Company and teenagers- Page 2

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 7:10pm

I'd say yes to Wicked, no to the other 2, unless they saw Legally Blonde on MTV.

I don't think Legally Blonde is a bad show, and would take a non-theatre person to see it. I think it is smarter than most people give it credit for. My favorite show last season, by far.

[Craww]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 7:11pm

Find Raul Esparza singing 'Defying Gravity' and play it for them. Wicked fans will follow one of their beloved Elphabas into any show.

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 7:17pm

Just a random note:

When I first saw this topic I thought it was going to be about rewriting "Company" and making it about teenagers lives, but then I thought that maybe it was about "Company" being performed by teenagers, and then I saw what it actually was about!!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 9:02pm

I saw the revival when I was 17 and fell in love with it. I didn't know a thing about the show when I saw it.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 9:12pm

On Raul being a stud - show them the "Hair" video.

Back on topic; Company doesn't have to be marketed, in a sense, because it's essentially an easy show to piece together. It's about relationships, about being the odd one out despite being surrounded by friends. I think everyone has at least felt like Robert at some point in their lives. (Personally, I always seem to find myself indentifying with Robert, for one reason or another.) And if the students don't like it, you can't say you didn't try, right?

[On a side-note; one of my friends, who only likes a few shows, was completely taken with Company because I told him "It's a show about relationships." His response? "I had no idea there was a musical like that!" So, there is hope.]

Updated On: 2/18/08 at 09:12 PM

[sylvesterbird]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 9:29pm

"Find Raul Esparza singing 'Defying Gravity' and play it for them. Wicked fans will follow one of their beloved Elphabas into any show."

Nice :) Show how awesome a singer he is AND how hilarious he is and as someone who lives farther away from new york as i would like, i can't wait for wednesday!!! (and the raisin in the sun broadcast!)

[thereisnofuture]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 10:04pm

I'm 13 and I'm watching it completely voluntarily...

[ben1986]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 10:11pm

Again, thanks to everybody who answered. To clear up a point, these kids are freshmen in college, who are all studying different aspects of the performing arts. A majority of them are actors who want to go into musical theatre. That being said while they have been taught theory, many of them have never been taught the history of musical theatre.

An example, is that when 'Sweeney Todd' came out they had no idea that it had been done on the stage decades before. I agree, shame on them and their previous teachers for failing to point out the history of the theatre. My goal though is to use this event and start teaching some musical history to them with the goal of sparking their interest.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 11:18pm

FRESHMAN PERFORMING ARTS MAJORS IN COLLEGE!!!
That completely BAFFLES my mind!!!


How in the world could any of them not know so little about musical theatre!? If they're choosing this as their college major they have had to have liked it for awhile, how could they go about loving musical theatre and not bothering to look beyond the first few shows they fell in love with? ...I'm completely thrown...I mean...when they bought the cast recording in the store...it was next to other shows...wouldn't they...I mean...it makes no...but...how...

*sits to ponder*