Monday, December 29, 2008

Stage Combat for CABARET

December 23

Perhaps this is only of interest to stage combat types, but those people who have read one of the published scripts may not be aware that there is a fight written into the score that is not mentioned in any readily available versions of the script that I’ve read. It takes place among the ensemble in one of the club scenes during a dance number. What’s especially interesting is that the direction is only that there be a fight during a specific portion of the music. Not which characters are fighting or why, but only that there is a fight. Rick and Kelli and I discussed just how much havoc might be wreaked in that moment. We know that we’ll want maximum chaos in a fairly contained time frame. That moment of composition hasn’t happened yet, but the foundation for the character conflicts that lead to the physical confrontation have started to be set.

Meron

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