-day trials of women’s rights and reproductive freedom while asking, as the writers put it, “Can you believe this sh*t’s still happening in 1810?”
The lyrics are by Amanda Green who was nominated for a Tony for her work on Mr. Saturday Night. Music is by Curtis Moore, associate composer on the 2007 revival of Cymbeline and the 2013 revival of Macbeth. The book is by Gabrielle Allan (Veep, Scrubs) and Jennifer Crittenden (The New Adventures of Old Christine, Everybody Loves Raymond).
Full cast list for New York premiere of Grey House by Levi Holloway has been announced
The cast is comprised of Laurie Metcalf as Raleigh, Tatiana Maslany as Max, Paul Sparks as Henry, Sophia Anne Caruso as Marlow, and Millicent Simmonds as Bernie, Cyndi Coyne as The Ancient, Colby Kipnes as Squirrel, Alyssa Emily Marvin as A1656, and Eamon Patrick O'Connell as The Boy. The show will be directed by two time Tony winner Joe Mantello.
Synopsis:
When a couple crashes their car in the mountains, they seek shelter in an isolated cabin. Its inhabitants, though somewhat unusual, are eager to make their guests feel right at home. But as the blizzard outside rages on and one night turns into several, the couple becomes less and less sure of what's true-about their hosts, themselves, and why that sound in the walls keeps getting louder.
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Cast of Bob Fosse's Dancin' performs Sing Sing Sing on GMA
Click to viewHave you ever wondered how those huge theater backdrops are created? At my high school, the answer was people like me who had no business trying to undertake something so massive. But for Broadway shows, they hire professional artists.
This studio recently created the backdrop for two new Broadway musicals (Shucked and Camelot). I also included the ones they did for Tootsie and Beetlejuice because the techniques are so different. They have time lapse videos of backdrops they have made for other shows including Moulin Rouge, A Beautiful Noise, My Fair Lady, The Book of Mormon, Kiss Me Kate, King Lear, The Prom, Pretty Woman, Head Over Heels, and Carousel).
As an aside, usually after a show closes, these backdrops are thrown away (they can't be composted because they have been painted and chemically treated to be fire proof). A former stage manager began asking theaters if she could have the backdrops and other materials that are normally thrown away (like stage decks and curtains). Her company now upcycles them into bags, keychains, and jewelry, and 10% of the proceeds are donated to TDF which provides middle school and high school students with tickets to see Broadway and off Broadway shows.
Life of Pi opens on Broadway tomorrow. Al Roker goes behind the scenes with the animal puppetry
Ariana DeBose and Bonnie Milligan perform "A Woman Knows" from the upcoming musical Female Troubles which follows Elinor Benton, an unmarried woman in 19-century England who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. Given the time and her circumstances, Elinor needs a solution quickly. Her friends rally around her and set off on a Victorian-era girls trip to London to find a midwife. The show seeks to illuminate the present-day trials of women’s rights and reproductive freedom while asking, as the writers put it, “Can you believe this sh*t’s still happening in 1810?”
The lyrics are by Amanda Green who was nominated for a Tony for her work on Mr. Saturday Night. Music is by Curtis Moore, associate composer on the 2007 revival of Cymbeline and the 2013 revival of Macbeth. The book is by Gabrielle Allan (Veep, Scrubs) and Jennifer Crittenden (The New Adventures of Old Christine, Everybody Loves Raymond).
Full cast list for New York premiere of Grey House by Levi Holloway has been announced
The cast is comprised of Laurie Metcalf as Raleigh, Tatiana Maslany as Max, Paul Sparks as Henry, Sophia Anne Caruso as Marlow, and Millicent Simmonds as Bernie, Cyndi Coyne as The Ancient, Colby Kipnes as Squirrel, Alyssa Emily Marvin as A1656, and Eamon Patrick O'Connell as The Boy. The show will be directed by two time Tony winner Joe Mantello.
Synopsis:
When a couple crashes their car in the mountains, they seek shelter in an isolated cabin. Its inhabitants, though somewhat unusual, are eager to make their guests feel right at home. But as the blizzard outside rages on and one night turns into several, the couple becomes less and less sure of what's true-about their hosts, themselves, and why that sound in the walls keeps getting louder.
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