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Barry brings 'Treasure' to Gotham
By GORDON COX
Rialto fight director B.H. Barry will helm "Treasure Island" on Broadway this summer, in an action-oriented play based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
The $3.5 million show, produced by Broadway tyro Jonathan D. Moll, aims to bow at a mid-size house in July...Written by Barry and Vernon Morris, this adaptation of "Treasure Island" tells its story, about young Jim Hawkins and his adventures with seafaring brigands such as Long John Silver, as much through action sequences as through dialogue.
"I've always wanted to do an action play. I realized it was something missing on Broadway," said Barry, whose fight-directing credits include "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Evil Dead the Musical." "All the fights really further the story and develop the characters."
"We're going to create for the Broadway stage the theatrical equivalent of a white-knuckle thrill-ride," said Moll...Aiming to appeal to a broad audience with its focus on action, "Treasure Island" arrives on a Broadway scene that has been derided by some tradition-minded legiters as bearing an increasing resemblance to a theme park.
" 'Treasure Island' is not gimmicky or hokey," Moll counters to potential naysayers. "We're using the language and story of Stevenson. The fights all come from the drama."
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Barry brings 'Treasure' to Gotham
By GORDON COX
Rialto fight director B.H. Barry will helm "Treasure Island" on Broadway this summer, in an action-oriented play based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
The $3.5 million show, produced by Broadway tyro Jonathan D. Moll, aims to bow at a mid-size house in July...Written by Barry and Vernon Morris, this adaptation of "Treasure Island" tells its story, about young Jim Hawkins and his adventures with seafaring brigands such as Long John Silver, as much through action sequences as through dialogue.
"I've always wanted to do an action play. I realized it was something missing on Broadway," said Barry, whose fight-directing credits include "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Evil Dead the Musical." "All the fights really further the story and develop the characters."
"We're going to create for the Broadway stage the theatrical equivalent of a white-knuckle thrill-ride," said Moll...Aiming to appeal to a broad audience with its focus on action, "Treasure Island" arrives on a Broadway scene that has been derided by some tradition-minded legiters as bearing an increasing resemblance to a theme park.
" 'Treasure Island' is not gimmicky or hokey," Moll counters to potential naysayers. "We're using the language and story of Stevenson. The fights all come from the drama."
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