Gypsy opened last night to a full house with a great performance. After the show, RCT announced their 2010-2011 season, so I can now show and talk about the posters!
If you read my earlier post about my car becoming stuck in the snow and ice, you might guess that I was shooting the “present” for White Christmas. I ended up lying down in the fresh, and apparently wet, snow to get the shot. But the lighting was good with no flash needed, and once I freed my car I was happy.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was the target for the gold foil I discussed a couple weeks ago. Lynne really did buy all that candy and found a nice, colorful assortment. We only needed models for three of the posters this year. Kayla and Ben graciously accepted Lynne’s request to be the couple in Black Comedy. That shot was fun to light, and they did a great job giving us the expressions we wanted. Our neighbor, Jason, filled in for Sherlock Holmes, another lighting challenge which combined a pair of flashes with a stage light. Beauty and the Beast was the other model shot, although there’s a bit of a costume involved for that one!
Lynne bought me roses to select one for the shot. Isn’t she sweet! The one we chose looked great, I think, and sets off this poster. For One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I found a barbed-wire topped fence nearby. I thought about shooting the fence at the Federal Medical Center (prison), but somehow standing outside that facility and taking photographs of it seemed to be a not-very-good idea.
There you have it. Six shows, six posters. Judging from the response as the shows were revealed, it should be a great season.
