Brigadoon
Brigadoon
hellacoolmichael
Understudy Joined: 1/6/05
#1Brigadoon
Posted: 1/2/07 at 12:56am
hey kids,
my high school is doing brigadoon this year, auditions coming up in february and i really don't know all that much about it other than the scottish realm of it all. can someone tell me more about the show and the good parts (especially for males =)).
thanks!
#2re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/2/07 at 8:41am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadoon
I thank that will help you the most of anything. I saw it recently and I loved it! You'll have a great time performing this show! :)
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." -- Maya Angelou
MarkCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#2re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/2/07 at 11:39amIt's probably one of the best "classic" shows. It has some really awesome music, especially for guys.
#3re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/2/07 at 1:24pm
My school is also doing this show.
Our auditons are coming up next week.
I'm exicted for this.
1. Its my senior year musical.
2. The dreadful CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF will be over.
3. I'll no longer be a prompter!
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
The Wardrobe
Stand-by Joined: 6/26/06
#4re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/4/07 at 1:50pm
irronically my friend's school is doing it too. Does anyone here go to Standley Lake HS? (you don't have to answer)
basically it is a love story about a boy who meets a girl who is living under a spell and he is engaged to a girl back home, but decides to come be with the girl and they live together.
that is a very brief version of the story.
Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire
I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!
It's my prayer to be human again
#5re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/4/07 at 8:22pm
Bahh, that's not irony. Sorry, that's one of my pet peeves. Perhaps "coincidentally."
Anyway, I really enjoyed the show when I saw it my freshman year. Hmm...they had bagpipes. I liked the bagpipes. =]
[Edit: I also remember that, when I saw it, the kid that sang "I'll Go Home to Bonnie Jean" was incredibly hilarious...not that this matters at all.]
Updated On: 1/4/07 at 08:22 PM
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The Wardrobe
Stand-by Joined: 6/26/06
#7re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/5/07 at 12:29pmsorry lovelyspotlight, you are right it's coincidentally. but how much dancing and singing is in the show, i have never seen it, i just know the story.
Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire
I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!
It's my prayer to be human again
#8re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/5/07 at 3:29pm
It's alright, Wardrobe. Like I said, just one of my pet peeves. =]
I remember there being LOTS of singing and dancing and big elaborate scenic backgrounds when I saw the show. And sheep. And bagpipes. And...lots of cool things.
So perhaps all the cool technical things affected me more than the actual performing? Not sure. But I remember lots of singing and dancing! Scottish singing and dancing, for that matter! =P
The Wardrobe
Stand-by Joined: 6/26/06
#9re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/5/07 at 5:51pm
cool, well i hear there are kilts too!!
I just found out another school in my state is doing Brigadoon. Is this like West Side Story 10 years ago, or something? well Beauty and the Beast is like that too, i suppose.
Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire
I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!
It's my prayer to be human again
#10re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/5/07 at 10:23pm
Wardrobe, are from NEW JERSEY?
Cause that's where my school is.
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
christeap
Swing Joined: 11/29/06
#11re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/5/07 at 10:26pm
Hah, it's also my senior show. I'm playing Fiona. I haven't listened to much of the soundtrack as of yet but I've read through the script, it certainly is an interesting world. I wonder how I'll grow attached to it as rehearsals go on...
Also I think I'm making my drama teacher order us a dialect cd so we don't embarrass ourselves too much ^_^;;;
#12re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/5/07 at 11:03pm
Also I think I'm making my drama teacher order us a dialect cd so we don't embarrass ourselves too much ^_^;;;
THAT is a wonderful idea. =]
Good luck with it. I'm sure you'll perform wonderfully.
The Wardrobe
Stand-by Joined: 6/26/06
#13re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/6/07 at 10:58amNo i'm not from NJ, Standley Lake is in Colorado. But the dialect cd is a fantastic idea. do you think it would work for other shows like Guys & Dolls? and how would you get access to it?
Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire
I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!
It's my prayer to be human again
#14re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/18/07 at 5:46pm
I got cast as Andrew MacLaren.
Who did you get?
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#15re: Brigadoon
Posted: 1/18/07 at 7:04pmi was a compeitive scottish dancer for a long time and i'm choreographing the scottish numbers for a really great theatre company this summer, i'm stoked!
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