Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
#1Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 10:12am
Can you think of any plays that may work particularly well online on a zoom-like platform? Plays with less physicality perhaps? Julie Halston offhandedly said, in a conversation with TheaterMania, that she wouldn't want to see Pinter on Zoom - and that was a playwright whose work I thought could work in that format...
Let's inspire some online works!
PS: I live the Apple plays written directly FOR zoom, too!
#2Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 10:30am
Parts of Enron could be cool, but I'd miss the incredible theatricality of the original production, which I loved.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#3Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 12:08pm
TWO FOR THE SEESAW
THE BELLE OF AMHERST
SEA WALL/ A LIFE
#4Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 12:37pm
I really liked how SIGNIFICANT OTHER was performed via zoom a few months ago.
The obvious ones are one-man plays like I AM MY OWN WIFE and A GERMAN LIFE. Thinking more about it, did the Bridge Theatre in London record Maggie Smith's stunning performance in A GERMAN LIFE last year?
As far as musicals go, I can see AVENUE Q doing well on ZOOM.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 1:52pmTalking With by Jane Martin and Jane Wagner's The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe spring to mind.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#6Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 3:06pm
-- Clarence Darrow
-- Barrymore
-- The Sound Inside
-- Lifespan of a Fact
-- The Year of Magical Thinking
-- Almost any other one person show
-- Love Letters
-- If they carefully worked out the blocking, I think The Gin Game could work.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#8Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/3/20 at 10:43pmMichael Frayn's Copenhagen. It was excellent on the radio, and I think it would play very well online. Only three characters, and a level of stylization that calls for a non-representational production. The film was good, but the photorealism of it pulled me away from the essence of the piece. It would be right at home on Zoom!
gibsons2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
#9Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/4/20 at 2:14amFrom very recent, The Minutes come to mind
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/4/20 at 3:08pmMARK TWAIN TONIGHT!
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#13Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/4/20 at 9:09pm
double post
Updated On: 7/6/20 at 09:09 PM
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#14Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/4/20 at 9:09pm
Triple Post (aargh!)
Updated On: 7/6/20 at 09:09 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/6/20 at 12:39pmI Do! I Do!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/6/20 at 12:39pmI Do! I Do!
macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
#17Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/7/20 at 7:03pm
I also would love to see Love Letters again - the Sally Field / Bryan Cranston one was just calling out to be repeated with other stars.
#18Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/7/20 at 10:38pm
I love Jarethan's and Dollypop's suggestions. Small, intimate shows.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/8/20 at 1:46amI really wonder how TWO FOR THE SEESAW would work in today's day and age.
#21Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/9/20 at 2:53pm
WhatsOnStage gave some fascinating answers to this question:
https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/10-stage-plays-musicals-social-distanced_51677.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=9July2020&fbclid=IwAR3GYnl24FV6PRX8hUHqPT5rTOetmxbtxWWr1GESTStBs_H9uLtyt6Az6nQ
BWAY Baby2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/14
#22Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/9/20 at 6:56pm
One of my favorite plays- I saw it on the West End- was Mary Stuart. It had very few scenery changes- but the drama of Queen Elizabeth meeting Mary Queen Of Scots- though they never really met in real life- was so powerfully dramatic- that I was floored- and am still remember how much I loved this play. It is very dramatic and full of intrigue and suspense- and I think it is well-suited for Zoom- plus, since it has never been seen in the USA- and ithe subject matter is one that is fascinating for many- this would be a great choice, I think.
#23Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/10/20 at 1:40am
I have applied for the virtual streaming rights for A LOT of plays over the past couple of months. Most “famous” ones have been denied unless the author is still alive to give their blessing. The estates are almost all saying no. No Pinter, Albee, Ionesco, or Beckett - pretty much all of the absurdist stuff that would work best over Zoom. It has been really frustrating. Caryl Churchill plays are available however.
EDIT: Caryl Churchill is still alive at 81. I guess the estate hasn’t taken full control yet!
#24Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/12/20 at 5:25pm
That's interesting and disappointing, Distinctive Baritone.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#25Plays that would work particularly well on zoom?
Posted: 7/12/20 at 5:33pm
Closer. Peter Marber's script is quite stage-y when he translates it to screen so maybe it plays well on zoom also.
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