Entrevista: Director Joe Barros (The Legend Of Julie Taymor At New York Fringe Festival 2011)
by Antonio Miniño on August 22, 2011
Director Joe Barros (green) and part of the cast of The Legend of Julie Taymor
The rise and fall of director Julie Taymor and the behind-the-scenes scandals of Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark is the premise behind the 2011 Fringe sensation The Legend of Julie Taymor, or The Musical That Killed Everybody! In the show Julie faces financial problems, actor injuries, technical malfunctions, opening delays, scathing reviews, all while battling her arch-nemesis, an unrelenting theatre columnist.
Behind every great show, especially a high energy rock musical like this one, there is a great director. In this case producing artistic director of New York Theatre Barn, Joe Barros, helms the direction and choreography of one of the hottest tickets at the Fringe this year. Read on and check out the show this Wednesday. But hurry! the show is selling like Book of Mormon only way cheaper.
First show you ever saw that made you want to be a director and a choreographer?
The film The Wizard of Oz and a subsequent community theatre production.
