Word: stagings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John, endearing enough that he was able to weather theatrical and professional typhoons that would have wrecked the careers of other actors who lacked the redeeming power of his personal charm. Ethel was a crucial figure in her brother's life, not only for getting him involved in the stage in the first place, but for extracting him from innumerable women, hauling him out of debt, and even helping him to flee the country when he was wanted as a witness in the Thaw trial. Long before anyone else, she apparently recognized her brother's genius; and long after others...
...foundation upon which everything else is built. To use Fanny Cavendish's own terms, it is what holds the family together and keeps them going. In spite of the pain and loneliness, it is the one thing of real value. When Julie announces that she is leaving the stage forever, in order to "have some fun," Oscar reminds her that as the greatest actress in the theater she has had more "fun" than anyone. For her, as it will always be for her mother even when she is no longer able to act, complete joy and fulfilment can be found...
...artist, a theatrical artist, must be a human being first and an artist second. When you applaud, it is not only our art but our life, for we are what we have been, not only on the stage but off it...I seem by accident to have hit upon the secret of the whole thing--the loneliness of all those who are trying to create. You can't escape it. You are alone, bitterly and inevitably alone...
...popular story among Zappaphiles involves Frank defecating off a stage into a bucket. "It never happened," he says...
...Garrick Theater. Zappa was onstage with the old Mothers, and a big stuffed giraffe. He played his guitar, and as he played, he stroked the giraffe. After he had stroked the giraffe for a long time, it unleashed a spray of "industrial-strength whipped cream" all over the stage. Then, by means of concealed explosive, "we blew the things's butt off." Zappa says he thinks "this was just as good as any Fourth of July fireworks." He smiles briefly...