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Exceeding the demands of the triple threat.

Posted by:	Delvino 06:47 am EST 11/20/14
In reply to:	re: Thank you; much appreciate the historical info; a note on what is "deception" - Chromolume 08:03 pm EST 11/19/14

Interesting questions posited. I would say, expectations of accomplishing the triple threat -- acting, singing, dancing -- are built into a kind of tacit agreement between artists and paying members of the public. If you attend a piece of musical theater, it's a given that the practitioners will be able to execute the three requirements with a kind of truthfulness about their own skill and artistry. When actors portray characters who play instruments, the resulting skill isn't part of that contract between artist and audience, hasn't been part of the presumed negotiation. It's not Mark Lambert playing the cello, but his character. Ditto for Coalhouse. Lambert and Stokes Mitchell sang, acted, and, when dancing was required (not much), moved with their own feet in real time. We're parsing, but I suppose I must return to my original argument: expectation and satisfying that expectation. No one expected Stokes Mitchell to be a pianist, just to take the roof off with his singing, and move us to tears with his acting.

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