Posted: 9/15/15 at 9:40pm
The other thread got me thinking and I wanted to start a new thread on this so hopefully someone involved with the show might see it.
Im sure that a revival cast recording will happen but to fully meet their mission of involving the deaf community, they should also release a video cast recording, even if it's only the actors signing (which I'd personally love).
Posted: 9/15/15 at 9:53pm
Very true a Cast Album wouldn't really capture the production truly.
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:22pm
I agree. A full fledged filming would be ideal, of course, but I would be happy with anything that includes everyone.
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:28pm
I would love it to be filmed but as I mentioned in the other thread I don't understand how they would go about editing the footage together without cutting away and interrupting the signing that deaf audiences are reading at home.
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:30pm
^^ if that encourages editors to just let takes last unedited for longer and longer I wouldn't mind. Even if that requires extensive shooting without an audience, for posterity's sake. But costs get prohibitive at a certain point.
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:34pm
Let's crowd fund this thing. There's clearly interest. Hopefully some higher power up there is reading this!
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:37pm
I'm just thinking of how great something like this would be for deaf kids/teenagers. It could be their introduction to the theater the same way INTO THE WOODS was for me and so many others.
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:42pm
It would also be a terrific calling card for Deaf West in general and allow a wider audience to experience what they do and hopefully make it a point to see their future productions in LA.
Posted: 9/15/15 at 10:43pm
"Im sure that a revival cast recording will happen"
I wouldn't be so sure. As others have pointed out, there wasn't one for Big River. And as I said in the other thread, I heard a cast member at the stage-door saying he didn't think there would be one, exactly for the same reasons of exclusions that have been discussed on the board.
Posted: 9/16/15 at 4:53am
How can we make this happen? I think a studio recording/full video (or even just a deaf-friendly music video for each song) two disc set would be incredible.
Posted: 9/16/15 at 8:19am
How can we make this happen?
Easy! Give Ken Davenport money. At least $500k to start. And then go from there! Good luck.
Posted: 9/16/15 at 9:25am
I whole-heartedly agree with this suggestion and hope it comes to fruition. It’s an amazing production and the possibilities of how it could introduce theatre to many young people who are deaf is an opportunity I hope they don’t pass up. I also think it’s a great eye-opener to everyone (deaf or hearing) of the possibilities of what you can do on stage and how a piece can be interpreted (not just limited to including ASL, but with many of the other stylistic directing and movement choices).
Posted: 9/16/15 at 3:53pm
Maybe this is the kind of thing that would need to be crowd funded...
Posted: 9/16/15 at 4:09pm
^Like button!
Now that Facebook is getting a dislike, can we have at least a like?
Posted: 9/16/15 at 6:12pm
I'm not one to push for a video recording of every show, but, in this case, if any kind of preservation was going to be made for the public I do agree that a traditional cast recording would be a disservice to the entire reason that this was produced and a filming would be the way to go about it.
Posted: 9/16/15 at 6:20pm
Off Topic - I spoke to Lin Manuel the other day and he told me wants to film and release this Broadway production of HAMILTON at some point. That's pretty exciting.
Posted: 9/16/15 at 9:22pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Off Topic - I spoke to Lin Manuel the other day and he told me wants to film and release this Broadway production of HAMILTON at some point. That's pretty exciting. "
"At some point" like how the movie version of Wicked will be made "at some point."
Posted: 9/16/15 at 9:35pm
Well since he said he wanted it to be the OBC, I'm guessing it'll be before they leave.
Posted: 9/16/15 at 11:15pm
The Wicked movie WILL BE made at "some point," though - you can bet your bottom on that. There is just no need for it RIGHT NOW. But it'll happen. In the case of Hamilton, though, sooner seems to be likely rather than later.
Crowd funding is the way to go for something like this if they really need it. Scrap the movie adaptation of this that was announced shortly after the original closed and just release this thing in its place. This kind of work deserves to be preserved.
Pill still take a movie adaptation of the original source material, though...
Posted: 9/16/15 at 11:18pm
gypsy101 said: ""At some point" like how the movie version of Wicked will be made "at some point.""
Since it sounds like he wants to record the live version, there is less reason to be skeptical. "At some point" would just mean, they will record it with this cast, and release it when it would not cannibalize their ticket sales. Just like stand-up comics typically record their specials, and then release them 6-12 months later, so that when people come to see them after their special is released, they are performing new material at that point.
