tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post390499268235062245..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: Hilarious "Veri**on Play" Sends Up the Horror Story of Customer ServiceJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-50539510308400598722012-04-01T19:21:24.769-05:002012-04-01T19:21:24.769-05:00Thanks very much for the correction, Heather! I am...Thanks very much for the correction, Heather! I am happy to fix it to give credit where credit is due.JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-50006770515807123442012-04-01T11:18:05.974-05:002012-04-01T11:18:05.974-05:00Just for clarification, the transitional music bet...Just for clarification, the transitional music between scenes is courtesy of the sound designer, Benjamin Marcum. Tesori wrote the music for the musical number at the end of the show - the grand finale, if you will.hkflemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-54035090079291041892012-03-31T09:55:28.031-05:002012-03-31T09:55:28.031-05:00Oh, I knew it wasn't a musical. Tesori is terr...Oh, I knew it wasn't a musical. Tesori is terrific with incidental music -- remember that "Twelfth Night" at Lincoln Center that got televised? (That music was even put out on a short CD, which I have.) She's sort of an old-fashioned "writer to order," which I much admire.<br /><br />And I'm sure you've pointed out the high-level participants there, because I remember about Balaban and some others. Let's just blame my ignorance on my post-op wooziness, shall we? (I'm using that as the scapegoat for most things this weekend.)JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-68012294478186873702012-03-31T08:47:44.232-05:002012-03-31T08:47:44.232-05:00I don't know how much of the play's succes...I don't know how much of the play's success lies with Kron, the actor, however. She also played the lead in her play "Well" when it began, and it's had legs, so maybe this one will, too.<br /><br />Do note, Jon, that it's not a full-fledged musical. All I noticed were the segues (zippy, fun music, with one that sounds like "Mission Impossible" or a caper film) and then the last big anthem that the whole cast sings. It's always odd to discover that the performers you've been enjoying through the other 95% of the show can sing, too. But they could and did and it was a lot of fun, in a "Urinetown" sort of way.<br /><br />I hope Verizon learned not to annoy playwrights!<br /><br />I think I must've told you before about the top quality people here -- I was very excited when Bob Balaban was here directing a show some years ago. The new artistic director -- Les Waters -- directed Charles Mee's "Big Love" and Naomi Iizuka's "At the Vanishing Point" here at Humana Festivals past, plus he directed Sarah Ruhl's "Vibrator Play" on Broadway.<br /><br />I will let you know if I hear any info about where it's going or if it's going anywhere. When Balaban directed Y2K (by Arthur Kopit) at Humana Fest back in 2000, everybody already knew it was headed to NY before it started. Pretty sure that was also true of Theresa Rebeck's "The Scene."JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-49691229531256981012012-03-31T08:09:50.385-05:002012-03-31T08:09:50.385-05:00This sounds like a terrific play! It should have &...This sounds like a terrific play! It should have "legs" with lots of audiences, and I hope to see it at some point.<br /><br />And I guess I somehow hadn't been paying attention to the level of support personnel they get at Humama, because I'm definitely impressed. "Nicky" Martin is a top-level director (was artistic director of Williamstown for 3 years), and among other things seems to direct Christopher Durang's new plays these days. Which should be perfect prep for a crazy comedy with a serious point like this one.<br /><br />And Jeanine Tesori provided the music for lots of plays, plus the muscals Thoroughly Modern Millie and Caroline or Change. Oh, I so want to see this.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-1358876369006590652012-03-31T07:54:35.547-05:002012-03-31T07:54:35.547-05:00This sounds like so much fun. I feel your enthusi...This sounds like so much fun. I feel your enthusiasm in the review. I hope the playwright's phone bill has settled down!!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com