Sunday, January 16, 2011
Something to Cheer About: Bring It On: The Musical Begins Atlanta Run Jan. 16 After Ice Delay
Playbill.com: "An ice storm in Atlanta prevented the Alliance Theatre from presenting the Jan. 15 first preview of the new musical Bring It On, but the 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM Sunday Jan. 16 shows are on.
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Personally I wish shows would stop being made based on movies. I think something great about theatre is that it is not a movie. But basing a play on a movie turns it into something even more commercial than a lot of theatre already is. I wish theatre, especially broadway, was not afraid of taking the risks to make a truly unique and exciting piece. Instead they play it safe and produce shows they know will sell, because the movie did.
While you make a good point, the point of Broadway is to sell tickets. Movies made into musicals do well. And besides, in a broader sense, is it wrong to make a movie based on a book? How is making a musical of a movie any different?
Once again I agree with Meg and her capitalist point of view. Making Bring it On into a musical will likely produce similar results to when they made High School Musical and Legally Blonde into stage shows. The movie was fun and family friendly and they just want to take that and bring it to another level. I don't see whats wrong with using a movie to create an experience.
Something else to think about is when do we cancel a performance...
There are of course "acts of god" that can physically prevent a performance from happening, like a structural failing of the theater. But what about weather. Does it become a safety hazard to your company and your audience to ask them to travel in treacherous conditions. For example, if we would have had performance last spring during the snow-pocalypse, would they have been canceled? I would think so, but that is really only a guess.
So who is responsible at a given theater to make that decision? It is the production manager, the managing director or the artistic director? My guess would be a combination of all three.
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