(06-09-2010, 04:42 PM)--Pete Wrote: (Jim, help me out here, what's it called?). The actors just speak their lines and act. If done well, it is excellent -- the play becomes a guide for the story unfolding in your mind. Plot, character development, and acting. That's the tripod that supports my concept of good theater. Replace 'acting' with 'writing' and you've got my standard for literature. To further mix metaphors: costumes and sets are like lettuce and tomato. They can make a good hamburger better, but they can't save a bad burger.
--Pete
Hi,
RADIO ?
j/k, a little humor for my dear friend Pete.
Reading or Staged Readings, is the best I can come up with after googling.
James Earl Jones plays Paul Robeson:
James Earl Jones is outstanding, with only a few props and a bare stage, in portraying Robeson's life and truly heroic spirit, with a magnificent performance that matches the remarkable subject.
I had the pleasure of seeing this show on broadway with James Earl Jones, best part is I got to meet Darth Vader in his dressing room after the show. A very fond memory.
Another play done well without Sets, Props & Costumes is a Musical, Your a Good Man Charlie Brown. It's minimalist theatre as kandrathe suggested...aka 'Readers Theatre'
[Readers Theatre is a form of minimalist theatre. Students read from prepared scripts either adapted from stories or they create their own scripts. They use limited actions and the setting does not require complex organisation or arrangements of props.]
Quote:kandrathe said, but I play one in a minimalist theater.
You played a Tomato?
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Have a Great Quest,
Jim...aka King Jim
He can do more for Others, Who has done most with Himself.
Have a Great Quest,
Jim...aka King Jim
He can do more for Others, Who has done most with Himself.