Went with Rick-Dana n Team Asha for a drama performed in the Hippodrome State Theatre-Sirens. This is my 2nd visit to a theatre in the US. The one for Dallas symphony was similar to any theatre back home. But the Hippodrome is a courtroom remodeled as a theatre. The audience is in close vicinity to the performers.
Awesome minimal set: a blue floor with 4 small rectangular blocks (serve as seats, or rocks on an island) and a huge block (serve as a table, a ship's deck or the Siren's lair) . Windows etc suspended from the ceiling by wires. The lead pair is in their fifties. Great timing and chemistry.
After the drama, the lead actress- Nell Page talked to us briefly; to answer any questions- one of the few advantages of hanging out with Dana. Nell thanked us for being a wonderful audience. She mentioned that audience transfer their collective energy to the actors, and the actors retransmit the energy during the performance. According to her that's why the recorded plays are so flat, they lack the audience vibe. Its awesome, especially when it comes from a veteran actor. I remember my 1st rendezvous with Aayushyavar Bolu Kahi..Sandeep Khare too requests that the auditorium lights be dimly on, so that he can see the audience.
Awesome minimal set: a blue floor with 4 small rectangular blocks (serve as seats, or rocks on an island) and a huge block (serve as a table, a ship's deck or the Siren's lair) . Windows etc suspended from the ceiling by wires. The lead pair is in their fifties. Great timing and chemistry.
After the drama, the lead actress- Nell Page talked to us briefly; to answer any questions- one of the few advantages of hanging out with Dana. Nell thanked us for being a wonderful audience. She mentioned that audience transfer their collective energy to the actors, and the actors retransmit the energy during the performance. According to her that's why the recorded plays are so flat, they lack the audience vibe. Its awesome, especially when it comes from a veteran actor. I remember my 1st rendezvous with Aayushyavar Bolu Kahi..Sandeep Khare too requests that the auditorium lights be dimly on, so that he can see the audience.
नेता असावा लोकाग्रणी.. तसा अभिनेता रसिकाग्रणी..
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