While this book is about a specific play, we see several potential readerships, including: - Fans of David Byrne's work. - People interested in the Philippines under the Marcos regime. - People excited about a major play with an all-Asian cast. - People drawn to the depth of photographer Fernando Sancho's work. The book includes a foreword by David Byrne and interviews with the cast and play director. Interesting anecdotes include: - David Byrne frantically making a Filipino tea back stage to try to nurse his cast back to health when a cold threatened several of their singing voices. - Byrne weeping openly during rehearsals when the cast hit all the right notes. - The Filipino and Filipino-American cast talking about the chill of performing this play during the Duterte regimes reign of terror. David Byrne has offered his blessing for the book, and we believe he will help promote it when the time comes. His production company is actively looking for another venue for the play, and if they find one, it will open up even more possibilities for the book.
David Byrne's play about Imelda Marcos called for the theater to be transformed into a disco. Spanish photographer Fernando Sancho found the whole idea mesmerizing, so he traipsed to a lumberyard in Calgary to capture the making of the pop-up disco, followed it back to Seattle to photograph the all-Asian cast practicing in an abandoned building while they waited for the disco to be installed, and finally chronicled the moments when the cast took the stage in a Seattle Repertory Theater that had been transformed into a 70s era discotheque complete with mirror ball. Interviews with cast members reveal the thrills and challenges of acting in a play where the audience is part of the production.
David Byrne's play about Imelda Marcos called for the theater to be transformed into a disco. Spanish photographer Fernando Sancho found the whole idea mesmerizing, so he traipsed to a lumberyard in Calgary to capture the making of the pop-up disco, followed it back to Seattle to photograph the all-Asian cast practicing in an abandoned building while they waited for the disco to be installed, and finally chronicled the moments when the cast took the stage in a Seattle Repertory Theater that had been transformed into a 70s era discotheque complete with mirror ball. Interviews with cast members reveal the thrills and challenges of acting in a play where the audience is part of the production.
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