Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Premiere of New Musical)

[CapnHook]

Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Premiere of New Musical)#1

Posted: 1/29/07 at 11:23am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=15390

Looks like a very ecclectic and exciting season!

And Kathleen Turner directing Crimes of the Heart = wow!

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[professor]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Premiere of New Musical)#2

Posted: 1/29/07 at 6:53pm

Looks like WTF doing what WTF does best: a mix of the old and the new. HERRINGBONE sounds particularly intriguing.

"Inside every actor there is a Tiger, a Pig, an Ass, and a Nightingale. You never know which one is going to show up." -John Michael Higgins in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

[theatreboi11]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Premiere of New Musical)#2

Posted: 1/29/07 at 8:17pm

YAY I am so excited! I just found out last week that I am doing an internship with the theatre this summer. Let me tell you the stress of graduating college sucks!

(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."

[CapnHook]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Premiere of New Musical)#3

Posted: 1/30/07 at 12:36am

professor - well said! Last year's season was a perfect mix. A Shakespeare, a Tennessee Williams, a classic musical, a contemporary musical, a world premiere, and two other comtemporaries.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[erinrebecca]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Premiere of New Musical)#4

Posted: 1/30/07 at 1:15pm

Anyone know when more complete casting will be announced?

[tourboi]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Pre#5

Posted: 1/30/07 at 2:27pm

How is PARTY COME HERE a world premiere?

Wasn't that done already at NYMF?

[CapnHook]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Pre#6

Posted: 1/30/07 at 4:43pm

Last year they announced each show at a time (as far as COMPLETE casting goes). For big names, they announce earlier.

I can't wait to see what Maria Mileaf is directing on the Main Stage!

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[tourboi]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Pre#7

Posted: 1/30/07 at 8:50pm

I still don't get how Party Come Here is a world premiere...

[suzycat]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Pre#8

Posted: 6/7/07 at 7:16pm

Does anyone know anything about Herringbone beyond what is presented on their site? I have a friend in town and I'm thinking about taking her to it, but she's not as into theatre as I am so I want to make sure it's worth it.

[bschneid76]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Pre#9

Posted: 6/7/07 at 9:03pm

I know it's about a man possessed by a tap dancing dwarf. It's been a hard sell at the box office.

"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski

[Bobby Maler]

re: Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2007 Season (Includes World Pre#10

Posted: 6/7/07 at 10:40pm

aargh, it's TOO good a season. There's no way I can get to the Berkshires that often this summer...I'm going to have to pick and choose carefully. The problem with WTF is that by the time reviews come out, the show is usually all sold out by that point.

Dissonance looks really interesting. Tourboi, I wonder if Party can claim to be a world premiere because they have worked on the book and have a new director on board, therefore the staging is new? Maybe?