While exploring the blog, I discovered a show I had no idea was made into a musical: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This was one of my favorite books and movies when I was younger, and just from the trailer found on the blog, I feel as if I would love the musical as well. Shows with a child playing the lead are always more interesting to me and more likely to get my attention. It is incredible to see talent in someone so young, and refreshing compared to the adult actors who have had many more years of experience. Most Broadway shows do not catch my attention, and the ones that do are usually ones someone else has to force me to watch. Even though I have loved every show I've seen (either in a movie adaptation or live), I never seem to want to explore a show by myself. However, due to the comments on the Stage Door blog about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I may further dive into that show. The only time I explored any show by myself was when I discovered an adaptation of Spring Awakening that was on Broadway in late 2015. This production was done by Deaf West Theater, and featured Deaf actors and American Sign Language. I was so intrigued to how that show was put on that I found a bootleg version of the show to watch, and instantly fell in love and began learning ASL myself. Broadway shows can have a powerful impact on people and this fact was reestablished to me while going through the Stage Door blog.
Video Link For my performance project, I decided to do a living statue. To make this relate to the space I was in, I made my statue of a baseball player and stood next to the sign on the University of Tampa campus that marks Babe Ruth's longest home run. This was done to get shock out of the people who would witness it, similarly to Chris Burden minus the violence and harm factor. Performance art can really be anything, so long as some act or action is displayed for people to see. It can be planned, scripted, and carefully orchestrated, or the opposite.
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