A Musical with no applause!?
Fri, 19 Oct 2001, 03:56 pmWalter Plinge10 posts in thread
A Musical with no applause!?
Fri, 19 Oct 2001, 03:56 pmI've always wanted to either be involved with or see a piece musical theatre where there is no opportunity for the audience to applaud after songs. Has anyone ever seen such a piece, or has ever tried to stage one?
I seems to me that it is done in "straight" theatre all the time, but the presentational style of musicals and the entertainment factor enables the audience to break any tension by applauding after songs.
Any comments?
(I'm also rtying to take the convo away from Les Mis - Ahhhh)
I seems to me that it is done in "straight" theatre all the time, but the presentational style of musicals and the entertainment factor enables the audience to break any tension by applauding after songs.
Any comments?
(I'm also rtying to take the convo away from Les Mis - Ahhhh)
RE: A Musical with no applause!?
Thu, 20 Dec 2001, 12:28 pmWalter Plinge
Sorry to bring up an old topic, but I rarely peruse this site any more.
"I've always wanted to either be involved with or see a piece musical theatre where there is no opportunity for the audience to applaud after songs. Has anyone ever seen such a piece, or has ever tried to stage one?"
On stage, don't know, but a stage version of 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' would do the trick, methinks.
Oh, ye gods, I've just realised that none of you oiks out there would have:
a, heard of it
b, let alone seen it, and
c, have enough grasp of the French Language to pick up any French title that wasn't Les Miserables or La Cage Aux Folles (and even then half of you wouldn't know that last one either...
'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' is one of the greatest Musicals ever put on film, and there is NOT ONE SONG IN IT!!!!
It is all through-composed music (although more like a very extended Jazz Impro than a Wagner Musikdrama) and very powerful, starring a young Catherine Deneuve...
See it, if you can find it...
And if someone can work out how to get it on stage, I personally will love you forever...
"I've always wanted to either be involved with or see a piece musical theatre where there is no opportunity for the audience to applaud after songs. Has anyone ever seen such a piece, or has ever tried to stage one?"
On stage, don't know, but a stage version of 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' would do the trick, methinks.
Oh, ye gods, I've just realised that none of you oiks out there would have:
a, heard of it
b, let alone seen it, and
c, have enough grasp of the French Language to pick up any French title that wasn't Les Miserables or La Cage Aux Folles (and even then half of you wouldn't know that last one either...
'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' is one of the greatest Musicals ever put on film, and there is NOT ONE SONG IN IT!!!!
It is all through-composed music (although more like a very extended Jazz Impro than a Wagner Musikdrama) and very powerful, starring a young Catherine Deneuve...
See it, if you can find it...
And if someone can work out how to get it on stage, I personally will love you forever...
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