I’m working on a theater piece and developing plot points between scenes and characters. It’s like being a detective going through the dramatic arcs of a scene and bridging the scenes together. Then matching motivation and obstacles so they are balanced and realistic.
Cirque’s ZED to Close
Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo
“ZED” to Close
URAYASU, CHIBA—Oriental Land Co., Ltd. and Cirque du Soleil have reached anagreement to indefinitely close the Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo, located in Tokyo Disney Resort®. Performances of ZED will end on December 31, 2011.
Actor’s Equity Staged Reading Guidelines
I was looking up information about setting up a staged reading for a new musical. Found these staged reading guidelines from Actor’s Equity.
Click to access Stage_Reading_Guidelines.pdf
Actors’ Equity Association will permit Equity Actors (“Actors”) to participate in Stage Readings upon completion of the attached forms and under the following guidelines:
Stephen Schwartz Interview with Ernie Manouse
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWyQ2ovd6xY
Great Stephen Schwartz interview with Ernie Manouse. Lots of insight into musical theater and composition for music theater.
Varekai in Manila 2011
June 23, 2011 I had the experience of watching Cirque Du Soleil’s show VAREKAI in Manila, Philippines. I’m familiar with the music and had seen videos of the show but to watch it in person was electrifying.
My favorite parts were of course the music (another Violaine Corradi creation), the guy with the lightbulb on his head (you’d think since I work for Cirque I could look up the characters name) and the clown act with the spotlight (I’ve heard about that act for years, was fantastic to finally see it – very minimalistic and clever). Of course there were so many wonderful elements to the show I couldn’t possibly list them all. I’ll leave a professional reviewer to do that.
A big shout out to my friends and Varekai artists Isabelle Corradi (vocals) and Paul Bannerman (drums).
Varekai Opening (Charivari) Cirque du Soleil
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2HBTxyz9uU
Cirque Du Soleil celebrates 27th anniversary
Cirque Du Soleil celebrates it’s 27th anniversary.
Sesame Street roasts Spiderman Musical
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1DdMeVqTw
Sesame Street roasts the Spiderman Musical with their own “Spidermonster”. They make light of the many technical problems and also a reference that the music is Bono’s first Broadway musical. Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark opened on Broadway to bad reviews, then closed for a revamp and reopened to somewhat better reviews.
Neil Patrick Harris’ 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S5caRGpK4
Neil Patrick Harris’ 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number.
ZARKANA pre-opener trailer
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBZim01keg
Zarkana opens in mid June 2011 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. “Merde” to all the cast and crew over there. We’re all very excited to see what the New York critics say. Looks like a fantastic show!
ZAIA KOOZA ZED Group Photo
Sunday March 20, 2011 artists and techs from the Cirque Du Soleil shows ZAIA, KOOZA and ZED took a group photo on the ZAIA stage at the Venetian in Macau, China. We (the ZAIA crew) were happy to host them in Macau while they awaited updated reports on current events in Japan following the tsunami.
We think that this is the first time three different performing casts from Cirque shows have all been together and shared the stage. You can click on the image for a larger view.