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| Posted by: bearcat 04:21 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| re Gaston bully in Beauty and the Beast, to those who have directed or acted: were you hoping for "boos" at the curtain call? what was the response on Bway and major tours |
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| re: Gaston,Beauty and... | |
| Posted by: kess0078 11:32 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: Gaston,Beauty and... - bearcat 04:21 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| I toured with "Beauty" for a year and a half, with a couple different Gastons. It depended on how many kids were in the audience (always more boos during matinees), and who was playing the role, honestly! Some Gastons really reveled in getting "boos," so they happened more frequently. The curtain call was pretty specifically staged, though, and part of Gaston's curtain call was to hit a big bicep flex just before his bow, which would usually transition any "boos" into cheers, and it was a nice opportunity for them to transition from "Gaston" to "actor" - and accept the applause with grace. But - to answer your question: "Boos" were not solicited, but they weren't uncommon. One of our Gastons may have gotten a note that he was a little TOO encouraging of the audience's despise ;) Truthfully - if the creative team wanted "boos," it would've been happening 8 times a week. This is Disney, after all, don't forget that every second of that show until the curtain comes down is staged thoughtfully and thoroughly. |
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| He did in UK | |
| Posted by: Naughty_Rob 06:49 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: Gaston,Beauty and... - bearcat 04:21 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| Although the show was seen by some as a Panton that didn't just run for the holiday season! | |
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| re: Gaston,Beauty and... | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 05:47 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:46 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: Gaston,Beauty and... - bearcat 04:21 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| IMO - Gaston is no bully, just a buffoon - pretty comical in his puffed-up brainless vanity. Disney's version of Carl-Magnus, lol. Not a character that warrants booing. Even as things get darker in Act II, I don't see him as such a threatening character. Only perhaps in the fight with the Beast. I know that Ismay got booed in the original production of Titanic - that makes more sense to me - if indeed booing a character is really something necessary at all, lol. |
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| re: Gaston,Beauty and... | |
| Posted by: JohnPopa 03:24 pm EDT 07/07/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Gaston,Beauty and... - Chromolume 05:46 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| David Garrison seemed to relish those boo's as Ismay! | |
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| re: Gaston,Beauty and... | |
| Posted by: jo 10:10 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Gaston,Beauty and... - Chromolume 05:46 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| Hugh Jackman was Gaston in his first professional stage appearance in Australia. At the stage door, a little girl who had just seen the show handed him her book for his autograph. She did not recognize him (without the stage makeup) and asked : "Who are you?" HJ : "Gaston. "Little girl ( snatching back her autograph book) : "Nooo!!! You're bad!" As narrated by Hugh. |
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| re: Gaston,Beauty and... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:02 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Gaston,Beauty and... - jo 10:10 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| Ha! I love that! But I also have to say I wasn't thinking about young kids booing - more the reaction of an audience in general, with a sort of knowing wink to the fact that they're booking the character, not the actor. I have to say I'm not sure I want to encourage kids to boo at a curtain call - unless, again, they're savvy enough to be in on the convention. ;-) |
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