| re: Interesting way a theater company reacted to criticism over making unauthorized cuts | |
| Last Edit: bmc 10:47 am EDT 08/11/17 | |
| Posted by: bmc 10:39 am EDT 08/11/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Interesting way a theater company reacted to criticism over making unauthorized cuts - ryhog 10:00 am EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| Is there a general consensus, by theater professionals, on these kinds of drastic changes on a copyrighted play?.....How is chopping a play in half , then presenting it for the public, how is this different from theft?; I could understand if you and your friends held a reading in your living room, not charging admission, etc-a just for fun. .....I think both Albee and Sondheim have commented on folks who say something like "I'm thrilled to be presenting MY vision of Tiny Alice to a New York audience". Albee (I vaguely remember) said something like-- If You have a vision ,write your own damn play' Tiny Alice is My play' ....As with a recent Broadway opera, but in that case changes were made, even advocated, by the estate; For me it's like a high school production of West Side Story, where they eliminated all the dancing because they didn't have a choreographer and none of the cast knew how to dance. Not quite WSS..........It also reminds me of a production I posted about on this site , maybe 10 years ago, when the U of Mich undergrads were putting on a production of How To Succeed, with a girl playing the lead as Jaye Pierpont etc; The Loesser estate said the students had to do the play as written. My only contribution to the theater, other than the occasional small contribution to the U of Mich graduate music/ theater program, 'is buying tickets...........Is there a general consensus, among theater professionals, theater vets, about these kind of changes to someone else's work?.i | |
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