Hi there,
I'm working a multimedia project in relation to multiple mediums and was curious of some examples of shows that literally have televisions placed on stage with the actors. Maybe they interact and respond with the televisions.
Thanks for your help!
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Sondheim on Sondheim.
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There's the scene in Sister Act where Curtis and the gang is watching the news report on the nuns on TV.
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Hurlyburly. The main character Eddie has an entire monologue directed at the TV, as Johnny Carson is on.
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What about movie screens? Evita. Sunset Boulevard?
The Wooster Group's Hamlet.
BRING BACK BIRDIE had a whole set composed of TV sets and both JERSEY BOYS and The Who's TOMMY both incorporate "live" cameras and their "live" feed on TV sets on stage.
BRING IT ON had TV screens that acted as backdrop scenery, computer screens, and video screens.
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I've heard the incoming revival of the scottish play will use TV's onstage...
The Godspell 2001 National Tour "Yellow Album" used them.
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Don't recall the name of the show, but Bill Irwin used a tv extensively in one of his.
Memphis.
I thought about this, but did they really have TV's on stage? I remember early in the 2nd act Huey did his TV show and they had cameras, but where were the TV's?
Matilda has a fair bit of tv action, including a song about how everything a character has learned is from telly.
"Treats" in it's run in the WE at least had a TV, if memory serves it was also relaying what was live on tv rather than a recording if that makes a difference.
The Wooster Group's Hamlet (as mentioned above) is also really interesting for the way they used replaying the performances.
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"Largely New York" was the Bill irwin show that used TV monitors.
Just wondering-Didn't "The Farnsworth Invention" have them? It was, after all, about the invention of the TV.
I can't recall the actual television having a remarkably physical presence in The Farnsworth Invention.
I've heard the incoming revival of the scottish play will use TV's onstage
Macbeth. You can call it "Macbeth".
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