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<small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">When we were
discussing this matter at our theatre last year to decide on the
official policy, we contacted our representatives at all of the
services that we regularly use to license scripts. Our contacts at
Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, and Tams-Witmark all told us
that they absolutely forbid taping for <i>any </i>purpose, period.
The folks at Rodgers & Hammerstein said that there are about a
half-dozen of their properties that <i>can</i> be taped, but only if
you pay them an additional fee. MTI was apparently less strict but
still cautionary. I don't believe any of them gave us stipulations
based on length.<br>
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That being said, in the age of file sharing, YouTube, etc. there's such
a rampant abuse of copyright that I doubt any of these agencies would
attack a small non-profit for a 30 second promotional clip. It's
likely just not worth their time. At least, I hope not :) In any
case, I'll be watching Tony's blog to see what people are up to!<br>
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Andrew Rothman<br>
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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a></font></small><br>
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Geoff Short wrote:
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type="cite">In terms of promoting a show, I don't think the issue is
so much one of using extended footage of an actual performance during
it's run (which can be a sticky legal issue). Linda is right, very few
people beyond the cast and their immediate acquaintances might care to
watch that anyway. The more interesting story of any particular show
is what happens back stage and behind the scenes. What went into the
making of this show. This is what I've based the <a
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and on-line theatre documentary series on - reality TV based on
community theatre productions! I've been fortunate to be invited to
document productions at a number of different theatres for <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6DF9BEF67E0A2F61"><b>Call-Back.</b></a> I've
found that interviews with different theatre artists, cast members,
snippets of numbers or scenes from rehearsals, etc. can really be
interesting to larger audiences. I've tried to make viewers feel like a
part of these shows themselves by putting together series of episodes
they can follow throughout the rehearsal process. This can be really
effective in generating buzz and interest in shows if the episodes are
edited in interesting ways and as professionally as possible. And
there are no legal restrictions on talking to (non-equity) cast and
crew, etc.
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