Wild Party Synopsis
Wild Party Synopsis
noahrp3
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#1Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/21/07 at 8:19pmI have searched endlessly for a detailed synopsis of LaChiusa's The Wild Party and cannot find one. I love the score but would love to figure out what the hell is going on. If someone could point me to a good synopsis of the show that would be wonderful. Thanks!
#2re: Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/21/07 at 8:24pmI adore both scores. Brilliant writring, brilliant theatre!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#2re: Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/21/07 at 8:35pmThe best synopsis would be the source material itself. Most any Barnes and Noble should have a copy of Jospeh Moncure March's work. There's even an edition that's illustrated by Art Spiegelman. It's stunning.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#3re: Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/21/07 at 8:37pmThe source poem is good, but not if you're trying to figure out the differences between the two shows, as both are based on the poem yet have somewhat different plots.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
noahrp3
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#4re: Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:05pmIs the original text of the poem online for free anywhere? I'd love to get the book but I'm broke and don't have the money to spend $20 on it.
noahrp3
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#6re: Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/22/07 at 6:52pmThe closest library that has the book is more than an hour away from my house. I'll just find it used on ebay or something. Thanks for all the help!
#7re: Wild Party Synopsis
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:15pm
There's a book, the title escapes me at the moment, that has the text of Rent, Floyd Collins, The Wild Party, and Parade.
it's a GREAT buy and I always regret not buying it when I see it at the bookstore...
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