On January 24, 2008 I heard Susan Steinberg of the Livermore Independent ask Dana Anderson (director of Bus Stop at Role Players Ensemble in Danville ) if it would be possible to move Bus Stop to the new Bankhead Theatre in Livermore after it closes its Danville
What's interesting here is the question of moving the show to the Bankhead. The first thing it tells us is how little is known of theatre by nice ladies who write synopses for local papers. Perhaps Steinberg knows more: is there a financial trapdoor one can use to avoid the $2,000.00-per-night pricetag that comes with doing a show at the Bankhead? I doubt it, but I will inquire.
I further doubt that Role Players Ensemble of Danville will be much interested in transferring their show toLivermore Danville Danville will be too busy with that worthy endeavor to take any time off re-mounting Bus Stop in déclassé Livermore
Just for fun, let's look at what it would take for Role Players to actually produce a tour of Bus Stop to Livermore; I realize that this is highly unlikely. But this is exactly the kind of word problem I love to solve.
First there is the question of the people involved: does the cast want to go toLivermore
If all have pressing previous engagements, next question: would the director be willing to re-cast and re-stage the production?
If the answer is yes, would he want it exactly as it was, or would he be able to resist the temptation to tinker with things?
Would there even be time to tinker?
If the director does not want to re-cast and re-stage, is he okay with someone else directing the re-mount?
If he's okay with it, how much of this production is still Role Players'? The set ... the sound design maybe ... But then, a Broadway Tour is accepted as not exactly the original but definitely the next best thing. We've all heard stories of tours where the performances were better than Broadway. Does this sound to me like something Role Players would still be interested in producing? No. So let's pretend that most of the originalDanville cast wants to go to Livermore
What's interesting here is the question of moving the show to the Bankhead. The first thing it tells us is how little is known of theatre by nice ladies who write synopses for local papers. Perhaps Steinberg knows more: is there a financial trapdoor one can use to avoid the $2,000.00-per-night pricetag that comes with doing a show at the Bankhead? I doubt it, but I will inquire.
I further doubt that Role Players Ensemble of Danville will be much interested in transferring their show to
Just for fun, let's look at what it would take for Role Players to actually produce a tour of Bus Stop to Livermore; I realize that this is highly unlikely. But this is exactly the kind of word problem I love to solve.
First there is the question of the people involved: does the cast want to go to
If all have pressing previous engagements, next question: would the director be willing to re-cast and re-stage the production?
If the answer is yes, would he want it exactly as it was, or would he be able to resist the temptation to tinker with things?
Would there even be time to tinker?
If the director does not want to re-cast and re-stage, is he okay with someone else directing the re-mount?
If he's okay with it, how much of this production is still Role Players'? The set ... the sound design maybe ... But then, a Broadway Tour is accepted as not exactly the original but definitely the next best thing. We've all heard stories of tours where the performances were better than Broadway. Does this sound to me like something Role Players would still be interested in producing? No. So let's pretend that most of the original
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lol re-mount.
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