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| re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? | |
| Posted by: WWriter 08:46 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? - Chazwaza 11:31 am EDT 08/26/22 | |
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| Assassins evenly split in gender? 8 main men to 2 main women? I'm confused | |
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| my bad | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:56 pm EDT 09/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? - WWriter 08:46 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
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| Sorry I don't know why I said that, I know it's not. Ha. But it has an ensemble that includes women, so it's not just 2 women. But yes, it's not evenly split. However it has character roles for all of the men (except perhaps the desire to cast a more leading man type as Wilkes), so I think it offers flexibility and opportunity for a lot of male actors in any given area for a regional/community or school production, which can be helpful for casting effectively when doing a musical in those venues. |
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| re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? | |
| Posted by: bmc 11:23 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? - WWriter 08:46 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
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| I attended an undergrad performance of ASSASSINS in which as female student was cast as the Balladeer so they could another girl in the cast | |
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| re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:25 pm EDT 08/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? - bmc 11:23 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
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| I saw a collegeAssassins years ago that cast a female Proprietor. But she was very much a "soprano" and the music sounded awful in her voice up there. No sense of "bite" that you'd potentially get with a lower voice. I think if you're going to cast like that, you HAVE to find a way to transpose the music so it keeps a "talkier" feel. | |
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| re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 12:04 am EDT 08/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? - bmc 11:23 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
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| That's still a relatively unbalanced gender split. And then the ensemble is 5 men (if we count the Proprietor) and 2 women. | |
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