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Good Surprise
This past weekend for New Leaf and the cast and crew of Touch was like having your work checked by your favorite teacher…
No, that’s not quite right.
It was like meeting your best friend’s mom and hoping she doesn’t think you’ve been a bad influence…
That’s not it either.
It was like meeting the person who invented soup…
No.
It was like meeting the biological...
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All that gorgeous light…
“The full moon’s light obscures most of the other bodies in the sky. Which I hate. … Zoe used to say–but what about all that gorgeous light, sweetheart? What about all that gorgeous light, sweetheart?”
This past Saturday night featured, according to NASA, the biggest, brightest full moon of 2009. It was compared to the full moon from December 12th that, if you’ll...
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Thoughts following a final dress…
Kristina Johnson plays the role of Serena in New Leaf’s production of TOUCH. Which opens today.
Tuesday January 6th 1:11am
New Leaf doesn’t usually have previews, but we did tonight for Toni Press-Coffman’s Touch. Our first audience before we officially open tomorrow Wednesday January 7th. The audience (like they always do) illuminated so many things for all of us. It’s...
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Finishing Touches
So, here we are, in the home stretch again. Touch opens in a little over 48 hours. To continue our extended metaphor: the soup is ready, and now we are all frantically working on the garnish.
This is the time of odds and ends. The time when the “etc.” at the bottom of the list gets articulated into a million little tasks – last-minute details of design and front-of-house,...
Zooming
From the first moment of conceptual discussion about Touch, it was clear that visually and sonically, this show needed to morph and change, to be full of light and hope one second and darkness and emptiness the next. It needed to shift, to be intangible, to float. So it was clear that it was a concept that lived heavily in the lights and sounds. This show does not want the clutter of set. Part...
