7.05.2005

Reality TV - The Theatre

With all the new reality TV shows coming out in the past few years it occurs to me that nothing is to riske, too oddball or to left field to be made into a hit reality TV show, take The Surreal Life, Beauty & the Geek, Big Brother (1-6) and The Real Gilligan's Island for example. So in line with all these other reality TV shows I have come up with my own idea.
I call it "The Theatre"
This show will take place entirely in a Broadway-style theatre. It will follow the lives of the players, the crewman, the directors and all the other theatre people integral to any production going up. The catch, as of course there always is one, is that the theatre people cannot leave the theatre from the start of rehearsals to the final performance. They will have to live, eat & sleep in the theatre. The theatre will be designed to accommodate all the theatre people necessary to a production. It will be equipped with a fully stocked scene/prop shop, costume studio, make-up studio, rehearsal space, etc. Living accommodations will be 6 to a room co-ed optional. There will be a main eating/dining area which will be fully stocked at all times, including alcoholic beverages.
The show will follow the drama that is the theatre people trying to interact with each other daily in closed quarters for at least 8 weeks to 6 months, depending on the intensity of the show going up. On opening night critics will be invited to rate the performance, particularly noting the skill level of all aspects of the show.
Of course as always there will be a prize, at the end of the run the audience who is there for closing night (who also has to have watched the show through) will be asked to vote on their favourite person in each area of theatre. The winners will be given contracts for Broadway in the area of their expertise.

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