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slicksister
Celebrity Joined: 3/20/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 105 |
Posted: 5/13/07 at 11:58pm |
I really want the show to be relevant to thie lives of the people who are going to pay to watch it. I love the down to earthiness of it and so instead of doing something "schmalzy" or gimmicky I'm going to do something simple. I live inthe wine country of northern California so I am going to use the patio setting area of a little Bistro in wine country as the setting. The characters will be local peoplelike a waitress, soccer mom, business man. punker kid on a skateboard, a homeless person etc. Their will be a little table with an umbrella, a park like bench, a trash receptacle, window boxes with flowers, etc. The band will be onstage kitty corner to the bistro in the "town square" . Next door to the bistro (which by the way is called GODSPELL's) is a costume shop or a thrift store. I'm reallyhappy with my desisio. I'll keep you posted as to the progress. |
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POB14
Celebrity Joined: 7/01/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 349 |
Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:16am |
Okay, this has sparked my infamous creativity. Hm, what would I name a bistro where Godspell would be set?
The Life Cafe (yeah, stolen from Rent)
Heavenly Hash (kind of a low-end bistro, I guess )
Take This And Eat (my personal favorite )
Living Waters
Baguette Thee Behind Me Satan
The Holy Grail
Chez Jean Baptiste (probably what I would actually use!)
Whatever "Last Supper" is in French . . . Babelfish says "dernier dîner", but that's horrible, and I bet there's an idiom for it.
We actually have a Holy Land Diner here in town, and I'd be tempted to use that if I weren't tied to the "bistro" thing.
Anybody else have ideas?
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POB
Old Bugger, Curmudgeon, and Antisocial B**tard |
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Mr. Lowell
Celebrity Joined: 1/30/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 269 |
Posted: 6/11/07 at 11:52pm |
Godspell has been done with MANY different themes.
Does anyone know how the original professional Godspell was staged and costumed when it was on/off Broadway?
Thanks, Dana
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Mr. Lowell,
Lighting/Set Designer & Tech Director, for the Linda Sloan Theatre, in the Davison Center for the Arts, at Greensboro Day School |
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Kathy S
Celebrity Joined: 8/21/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 303 |
Posted: 6/13/07 at 1:57am |
How about "Loaves and Fishes" or "Loaves and Quiches" or "Love and Kisses"
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SpaceCoast
Player Joined: 7/10/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:37pm |
Surfside Players in Cocoa Beach did Godspell this past year. Theme was a business suit to a slow hippie transformation, kinda kewl and my wife ROCKED IT TOO!!!
Peace
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jaytee060
Star Joined: 1/18/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 63 |
Posted: 7/14/07 at 5:34pm |
The initial production of Godspell was a workshop thesis production at Carnegie -Mellon University in Pittsburgh. I believe it was actually directed by author J. Michael Teblak. There was no setting so to speak but the actors were all dressed in wildly bright colorful costumes almost resembling that of circus clown suits. It was intended to be something to appeal to the youth and still deliver the religious messages so cleverly imbedded in the libretto.
I think the creativity of community theatres across the country have been much more intramental in "theme-setting" " the show.
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SpaceCoast
Player Joined: 7/10/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 7/14/07 at 6:01pm |
Here is a graphic I did called The Ghost Of Godspell, A myspace Ad mixed with the cast. |
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Playwright
Celebrity Joined: 4/01/06 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 126 |
Posted: 7/15/07 at 11:41am |
I have always wanted to do this show. If I ever had the chance I would set it in the 50's and place it in one of those 50's style diners/burger joints with jukebox etc. Just a concept that I've always had at the back of my mind.
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SherrieAnne
Star Joined: 8/08/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 72 |
Posted: 8/30/07 at 10:38pm |
The setting was a playground, surrounded by a chain-link fence. Costumes were designed as children playing at clowns. Jesus wore a Superman shirt & rainbow suspenders;John/Judas wore a ringmaster's coat with multicolored stripes (the same one he wore in the film). As Susan Tsu, the original designer, states in her concept notes, “The costumes are collages employing the use of different fabrics – stripes, polka dots, bold colors, a potpourri of objects seeming as if the kids picked them up at an antique store and just added them – tassles, cloth flowers, lace, buttons, safety pins, and patches…”
The Cherry Lane is a perfect setting for GODSPELL - it was very intimate, with a very low platform stage which made it easy for the cast to move into and out of the audience.
There are some original cast photos online - I'm just not sure where I put the links!!!
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SherrieAnne
Star Joined: 8/08/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 72 |
Posted: 9/03/07 at 2:16pm |
I have a question for those of you who have directed GODSPELL - how many of you have used the shofar? Was it difficult for the actor to learn to play? Thanks! |
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