Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
#1Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 1:02am
Between Lippa's and LaChuisa's it is pretty easy to understand why regional theatres tend to do Lippa's...simpler plot line, less historical exploration, tough music but easier than LaChuisa's (I think)...and then of course there is the whole black face thing. So my question is, what (if any) regional companies have done LaChuisa's? I've been revisiting them both recently and was wondering.
#2re: Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 10:53amThere was a great production at the Blank Theatre in LA a couple of years ago - won all sorts of awards and extended. There's a production upcoming in London in May.
#2re: Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/18/09 at 12:31amFWIW I've wanted to direct the show (and play Eddie) with a local theatre company that other alumni of my high school have constructed in my hometown for the past two years but it never materialized. I don't think it'll ever happen because last year another theatre company from a neighboring city decided to do it in the same theatre. Just my f'kn luck.
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#3re: Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/18/09 at 1:18amI did a college production last fall playing Gold. It's not an extremely popular show to produce, but its always a joy when some director gets the guts to try and tackle it. My favorite theater experience to date.
#4re: Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/18/09 at 1:32amA community theatre company in Melbourne, Australia did La Chiusa's a couple of years ago.
#5re: Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/18/09 at 1:52amI don't understand why it isn't produced more often. Nothing in Lippa's version comes as close to the greatness of "People Like Us".
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#6re: Does anyone do LaChuisa's Wild Party?
Posted: 4/18/09 at 12:51pm
Simple. Big cast. Very difficult music.
The Lippa version is more pop. Some of Lippa's vocal arrangements are complicated, but they don't compare to the difficulty of LaChuisa's constantly changing rhythyms and difficult accompaniments.
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