MARY POPPINS
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Topic: MARY POPPINS
Posted By: JWVMUSIC
Subject: MARY POPPINS
Date Posted: 3/11/08 at 5:59pm
| We are a middle school doing an Adaptation of MAry Poppins. The stage area is very small with hardly any back stage area. My main problem with this show is how to get the illusion of uncle albert floating on the ceiling for "I love to Laugh" and what would be a good way for Mary to enter the stage for her big reveal when she "Floats" into town. We obviously don't have the equiptment to make them fly. HELP! |
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Posted By: gaftpres
Date Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:19am
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We have this problem with our CT also. We did Peter Pan and he(she) flew by: We rigged up a track on the ceiling and she stood near the window and her Dad hooked it on the harness (she wore throughout the show under her costume) and she posed and flew forward and back. It was chldrens theatre so we "got away" with it looking somewhat cheezy, but the audience loved it. Flying is hard to do without a fly system in place.
Good Luck I feel your frustration. ------------- Old volunteers never die, they just get recycled! |
Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 3/26/08 at 3:29pm
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I've got absolutely no idea what I'm talking about but when I read this the idea of some kind of image projection flashed into my head.
Jay |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:32pm
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Go with back projection & lighting, where by she doesn't leave the deck, only an illution of doing so.
In a previous like when i was a licenced rigger, aviod attempting to Fly anyone, unless you have a budget to employ the 'Foys' to do it. Also ensure the insurance is fully paid, up to date & you wear cast iron plating to cover your 'R send' .
Overhead projectors or computer projection imaging gear can also work. ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: biggertigger
Date Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:08pm
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My only concern is that the version you seem to be talking about is license from Disney and I am aware that they have not licensed the rights for public production. Unless you have a written contract with Disney or their affiliate I would be careful of doing an unlicensed production.
I could be wrong and if this is a different version, then good luck with your staging, it can be difficult for special effects on a stage that can't accompany the effects. ------------- The two greatest days in a theater persons life, the day you start a new show and the day the damn thing closes. |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 3/26/08 at 11:55pm
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Ooooh! Don't mess with the MOUSE or get it's dander up!
Timely warning there Biggertigger.
I belive they have been known to take erant productions, for everthing including thier jocks & socks.
 I know of instances where they have employed a local Lawyer, to present a court order & close the performance.
 As posted ensure you cross your I's & dot your T's when dealing with the Mouse factory!
------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: landon2006
Date Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:05am
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Yes, currently the only house that carries Disney musicals is MTI, and it is not yet available from them. So unless you go through Disney directly (good luck with this) then you won't legally be able to mount the production, unless of course its a different version from Disney. I thought that they story of Mary Poppins was created by Disney though... In which case you could not even make another adaption without breaking copyright laws. I have known of many people who mount illegal productions... but be warned: If by some act of god they find you, be prepared to #1: give them money for making (if you have already put it on), #2: Be ready to kiss some big butts, #3: Pray they don't sue you (they probably wont... They'll just want you to pay them a certain amount, if you don't pay that, then they might sue you to get it). My advice is this: JUST DONT DO IT. There are plent of really good musicals out there that are just as good, if not better than Mary Poppins and are perfectly legal to do. Look into Annie, Peter Pan, Sound of Music or maybe High School Musical. They all do really well and are really cool shows. All the best, Landon ------------- |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 3/28/08 at 1:18am
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It never fails to amaze me, why teachers of all sorts of ilks, believe they are exempt from copyright? Could it be the cliostered effect of being in the wardrobe for too long?
One of the situation I remember was in a regional shopping centre, a few years ago.
A Solicitor &/or the Local Court Sheriff. Stoped the performance of a dance school, putting on a cobbled together, Disney performance.
The Teacher was then on TV crying her box off, saying rediculious things like, disney has broken all the hearts of my darling dancers, it is only a kids show & no one is paid - they are only amatures.
which was not actualy true the Shopping Centre apparently paid the school/teacher to do the show. Which is not the piont & all a bit 'san fairy ane' anyway!
I thing if the truth be known, what the teacher was more upset about/ Was handing back the money to the shopping centre!
I know I have been soome what instrumental in restricting a number of school type performances, of unlicenced productions. By requesting proof of aproval to perform a copyright piece/show, as it never seems to happen after the requeast.
Wonder why?
I did have a great problem in attempting to convince, a Childrens Entertainment School teacher, that to audio tape record a video of a Musical, then having it typed out to obtain the libretto/script, was not the same as gaining the actual performance licence?
Sure she paid for the video & music scores, but completly Thick or what? ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: biggertigger
Date Posted: 3/28/08 at 10:37am
Sidenote: MacIntosh was interested in creating the stage show but wanted to use the music from the movie, that is why the current production is produced by both Disney and Cameron.
But as previously mentioned, there are no stage rights available for this production and since you have posted on the web about mounting a production and Disney monitors websites continuously, I would recommend you reconsider this production. ------------- The two greatest days in a theater persons life, the day you start a new show and the day the damn thing closes. |