Piazza on Tour

[Yankeefan007]

Piazza on Tour#0

Posted: 3/24/06 at 1:27pm

How will the show fare on 'normal' stages? The Beaumont is in the round. The stage is, appropriately, round. Will it be booking only venues like that? I can't really imagine how it could have the same impact without that technique. It made the actors feel so close to the audience, which, in my opinion, was one of the big successes of the production.

[whatyouown223]

re: Piazza on Tour#1

Posted: 3/24/06 at 2:14pm

Could they possibly travel with their on stage/stage extension?

[renthead92]

re: Piazza on Tour#2

Posted: 3/24/06 at 2:26pm

The stage where it's playing at in Minneapolis is not like the one in the Beaumont. It is just a regular stage.
Updated On: 3/24/06 at 02:26 PM

[Kungaloosh1937]

re: Piazza on Tour#3

Posted: 3/24/06 at 2:31pm

I'm they'll be bringing Bartlett Sher back in to reblock the show for standard proscenium stages.

[Tag]

re: Piazza on Tour#4

Posted: 3/24/06 at 2:52pm

I think it is a 50 city tour and will be presented in standard proscenium theatres. So the show will need to be redesigned/adapted and restaged.
Updated On: 3/24/06 at 02:52 PM

[bare_nakedlady]

re: Piazza on Tour#5

Posted: 3/24/06 at 3:10pm

The Beaumont is a 3/4 Thrust space. They still will have to reblock the show, but not that much. Some very easy, simple, adjustments and they'll be just fine. Most of the show can stay intact. It should convert very easily to a proscenium house.

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Updated On: 3/24/06 at 03:10 PM

[Kungaloosh1937]

re: Piazza on Tour#6

Posted: 3/24/06 at 3:54pm

It's the exits and entrances mostly - I can't imagine it will affect the performance that much, though I do agree that it will lost a lot of the intimacy that the Beaumont afforded.

[Ourtime992]

re: Piazza on Tour#7

Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:48pm

The show's design really stood out in the 3/4 thrust staging, but it should scoot backward without a tremendous amount of trouble. And the blocking shouldn't be hard to accomodate. It will lose those exits from the front of the stage, but other than that I think it will be fine.

[uncageg]

re: Piazza on Tour#8

Posted: 3/24/06 at 5:08pm

According to the article I read, it is a 50 week tour in 25 cities.

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[chinkie azn jai]

re: Piazza on Tour#9

Posted: 3/24/06 at 6:04pm

The tour of Contact transferred really well to a proscenium stage...so Im sure Piazza will work just fine.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D