Sunday, November 06, 2011
Zombie Apocalypse
Pittsburgh City Paper: Bricolage Theatre is throwing a big ol' party with the latest, and last, installment of this year's Midnight Radio series: Zombie Apocalypse. Presented as a staged live radio program, Zombie is a hootenanny of comedy and mayhem. The bulk of the evening is Tami Dixon's adaptation of Night of the Living Dead: Parts of the movie are projected silently, with actors providing dialogue and sound effects and musicians adding a soundtrack.
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This is a very interesting endeavor because it mixes the draw of film with the live theatrical experience, hoping to appeal to both demographics of people. While it does sound like an entertaining night, it sounds like it suffers from the same disease that many shows suffer from, running too long. I do think that there is a trend in the industry to make shows shorter and "easier" for audiences to sit through in hopes that they audience will enjoy the show more by not boring them to death. I'm not really sure what this means for the future of theatre, though. Nonetheless, I applaud this company for attempting this endeavor, and I would like to see more shows like this in the future.
I agree with Calvin in the sense that this show may be a bit too long to be entirely enjoyable. As I was reading the article, I began by thinking this might be something that I would enjoy seeing, and quickly progressed to thinking that it would feel awkward and forced. This does, however, seem like a fun Halloween-time endeavor, and I'm sure that if it is continued it will progress into an even better show than it already appears to be, because, despite the author's honesty in the show's flaws, he also seemed to enjoy the production.
I'm excited that zombies have replaced vampires as the new big thing in pop culture, but if there is some tacky romance novel about zombies that just want love and glitter like a fairy princess when they step in the sunlight, I'm rebelling. Seriously though, look at all of the TV and art pieces that have come about because of this crazy zombie kick we are on right now. Whoo!
I wonder if they are trying to make this a 'thing' like "Rocky Horror Picture Show". That's what I thought of immediately when they said mixing a film with live action underneath it. That would be cool to have something else like "Rocky Horror". I've always said there is nothing else like it. I'd like to see it and see if it what I'm imaging. I also agree with David, if zombies start to sparkle in the sun and make-out in beautiful valleys of sunlight I'm just going to give up on pop culture completely.
no matter what as a zombie piece it will have its audience draw. no matter what it has a cult following behind it. the idea though of bringing back a live radio show can have a unique appeal to it. this concept reminds me of the original radio production of War of The Worlds. Not to mention though as David puts it. Thank god we are finally getting away from the obnoxious vampire obsessions. Vampires don't friggin sparkle in sunlight. they burn!
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