What's new with Joel E. Silver?

Just opened Camelot at the John W. Engeman Theatre with director Alan Souza and I am happy to say that it really went wonderfully. Its a beautiful production and I hope that you will go check it out on Long Island... It will be running into November. Check out the pictures in Projects - Musicals...

   I also recently uploaded pictures from Candela: Fuerza and Pasion. This was a wonderful evening lenth dance piece that I designed for Director Luis Salgado in Lima, Peru. Quite the amazing journey thru the culture and history of Peru with an amazing group of people... Check out the pictures in Projecs - Dance.

  Next up will be a trip back to Memphis for a production of Tosca with Opera Memphis directed by Matthew Lata... More to come as I get further into the process. Hope that you enjoy the pictures and let me know what you think.

I am happy to say that I have finally gotten around to uploading some more shows to the website. Take a look! Most recently added are Educating Rita, a play that I designed at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston for director Maria Aitken, and Sweeney Todd, a musical that I designed at NYU's Steinhardt School of Music for director William Wesbrook. Enjoy!

  Lots of things are going on these days which are keeping me very busy and its time to do an update here!

   I just got back from Warsaw, Poland taking a production of A Hatful of Rain to the ITSELF festival. Great fun and a wonderful production by the dedicated company from the Lee Straberg Institute. Congratulations to Johanna McKeon(Director), Jacob Climer(Set and Costumes) and the whole team on taking Poland by storm!

  Next up I am off to Glens Falls, NY for a production of a new musical called Hello Out There by Eric Price and Franky Terry with direction by Benjamin Endsley Klein. The show is being produced by the Adirondak Theatre Festival and is a lot of fun. I hope to have some fun pictures of the show to share soon and if you find yourself in beautiful Upstate NY come check it out!

  Other upcoming projects include a new evening length dance project in Peru called Candela choreographed and directed by Luis Salgado. This fall I will be lighting a new production of Camelot for the John W. Engeman Theatre directed by Alan Souza, as well as my return to Opera Memphis for a production of Tosca directed by Matthew Lata.

   Lots of really interesting work going on and I hope that you will check out these new wonderful productions and come back and visit the web site to check out the pictures after they are up and running.

  It had been a long time since my last post, but I have been very busy this winter and lots to report! 2010 has started off with quite a flurry of activity. I began the year at the John W. Engeman Theatre at Northport on a new production of the Ray Cooney play Run For Your Wife directed by BT McNichol. You can see pictures of the production here.

  Next I headed to the beautiful mountains of Vermont and to Northern Stage for a production of David Grieg's new play Damascus. I am hoping to get some pictures of the production soon and I will post as soon as I do.

  At the end of February I joined director Johanna McKeon for a new production of Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle at the New School of Drama. Johanna, scenic designer David Barber, costume designer Jacob Climer, Sound Designer Stefano Zazzera, Composer Steven Lighty, and I had a challenge with Bertolt Brecht's epic play but enjoyed bringing this work to life with the talented cast.

  I am currently in London working on the West End transfer of the Broadway revival of Hair for Kevin Adams. It has been a wonderful experience bringing the hippies of Hair across the Atlantic to invade the West End.

  I head home after our London premiere and will hopefully have plenty of news on upcoming projects for you when I get back. Until then!

I just uploaded the pictures from F#@king Up Everything... It is a fantastic show that will be running at the New York Musical Festival thru October 17th at the 45th Street Theatre. I hope you can check it out!