Word: stagecrafter
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...name?" Onstage, he seems taller than his 5 ft. 10 in. because he uses his body like a precision instrument, posing, preening, driving the song along not just with an inflection of voice but with an indentation of hip, an undulation of hand. The artificiality of some of his stagecraft is a deliberate distancing device. He must be the only rock superstar who wears a wristwatch onstage...
...real beneficiary of this direct approach, of course, is Henry Woronicz as Mark Antony, whose orations over the dead Caesar--not just the famous "Friends, Romans, Countrymen," but the Machiavellian masterpieces that follow--provide a classic example of words that don't need stagecraft to make them work. True, the otherwise subtle lighting design turns a bit blatant for the great funeral speech, dropping to a single spotlight as soon as Antony begins to speak, spectators' yells coming out of the near-pitch dark. Even that tactic, though, carries a certain ingenuous charm; why shouldn't Woronicz and director Cameron...
...Roger Rees as the callow, rigorous hero, 39 R.S.C. actors played 150 parts; they set the scene and moved the scenery; they patrolled the rafters and eavesdropped on intimacies. Everywhere in this complex living organism a sense of theatrical community was affirmed, with a dazzling display of stagecraft that never relaxed its grip on the intelligent heart...
...does provide, however, is a telephoto focus on life behind the mansion wall of Presley's Graceland. Like the histories of those two other native recluses, Howard Hughes and Hugh Hefner, Presley's private existence was a medley of ritualistic fetishes. The public persona, however, was pure stagecraft...
...Fitzgerald is a nice theatre to work in, and the kids are well-trained in the basics of stagecraft and construction," Tom C. Behren, technical director of the ART, said...