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neilfortin
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    Posted: 7/17/07 at 9:00am
In order to please our mundane/small town audience, we usually have to play up the style more than the substance during our runs. People would much rather see smoke and mirrors, breakaway glass, and a good gun battle than true acting, but that is neither here nor there (a good topic for another discussion, however) but, we DO need to find a show that fits in this system. something with a great story line and the overwhelming ability to entertain an audience who loves tricks, special effects, some great action/fighting. Lighting and sound are a huge componant as well, its all in the challenge! Any ideas gang?!


 
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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 9:06am
Are you looking for a straight play or musical?
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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 9:53am
A show that puts all you're looking for and a whole lot more together in a great package is Somethings Afoot.  It is a murder/ mystery/ comedy/ whodoneit/ musical/ love story/ special effect extravaganza. Your FX person will have a blast.  Give them a working budget and let em run.  I recently did the set design/ construction and FX work in our theatre on this show and had a great time.  Plus everybody dies in the end! 
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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 10:37am
um, we can handle both biggertigger, though the past few have been musicals, so maybe a straight play would be a nice change. thanks
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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 11:14am
Honestly, the first thing that came to mind is Shakespeare.
 
Macbeth, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet.
 
The Language issue may become problematic, of course. Maybe there's a cool modern English version out there (although the very thought of it chills my English teacher soul).
 
Or, what about Frankenstein or Dracula? I know there are 800 versions of Dracula out there. I know of a few Frankensteins. I bet that would pack the house.
 
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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 11:28am

If you are looking for a straight show take a look at "Deathtrap" by Ira Levin. Dramatist holds the rights. It is filled with special effects, a couple of  murders, and lots of twist and turns.

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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 12:27pm
I was also thinking Dracula. We did it a few years ago during Halloween and it was a huge success. The version we did allowd us to really have some fun with effects too. We had a floating dracula (and we don't have fly space, so that was interesting) and tons of smoke, breakaway mirrors, sound effects galore... lots of fun!
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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 1:41pm

Thanks everyone...those suggestions are great! We have done Deathtrap in the past few years and it was a huge success....people loved it and we had a blast with the effects, i know before my time the company did Dracula and it drew a huge crowd too...unfortunatly, our date is March so either people would love to see it becuase its in the middle of the dreary months, or they would not come because its not halloweenish enough...

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bullet Posted: 7/17/07 at 3:44pm
How about I Hate Hamlet... great fight scene, candles lighting, flashpots, etc.
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