Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
#1Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:18am
Nick Cave and Andy Serkis are involved.
Could be incredibly cool or incredibly bizarre. Or hopefully both!
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:20amI wouldn't hold my breath on this one. It seems like a bit of a joke.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#2Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:52am
I love Threepenny, but as Best12Bars said on the main board, "Who is this for?" While the answer, of course, is me, I think he makes a good point.
I also forbid them to use the Wallace Shaw adaptation. Stick with Blitzstein, or if you must, the Sams translation.
#3Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:47amThey can use the Michael Feingold translation from the Sting revival.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#4Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:53am
I thought the general consensus was that one was awful? Or was it just that the production was awful?
Blair Brown should be Mrs. Peachum! Or in a nod to La Leyna, let her be a really old Jenny!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#5Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:54am
And a-doy, I just remembered Blair Brown was in the 1976 version. I do love this story about her.
Regarding Peter Marks's article about Blair Brown ['A Surprising Third Act in an Actress's Career,' Jan 30]: I was the company manager of Joe Papp's production of 'Threepenny Opera' in 1976. Eight months into the run, Ms. Brown had long since left her role of Lucy Brown for a small role in a movie. One day, Ellen Greene, who played Jenny, called in to say she couldn't perform that evening because of laryngitis.
Mimi Turque, Ellen's understudy, was also ill with the flu. At Ellen's suggestion, Ms. Brown, who hadn't been anywhere near the production for several months, came in, and with only an hour's rehearsal was a brilliant Jenny, for one night only. It was a thrilling performance I'm glad to have witnessed.
NY Times
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#6Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 12:06pm
A-double-doy, if it's motion capture age doesn't matter!
Ellen Greene for Jenny and Blair Brown for Polly!
#7Motion Capture Threepenny Opera coming
Posted: 2/16/10 at 12:10pm
"A-double-doy, if it's motion capture age doesn't matter!"
Someone notify nygrl's agent!
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
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