Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Birdie/Ed Sullivan VO

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TheaterACT
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Topic: Birdie/Ed Sullivan VO
Posted: 6/15/07 at 2:55pm

This may sound like a very dumb question...but...I'm directing Bye Bye Birdie currently ---and have never seen the show! I know..it's a crime having been in the theater for 15 years. Anyhow..how do you do the Ed sullivan voice over? I mean, it would sound really cheesy to have one of our kids try to do it. Does anyone know of someone that has a good voice over of this?? thanks!

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Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:24pm

Since you are working with Children for this production, I would suggestion getting an adult to do the Voice Over. If having that adult unavailable to do the show nightly, you may want to just record the lines and have them played back by your sound guy.

I am only familiar with the movie version, I have never read the stage script to know how this scene works. But from reading your comment that this is a Voice Over, "Ed Sullivan" would not be on stage and this would be easier to do then having one of the children try to attempt it. Ask the parents if any of them can sound like Ed, there maybe a budding star among them.

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Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:48pm

I've known of a few productions, youth and otherwise, who've managed to cast/procure/kidnap a local radio host or TV anchor into doing the scene. Never having done the show, and only having seen it, I always thought that Ed Sullivan was onstage for the television scene?

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Posted: 7/05/07 at 8:03pm

I am pretty sure we just had someone record it when we did this last fall.

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Posted: 8/11/07 at 7:06pm

Yes, ask one of your local radio "personalities" to record it, as long as it's from offstage. We got our radio guy to make the record for "Something's Afoot". They may know how to change the sound quality if you want it (for instance, we wanted staticky, and a broken record effect).

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TheaterACT Walk-On Joined: 4/30/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Birdie/Ed Sullivan VO Posted: 6/15/07 at 2:55pm
	This may sound like a very dumb question...but...I'm directing Bye Bye Birdie currently ---and have never seen the show! I know..it's a crime having been in the theater for 15 years. Anyhow..how do you do the Ed sullivan voice over? I mean, it would sound really cheesy to have one of our kids try to do it. Does anyone know of someone that has a good voice over of this?? thanks!

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biggertigger Celebrity Joined: 4/16/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 188	Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:24pm
	Since you are working with Children for this production, I would suggestion getting an adult to do the Voice Over. If having that adult unavailable to do the show nightly, you may want to just record the lines and have them played back by your sound guy. I am only familiar with the movie version, I have never read the stage script to know how this scene works. But from reading your comment that this is a Voice Over, "Ed Sullivan" would not be on stage and this would be easier to do then having one of the children try to attempt it. Ask the parents if any of them can sound like Ed, there maybe a budding star among them.
	The two greatest days in a theater persons life, the day you start a new show and the day the damn thing closes.
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caseyscott07 Walk-On Joined: 6/26/07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:48pm
	I've known of a few productions, youth and otherwise, who've managed to cast/procure/kidnap a local radio host or TV anchor into doing the scene. Never having done the show, and only having seen it, I always thought that Ed Sullivan was onstage for the television scene?
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Aimee Celebrity Joined: 8/31/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 156	Posted: 7/05/07 at 8:03pm
	I am pretty sure we just had someone record it when we did this last fall.
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whitebat Celebrity Joined: 8/05/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 137	Posted: 8/11/07 at 7:06pm
	Yes, ask one of your local radio "personalities" to record it, as long as it's from offstage. We got our radio guy to make the record for "Something's Afoot". They may know how to change the sound quality if you want it (for instance, we wanted staticky, and a broken record effect).
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