Grease yourself up for COMPANY
Mon, 10 Nov 2003, 10:04 amWalter Plinge17 posts in thread
Grease yourself up for COMPANY
Mon, 10 Nov 2003, 10:04 amPerth is going Grease mad at the moment, with everyone deciding whether they have the Olivia hair, or the Travolta curl, but there is also another company in Perth doing an ambitious musical!
COMPANY has not been staged in Perth since 1986 (Perth Theatre Company) and Garrick Theatre have chosen it for their second season next year. Only people who like a bit of substance with their music need apply, as COMPANY is probably best described as an acting piece, rather than a flashy high kick musical (In fact, most Sondheim is like that really...) Anyway, check out the auditions page for details, and write down two dates...
The auditions for Grease - I would be there if I wasn't involved with Company believe me I have the Travolta curl... or had... the curl...
And then the auditions for COMPANY - two weeks later....
Variety is the spice of life is it not???
COMPANY has not been staged in Perth since 1986 (Perth Theatre Company) and Garrick Theatre have chosen it for their second season next year. Only people who like a bit of substance with their music need apply, as COMPANY is probably best described as an acting piece, rather than a flashy high kick musical (In fact, most Sondheim is like that really...) Anyway, check out the auditions page for details, and write down two dates...
The auditions for Grease - I would be there if I wasn't involved with Company believe me I have the Travolta curl... or had... the curl...
And then the auditions for COMPANY - two weeks later....
Variety is the spice of life is it not???
MIDI vs. Live
Mon, 17 Nov 2003, 11:43 pmWalter Plinge
Dear Simon (and the rest of Perth)
My musical director and I have discussed this at length, and although we have made no definite plans, the size of the Garrick Theatre only allows for a piano (and at times, bass & drums) however this usually leads to disadvantages, as the poor old dears who haven't seen or heard anything since the seventies end up in the second row, making the night much harder for the actors, as they have to endure 'What was that Myrtle?' 'Who's wearing the red dress?' 'I could see better last season', or the perennial favourite 'Why do they have to be so LOUD?'
So all I can say is that there will be a piano (Live is better) and whether or not we add MIDI arrangements on top of that is to be decided.
P.S. COMPANY IS MY FAVOURITE MUSICAL BY FAR!! WHO IS COMING ON THE 29TH?
Favourite moments? Gill's (worse things than sweating by a river....on a Sunday) is one, plus A Little Night Music's A Weekend In The Country, and Merrily's Old Friends... I could go on forever really.... But I am glad so much discussion has come about!!!
My musical director and I have discussed this at length, and although we have made no definite plans, the size of the Garrick Theatre only allows for a piano (and at times, bass & drums) however this usually leads to disadvantages, as the poor old dears who haven't seen or heard anything since the seventies end up in the second row, making the night much harder for the actors, as they have to endure 'What was that Myrtle?' 'Who's wearing the red dress?' 'I could see better last season', or the perennial favourite 'Why do they have to be so LOUD?'
So all I can say is that there will be a piano (Live is better) and whether or not we add MIDI arrangements on top of that is to be decided.
P.S. COMPANY IS MY FAVOURITE MUSICAL BY FAR!! WHO IS COMING ON THE 29TH?
Favourite moments? Gill's (worse things than sweating by a river....on a Sunday) is one, plus A Little Night Music's A Weekend In The Country, and Merrily's Old Friends... I could go on forever really.... But I am glad so much discussion has come about!!!
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