#1
Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:14pm
TIME's 2005 Best in Theatre
#2
Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:15pm
The Woman in White finally made a BEST list.... WHEW!!!
and the 35th Annual Spelling Bee?? haha...
and the 35th Annual Spelling Bee?? haha...
#4
Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:18pm
Wow they gotta get their titles right.
#5
Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:31pm
Wow they picked Woman in White for the wrong reasons....teh set is terrible but the music now that is brilliant....and i hate ALW
#6
Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:52pm
I'm surprised about their set. It's just a huge screen, right? How come that didn't work with "The Happy Time" several...well, almost 40 years back? Oh well, that's technology advancement for ya.
#7
Posted: 12/27/05 at 9:30pm
The WIW screen is a concave structure on which the sets are reflected - it moves when the scene changes ( sometimes together with the revolving stage) or when a zoom is made to highlight some aspects of the scenery. There are some very spectacular aspects that the sets capture - the change to the countryside, the details of the manor house, even the sound of the waterfalls as the scene evolves, and the inside and outside perspective of the church.
I have just listened to the Michael Ball interview on AMERICAN THEATRE WING online radio and he speaks of how challenging it is for the actors to relate to the sets ( including going in and out of doors).
I have just listened to the Michael Ball interview on AMERICAN THEATRE WING online radio and he speaks of how challenging it is for the actors to relate to the sets ( including going in and out of doors).
#8
Ergh, no Doubt or Piazza. No one seems to get real theatre anymore. Head, meet desk.
Posted: 12/27/05 at 10:55pm
Ergh, no Doubt or Piazza. No one seems to get real theatre anymore. Head, meet desk.
What the puck?!
#9
Posted: 12/27/05 at 10:56pm
Wow. They named THE WOMAN IN WHITE the best musical of the year.
#10
Posted: 12/28/05 at 12:05am
I believe Doubt was on last year's list. I think that's why Doubt is absent on a few lists.
#11
Posted: 12/28/05 at 12:30am
Finally Time reviews WIW and gives it a great review... Glad to see it #4 in the top 10 of the year...
#12
Posted: 12/28/05 at 1:57am
Yeah in addition to the 35th spelling bee and another type within, there list 7 kids, there are 6...
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
#13
Posted: 12/28/05 at 2:29am
WIW over Sweeney AND Piazza? Well now I know to write off the Times when ever it comes to them reviewing theatre.
#14
Posted: 12/28/05 at 3:04am
There seems to be a lot of crack use over there at TIME this year.
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#15
Posted: 12/28/05 at 10:59am
That's always so dissapointing, when people write the wrong titles, or say people's names wrong! I HATE that! I think it's a very random list.
#16
Posted: 12/28/05 at 12:37pm
Last year's list if anyones curious:
http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2004/theater.html
http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2004/theater.html
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