I had a meeting with Eduardo Machado this afternoon to talk about a show we are doing in February. Artfuckers looks to be a lot of fun to work on. I have not worked with Eduardo as a director before, only as a producer when I lit Windows. I guess he liked my work enough to want to bring me on board one of his own projects. He sure is a fun person to work with.
His sense of directorial dramaturgy is wonderful. He talked about a few things he is doing with the play that do not impact the writing in the slightest and yet strengthen one key potential weakness in the text. I love the way that a director can augment a text and strengthen it without actually altering the text itself. Especially with new works this is important. To take the text as close to face value as possible. If there are serious problems in the translation from the page to the stage, a director can serve as a valuable editor in that regard and I think their input can be very useful. At the same time there is a degree of integrity of the text-as-written that should and must be maintained.
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Becoming Adele opens tonight. We have been having silly electrical problems on top of the issues at the light hang. But I am sure the Master Electrician will have it all sorted out for tonight.
I am quite pleased with my work on this show, all problems aside. The audience responses during previews have been very favorable and the houses have been quite full, so I have a good feeling about this one. Of course we shall find out what the critics think tomorrow. Its such a strange waiting game.
I have Nutcracker pictures to go through that may get posted before I head out to see the play tonight. If not, you all will have to wait until tomorrow.
Tags: artfuckers, becoming adele, new plays, nutcracker
