Well. One thing I will say: J.J. Tiziou I am not. It is HARD taking photos during a theater show and manage to be unobtrusive while still getting sharp, good shots. I did my best, although I don't think I succeeded on either level. I stopped shooting midway through the show since an audience member complained, which I felt really bad about. My brother brushed it off, saying that the guy was "obnoxious" and complained about everything from the seats to his neighbor's vibrating cell phone. Still, I can help but feel bad about it. That's your patron, dude. Besides, I know my shutter isn't the quietest thing in the universe, and I was taking a LOT of pictures. I had to be distracting.
I've been trying to think of a way to talk about my brother's show. Simply put, I think it was his best one yet. It starred Charlie DelMarcelle, Mike Dees, and Jared Delaney, the same three guys who were in last year's Fringe show, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco. This show couldn't be more different, though. For one thing, it wasn't a monologue show, breaking from my brother's signature. For another, it was such a change in tone, theme, and style. It was sort of thrilling seeing these actors who played such tough, gritty, urbanites last year do a total 180 for this year's show.
The show was funny, really funny. Almost vaudeville. But then it stopped on a dime and became so beautiful and moving. I'm not going to lie to you. I cried both times I saw the show. Both times! Prior to this show I'd never cried at live theater, not ever. And I wasn't the only one. There were sniffles and tears everywhere in the audience.
A few words about my man Charlie up there. As I think I mentioned before, Charlie is my brother's good friend from high school. Well before high school, actually. So I've known Charlie since I was, like, six. Seeing Charlie in these shows has been such a huge eye-opener for me. Just like Charlie can't get past the mental image of me as a six-year-old, I have trouble getting past the mental image of him as my brother's goofy best friend. But you guys, WOW. I was impressed by his performance last year, but this year I was flat out blown away. He was nothing short of phenomenal. So fantastic, he was. When the show first started, I practically didn't recognize him because of his altered appearance. It wasn't just the shaved head. He looked thin and worn and about a million years old. I'm quite upset that my brother could only stage eight performances of the show. This means the show is not Barrymore eligible, which is a shame. If it was, Charlie would be all up on that. And, I'm quite sure my brother would be too.
Mike Dees and Jared Delaney gave quite excellent performances. Jared had the lucky task of reciting one of the most hysterical ridiculous monologues I've ever heard. Both times I saw the show the actors couldn't help corpsing each other. Not that either of the audiences seemed blame them, or care for that matter. And the end, with Mike! You really feel his loss and loneliness. He just slayed me.
I would be remiss in not mentioning the musician for the show, John Lionarons, who sadly I don't have any photos of, not really. You can see him peeking in the background of a couple of those shots there. His music added so much to the performance, especially that dulcimer number.
More photos can be seen here.
I've been trying to think of a way to talk about my brother's show. Simply put, I think it was his best one yet. It starred Charlie DelMarcelle, Mike Dees, and Jared Delaney, the same three guys who were in last year's Fringe show, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco. This show couldn't be more different, though. For one thing, it wasn't a monologue show, breaking from my brother's signature. For another, it was such a change in tone, theme, and style. It was sort of thrilling seeing these actors who played such tough, gritty, urbanites last year do a total 180 for this year's show.
The show was funny, really funny. Almost vaudeville. But then it stopped on a dime and became so beautiful and moving. I'm not going to lie to you. I cried both times I saw the show. Both times! Prior to this show I'd never cried at live theater, not ever. And I wasn't the only one. There were sniffles and tears everywhere in the audience.
A few words about my man Charlie up there. As I think I mentioned before, Charlie is my brother's good friend from high school. Well before high school, actually. So I've known Charlie since I was, like, six. Seeing Charlie in these shows has been such a huge eye-opener for me. Just like Charlie can't get past the mental image of me as a six-year-old, I have trouble getting past the mental image of him as my brother's goofy best friend. But you guys, WOW. I was impressed by his performance last year, but this year I was flat out blown away. He was nothing short of phenomenal. So fantastic, he was. When the show first started, I practically didn't recognize him because of his altered appearance. It wasn't just the shaved head. He looked thin and worn and about a million years old. I'm quite upset that my brother could only stage eight performances of the show. This means the show is not Barrymore eligible, which is a shame. If it was, Charlie would be all up on that. And, I'm quite sure my brother would be too.
Mike Dees and Jared Delaney gave quite excellent performances. Jared had the lucky task of reciting one of the most hysterical ridiculous monologues I've ever heard. Both times I saw the show the actors couldn't help corpsing each other. Not that either of the audiences seemed blame them, or care for that matter. And the end, with Mike! You really feel his loss and loneliness. He just slayed me.
I would be remiss in not mentioning the musician for the show, John Lionarons, who sadly I don't have any photos of, not really. You can see him peeking in the background of a couple of those shots there. His music added so much to the performance, especially that dulcimer number.
More photos can be seen here.
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