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RE: Animated Projections

Posted By Robert Forbes 04-29-2022 11:08
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We have been using projections for nearly every musical we do (we only do musicals) for the past six years. Sometimes they are of my own creation, including animation (for example https://youtu.be/o5Uaa2iiHpg) and sometimes we have purchased them. Theatre Avenue are a delight to work with. https://theatreave.com/ ...

RE: Anastasia Train Car

Posted By Robert Forbes 02-22-2022 18:49
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I am told that there will be an updated more script-accurate version available on March 1. -- Robert ForbesManaging DirectorMountain Dream Productions

RE: Anastasia Train Car

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-09-2022 14:25
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We are doing front projections. We have used projections a lot over the past five years. Another interesting note is that the Anastasia Touring Company are not using a train at all and are handling the scene with clever choreography with the passengers using suitcases. Here's a problem example beyond ...

RE: Anastasia Train Car

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-09-2022 13:39
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Our "Attendants" are the other passengers on the train car. Our train is in two halves and does not have a "top" But would look like this in our artist's rendering. If, in the end we felt we needed more vertical things to put in, then we would add that design element, but we're not there yet. It's currently ...

RE: Anastasia Train Car

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-06-2022 15:44
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We are doing Anastasia in June and have built a "train" out of painting canvases put together. This makes it ultra lightweight and we can use small casters to keep it very close to the ground. It is actually in two sections, and they click together using bed frame hardware. This one, pictured below is ...

RE: Wizard of Oz Questions

Posted By Robert Forbes 08-22-2021 11:58
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BACKING TRACKS: We just finished Newsies and (like you) are Windows-only. We found London Arrangements had a complete score for it and it worked REALLY well. They also have a Wizard of Oz (complete show) (londonarrangements.com) When we did Matilda, we were so early in the process that they ...

RE: Build Scaffolding for Newsies or other ideas

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-24-2021 12:21
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We are doing Newsies in June and our scaffolding is pretty straightforward. It assembles quickly and is pretty flexible. We are renting (from a scaffolding company) the stairways, so that we can easily (in the dark) get up and down. The normal distances between the vertical parts are 8 feet or 10 feet, ...

Build Scaffolding for Newsies or other ideas Attachments

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-24-2021 12:20
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RE: Newsies with girls

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-06-2021 11:19
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On the MTI Website there is a PRODUCTION HANDBOOK that you can read, without even buying the license (or even signing in) It explains Newsies and Girls and identifies the roles that must be played as boys (even if it is a girl actor) and those that may be either. Give it a read. It is a truly magnificent ...

RE: Improv/Acting: Need A Zoom Guest Speaker/Instructor? CsZ Shows!

Posted By Robert Forbes 08-05-2020 11:27
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I'll write a testimonial for BJ. We worked with him in April over zoom and had so much fun! We're planning on doing it again this fall, as soon as we figure out our schedule. Robert Forbes Managing Director Mountain Dream Productions 250 858 1053 www.mountaindreambc.com

RE: Improv/Acting: Need A Zoom Guest Speaker/Instructor? CsZ Shows!

Posted By Robert Forbes 05-29-2020 15:33
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@BJ Lange, it was unanimous ... ​everyone absolutely loved your time with us.  Your energy, enthusiasm, ability to engage the kids of all ages and the adults was terrific. Clearly you are a subject matter expert in Improv, and we all benefitted from your expertise and willingness to show and coach us ...

RE: Seeking Broadway performers/veterans for summer master class for middle schoolers online!

Posted By Robert Forbes 05-28-2020 11:42
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We've had great success with Broadway Weekends at Hom.  Contact Evie at evie@broadwayweekends.com.   They have been very accommodating for us.  Like Rikky Fishbein ( above) suggests, they are all sitting around in their paamas looking for things to do. ------------------------------ Robert Forbes ...

RE: Broadway Star's free classes

Posted By Robert Forbes 05-12-2020 13:38
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In my discussions with Jeanna de Waal (the organizer of this resource) about this very thing, she advises that they don't really need to be part of the Facebook group, but they do need the Zoom account. The Facebook exists so as to provide a community where users can get technical assistance if there ...

Broadway Star's free classes

Posted By Robert Forbes 05-11-2020 14:47
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For the past four weeks, we have been enjoying free classes in singing, acting and dancing taught by otherwise out-of-work Broadway and West End performers.  The choreography classes are taught by dancers and choreographers from the shows that have just gone dark.  The singing and acting lessons are ...

RE: Online rehearsal platform for 30 people

Posted By Robert Forbes 04-06-2020 01:14
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Everyone has to find that which they are comfortable with, but having read several news articles from around the world, guidelines for ZOOM use published by USC, and of course the FBI notice, it is my considered opinion that this software is no worse or better than any others. We continue to use it but ...

RE: Online rehearsal platform for 30 people

Posted By Robert Forbes 03-31-2020 11:11
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JAMKAZAM indicates that you CANNOT be on WIFI. It has Windows and Mac versions, but nothing for a portable device like phones and tablets. It doesn't look like it supports Chromebooks either. The setup is indicated in this video from them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBo--aj_P1w Robert ...

RE: Online rehearsal platform for 30 people

Posted By Robert Forbes 03-29-2020 11:45
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The physics of network communications just really work against us here, if you are trying to get people to all sing at the same time. Even a lag of five hundreths of a second, which is pretty good, is just terrible for group singing, All theses beautiful videos we see of a dozen or more singers ...

RE: Animations for MATILDA

Posted By Robert Forbes 03-05-2020 11:06
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We have used Theatre Ave (www.theatreave.com) and Rick Frendt (www.rickfrendt.com) for projections before and have been very happy.  Of course, MTI promote the BMD projection set (http://broadwaymediadistribution.com/roald-dahls-matilda-scenic-projections/). I've never heard of DRAKKADON nor can I ...

RE: Yellow brick road in Wizard of Oz

Posted By Robert Forbes 02-12-2020 14:05
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A couple of years ago we did a Yellow Brick Road that was made of a roll of Ram Board a water-impervious carboard used in construction to protect finished floors. We painted it with yellow fluorescent spray paint and then painted the bricks on it. At the appointed time, the kids rolled it out, and we ...

RE: Rehearsal/production cubes

Posted By Robert Forbes 01-13-2020 11:22
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Three years ago, I needed some boxes with a hole in the middle to support a pole but, like you,I have very very little storage.  So I came up with a design that would allow me to fold the boxes more or less flat when not in use, by use of hinged sides.  As a result, I have SIX boxes that are two foot ...