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| No ensemble? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 11:46 pm EDT 10/04/23 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:34 pm EDT 10/04/23 | |
| In reply to: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "ASSASSINS" in PHILADELPHIA - T.B._Admin. 08:31 pm EDT 10/04/23 | |
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| No listing of the (usually 5) ensemble roles in the review. But, I also see that the theatre doesn't credit these "Bystanders" (as they're often called, given their characters in the Roosevelt song) on their website either. Please don't tell me the assassins double in those roles? But if not, why no credit for the actors that do play the roles? (We're talking Presidents Garfield and Ford, Emma Goldman, David Herold, Moore's son Billy, etc - and of course the singers in "Something Just Broke" and yes, the bystanders in "How I Saved Roosevelt.") | |
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| re: No ensemble? | |
| Posted by: JAllenC3 12:56 pm EDT 10/05/23 | |
| In reply to: No ensemble? - Chromolume 11:34 pm EDT 10/04/23 | |
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| I would say it worked to not have an ensemble until they got to Something Just Broke which made zero sense and then for the finale they remained as not-assassins so the ending was robbed of its power. I wonder if the original intent of the production was to cut Something Just Broke (it was actually missing from the song list in the program) but the rights holders refused permission. Had it been cut I think it would have worked well without the ensemble and then the assassins becoming more common people with the finale. |
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| re: No ensemble? | |
| Posted by: mikem 12:00 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
| In reply to: No ensemble? - Chromolume 11:34 pm EDT 10/04/23 | |
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| The actors who play the assassins play these roles. There is no ensemble. The actors change their clothes to play the other roles. Looking back at the 2007 staging reviews, it seems there was no ensemble in that version, either, so this director must not think the ensemble is needed, and it's not just a cost-saving measure in these COVID-era difficult times for regional theaters. | |
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| re: No ensemble? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 12:16 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:07 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No ensemble? - mikem 12:00 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
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| Meh. But thanks for letting me know. Who played Billy? One of the adult men? Ick. |
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| re: No ensemble? | |
| Posted by: AC126748 12:41 pm EDT 10/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No ensemble? - Chromolume 12:07 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
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| Matteo Scammell, who also plays the Proprietor, is Billy. | |
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