TVs on stage?

[aces25]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 4:31pm

Hi there,
I'm working a multimedia project in relation to multiple mediums and was curious of some examples of shows that literally have televisions placed on stage with the actors. Maybe they interact and respond with the televisions.
Thanks for your help!

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 4:33pm

Tommy and American Idiot immediately come to mind

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 4:40pm

Hairspray.

[emeraldmist]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 7:12pm

Bye Bye Birdie

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 7:24pm

Rabbit Hole

[Playbilly]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 7:26pm

Sondheim on Sondheim.

[cdgunzz97]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 8:00pm

There's the scene in Sister Act where Curtis and the gang is watching the news report on the nuns on TV.

[sparrman]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 8:05pm

Hurlyburly. The main character Eddie has an entire monologue directed at the TV, as Johnny Carson is on.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 8:13pm

Chess in London

[twinbelters]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 9:52pm

What about movie screens? Evita. Sunset Boulevard?

[Kad]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 9:55pm

The Wooster Group's Hamlet.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 10:00pm

BRING BACK BIRDIE had a whole set composed of TV sets and both JERSEY BOYS and The Who's TOMMY both incorporate "live" cameras and their "live" feed on TV sets on stage.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 10:11pm

BRING IT ON had TV screens that acted as backdrop scenery, computer screens, and video screens.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 10:13pm

Memphis.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 10:16pm

I've heard the incoming revival of the scottish play will use TV's onstage...

[darquegk]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 11:21pm

The Godspell 2001 National Tour "Yellow Album" used them.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 2/21/13 at 11:24pm

Don't recall the name of the show, but Bill Irwin used a tv extensively in one of his.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 7:45am

Memphis.

I thought about this, but did they really have TV's on stage? I remember early in the 2nd act Huey did his TV show and they had cameras, but where were the TV's?

[FireFingers]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 9:13am

Matilda has a fair bit of tv action, including a song about how everything a character has learned is from telly.

[SoonerOrLater]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 9:15am

"Treats" in it's run in the WE at least had a TV, if memory serves it was also relaying what was live on tv rather than a recording if that makes a difference.

The Wooster Group's Hamlet (as mentioned above) is also really interesting for the way they used replaying the performances.

[Jon]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 3:01pm

"Largely New York" was the Bill irwin show that used TV monitors.

[dreaming]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 4:24pm

Just wondering-Didn't "The Farnsworth Invention" have them? It was, after all, about the invention of the TV.

[Kad]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 4:28pm

I can't recall the actual television having a remarkably physical presence in The Farnsworth Invention.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 4:33pm

I've heard the incoming revival of the scottish play will use TV's onstage

Macbeth. You can call it "Macbeth".

[Kad]

Posted: 2/22/13 at 4:35pm

WHAT ARE YOU DOING MATT YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL