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Archive for December, 2008

Just a quick reminder: if you saw ‘Creating the Look of the Beast: Part 1,’ you know that Eric Jensen, the actor playing the Beast, is underneath all of that plaster looking material, with only his two small breathing holes under his nose. Intense! Read on:

Plaster bandages are applied for the mother mold.

More plaster bandages [...]

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There is so much that went into the creation of the Beast’s look for Village Theatre’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and it all began months before the show took to the stage. Over the course of the next couple weeks, we will continually post photos and captions illustrating how this look came [...]

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Big News for Village Originals!
Following a successful off-Broadway run at Second Stage Theatre in March, Next to Normal is now onstage at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC through January 18, 2009.
The production has earned widespread praise and much critical attention. Check out some of these reviews:

The Washington Post
The Washington City Paper
The DCist

Also, here’s a [...]

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Ginger, Garlic, and Neti Pot (TM): Top 3 must-haves to survive cold season in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
By Jennifer Paz
Kill the Beast! No, I’m not referring to the furry thing with a bad temper who lives in the castle and plays with a magic mirror. It’s the other furry thing that lives in [...]

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Being the bad guy is HARD. First of all, when you think of most Disney villains you usually don’t like them from the start. With Gaston the story is a bit different. The entire first half of the show you are not too sure if you like him or not. He has only one objective…BELLE! [...]

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Behind the curtain of any show you see, there are all kinds of people fulfilling all kinds of jobs. No one job is more important than the next as, let’s face it, the task of putting on a show at Village Theatre is truly a collaborative effort. We slowed down with Ryan Conlin, stage manager [...]

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