a question
a question
Lord Adalbert
Chorus Member Joined: 9/12/14
#1a question
Posted: 9/14/14 at 8:58pm
With Pippin selling fine. Does anyone think a Cirque will produce a show for Broadway. Like a Broadway Musical that uses Circus acrobatics? I know Pippin does not use Cirque.
Updated On: 9/14/14 at 08:58 PM
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#2a question
Posted: 9/14/14 at 9:24pmAnyone can ask Cirque du Soleil anything.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#3a question
Posted: 9/15/14 at 3:48am
Well, they tried to win New York.
It's really difficult for a cirque style show to work in a union environment, they are more geared to two shows a day, five shows a week, plus 4 to 5 hours of training, which is very expensive in a union house. They would need to figure out an off site training / rehearsal location.
But the main difficulty, is the way the cirque style shows are put together is they don't require a strict narrative to move forward. They typically can move the evening forward with out a certain performance, or a certain act.
For a "play" or "musical" that's a little harder.
Part of the reason there was so much tension with Spiderman, was there was the camp that kept saying "well, they do this in Vegas/Cirque every day", which is true - but if the performer or the automation is out - the cut the act - and move forward. Harder to do with a narrative piece.
