Top 5 Musicals You'd Never Want To See In A High School?- Page 3

[Danielm]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 12:19pm

"No she looks kinda old in that picture and your name is aspiringactress and I was like...okay an older woman saying shes an aspring actress. Hmmmm."

Fabrizio2, I hate to take this off the subject, but "aspiring" has nothing to do with age. It merely means someone is seeing to attain something. I know actors who don't even start acting until they have retired from another profession. They are still aspiring as well as inspiring.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 12:31pm

"Did I just miss it, or did nobody mention "The Full Monty"

Yes. You missed it. I said it earlier along with "Oh, Calcutta!"

[JoshuaEads]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 1:35pm

Hehe - looky there. I figured it was too obvious to miss.

Of course some of the newer hits will surely get some quite interesting treatments once they've been released to the public: "Wicked", "Rent", "Avenue Q", etc. Elphaba on a milk crate and Glinda in a big hula-hoop; Mimi boasting to Roger that she has "the best abs" below 14th street; sock puppets darting around the risque' subject of four-play. It's ONLY funny if Forbidden Broadway does it!

~Joshua

[broadwaybaby692]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 2:09pm

a lot of the shows you mentioned will never be done in a high school simply because of their content.

when i was a senior we did "south pacific" - nice little show, right? - day before opening the principal told us we had to leave out the word "damn" in "Bloody Mary", we couldnt say "dang" or "darn" b/c it was too close to the word, my friend forgot and was suspended for 2 weeks.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 2:17pm

1. Wicked
2. Rent
3. Phantom of the Opera
4. I don't know, I'll end the list here

[sunflower12063]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 2:35pm

ljay889, are you kidding about Sweeney? High schools are taking on Sweeney Todd?

If anyone has seen a high school adaptation of this, please share. I'm gonna go to the kitchen and get a stiff drink in preparation for responses...

[JoshuaEads]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 3:24pm

Oh, I witnessed the horror of a high school production of "Sweeney Todd". I don't have the time to go into detail here, but I promise to elaborate later. Suffice it to say that Sweeney did a bad Elvis impersonation, Tobias was a tone-deaf bass who towered FAR over everyone else (at least 6'5' and solid), Pirelli carried a poodle and ad libbed several odd little conversations with it, The Judge sang NOT A NOTE of the music ... they adapted the numbers to straight dialogue scenes and underscored it with the music, Joanna was lucky to hit a fifth of the notes required, and a good 80% of the action took place behind the side of the pie shop set piece ... blocking the view from most seats in the house. OY! I must admit, though, that as inapporpriate as I felt the choice of production was, I give them kudos for setting their sights so high. It could have been far worse. I'll give a scene by scene breakdown if you want, just lemme' know.

~Joshua

[Stitch_Stalker]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 3:34pm

Whoever mentioned the "all-white" Aida, that's always the problem plaguing our school... Because we live in Maine there is simply NO diversity (Which is wicked, wicked depressing). So whenever we're thinking of possible shows it goes like-"We could do Hairspray! oh. Wait. Oh oh! We could do Ragtime! Oh, nevermind". Although Ragtime was done nearby recently. It was an excellent production, aside from the fact that Harlem consisted of 5 people...

Um. Back on topic.
RENT, Wicked, Sondheim (I love Sondheim and would LOVE to see us perform it, but... Well, we'd slaughter any show.)

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 3:41pm

Yes. I have heard of High Schools doing Sweeney. And honestly, it scares me out of my mind. I try not thinking about it lol.

But the scariest of them all for me, is a HS trying PASSION. Though I don't think we'll that happening in a HS anytime soon.

Also a HS dealing with the themes in SPIDER WOMAN is very scary.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 4:29pm

Baby (...although it would be fun to watch all the parents in the audience squirm with forced smiles as their children get "knocked up" on stage)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 4:47pm

Actually, Sondheim and Hal Prince both realized it was a mistake to cast young 20-something actors in the OBC of MERRILY and is one of the main reasons it flopped on Broadway. George Furth's acerbic, cynical, even bitter dialogue sounds trite, sill and unbelievable coming out of the mouths of 20-year olds. There was a production of MERRILY done off-Broadway last year with a bunch of 20-somethings that was pretty mediocre for that exact reason. Seeing a 20 year old actress talking about her third divorce was almost comical. The whole thing came off like a bunch of kids playing dress-up.

In contrast, I saw the Kennedy Center Sondheim Festival production a few years ago that used an adult cast -- Raul Esparza, Michael Hayden, Emily Skinner -- and it was fantastic. Furth has rewritten the book and it's clear that with the proper cast, this show is right up there with Sondheim's best.

Updated On: 5/26/06 at 04:47 PM

[elphaba432]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 4:59pm

1. Rent
2. Sunday in the Park with George
3. Chicago
4. Cabaret
5. I only have four.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 8:10pm

In no particular order

Chicago
Rent
High School Musical - not that it can be counted as a real show
Cats
Phantom of the Opera

My high schools done sweeny. I didn't see it so I can't comment on how it was. My high schools also done Les Mis. That wasn't half bad.

I'd really like my High School to do Spelling Bee however...The rights haven't been released, My school is in a suburb of the city, and it would probobly hit too close to home. My school is filled with Marcy's.
Updated On: 5/26/06 at 08:10 PM

[soapguy17]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:13pm

5) DRS
4) The Wild Party
3) High School Musical
2) WICKED
1) RENT

Notice the last two are in all caps.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:18pm

Pirelli carried a poodle and ad libbed several odd little conversations with it

Wait.... WHAT?!

[triplethreat]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 12:09am

same with Mark Cohen....RENT

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:16pm

hey theater addict, what school do you go to?


Are you a cappies school, because i'm in that area as well.


where do you go?

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 3:07pm

1. Wicked
2. High School Musical
3. The Phantom of the Opera
4. Avenue Q
5. Sweeney Todd

[Come Back to Me]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 4:09pm

1. The Life
2. Rent
3. Wicked
4. The Full Monty
5. Evita

[broadway_baby_17]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 5:00pm

in no paticular order
1.cats
2.wicked
3.rent
4.poto
5.little shop of horros (i was never good at spelling lol)

[singinswinga]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 7:38pm

I saw a high school production of Little Shop of Horrors last year and it was really good. no lie!

Anyway how come nobody's said GYPSY yet? That would SUCK. OK these are my five:
1. Gypsy
2. Company
3. CATS
4. Chicago
5. Jesus Christ Superstar
6. La Cage Aux Folles
7. Parade
8. The Full Monty
9. Phantom of the Opera

I had nine.

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:08pm

Our high school put on CATS. It sucked!

[iRuvPrinceton2]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 8:32pm

1) RENT
2) Chicago
3) Sweeney Todd (not MY school anyway.)
4) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (NONONONONOOO)
5) Cats (actually, my theatre group did this...and, I don't really want to talk about it.... >.> <.< ))

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:53pm

1. POTO
2. JCS
3. Baby
4. Wicked
5. RENT

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 2:07pm

1. POTO
2. RENT
3. Wicked
4. Sweeney Todd
5. High school musical!!!!!
6. cats
7. The last five years
8. Anything Andrew Loydd Weber!!!!