Profile for Sparkle Neely

I would avoid “Journey to the Past”, or anything from Anastasia really. They’re done quite often at auditions, especially for ingenue type roles.

I adore the Mean Girls film, but the movie is far too quotable to work on stage as anything more than a Rocky Horror type call-and-response Entertainment. Adapting widely popular movies, especially ones with that many one-liners, makes it difficult for the creators to expand or change much in the material. It becomes extremely limiting, preventing any real creativity and ingenuity from happening. Films that are burned this deeply into pop culture rarely work. If you’re going to do something s...

Thanks for sharing. I hadn't checked Aurora Spiderwoman's YouTube in a while. They always have wonderful stuff on there. 1971FolliesFan also posts some extremely rare and priceless footage. The Rink is flawed, but boy are there some great songs in there. "Colored Lights", "Chief, Cook, and Bottle Washer", and "The Apple Doesn't Fall" are some of my favorite Kander & Ebb numbers. And the unintentional camp of "What Happened to the Old Days" and "All the Children in a Row" are always good for a...