Posted: 5/6/22 at 9:29pm
At tonight’s ”Assassins” discussion/CD Signing, John Doyle said he’s writing a book about the shows that he’s directed. I hadn’t seen or heard that mentioned anywhere, and thought folks here would be interested.
Posted: 5/7/22 at 8:32am
Ooohhhh...something to keep my radar on for. Thanks, Jordan
Posted: 5/7/22 at 8:39am
Oh this is really exciting! I always love when artists write about their work.
Posted: 5/7/22 at 9:30am
Amazing! Would love to read some of the details of THE VISIT, COMPANY and SWEENEY TODD. Hope he also speaks about the work that went into some of the amazing performances he seems to have got from his actors (LuPone, Chita, Raul, Cynthia etc)
Posted: 5/7/22 at 3:56pm
It's nice to see Broadway directors writing more about their craft. James Lapine's was great and I know Jack O'Brien said he has another book coming out with his method being the central focus of it.
Posted: 5/7/22 at 4:22pm
Excellent.
Let's get Bartlett Sher and Jerry Zaks to write books next!
Posted: 5/7/22 at 8:47pm
If I remember correctly, Doyle mentioned in passing on the Drama League's Talking Direction podcast that people often tell him to write about his shows, his methods. The hosts then concurred and said they hope he wrote such a book. So, sounds like he is!
Posted: 5/7/22 at 10:05pm
This sounds pretty interesting -- I'm curious to read him expound on his philosophy. Curious if he'll do the copy editing, cover-art, typeset, printing, and quotes himself... (Har, har, har!)
Posted: 5/7/22 at 10:22pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Let's get Bartlett Sher and Jerry Zaks to write books next!"
In case it's of interest in the meantime, I dimly recall there being an interesting chapter on Zaks' approach to 'Guys and Dolls' in the book 'Backstage on Broadway: Musicals and Their Makers'.
