Sunday, August 8, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS … GARBO AND ME

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

GARBO AND ME

 

greta garbo In a recent Vermont Public Radio segment, Nina Keck reported that a new musical about Greta Garbo's life, titled "Garbo and Me," is in development and has been performed at Rutland's Paramount Theatre.

Keck said, "There were no sets, no costumes and no props - not yet. There's just a musical-in-the-rough and a cast of eight who performed in front of an audience for the first time."

Executive director of the Paramount Theatre, Bruce Bouchard, said "I thought it would be really cool to bring a developmental initiative to the theatre that lets new works get a substantial commitment of resources, to get 40 hours of rehearsal. And then at the end of the week we just put it up. "

At the end of the show, the director and composer came out and asked the audience for feedback.

The music for the project was composed by Joshua Rosenblum while the lyrics were written by his wife, Joanne Sydney Lessner.

"The interesting thing about Garbo was that she was the first celebrity to be truly hounded by the press and paparazzi in a way that nowadays is common currency. And of course quite famously Garbo was a very private person and the more she tried to pull away from the public and the media the more their curiosity was aroused And the more intent they became on tracking and following her. And she actually famously said, ‘My life is all about back alleys and side entrances,'" said Lessner.

The musical explores Garbo's work in Hollywood among other things including her bisexual love life, her disdain for the paparazzi, her need for privacy, and her abrupt exodus from acting at the height of her career.

Kate Shindle, a former Miss America who played the lead in Broadway's "Legally Blond" played Garbo.

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