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Dear Tony Junkies,
Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Matrix Revolutions, Crocodile Dundee in LA, Halloween III: Season of the Witch…my Tony e-mails.
What do they all have in common? That’s right people…trilogies. (Don’t be hatin’ on Season of the Witch!) We have come, folks, to my last crusade to get you [...]
sdnn SanDiegoNewsNetwork Eight great reasons to watch the Tonys
By Pat Launer, SDNN Wednesday, June 9, 2010
“Memphis” star Montego Glover (left) is vying for a Tony in the Lead Actress category. (Photo courtesy of La Jolla Playhouse)
The American Theatre Wing’s 64th annual Antoinette Perry (aka Tony) Awards will be broadcast on CBS on June 13.
Here [...]
Puppetry plays an extensive role in bringing to life Disney’s The Lion King on stage. There are primarily two kinds of puppetry used in The Lion King. Bunraku Puppetry from Japan, and shadow puppetry from Indonesia.
Bunraku, or Japanese puppet theater, is probably the most developed form of puppetry in the world. The puppets are large - usually about [...]
Julie Taymor, director and designer of the Broadway production of The Lion King, gives the following account of casting procedure and rehearsals for that production.
OPENING NIGHT
We were ready to open. That’s a rare statement for me. This was the first time I truly felt that, even if every little detail wasn’t perfect, the company, the [...]
Disney’s The Lion King will be arriving in San Diego very soon (October 13-November 8)! I’m sure many of you are as excited about attending as I am. In preparation I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on African Theatre. Below is a great excerpt on the conventions of traditional African Theatre. When attending The Lion King try to observe [...]
Julie Taymor, director and designer of the Broadway production of The Lion King, gives the following account of casting procedure and rehearsals for that production.
TECHNICAL REHEARSALS
With a host of computers sitting on large boards spread out over the seats, and headsets to communicate backstage, we were able to begin tracking the cues. While I, the [...]
My Twitter feed from the day:
· @ChristopherGurr Can’t wait to see the show tonight! Driving all the way from San Diego.9:53 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck in reply to ChristopherGurr
· Pandora loves me, went from Knights of the Round Table into Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. gearing up for tonight. #spamalot10:25 AM [...]
Julie Taymor, director and designer of the Broadway production of The Lion King, gives the following account of casting procedure and rehearsals for that production.
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
Once the singers and dancers had learned their music and dance choreography, they joined me in the large rehearsal room to work out their blocking and integration into [...]
Where last we left off (http://www.broadwaysd.com/blog/?p=236), my experience with Monty Python had always been that of me watching them on TV or in a movie theatre, never in person. This would change late in 2003. In the fall of 2003, I heard that Eric Idle was doing a live show in Las Vegas (at the [...]
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Hyenas and all!
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The ground is shaking
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