theaterboy sez:
My, my. Y'all can be a hot-headed lot.
Theaterboy hears there's evil in the air at a certain young company in a certain theatrically under-served part of town, notably between the artistic director and the director of the troupe's recently wrapped production. Seems the AD took the set designer credit in said show's program, when (an insider says) the concept was very much a collaboration between himself, the director, and the lighting guru.
Sez our source: "The [shape of the playing area] was [the director's] from the beginning, and [lighting guy] made all of the working drawings for the design and construction of the [intricately structured] platform. Other decisions were worked out by committee."
So the solo program credit apparently came as a big, honkin' surprise to everyone but the AD. Tsk, tsk...
The drama gets deeper, though: "When [AD-man] first approached [director-guy] about directing for [the fledgling group], [a certain script] was at the top of the list [director-boy] brought to the table. But the playwright's agent wouldn't grant [the company] the rights, so they eventually settled on [that just-closed, well-reviewed play] instead."
Theaterboy expects that the alternative's availability seemed like a blessing at the time.
Fast-forward to a few days before that production's opening: "[The artistic director] -- who also cast himself in the show despite the fact that he hadn't been onstage for a number of years, but that's another story -- informs [the director] that [the company] has been granted the rights for [that play director-man really, really wanted to do] for their 2003-2004 season."
The catch? "[The AD] has already hired another director to put up the show, even though [the now-peeved director-guy] is the one who brought the script to [the company's] attention."
As theaterboy's readers might well imagine, there was a veritable river of ill-will between the two for the run of that production -- and word is the boys still aren't on speaking terms...
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