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: The Best of the Musicals+
Tue, 23 Oct 2001, 06:08 pmWalter Plinge
i would be interested to know how many of these productions you have actually seen tommy?
cats was brilliant in its innovation and style and as for an "adhoc concept" I would rate Return to the Forbidden Planet as being one of the worst culprits of this (much more so than cats)
now it is my turn to be bias (being a distant, distant relative of jonny o'keefe) - while i did think that "shout" did not do the man too much justice in terms of depicting his life, I did not think it was fair for you to say that Boy From Oz left it for dead
Have you seen Shout?, or are you acting like the "cats" sheep that you referred to and taking the opinion of the West Australian critics?
cats was brilliant in its innovation and style and as for an "adhoc concept" I would rate Return to the Forbidden Planet as being one of the worst culprits of this (much more so than cats)
now it is my turn to be bias (being a distant, distant relative of jonny o'keefe) - while i did think that "shout" did not do the man too much justice in terms of depicting his life, I did not think it was fair for you to say that Boy From Oz left it for dead
Have you seen Shout?, or are you acting like the "cats" sheep that you referred to and taking the opinion of the West Australian critics?
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