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[title of show] Arrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Writer’s block sucks. WRITER'S Wait, that’s it!!! That’s it!!! A section about Writer’s Block. That’s what big parts of [title of show] are about. It’s the worst feeling in the world and pretty much everyone has experienced it. And people have made lots of movies about it!!! I’ll just list all those out. Perfect!!! Actually, I’ll just wikipedia the sucker and list it from there. Here goes: Adaptation Ask the Dust Barton Fink Californication Deconstructing Harry Finding Forrester George Lucas in Love I Capture the Castle Even Shakespeare had writer’s block … at Leaving Las Vegas least according to Shakespeare in Love October Road The Lost Weekend Misery Muppet Babies (Season 6, Episode 09 "Romancing the Weirdo") Read or Die Secret Window Sex and Lucia Shabd Shakespeare in Love Stranger than Fiction Swimming Pool Sylvia The Golden Notebook The Shining Throw Momma from the Train Woman on the Beach Wonder Boys - I already told you this but in case you weren’t paying attention this list was adapted from www.wikipedia.com Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 20
[title of show] MUSICALS/PLAYS MUSICALS ABOUT MUSICALS (AND PLAYS ABOUT PLAYS) The tradition of self-referential theatre pieces is a long and varied one. Playwrights and authors are sometimes so in love with the theatre that it becomes the most fascinating subject for their creative efforts. Theatre stories about the theatre are wonderful insights into the backstage milieu and a rare chance for an audience to see what the rehearsal process often looks like, leading up to an Opening Night. Following is a decidedly incomplete list of musicals about producing (and performing) musicals and plays about the behind-the-scenes world of plays. DID YOU KNOW..? that [title of show] is not the only musical ever written about musicals? 42nd Street Perhaps the ultimate musical about a musical, 42nd Street is based on the 1933 film of the same name. It starred Ruby Keeler as Peggy, a young girl who arrives in the Big Apple, determined to make it on Broadway. Against all odds, she gets a job in the chorus of a big musical, titled Pretty Lady. When the leading actress breaks her ankle right before Opening Night, Peggy steps into the starring role and saves the day. The 1980 stage version, directed by Gower Champion, was a musical extravaganza, featuring forty pairs of feet tap-dancing away as the curtain slowly rose for the first act. The original cast included Jerry Orbach as Julian Marsh, the producer of Pretty Lady, Tammy Grimes as Dorothy Brock, the imperious leading lady, and Wanda Richert as Peggy Sawyer, the young kid who steps out onto the stage on Opening Night as a youngster, but comes back a star. 42nd Street won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit. Tragically, Gower Champion died just hours before the opening night performance and his death was announced during the curtain call that evening. DID YOU KNOW..? Dames at Sea While 42nd Street was a loving re-make of the 1933 film, Dames at that [title of show] Sea took the same story and parodied it Off-Broadway at the Caffe references over 90 Cino in 1966, starring a young Bernadette Peters as Ruby, the kid from different musicals? Utah looking for her big break on the Great White Way. This version, far from the Busby Berkeley-esque Broadway production which came later, spoofed the tradition of lavishly staged musicals with only six cast members on a very small stage. The plot of Dames at Sea diverged from the original story by having the "musical within the musical" being performed on a Navy ship when the theatre in which it was to be staged is scheduled for demolition. In this version, Ruby saves the day when the leading lady is too seasick to perform. Dames at Sea played for 575 performances Off-Broadway and had a subsequent London run of 127 performances. Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 21
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