Update: I have received a dozen e-mails from theater groups around the country asking about our beautiful backdrops for this show! I rented them from HART community theatre. For more details on them, click on my 2007 posts at the right, and look through "Older Posts" for the "Tuesday, September 4, 2007" entry.
For other visitors, please be sure to click on "Older Posts" to see every aspect of this wonderful production...from auditions to strike! Thanks, Mr. Lowell
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Friday, November 16, 2007
Images to Remember...
The Greensboro Day School production of the "The King and I" was FULL of beautiful moments. Sometimes it's hard to fathom that 80 high school students can put together such an impressive work of art.
Below are some professional-grade photographs of the play captured by Mr. Pulitzer with a high-tech camera. Any of these pictures is good enough to go on the archive poster in the lobby. You are welcome to post your favorite on your computer desktop!
Unfortunately for those of you that did not see the show...you can't HEAR the wonderful voices as well! Maybe you can get your hands on a DVD someday. But these stunning images should at least give you a hint of the fine acting. (Pictures may not be in proper chronological order). You may click on photos to enlarge them.
Note: The color tones in these particular photos may look like "vintage oil paintings". This is because of compression during the upload process. If you want to see these beautiful photos in their clean and raw form, please go to the Kodak website. When you get there, click "view slideshow", then "play", and you'll see all 200 photos at 2 second intervals. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=26ajsif.5wpgsri7&x=0&y=-8whirv
Below are some professional-grade photographs of the play captured by Mr. Pulitzer with a high-tech camera. Any of these pictures is good enough to go on the archive poster in the lobby. You are welcome to post your favorite on your computer desktop!
Unfortunately for those of you that did not see the show...you can't HEAR the wonderful voices as well! Maybe you can get your hands on a DVD someday. But these stunning images should at least give you a hint of the fine acting. (Pictures may not be in proper chronological order). You may click on photos to enlarge them.
Note: The color tones in these particular photos may look like "vintage oil paintings". This is because of compression during the upload process. If you want to see these beautiful photos in their clean and raw form, please go to the Kodak website. When you get there, click "view slideshow", then "play", and you'll see all 200 photos at 2 second intervals. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=26ajsif.5wpgsri7&x=0&y=-8whirv
(Mr. Lowell votes for this one to be included on the archival poster!)
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Good Reviews!
Some really nice comments and reviews have been coming in this week. Here are just a few of the nice comments, (printed with their permission).
- Ah, where do I begin? The King and I was absolutely magical, spectacular, delightful, impeccably executed in every way . . . and I could go on and on adding superlative adjectives to describe the production and performances. It just blew me away. I truly don't know how a group of high school kids are capable of this ----- but you are! I know you have expert and inspired leadership and direction, but still I am amazed. Each year I think that the fall musical that year is my favorite. Then comes the next year. I loved The Music Man, Hello Dolly and Forbidden Planet and now this year's play, wonderful yet different, so full of pageantry, humor, magic, and music that I had forgotten. I tapped my foot to the melodies and sang along under my breath. I don't think many of you young people realize how much joy and just pure pleasure you bring to your audiences, especially your teachers and the GDS family. I find myself just sitting in the audience with a glazed grin on my face. Your exceptional work and dedication makes me happy and proud! I guess I am really getting sentimental, but it is true. Thanks for all the magic you create on stage. Your performance was superb, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Bravo! ! !
Jackie B. Upton
Director of College Guidance
Greensboro Day School
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Life after KING AND I
Ahhh...the afterglow of an awesome theatrical production!
Strike is over. The terrific reviews are pouring in. Now the cast and crew, and the staff, get a chance to relax and get back to everyday life. Mrs. Tutterow and Mrs. McCarty have inventoried all the costumes and shipped the rented ones back to numerous places. Mr. Lowell has shipped the rented backdrops back to Asheville, and he and Mr. Pusch have hauled some rented furniture back to Triad Stage Sceneshop.
But some are already looking ahead to the rest of the season. The stage managers for the February middle school production of "Seussical" are already sending memos to teachers, and upper school tech crew members are already hounding Mr. Lowell for choice positions on the April production of "The Cherry Orchard".
A quiet moment for Mrs. Tutterow to catch up on old e-mails and send out "thank you" notes.
Whenever we strike a set, Mr. Lowell donates all the small scraps of clean lumber to Mr. Burroughs. The art classes use it to fire pottery in a makeshift kiln that produces 3,000 degrees of heat! It's a final bow for the former Palace of the King.
Marian takes congratulatory calls in the Greenroom during her free period Monday.
Strike is over. The terrific reviews are pouring in. Now the cast and crew, and the staff, get a chance to relax and get back to everyday life. Mrs. Tutterow and Mrs. McCarty have inventoried all the costumes and shipped the rented ones back to numerous places. Mr. Lowell has shipped the rented backdrops back to Asheville, and he and Mr. Pusch have hauled some rented furniture back to Triad Stage Sceneshop.
But some are already looking ahead to the rest of the season. The stage managers for the February middle school production of "Seussical" are already sending memos to teachers, and upper school tech crew members are already hounding Mr. Lowell for choice positions on the April production of "The Cherry Orchard".
A quiet moment for Mrs. Tutterow to catch up on old e-mails and send out "thank you" notes.
Whenever we strike a set, Mr. Lowell donates all the small scraps of clean lumber to Mr. Burroughs. The art classes use it to fire pottery in a makeshift kiln that produces 3,000 degrees of heat! It's a final bow for the former Palace of the King.
Marian takes congratulatory calls in the Greenroom during her free period Monday.Wednesday, November 14, 2007
STRIKE & AFTER PARTY!
Striking the set after a successful show is always bittersweet. Yes, we are all very tired...but we really hate to see it go...!
After 15 minutes of "meet-n-greet" with the parents in the lobby, Kerne and the rest of the set crew return to the stage to begin strike.
First and foremost, Mr. Lowell wants the crew to strike the backdrops so they can be returned tomorrow. Here Tris helps stretch out the cityscape drop so it can be folded properly.
After an easy 90 minute strike, the company was released to the lobby for a catered After Party. Many students wear the new show shirts.
The underclassmen actors retreat to the Greenroom. Many of are veterans of "Beauty and the Beast" and "DHSM".
The After Party spills out into the Hall of Fame, where soon the poster from The King and I will proudly hang! Years from now the little girls who played The King's Children will add to this wall with impressive upper school posters of their own...
"Happy people!" The Director and Designer finally get a chance to relax and enjoy the success of their three months of hard work.
If it's a terrific production...they hate to leave! Many of the cast stayed late to watch the show video. (The Director paid special royalties to R&H for the permission to make 100 copies of the DVD as keepsakes).
Edwin, "The King", put in more hours after school building the set than the entire cast combined, so the crew unamimously voted to allow him to be the first actor to see and sign the secret "Tech Crew Memories" wall. (This archival graffiti magnet is hidden in the deep recesses of the theatre, beyond the catwalk). Thanks Edwin, for helping us build your own palace!!!
After 15 minutes of "meet-n-greet" with the parents in the lobby, Kerne and the rest of the set crew return to the stage to begin strike.
First and foremost, Mr. Lowell wants the crew to strike the backdrops so they can be returned tomorrow. Here Tris helps stretch out the cityscape drop so it can be folded properly.
After an easy 90 minute strike, the company was released to the lobby for a catered After Party. Many students wear the new show shirts.
The underclassmen actors retreat to the Greenroom. Many of are veterans of "Beauty and the Beast" and "DHSM".
The After Party spills out into the Hall of Fame, where soon the poster from The King and I will proudly hang! Years from now the little girls who played The King's Children will add to this wall with impressive upper school posters of their own...
"Happy people!" The Director and Designer finally get a chance to relax and enjoy the success of their three months of hard work.
If it's a terrific production...they hate to leave! Many of the cast stayed late to watch the show video. (The Director paid special royalties to R&H for the permission to make 100 copies of the DVD as keepsakes).
Edwin, "The King", put in more hours after school building the set than the entire cast combined, so the crew unamimously voted to allow him to be the first actor to see and sign the secret "Tech Crew Memories" wall. (This archival graffiti magnet is hidden in the deep recesses of the theatre, beyond the catwalk). Thanks Edwin, for helping us build your own palace!!!
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