Children of Eden
Children of Eden
#0Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 2:43amSo, my director is going to be doing "Children of Eden" and thinks it's possible to do it with NINE people. I personally don't think it's a good idea, but just wondering what everyone else's thoughts on it were.
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#1re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 2:54amI think it's a WONDERFUL idea. This show gets to be cluttered I think. The only downside might be that animal part but how many animals do you really need? It's only more **** to sew together or rent. There are such good characters in this show that the few stand alone so well.
basketcase
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#2re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 2:55amI can't imagine that show without a chorus, seems a bit odd.
camerangel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
#3re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 3:24am
I think with nine it would be hard.. Maybe 15 to 20, but nine.. will be a challenge.. I did this show summer 2003 and with 35 people in the cast I was still on constently.. so a larger cast works
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
basketcase
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#4re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 3:29amNine gives you exactly enough for the characters in the second act. I just don't see how it would work. I agree that the show can tend to be cluttered if the chorus is too large, but no chorus at all...both visually and vocally I don't know how they'd pull it off.
sean martin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#5re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 3:54amLots of shows can be done without choruses, actually. There was a production of MY FAIR LADY in Chicago a couple of seasons ago that had no chorus, only a cast of seven. It was amazing. EDEN could work the same way, but it requires a lot of imagination from your director.
camerangel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
#6re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 4:09am
The way CoE is written it would be very difficult to do with no enemble.. In the second act you would have to cut a lot of the "stoytellers" because they sing at the same time the 9 named characters do.. it's an important part of the show to have storytellers.. even if it's just 4 one for each part.. however I think the sopranos at the least seperate into part.. maybe even the altos.. I would have to check my libretto.. I would say 15 would be the bare minimum, but hey more power to em if you can pull this off.. It's a beautiful show..
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#7re: Children of Eden
Posted: 11/7/04 at 10:20amNine is a little bit too small for Children of Eden.
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