Current Door Crushes

ELK

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Just a thread where we can talk about our favorite doors.

I just want to say that I've really been feeling the Stage Right door at UCB lately...not too far in the center, not too far off to the side, and the knob turns just right. Probably 90% of my walk-ons are coming through that door these days.
 
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#2
Thanks for starting this thread ELK.

You know, I've always felt that the middle "door" at the UCB Theatre never gets enough credit. Yeah maybe it's not really a door so much as it's an opening with a curtain in front of it, but I think it brings a much needed dramatic touch when used properly.

Yeah I'm just really digging that middle door right now. Keep an eye out for it everyone.
 

JDLP

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#3
There seems to be quite a bit of talk about stage doors in this thread, but I'd like to give a shout out to other types of doors as well.

I recently had to use the restroom at UCB East and the door there was incredible. It opened and locked seamlessly and allowed me to do my business while asking for nothing in return. And when I was done, it opened easily and allowed me to make a quick, graceful exit.

If you get a chance work with this door.
 
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Let's not make this thread so UCB-centric, guys. There are a lot of great door opportunities out there in this city.

The screen door that was part of a set for a play that was up at Players' Theater for a few weeks was a real treat. It's a shame that many people in the community simply didn't get a chance to experience it. Thin and wobbly, like a good screen door should be, but authoritative. Had an extremely satisfying *whack* upon closing.

The play's over now, I guess. I'm gonna miss that door.
 

ALuisPereira

glass hidden in the grass
#5
I think the stageright door at the Pit Underground deserves Best New Door. It was already a fine stage to begin with, but that door is like Paul Dickinson joining Iron Maiden in the '80s. Magic.
 
#6
So glad this got brought up, Langan!

As some of you know, I am Josh Sharp of UCB Lloyd Team "Spooky Ghost." We perform at the UCB-East Theatre in New York City's East Village. Though that theater is a wonderful performance space (and I'm with you on those bathroom doors!), we do not have the luxury of having a door on stage. Thus, when I wish to enter through a door into, say, a doctor's office or a board room meeting, I am often forced to "improvise" a door. I do this by creating the physical space of a door in my mind, imagining that "door" in such a way that I can make it real for me, then manipulating that imagined space with my body or with other imagined objects I see in that environment. I try my hardest to be consistent with the type and placement of the handle, as well as the angle at which this "door" swings out. Big kudos to the rest of Spooky Ghost, who I find always do a great job of noting the door I have created and respecting that reality if they should also need to enter the scene through the same "door."

So I would like to nominate the door I create in my mind to enter a scene and the rest of Spooky Ghost uses as one of the best doors in the scene. Specifically, I am thinking of a door I created in a recent set in order to walk out onto the stage of a beauty contest and eat a lot of hot dogs.
 
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A lot of people are talking about doors and I think that's great! Doors are a wonderful thing and they don't get the recognition they deserve.

Lately, I've really been into my house's door. It's strong and sturdy and doesn't allow the cool air during the winter inside. It's pretty great.
 
#11
The second bathroom door from the left at the beast is really sturdy. I've taken a lot of comfortable shits behind that door. It just makes me feel safe, ya know?

-David Bluvband, member of GoodGirl.
 
#13
UCB Doors: When I think of doors, I think of SLAMS, and the main door to the UCB Theatre does a commendable job of not slamming. It's such a sweet and quiet little lady, and gets the job done without making too much of a fuss about itself.

Non-UCB Doors: Have you ever walked through a door, only to find yourself immediately whisked off to another location in the city? Well, I have! On a train. Through a train door. These things are truly magical portals, and I thank the MTA for them every day.

(But really, Jim Morrison is my main Doors Crush. Dude was smokin' hot)
 

er0b

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Shout-down to the front doors of the UCB Training Center building, one of which doesn't work properly and everybody tries to use it anyway.
 
#16
This is a week overdue, but on Harold Night last week there was a great door move.

In Surfing's set, there was a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in which a "fuck zombie" ran loose on the field (or something else unusual, that detail escapes me) and Karin Hammerberg exclaimed, "BEST GAME OF THE YEAR!" and with no (human) teammates near her, Karin turned and high-fived the stage right door to a resounding THUD!

Best door move of 2012 for sure - probably top 5 human move as well. Anyway, UCBT Stage Right Door has been doing really good support work recently and this was overdue.
 
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