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re: What I think she is saying...

Posted by: whereismikeyfl 06:31 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: What I think she is saying... - Michael_Portantiere 05:56 pm EDT 03/18/14

Virtually ALL academic theater is training actors to be pros.

And yes, Julliard productions do have a short run. I used to go and productions (including the first NYC production of Part One of Angels in America) only ran one weekend. Maybe they have increased the length of runs since I stopped going, but I doubt they increased them significantly.

One hopes the training will help students do long runs, but again, actors usually do not know how to apply their training to long runs until they actually have the experience. That is one of the reasons organizations like The Acting Company that send recent graduates out on tour and programs that link training to a regional theater (like Yale or A.R.T.) have value.


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re: What I think she is saying...

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 07:42 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: What I think she is saying... - whereismikeyfl 06:31 pm EDT 03/18/14

If any acting school in fact trains its students to give so much on stage in terms of body energy, manner of speech, etc. that their performances "fall apart" (or even deteriorate slightly) after three shows, I would say that's a worthless school. But of course, I don't think Juilliard does anything of the kind. And I don't know of anyone who seriously considers four performances (or even eight, or sixteen) a "long run," so I don't understand your point.


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re: What I think she is saying...

Posted by: whereismikeyfl 09:23 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: What I think she is saying... - Michael_Portantiere 07:42 pm EDT 03/18/14

Read what the doctor said again. Maybe the analogy will help you understand. I am sure you will find that any performer will have to do some adjusting if they start performing more frequently than they are used to.

The Acting Company toured. They did not just do four performances of each production but rather many over the course of a months long tour. Again, other people who have toured with them have said that playing roles, even in rep, over the months of the tour was a challenge because it was not something they had ever done before.

(One even said something similar to LuPone about stops where they gave more performances were harder than the ones where they did one or two performances of each piece in the rep.)


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re: What I think she is saying...

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:06 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: What I think she is saying... - whereismikeyfl 09:23 pm EDT 03/18/14

I think I do understand, but it sounds like whining and a gross exaggeration to me. And I still think LuPone shouldn't have spoken for the entire company when she wrote that their performances fell apart after three shows. If she feels her own performance fell apart, she has every right to say so.


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