Did you ever wonder how actors worked things out when they had to play intimate scenes, nuder or seminude? Well, neither did I, not really. But it's an issue, isn't it. Here's a fascinating article by Laura Collins-Hughes in last month's
NYTimes about Audra McDonald and Michale Shannon in "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune". The production hired Claire Warden as the show's intimacy director:
For approximately ever, expecting performers to improvise was a widely accepted practice. It’s only in the last couple of years that helping them through it has become the work of ...
