Profile for DSamuels90

My school happened to be blessed with a well funded & supported arts department, so we did anywhere from 4-6 shows every year. Usually two of those were musicals: a fall semester production with auditions open to the whole school, and a spring semester production limited to the students who successfully auditioned & registered for a musical theatre class. We also had a one act play production class in the fall semester, and that was the show we took to the one act competitions (in my time, we went to the state level twice, which was a big point of pride many years ago lol).

 

So, in no particular order:

• Funny Girl (ensemble, also a terrible idea none of us enjoyed talking about when it was finished)
• Sweet Charity (Vittorio/ensemble. Fun fact: our Charity danced with the Rockettes last year)
• Big the Musical (ensemble)
• Little Shop of Horrors (started as the understudy Mushnik, took over full time when the regular guy got suspended for flashing some classmates...)
• Footloose (Rev. Moore. We cheated & used the original/Broadway libretto, and I shamelessly admit I enjoyed making people cry every night during "I Confess."
• A double bill of Chamber Music and selections from All In the Timing (I was Trotsky and one of guys in The Philadelphia)
• It Runs In the Family (I was Doctor something, the lead, and I never want to see that godforsaken play again)
• The Nerd (I've forgotten my character's name, but I was the grumpy boss of the lead who gets covered in cottage cheese in the second act. We used real cheese...)
• Antigone (sentry)
• Fiddler On the Roof (Tevye, a role I'd probably literally kill to play again when I'm old enough to do it justice)

I know I've forgotten a few. Like I said, we did a lot of shows. If you were an established theatre kid (and, like me, a guy), you were always busy. Damn near lettered twice in theatre, too. And, I'm happy to say quite a number of people I knew in high school theatre have gone on to have successful careers in the industry (no big names, but I can think of at least 8 of us working consistently in theatre/film/TV/theme parks/cruise ships). 

The show didn't play on Broadway, so it might not count, but there's a VERY prominent robot in the musical version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The character spends most of the show in the form of Maria, but if the album is any indication, "Futura" should have had at least two scenes in the first act: the reveal of the Futura robot in the laboratory, and the Act I finale when Maria's likeness is transposed onto the machine.

I absolutely loved this.  Had the pleasure of playing Sipos in a college production, and I was thrilled when this live stream was first announced.

For me, Act I was was plagued with BUFFERING nearly every 15-20 seconds.  I nearly gave up at intermission, but decided to try a different browser (from Firefox to Chrome) for Act II.  So glad I did, because the second act played without a single hitch.  I'll be revisiting it within the week so I can properly experience the first half.

Despite the technical issues on my end, the show itself looked & sounded fantastic.  I hope this sets a new trend for Broadway productions which (like "She Loves Me" are nearing the end of their runs.

Laura Benanti's high note = perfection. Also love how they're using the projected scenery. It looks really good, at least on my tv. 

Here in Atlanta, not only did the sound go wonky, but the feed got dropped & "rewound" to the "Greased Lightning" scene. Finally rejoined the live feed at the end of "Hopelessly Devoted," but the sound was a mess & the video kept getting interrupted by Hulu ads.