![]() ![]() New episodes of “Stagecraft” are released every other week. To hear the entire conversation, listen at the link above or download and subscribe to “Stagecraft” on podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the Broadway Podcast Network. ![]() He was this raspy, gorgeous singer - and I fell for him fully!” Ben sounded like how he sounds now, but as if he smoked 20 cigarettes a day. “All of the Platts, in the beginning of their vocal journey, have this amazing rasp. “I remember watching him sing for the first time,” she said. She also recalled the girlhood crush she had on her longtime friend Platt. On the new episode of “Stagecraft,” Gordon relived shooting the movie at a defunct summer camp last year, and explained how the cast, which includes Amy Sedaris and Ayo Edibiri, came together. Still, “Theater Camp” had a tight “scriptment” - halfway between a script and a treatment - outlining exactly what happens in each scene, including some specific dialogue and jokes (not to mention the songs that are part of the original musical at the movie’s climax). I’ve always had this dream of, ‘What if the whole movie was those ten minutes?'” Gordon, who’s appeared in comedies including “Booksmart,” explained that the concept was inspired by something that often happens in movie comedies: “You always have ten minutes to make a scene your own - to do an improv version. Improvisation was always at the center of the idea. The quartet made a proof-of-concept short in 2017 that eventually led to the feature. Joining Platt on the podcast was his Theater Camp co-star and husband-to-be Noah Galvin. Lyrics by Nathan Tysen Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. scientist and artisan graduates of Southeast Missouri State University. Are we going to be able to pull off this show? Can I hit an A minor? Can I learn this step?” Book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle Music by Chris Miller. Active participation in Theatre and Dance productions by audition and/or. ![]() “You have this three-week period in your life where everything feels like the biggest deal in the entire world. “The stakes at theater camp are insane,” Gordon said. The four creators of “Theater Camp” all met doing theater - Gordon, for instance, first met Platt at age 3 in a youth theater program - so the stage seemed a natural subject matter for them to skewer, lovingly, in the movie. “But I actually think they’re much better than adults, because they’re so free and not in their heads and not jaded.” “It was so hard to get people to understand that kids could improvise,” Gordon recalled. It didn’t help that a lot of the cast of “Theater Camp” is made up of kids, tweens and teens. Fawn Creek Township is in Montgomery County. “They just questioned, how could we make an improvised movie with theater? Is theater something that people even want to watch?” said Gordon, whose inspirations for the movie included improvised comedies like “Waiting for Guffman” and dramas by directors John Cassavetes and Robert Altman. Fawn Creek Township is located in Kansas with a population of 1,618. ![]()
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