{"id":1471,"date":"2016-10-26T02:15:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T02:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2018-08-30T20:22:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:22:02","slug":"theatre-in-film-stage-fright-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-stage-fright-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre in Film: Stage Fright (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-header-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3>Theatre in Film: <em>Stage Fright<\/em> (2014)<\/h3>\n<font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none author-image\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/mgs.performerstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/authorimage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by Ashleigh Gardner<\/p>\n<p>October 25, 2016<\/p>\n<\/font><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We interrupt our regularly scheduled\u00a0Theatre in Film series for a Halloween special. This week, we feature the 2014 Canadian horror movie musical comedy\u00a0<em>Stage Fright.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Stage Fright<\/em>\u00a0(2014)<\/h4>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CmzxIBTPfJA?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Director:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerome Sable<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Starring:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Allie MacDonald, Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), Douglas Smith, Brandon Uranowitz, Kent Nolan, Ephraim Ellis, and Melanie Leishman<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">What happens:<\/h4>\n<br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Camilla and Buddy\u2019s mother, Kylie (Minnie Driver), opens the musical <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haunting of the Opera <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Broadway, she\u2019s met with applause in the theatre &#8212; and her murder in the dressing room. Kylie is stabbed viciously by a masked intruder who resembles the play\u2019s Opera Ghost, and her children are entrusted to Roger McCall (Meat Loaf), Kylie\u2019s main squeeze. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten years later, Roger owns a musical theatre summer camp called Center Stage, and Camilla (Allie MacDonald) and Buddy (Douglas Smith) are the summer camp\u2019s cooks. Roger decides to do a revival of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haunting of the Opera<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and holds auditions, giving Artie (Brandon Uranowitz) full creative control. Artie casts two leading ladies: Camilla and Liz (Melanie Leishman) and sets the play in Japan and uses traditional kabuki theatre. One night, Artie ventures onto the empty stage and is murdered by a masked assailant in the costume of the Opera Ghost in a scarred kabuki mask. Terrified that she is the cause, Camilla nearly refuses to play Sofia but agrees to go on the following evening. On opening night, murders continue to happen &#8212; Whitney, the costume designer (Chelsey Pozdyk), Sam, the play\u2019s Opera Ghost (Ephraim Ellis), and Sheila, a chorus girl (Leanne Miller) &#8212; all killed brutally while the killer serenades himself and his victims with rock opera numbers. When Sam fails to show up onstage, stage manager David Martin (Thomas Alderson) must comically dance and sing onstage with the bound and gagged Liz Silver. Meanwhile, backstage, Roger and Camilla are being chased by the killer who wields a gigantic chef\u2019s knife. When Camilla unmasks the Opera Ghost murderer, she finds out that the person underneath is someone no one would ever suspect. (No spoilers. Watch it and get your murder musical on.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Why it matters:<\/h4>\n<br><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering the horror genre isn\u2019t one that theatre enters very often (and this is a fun break from my usual textual analysis), this\u2019ll be short and sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage Fright <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">could be a metaphor for the horror actors and musical theatre aficionados experience when they find out they have to compete for a role. It could be symbolic of the exploitation adults put teenagers through when the adult wishes to gain fame or fortune from the talent of a young person. It could also be a fun genre-bending romp through the horror universe via the vehicle of musical theatre. \u2018Nuff said. The opening scene is below &#8212; don\u2019t be fooled by its cheery lyrics. It\u2019s still a horror movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<br><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8CMUPU21CgE?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><br><br><br><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Welcome to Theatre in Film:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Want to start with\u00a0<strong>Part I<\/strong>? Begin with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/mgs.performerstuff.com\/?p=133\">42nd Street\u00a0<\/a><\/em>(1933)<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nMiss\u00a0<strong>Part II<\/strong>?\u00a0Check out\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-series-the-band-wagon-1953\/\"><strong><em>The Band Wagon<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(1953)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<br \/>\nNeed a refresh for\u00a0<strong>Part III<\/strong>? Start with\u00a0our feature on\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-series-all-that-jazz-1979\/\">All That Jazz\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong>(1979)<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nHow about a recap from\u00a0<strong>Part IV<\/strong>? Jump into\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/theatre-in-film-a-chorus-of-disapproval-1989\/\"><strong><em>A Chorus of Disapproval\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>(1989)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ashleigh Gardner<\/strong>\u00a0received her AA in Theatre\/Drama\/Dramatic Arts\u00a0from Valencia College and\u00a0her Bachelors Degree in English Literature and\u00a0Masters Degree in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies from\u00a0the University of Central Florida. She is a playwright, an actor, and PerformerStuff.com\u2019s Editor.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Thumbnail image from\u00a0<em>Stage Fright.\u00a0<\/em>Copyright \u00a9 Entertainment One and Magnolia Pictures 2014.<\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[259,265],"tags":[106,25,319,209,413,414,415,80,56,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}