Matt Reviews: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY & THE IMAGINARY INVALID
Show notes
Spooky Sickness! Ghosts and Corsets! Wigs and Jump Scares! That’s right, we’re talking Moliere and haunted homes.
Matt reviews two plays that are scaring Broadway (in two very different ways): PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and THE IMAGINARY INVALID. Answering questions like: how do you instill fear into a 1200 seat house? Why do conflicting acting styles ruin comedy? Do actors make good directors? Find out!!
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Time Stamps:
00:55 Paranormal Activity
20:55 The Imaginary Invalid
Listener Questions:
“Is it possible to truly scare a Broadway audience for a full length play? When was the last time that happened?”
“Why do modern creatives have trouble translating Moliere?”
“What does it take to make centuries-old pieces succeed?”
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