In my twenties, I used to have tons of ideas for public performances, which on occasion I would email people better suited than I was to try to have them come to fruition, always to no avail. There was the time I told Improv Everywhere to stage the dinner party “Day-O” dance scene from Beetlejuice in the basement of the Mercer Kitchen restaurant (they claimed Harry Belafonte wouldn’t grant them rights, which is a lame excuse); or the time I tried valiantly to learn the dance from Bande a Part so I could perform it in a friend’s restaurant (we tried to cast one of the male dancers from Craigslist and actually got a credible dancer almost on board); or the time I basically stalked Nitehawk Theater in Brooklyn to stage a sing-a-long performance of A Muppet Christmas Carol. Honestly I stand by all these ideas, they are GOLD, Jerry.
Well, I had another one the other day, but it turns out I’m a little more sheepish in my middle age about pitching random entities with my schemes, so I hope someone with greater cultural cache than I have runs with this. Years ago, my then-boyfriend and I went to see a performance of There Will Be Blood during which a live orchestra played the soundtrack. (It was also in a really beautiful old theater in Harlem, which meant the ambiance was great too.) Well, considering how much everyone misses Succession, and what a musical masterpiece its theme song is, I think it would be amazing if the group that did the TWBB thing (yes, I make that title into an acronym, the film and I are that close) did a screening of some episodes, or maybe just the finale, with a live orchestra. They’re called Wordless Music and if you have more confidence than I do, definitely hit them up, but I’d love a hat tip if possible.
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