Input on American Musical in Australia
Sun, 20 July 2003, 11:23 pmWalter Plinge4 posts in thread
Input on American Musical in Australia
Sun, 20 July 2003, 11:23 pmHi folks,
I'm curious how Australian audiences might react to an original show called, "Viva Los Alamos...a-Theatrical-Parody-Purporting-to-be-a-Previously-Unreleased-Film-Starring-the-Late-Great-King-of-Rock-and-Roll-Unlicensed-by-or-in-Any-Way-Afilliated-with-his-Estate...in 3-D" We staged it in Atlanta, GA twice and in New York for the NYC Fringe Festival 2000. The title is self explanatory but it goes beyong just an Elvis movie parody with the premise that the audience is watching a screening that is going horribly wrong. The film breaks, foreign language versions are added in - one scene was reshot so the audience is given a choice between the young and old Elvis - all this along with about a dozen songs. It's been compared to Rocky Horror and during its fringe run was noted favorably in Time Out, the Village Voice, and the New York Times.
At any rate, I'm wondering if the pop culture and 50's cold war references would translate to an Australian audience and if anyone had any suggestions about potential commercial or non-profit producers who might be interested.
Thanks for any assistance you can offer...
VivaOz@sensurroundstagings.com
I'm curious how Australian audiences might react to an original show called, "Viva Los Alamos...a-Theatrical-Parody-Purporting-to-be-a-Previously-Unreleased-Film-Starring-the-Late-Great-King-of-Rock-and-Roll-Unlicensed-by-or-in-Any-Way-Afilliated-with-his-Estate...in 3-D" We staged it in Atlanta, GA twice and in New York for the NYC Fringe Festival 2000. The title is self explanatory but it goes beyong just an Elvis movie parody with the premise that the audience is watching a screening that is going horribly wrong. The film breaks, foreign language versions are added in - one scene was reshot so the audience is given a choice between the young and old Elvis - all this along with about a dozen songs. It's been compared to Rocky Horror and during its fringe run was noted favorably in Time Out, the Village Voice, and the New York Times.
At any rate, I'm wondering if the pop culture and 50's cold war references would translate to an Australian audience and if anyone had any suggestions about potential commercial or non-profit producers who might be interested.
Thanks for any assistance you can offer...
VivaOz@sensurroundstagings.com
Re: Input on American Musical in Australia
Tue, 22 July 2003, 07:09 pmAs far as the American pop-culture and 50's references....
A good many of us grew up watching Sesame Street, Happy Days, Days of Our Lives, Oprah, CBS news, Bruce Willis movies...etc etc, listening to Elvis and every other American musician... there's not much of American culture that would be hard to translate.
However, the Australian sense of humour is not only spelt differently but it is something American comedians need to brush up on....that's the bit that might not translate.
Sounds like it's a bit of a piss-take though, which usually goes down well.
Cheers,
Craig
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A good many of us grew up watching Sesame Street, Happy Days, Days of Our Lives, Oprah, CBS news, Bruce Willis movies...etc etc, listening to Elvis and every other American musician... there's not much of American culture that would be hard to translate.
However, the Australian sense of humour is not only spelt differently but it is something American comedians need to brush up on....that's the bit that might not translate.
Sounds like it's a bit of a piss-take though, which usually goes down well.
Cheers,
Craig
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