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[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:41am

1st question..

film editing

mostly video editing and on the computer (go AVID) but I'd love to do the old reel stuff for the art of it....

also would love to learn more animation...

2nd question

juke-box musicals (great wordage )

they are inevitable - at first B'way led pop music -
now pop music leads B'way.... cyclical...

I'm just suprised it took so long.

as for particular artists? Nope - I'd have to be sitting at the auditions with the rest of the creative team to answer that. You don't know until you've seen 'em - unless you're "stunt" casting of course (casting stars to guarantee box office)

fwb

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:44am

So natch I've gotta ask you - What's your opinion on stunt casting?

(Edit: Oops MagicPiane, I didn't realize you just asked that. )

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 12:44 AM

[BWIDB Charlie]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:47am

Lol, it's alright Tiff! It segued perfectly into that question!

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:49am

ahhhh....

as a producer - It's GREAT!!!

As an artist......

It's aggravating beyond measure

I flip back and forth between the 2 minds...

like - okay - the RAISIN that just happened...? Any idea how many folks who never would have DREAMED of stepping into a B'way theatre were there? Do I think Mr. Diddy was the best choice for Walter Lee? ....well.....


fwb

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:54am

Word, Fredi. For everyone Hugh Jackman or Reba McIntyre, there's a Melanie and a Melanie.

Do you have any upcoming Bway plans or are you going to be focussing on your art ed project for a while? (Is this Big Spoons?)

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 12:54 AM

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:56am

how do you get the smiley faces to grin ?

fwb

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:56am

: - D without the spaces

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:56am

: - D without the spaces.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:57am

Still stuck on this...
"Raúl Esparza"- How hard is it to say?

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:57am

beat ya to it, Tiff

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 12:59am

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:02am

Here's another fun smiley (no spaces)
) : )

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:03am

Just to try....

ETA: I've always wondered how to do that.

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 01:03 AM

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:04am

Yeah, really! I'm learning a lot of new things tonight!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:04am

Dammit, OneSong, you ALWAYS have to steal my thunder, don't you?



Beat that.

And Chrys, it's easy. Rool Es-par-an-zee-nee-uh.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:06am

Oh, Tiff! Too funny!

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 01:06 AM

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:07am

If you go to 'guidelines' it tells you how to make all sort of smiles


Hmmmmm. Question. What was the best part about working in Rent? was it ever sort of weird knowing that kids were camping outside the theatre for tickets etc...

Oh, and about the post earlier about the 'We're Okay' phone incident... sorry, but I couldn't help but laugh a little bit... Its things like that that makes me love live theatre so much

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:10am

'Dammit, OneSong, you ALWAYS have to steal my thunder, don't you?
Beat that.'



Haha okay you win, seeing as I'm computer illiterate

[VivaBohemia]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:13am

Off topic, but FabalaCohen, is your "Cheeky" comment in your siggy a LOTR thing? Or more specifically, a Dominic Monaghan thing?

Back on topic: Fredi, have you gotten a chance to see the new Broadway cast? If you did, was there anyone that stuck out for you?



*eta* Tiff....I almost peed myself when I saw that smiley LOL (not literally, but I was laughing REALLY HARD!)

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 01:13 AM

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:16am

is that right?

LOVE THE FLOATING DEVIL---LOL

of course you laugh at the phone story -- it's funny in retrospect..

but that wasn't "were okay" that was during the opening number (RENT)

I've got a GREAT ONE that did happen during "We're Okay"..

ready?

I'm doing the number and I'm at the part where I have a phone in each hand when my mike goes out....

There's a hand held mike on the side (near the MD's seat) but my hands are already full!!!

I'm juggling the mike and the 2 phones like a circus monkey but finally I get to the part of the song where I need a phone in each hand -

there was nothing to do but stick the mike in my boobs!!!

the audience hooted.... so did I

fwb

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:21am

haha Oh man! Well, what else could you do??

Curious, did you put a lot of your own personality in Joanne? I've always found myself relating most to Mark and Joanne (particularly the organizational freak - hence the nickname - and hopefully going into human rights law).

[VivaBohemia]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:21am

LMAO

Any funny stories about the other cast members you can share? AT least that story didnt involve you hurting yourself in any way!

[rclocalz]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:21am

Great story!

I have a question for you, did you have any really odd jobs before you became a successful actor?

Ryan from Tennessee.

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:23am

'but that wasn't "were okay" that was during the opening number (RENT)'

Right sorry not exactly the brightest crayon in the box at 12:20 in the morning...

And that last story was great

[BWIDB Charlie]

Posted: 11/22/04 at 1:24am

Did my questions from a little while ago vanish? Because they aren't showing up on my page....I guess I'll repost - sorry if this now double posts!

Fredi, When I was in HS, We created a pilot program for young elementary students to educate them in the arts. The following year, we took the program a step further and modified it to prepare them for a statewide test which was used to evaluate student progress and all that jazz. The program worked wonderfully, and helped boost scores by infusing (at times) difficult knowledge with live theatre performances and games. I was lucky enough to, along with a few others, present the entire program's ideas to a conference of educators from around the state.

It is quite interesting to see the impact the art can have when modified accordingly.

And yes, that idea of directing makes complete sense. Actually, I tend to think the same way. When working on a portion in which the staging really affects the material, I tend to work from stage pictures... and the rest of the blocking fills in the in-between points.

Any opinions on the influx of "names" into Broadway productions? Like was stated earlier, its a business and whatever producers feel will help insure their investment's worth will occur - but beyond that, some feel there are people which 1) don't put any more people in seats 2) degrade the quality of the overall production by being sub-standard. Any opinions?

Charlie
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