Posted: 12/30/18 at 6:03pm
I'm doing some research on shows where actors play part or manipulate part of the scenery (like 'The 39 Steps'
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Posted: 12/30/18 at 7:13pm
Posted: 12/31/18 at 8:19am
Harry Potter has this with actors playing the books/staircase. Probably more than that... I’ve only seen it once, months ago, but I’m sure someone else can fill in the details.
Posted: 12/31/18 at 8:42am
In the world of opera, the Fura dels Baus production of the Ring cycle extensively used supernumeraries for various scenic effects.
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Posted: 12/31/18 at 9:05am
Posted: 12/31/18 at 10:06am
Posted: 12/31/18 at 11:46am
manipulating scenery and PLAYING scenery are two very different concepts of design.
the actors MANIPULATED the scenery in To Kill a Mockingbird
Posted: 12/31/18 at 11:56am
I played a door in my kindergarten production of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
Posted: 12/31/18 at 2:18pm
Equity?
Posted: 12/31/18 at 3:02pm
Research "physical theater" productions, i.e. Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago. Mary Zimmerman in particular made this style very popular and won the Tony Award for Best Director when her production of Metamophoses transferred to Broadway. She has adapted and directed many other famous novels and stories as well, such as The Odyssey, Argonautika (Jason and the Argonauts), and Treasure Island.
Posted: 1/2/19 at 12:04am
I truthfully don't recall any, but I do know that We The People have been subjected to a certain Talking Yam day in and day out for what seems like an eternity. Does that count?
Posted: 1/2/19 at 1:18am
Caroline, or Change has actors play the washer, dryer, radio, bus, and moon in the show.
Amour is literally a show about a man who develops the power to walk through walls, so that has to be accounted for in any production.
The Wizard of Oz has actors play the trees in the Tin Man introduction scene.
There are a few stage versions of Alice in Wonderland where an actor plays the door/doorknob in the eat me/drink me scene.
Going way back, A Midsummer Night's Dream has the Mechanicals in the play within the play (Pyramus and Thisbe) play the Wall (Tom Snout) and the Moon (Moonshine).As for moving or manipulating scenery, a lot of that depends on the production. Drowsy Chaperone has it written it in the script that actors enter or exit through the refrigerator door as the show within the show comes to life in an apartment. I've seen many Wizard of Oz productions where actors/dancers move the house as part of the tornado scene.
Posted: 1/2/19 at 1:47am
Posted: 1/2/19 at 1:45pm
The Mute in The Fantasticks (wall, tree, rain, etc.)
