The December 10th New York Times carried a piece about the scaled down staging of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Show Boat". (I just got around to reading it.) Originally carrying a cast of 50 and an orchestra of 28, Arlington, VA's Signature Theater's production had just 24 actors and an orchestra of 15.
While the article discusses the various incarnations and staging of the musical, I was struck by the thought that it will be increasingly rate for us to see musicals the way they were back in the day due to production costs. How can you get that many people on stage?
Knowing that most of us couldn't afford to see something close to the original staging made me doubly sad.
A random mental walk.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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