Point Break Live! Explained

Point Break Live!
Characters:Johnny Utah
Bodhi
Pappas
Tyler
Premiere:2003
Place:Little Theatre, Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, Washington
Orig Lang:English
Subject:Point Break
Genre:Comedy, parody

Point Break Live! is a parody by Jaime Keeling[1] of the 1991 Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze action crime movie Point Break.[2]

Sometimes credited as the first-ever "reality-play",[3] [4] each performance features a new, unrehearsed actor in the protagonist role of Johnny Utah, reading their lines from cue-cards delivered by a production assistant.[2]

How it works

At the start of the show, audience members who wish to play Johnny Utah are called on stage and put through a quick faux-audition. The winner is then selected by audience Applause-o-meter. A cue card assistant (cast member) leads Utah around the stage throughout the play and shows him or her the lines on laminated cards. Some have said that the winner is frequently a "ringer," because the person chosen is often a good actor and always fits into the wetsuit. The play is an over-the-top, action-packed comedy.[2]

History

The play premiered in a sold-out 2-month run co-directed by Jaime Keeling and Jamie Hook at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum[5] and has since toured throughout the country, including extended runs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis[6] and Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, New York.[7]

The show played at the La Tea Theater in Manhattan. It previously played at Charlie O's Lounge in the Hotel Alexandria in downtown Los Angeles,[8] where much of the movie took place, and premiered on October 1, 2008, at the V Theater at the Miracle Mile Shops in Las Vegas.[9]

Producer-Director Eve Hars brought the show to Chicago's New Rock Theater, where it ran from March to October 2010, and reopened for a short spring run in 2011.[10] The show's longest run to date is in LA/Hollywood, where it opened in 2007[11] and closed June 25, 2016.[12]

Productions

Point Break Live! was performed at:

The San Francisco production ran sequentially across 4 venues between April 11, 2008, and June 3, 2016.[17] (Last tickets: https://archive.org/details/DNALOUNGE-2016-06-03) All but 2 of its performances sold out. During this period, the show closed out its first venue (The Xenodrome) and third venue (The Metreon) due to impending reconstruction projects. The final night was almost cancelled due to a bomb threat at the theater. (https://web.archive.org/web/20160615020643/http://sfist.com/2016/06/03/sfpd_evacuating_offices_rerouting_m.php)

Cast

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Klasfield. Adam. Writer Can Copyright 'Point Break' Parody. Courthouse News Service. 2012-12-27.
  2. News: 'Point Break Live!' takes its cue from the ridiculous. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2006-09-01. Joe. Adcock. 2003-08-22.
  3. Web site: To The Point of Being Ridiculed: The First Ever 'Reality-Play', as another L.A. phenomenon. Latino Weekly Review. Martín Lazzarini. 2008-02-29.
  4. Web site: Remembering Bodhi. face2face film. Jeff Connell. 15 September 2009. 2009-09-15.
  5. Web site: History: A Cinematheque. Northwest Film Forum.
  6. Web site: Bryant Lake Bowl schedule for 2005-01-20. 2006-08-01.
  7. Web site: Galapagos art space events Feb 13-19. 2006-08-01.
  8. News: The Guide: Point Break Live! at Charlie O's Cocktail Lounge. 2008-03-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080113210547/http://theguide.latimes.com/performing-arts/latcl-point-break-live-event . 2008-01-13.
  9. Web site: Point Break Live! in Las Vegas…. What's Happening, Vegas?. GroovesGirlVegas. 2008-10-02.
  10. Web site: POINT BREAK LIVE! Begins Open-Ended Chicago Run 3/19. Chicago Broadway World. BWW News Desk. 2010-03-19.
  11. Web site: LA People 2009: Point Break Live!'s Punk Theater Impresario — Thomas Blake. LAWeekly. Erin Broadley. 2009-04-20.
  12. Web site: 'Point Break Live' is saying 'vaya con Dios' after nearly a decade in LA. 14 April 2016 . 2016-08-27.
  13. News: Point Break Live! (Critic's Choice). Los Angeles Times: Entertainment Section. Nichols, David C.. 2007-11-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204105822/http://theguide.latimes.com/performing-arts/point-break-live-event. December 4, 2008.
  14. Web site: Point Break Live! info & tickets. TheaterMania. 2008-05-30.
  15. Web site: Point Break Live! Panama info & tickets. The Theatre Guild Ancon. 2013-06-20.
  16. Web site: 'Casting' en vivo y el público elige. PanamaAmerica. 2013-06-20.
  17. Web site: Point Break Live! info & tickets. TheaterMania. 2009-10-22.
  18. Web site: INTERVIEW: 16 Questions with Point Break Live! Director/Producer Thomas Blake . Vince . Mancini. November 2013 .
  19. Web site: Andre Ethier stars as Keanu Reeves' Johnny Utah in 'Point Break LIVE' . David . Brown.
  20. Web site: today was an underpants day…. Juli Crockett Loves You (blog). Juli Crockett. 11 February 2008. 2008-02-11.
  21. Web site: Utah, Get Me Two! Gary Busey Joins Point Break Live! at the Dragonfly. LAWeekly. Erin Broadley. 2009-05-25.
  22. Web site: Kirsten Dunst visits Point Break Live!. pointbreaklive blog & photos. 2008-08-25.
  23. Web site: Can You Keanu?. PRThatRocks. Christopher Buttner. 2008-10-28.
  24. Web site: The writer of "Point Break" is a fan!!. pointbreaklive blog & photos. 2007-10-23.
  25. Web site: Kathryn Bigelow, the director…. pointbreaklive blog & photos. 2007-10-14.
  26. Web site: Mayor Gavin Newsom Proclaims April 11, 2008, Point Break Live! Day. PRThatRocks. Christopher Buttner. 2008-04-12.
  27. Web site: Point Break Live, E! Daily 10. E! Daily 10. Christopher Buttner. 2008-04-12.
  28. Web site: Vaya Con Dios. ABC News Nightline. Brian Rooney. 2009-12-08.
  29. Web site: 'Point Break Live:' Action, Thrills & Beer! . Chicago's Best. Ted Brunson and Brittney Payton. 2010-05-23.

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