Sunday, October 9, 2011

Beatrice et Benedict!

Beatrice et Benedict: so much more fun than this portrait of Berlioz...


...would lead one to believe. 

In all seriousness (see above image), my friends are putting on this show as an independent project, in order to gain experience points and help out Boxcar Theatre, and they're doing it with no resources but their own impressive skills.  It'll really be worth seeing.  There will be beautiful singing (wonderful voices in this cast!), and just as an example of the type of home-grown talent that's going into making this happen, my friend Ted Zoldan has cobbled together a script of dialogue from Much Ado to be said in place of the French script that Berlioz originally wrote.  We'll all be on book (read: using music), and I don't think there will be much staging, but...

okay, Personal Opinion Moment happening here: sometimes the energy of a production is really good when everyone is involved not just in performing their best, but in actually making the performance happen.  I think it should be a really convivial atmosphere.  And I know the singing will be just beautiful.  So if you're not busy, come by and check it out!

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