Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:10:20 -0400
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] actors vs. puppeteers


Wow!! Exactly what I have always believed ........I love theatre. I am a
great audience member cause I don't heavily criticize. I am truly amazed by
the wonder of theatre having grown up with it in Santa Barbara County. To
see puppetry incorporated into traditional theatre would be the ultimate
experience. 

Mary Horsley


On 9/28/08 12:58 PM, "Widerman-AT-aol.com" <Widerman-AT-aol.com> wrote:

> For a recent project, I conceived performing "Tevye's Dream" from the
> popular Broadway show "Fiddler on the Roof" portraying all the dream
> characters  as 
> life-size and larger puppets. I proposed this idea to our local repertory
> company when I heard they were planning to mount the well known show, and they
> embraced the idea. The roles I proposed as puppets are usually portrayed by
> actors in heavy makeup. The Fruma Sarah character originated on Broadway as a
> 9  
> foot-tall ghost, performed by a woman seen atop a man's shoulders concealed
> by costume. Our use of puppets created a "dream world" that was visually
> distinct from the "real world" of the actors, as the number depicts
> re-telling 
> the dream. Of course, the novelty comes when these two worlds  interact. As a
> giant rod puppet, our Fruma Sarah was tantalizing, floating after  the actor
> playing Tevye, back and forth across the stage. The entire "Dream"  sequence
> was 
> the most memorable scene from the production, evoking cheers from  the
> audience.
>  
> My point is that puppets can sometimes be used very effectively in
> productions where they might not have been considered or thought appropriate.
> Those 
> who teach or produce live theater, who think they know exactly how a  show
> ought 
> to be done, because they know how it has always been  done, might broaden
> their horizons and consider the tremendous power  Puppetry has to offer.
>  
>      -Steven->
>  
>  
> 
> 
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