http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-430 David W. Boles Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:22:03 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-430 Acting on the stage is much harder and more demanding than the movies. You have 8 live performances a week on Broadway and the whole production is set up to make a weekly profit only on that 8th show all the other shows go to pay the weekly nut. If you're sick -- and if you're the star of the show -- people can get their money back if you don't perform. The live theatre is a big risk for everyone. In the movies, you can take breaks and do re-shoots and wait until you get the perfect take. Acting on the stage is much harder and more demanding than the movies. You have 8 live performances a week on Broadway and the whole production is set up to make a weekly profit only on that 8th show all the other shows go to pay the weekly nut. If you’re sick — and if you’re the star of the show — people can get their money back if you don’t perform. The live theatre is a big risk for everyone. In the movies, you can take breaks and do re-shoots and wait until you get the perfect take.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-429 kathakali.chatterjee Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:52:11 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-429 I have only seen Marlon Brando in movies but I think I know what you are talking about David, Indian theatre also witnessed lot of powerful losses like this. But fortunately there are movie-actors who still enjoy working in theatre…may be the desire is too powerful to overcome. I also think acting on stage and in screen demand two different style, fulfilling the two at the same time might be tough… I have only seen Marlon Brando in movies but I think I know what you are talking about David, Indian theatre also witnessed lot of powerful losses like this. But fortunately there are movie-actors who still enjoy working in theatre…may be the desire is too powerful to overcome.
I also think acting on stage and in screen demand two different style, fulfilling the two at the same time might be tough…

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-428 David W. Boles Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:59:37 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-428 A lot of the Golden Age theatre fans in NYC cannot stop talking about Brando once asked. He was that alarming and special. A lot of the Golden Age theatre fans in NYC cannot stop talking about Brando once asked. He was that alarming and special.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-427 Gordon Davidescu Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:55:01 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/marlon-brando-and-the-promise-of-danger/#comment-427 I only saw the Hollywood version of A Streetcar Named Desire made in 1951 with said Marlon Brando. I wonder how different the two versions were. (I wonder if anyone who has seen both has gone on to write about the experience... online.) I only saw the Hollywood version of A Streetcar Named Desire made in 1951 with said Marlon Brando. I wonder how different the two versions were. (I wonder if anyone who has seen both has gone on to write about the experience… online.)

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