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Written by Jacob
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Dec 30, 2008 |
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 | | The Finished cap, our end result. | Download a PDF instruction booklet of how to make this headdress, with full-sized photos, here.
Stages St. Louis went regal for their version of The Jungle Book
In approaching costume designs for the Stages St. Louis production of
Disney’s The Jungle Book last summer, I looked at productions of the
play, the Disney-animated feature and the real animals. Rudyard Kipling
wrote his stories for an English-speaking audience, but the stories
took place in exotic India—which is why I wanted the costumes to
reflect an “English-idealized” India.
Then, our artistic director shared what he had in mind for the
character of Shere Kahn, the tiger villain. Unlike the Disney feature,
he proposed casting the character as a female, inspired by the
Wilhelmina Slater character on the TV series Ugly Betty—a tailored,
put-together, powerful “Queen of the Jungle,” with maybe a rhinestone
or two.
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Written by Jacob Coakley
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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 | | The 2008 LDI show floor | SD ventured to LDI and brought back more than just a swag T-shirt.
LDI came back to Vegas this year, and Stage Directions was present at the tradeshow, chatting up friends, seeing what was new and drooling over the latest toys. Here’s what we found and what you can expect to see at load-in — or at least in your fantasy lighting plot.
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Written by Stephen Peithman
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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Plays that encourage actors and the art form to stretch.
Theatre has never been a “one-size-fits-all” proposition, and there is always a need for imaginative plays that will challenge actors, directors and audiences. This month’s comedies and dramas do exactly that.
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Written by Kevin M. Mitchell
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Nov 26, 2008 |
 | | A scene from the original production of Angel's Arms. | San Diego’s Lamb’s Players Theatre Kerry Meads goes original every year.
‘Tis the season of giving, and Kerry Meads gives the gift that keeps on giving — an original Christmas play with music every year. “It’s a very interesting thing, and has become quite a tradition,” Meads says. “It’s kind of tricky to do — it has to have magic, wonder, a happy ending and music.”
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Written by Dave McGinnis
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Nov 26, 2008 |
Thinking of moving into academic life? Make sure, my friend. Make sure.
One of my grad school mentors once told me — along with a gaggle of other grad students — that the odds pointed directly to each and every one of us teaching at some point or another, even if we didn’t see it or want it. Most people I have known have found academic life tolerable, if not enjoyable… myself included. But a friend of mine — who works in lighting design — took a job working at a university to make ends meet, and he ran screaming at the first opportunity. This month, I shall attempt the impossible — to debate with myself on an issue I’ve already decided.
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Written by Jacob Coakley
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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For Criss Angel Believe, designers went back to theatre basics, with a twist.
Harry Houdini was a great debunker of spiritual frauds. Before he died he gave his wife a secret code word, so that if anyone tried to convince her that Houdini was speaking from beyond the grave she would know they were a charlatan if they didn’t say the code. The code word? “Believe.”
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Written by Bryan Reesman
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Nov 26, 2008 |
 | | Catherine Brunell and Kevin Greene mock the royalty. | Two heads worked as one on this Tale.
Taking a famous literary work and putting it onstage as a Broadway musical is bound to draw criticism from die-hard fans and purists. A Tale Of Two Cities is certainly no exception. Mixed critical reception and the economic downturn closed the show Nov. 9, but the producers plan on mounting the tale — an epic that tackles its tale of love, loss and sacrifice set in London and Paris against the backdrop of the French Revolution — in a touring production.
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Written by Tim Cusack
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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HERE Arts Center seeks to prove you can create adventurous work even while owning your own space.
Kristin Marting, the founder and artistic director of HERE Arts Center in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood has displayed a remarkably consistent curatorial eye for spotting the new talent on the horizon, providing them with a home and offering publicity and marketing support to connect them to wider audiences and the prize- and grant-awarding bodies that enable artists to have careers.
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Written by Stephen Peithman
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Nov 26, 2008 |
Books, CDs and DVDs for the hard-to-please — or you
Last month we trotted out a number of holiday gift ideas, and this time we add several more. These books, CDs and DVDs might well please that hard-to-shop-for theatre person in your life — or please you, for that matter.
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Written by Breanne George
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Nov 26, 2008 |
In last month’s article, “Fundraising 411,” Roger Sametz, president and founder of Sametz Blackstone in Boston, a firm that provides communication counsel to nonprofit arts organizations, among others, provided some fundraising advice. As that was happening, the financial situation became increasingly dire. We went back to Sametz and asked how the recent meltdown would affect fundraising, and what theatres need to do to cope.
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