In high school theater class, two of my class mates performed a dialogue which, if I remember correctly, involved a street hustler telling his roomate "You get a cold ass from sitting in the fuckin' tub!" For the life of me I can't figure out what play/movie this is from. Any suggestions?
posted by ladypants
on Feb 22, 2013 -
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Dear NYC-Hive: Visiting in Feb and would like to find listings of theatres whose offerings are like Lucille Lortel Theater in the Village. Would prefer Manhattan locations (over other boroughs). They just did "Volpone" and are doing "She Stoops to Conquer" soon. But they also do new works as well. What are similar theaters? And bonus points if you can give me a link to calendar/listings.
posted by nancoix
on Jan 2, 2013 -
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I'm looking for major theatrical plays, set no later than 1950, that feature a lamp, flashlight, or other luminous prop as important to the story. If possible, please summarize the prop's usage including where in the story the prop is used. Thanks in advance!
posted by landonmoon
on Nov 12, 2012 -
10 answers
Tips for finding out about diplomatic cultural outreach events in greater L.A. area?
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posted by bswinburn
on Oct 18, 2012 -
6 answers
My friend is trying to stage his own play at a fringe festival. But when he held auditions, hardly anyone came. What should he do?
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posted by steinsaltz
on May 11, 2012 -
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Anyone know of some Strong Comedies for a mostly female cast? I'm looking for something that laughs easy but isn't campy and has some underlying substance to it. Suggestions?
posted by docholiday1307
on Mar 19, 2012 -
11 answers
My girlfriend loves musicals. Help me choose a show to get tickets to for her birthday in August.
I'm new to Atlanta, and I also don't know much about musicals. I'm in need of some help and suggestions on where and for what to get tickets. I'm open to any ideas those with knowledge of these things (musicals and Atlanta) may have.
Thanks!
posted by rbf1138
on Jul 11, 2011 -
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What plays from the last 50-odd years should I read? Satire, black comedy, or scathing political criticism a plus. Also plays challenging the bounds of normal theater.
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posted by beerbajay
on Dec 14, 2009 -
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Is there an archive somewhere that has films of specific productions of plays?
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posted by prior
on May 19, 2009 -
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Help me find free age appropriate plays/skits/acting exercises for my 6 year old.
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posted by dejah420
on Jan 19, 2009 -
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Help me pick out the best play, opera, lecture and art exhibit to see this winter in NYC. I'm a lowly wage slave who can't shell out $300 to see every Broadway sensation that comes to town, so I'd like to attend one incredible event in each category with a high return-on-awesome factor so I can walk away cultured but not impoverished.
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posted by zoomorphic
on Dec 11, 2008 -
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What well-known (or lesser-known) plays are written intentionally so as to be unperformable -- only readable as scripts? I'm thinking stage directions along the lines of
pulls out a handgun and fires at random into the audience, or that instruct the actors to walk on the ceiling, or specification in the dramatis personae that goats are to be cast in speaking parts. Who's employed this device to the greatest artistic effect?
posted by electric water kettle
on Dec 25, 2007 -
24 answers
Where can I find a copy of the play by René Fauchois that Jean Renoir's film
Boudou Saved From Drowning (
Boudu sauvé des eaux) is based on? Does an English translation exist?
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posted by StopMakingSense
on Sep 22, 2007 -
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What copyright issues are associated with writing a stage adaptation of a classic 1950's horror story?
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posted by raygan
on Aug 25, 2006 -
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Is there a good resource (online or not) to find out if a given theatrical production is running, anytime in the near future, anywhere in the country (USA/Canada)?
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posted by mto
on Oct 16, 2005 -
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I'm directing The Vagina Monologues here at my university. Rehearsals are going well, for the most part. The younger women, all students, mostly theater students, listen when I speak, take direction well, and are basically a dream to work with. My problems are with the older women, who are all professors or health care professionals who have never acted before(MI).
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posted by cilantro
on Dec 12, 2004 -
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My theatre company is trying to pick our next play. We only produce "classics," but we have a broad definition of the term: basically, the play must be written prior to the 20th Century.
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posted by grumblebee
on Nov 30, 2004 -
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I'm about to head off to London and I want to see some good, serious theatre. I'm VERY careful about what I see (theatre being expensive), and I like to read many reviews first. Instead of buying 30 newspapers and magazines, is there a site somewhere that collects or links to multiple reviews of each current show?
PS. I'm really looking for reviews, but if you want to recommend a specific show, please note that I prefer classics to modern plays. And I really like classics when they're done withOUT any obvious conceptual twist (i.e. I DON'T want to see "Hamlet" set on the moon.)
posted by grumblebee
on Apr 30, 2004 -
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