Word: shows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prospect of performing at the Loeb enhanced the year-long creative process, Paulus says. The stage is much bigger than in other local theaters, and the lighting and sound equipment is more sophisticated, she says. "As performing on the Loeb mainstage became a reality, the show grew artistically," Paulus says...
...Paulus defends the Citystep production's right to perform at the Loeb. "What we have is a real dramatic show and we only applied to the mainstage on the merits of this year's production," Paulus says. "There has been a precedent involved because Gilbert and Sullivan [which is also not an HRDC member] performed there before...
Although last Friday's opening night performance garnered a standing ovation, the Citystep directors say they were left unsatisfied. "We did our opening night performance and we went out for dinner. We thought to ourselves, 'There is something wrong with the show.' Then we sat there at [the restaurant] and mapped out the problems we had with the show on a napkin," says Paulus. "A lot of things were not reading, were not coming across like we wanted...
...show needed a little simplification and pacing," Shannon says. In order to accomplish these things they changed the costuming and staging, she says. "We dressed the kids in more colorful coustumes and the undergraduates in less colorful clothes in the supermarket scene," Shannon says. "We also brought action that was crucial to the story line more downstage...
Adding an intermission and a brief narration before the performance also helped the show to run more smoothly, Paulus says. "They [Super Steppers] were able to take the changes which refers to something in their training. They dealt like pros," Paulus says...