| Much more common than it used to be? | |
| Posted by: mikem 08:49 am EST 02/29/24 | |
| In reply to: Crying On Command - kieran 04:50 am EST 02/29/24 | |
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| Kieran, thank you as always for posting the link! I have a bit of a fascination with crying on stage, because it seems like it would be so hard to do night after night (and twice on Wednesdays and Saturdays!). My personal sense is that 10 or 15 years ago, I don't feel like I saw it a lot on stage, but it's become more and more common over time. I don't think it's that rare anymore. I feel like in a large percentage of shows I see, someone is crying actual tears or at least has watery eyes at some point. Do others feel that crying on stage has become more common? If so, do you think it's because actors have found ways to do it that make it easier for them, or have expectations changed such that crying is happening because someone is crying in so many shows? It feels a little bit nowadays like watery eyes are expected in heavy, emotional scenes. It also feels like shows have really emotional, often confrontational scenes a lot nowadays. I don't know if it's because they're directed that way more than before, or they're written that way (probably both). When I saw Merrily, Jonathan Groff's eyes were brimming with tears at one point. I don't know if the original production would have been directed that way. |
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