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Gwydion Suilebhan commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Theater in the Raw'

Contract changes for actors -- and, for that matter, designers, who'll have to do their work in a very different way, too -- might be tricky, but not insurmountably so. If an actor is typically paid for four weeks total of rehearsal and previews (…

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Pete Miller commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Theater in the Raw'

So what kind of contract changes are required to obligate actors to show up off book and compensate them for that time? That concern aside, this is sounding quite promising.

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Gwydion Suilebhan commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Theater in the Raw'

Well... the Taffety Punks have a company of actors, but not enough to tackle the annual Shakespeare bootleg. We put out a call among our peeps, and the necessary 30 or 40 folks show up. It's really not hard -- or at least it doesn't SEEM hard. We ha…

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Pete Miller commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Theater in the Raw'

Very cool idea, though perhaps difficult to do unless you have a standing company of actors ready to engage in this sort of thing. I saw the T-Punk bootleg of Two Noble Kinsman, which was a delight from wall to wall. A bootleg Oedipus el Rey or Ow…

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Theater in the Raw

In my last blog post, I suggested that what might have addressed some of the problems faced by both the initial production of Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (affectionately…

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Gwydion Suilebhan commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Unfinished (Show) Business'

People who come to see something go wrong are... well... disturbing to me. I agree with you that it's a matter of expectation-setting. But the Spider-Man team have never suggested that what they're showing is anything more than a preview run at the…

February 3

Scott Bloom commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Unfinished (Show) Business'

People will come for the potential thrill of seeing something go wrong. I have no problem seeing a work in progress as long as I know that's what it is, and I fully expect that to be the case when I go see original one acts, or other local works.…

February 3

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Unfinished (Show) Business

In recent weeks, much has been made of the fact that the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark have been charging what some are calling unforgivable sums to see previews of a multi-million dollar spectacle that still seems as if it has more tha…

February 2

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Unfinished (Show) Business

February 2

Gwydion Suilebhan commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'The Best Seats in the House'

I've begun to believe that the only real way to crack this nut would be to use test audiences to which you gave away tickets. But I agree that the variables you've listed are at least part of what would make this a very challenging experiment, to sa…

January 26

Gwydion Suilebhan commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Play Readings as a Marketplace'

I would think that the difference between this idea and the Fringe is that Fringe shows are productions, not readings. I also think this is far more the case for NY than for other cities... my own included. On Twitter today I was asked what benefit…

January 26

L Jean Burch commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'The Best Seats in the House'

You would need more information than just the seat - I'm sure that variables involving the patrons would have an effect - are they season subscribers, have theyheld the seats for years, do they know their "neighbors"? do they frequently buy tickets…

January 26

Jacob Coakley commented on Gwydion Suilebhan's blog post 'Play Readings as a Marketplace'

Interesting but -- isn't this, essentially, what the NYC Fringe has become? I have no idea how it functions in other cities -- the SF Fringe certainly doesn't give plays the same buzz for ACT or Berkeley Rep that the NYC Fringe gives to its stars --…

January 26

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Play Readings as a Marketplace

January 26

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Play Readings as a Marketplace

January 26

Gwydion Suilebhan replied to lieperjp's discussion 'Other Theatrical Websites'

I would suggest a visit to www.2amtheatre.com for all theater practitioners. I'm a blogger there as well as here, and it's widely becoming considered one of the leading places for discussion about theater-making.

January 23

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Theater in the Raw

In my last blog post, I suggested that what might have addressed some of the problems faced by both the initial production of Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (affectionately known as iHo) and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a new culture of openness: inviting, allowing, and expecting audiences to engage with work before its finished and polished. Such transparency would help us learn about the…

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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 5:00am — 4 Comments

Unfinished (Show) Business

In recent weeks, much has been made of the fact that the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark have been charging what some are calling unforgivable sums to see previews of a multi-million dollar spectacle that still seems as if it has more than a few demons to wrestle with. Everyone knows by now about the acrobatics that have proven to be tragically dangerous. According to several commentators, furthermore, the story’s still a hopelessly jumbled mess. How dare they expect people… Continue

Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

Play Readings as a Marketplace

Every Labor Day weekend in DC, the Kennedy Center becomes the temporary home of a tremendous gathering of new plays. The Page-to-Stage Festival offers about 40 different local theater companies the opportunity to hold staged readings of work they're currently developing. It's a showcase for audiences, and audiences do come. They get to see work-in-progress, contribute to a discussion about its development, and get excited about the eventual full production to come... all for the price of a…

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Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

What Do You Read?

I've been feeling a bit guilty about something lately: I don't read enough plays.

The problem started when my dear wife decided to subscribe to the New Yorker again. I've had an on-again, off-again love affair with that rag my entire life. When I first sign up for…

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