Adults vs. Teens — Page 3

BwayTheatre11,

the bullies and disturbed posters here attack others, not just teenagers.

it has very little to do with age. I suppose younger people are simply easier targets.

most of the adults here conduct themselves with good manners.

do not model your behavior or opinions on two or three folks here who are best simply ignored.

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ok Baby, thanks for clearing that up! You're honestly the first 15 year old ive heard of who dislikes the show...but theres a first time for everything I guess =) lol Whats your friends name? I think me and her could be great friends!!

"RENT sucks. Mwuaha."

yo momma!!

I'm a teenager and I have to admit I'm more into musicals than plays just because of the issue of accessibility. You can get a cd relatively easily, but for someone without a car, parents who are busy and no friends into theater I have to say I'm not well bred in plays. I do read plays but it's not the same.

Add me to the list of fifteen year olds that dislikes RENT. And Al, I must say, that is exactly my problem with the under 25 crowd, but realize that not all people under 25 are that way. I know I'm certainly not that way, I do try to expand my horizons, if not by seeing shows, by getting cast recordings from new composers and older shows that I cannot see.

I think the teens on the site are a little stubborn when addressed by people such as Namo and Al, and others. I appreciate people who will encourage me to expand my horizons, or look more deeply into a piece of theatre. Other teenagers should consider that and not take every comment they make as an ignorant insult. I think if many of the teens on this site would only try to expand their horizons and obtain more information, they will only become better and more mature human beings.

What I do not appreciate is people of the older generation claiming that every new piece of theatre is mediocre crap. You muzt realize that many new things will appeal to a new, younger generation that grw up with different surroundings and in a different era than you, and just because they value somethign new, doesn't mean they are ignorant or immature. If some young people will open their minds to older works of theatre, why do you refuse to open your mind to new theatre and respect a new generation?

BroadwayGeek, I know exaclty how you feel. In 6 months, when I get my "provisional" license, though, it's going to be a different story!

Being a 16 year old on this board, I do have to side with the adults and kids my age. I'll admitt it, for a couple of years, I would only listen to cast recordings with Bernadette Peters on them. I admitt it! But then, I started listening to other stuff and saw other shows, and finally thought "outside" the box. Now while I love GYPSY and AGYG to death, they aren't my favorite cast recordings. I listen to a variety of things to strengthen my voice/belt. Mostly now, I'm singing any Idina Menzel music that I can get my hands on, because I think that singing her stuff is a good way to help my voice (notice that I said mostly, I'm still listening to other things, but I sing her stuff a lot right now)

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Updated On: 11/17/03 at 08:56 PM

The only reason I am not always buying new cast recordings and reading new plays is a lack of money, and in the case of reading plays: time. I don't even have enough time in my day to finish the homework I'm assigned, much less read something for my own pleasure.

Unfortunatly I am 19 for the next three months therefore catagorized as a "teen". I have to say, I am very dissapointed in the current state of Broadway. I dreamed of coming to NYC my entire life and finally got to move here when I was 18 and see my first show-Aida. From then on I have seen nearly every show on Broadway. The shows today are pure fluff. They don't make you think about anything, they don't have that magical quality that I used to hear in my OBC cassettes as a kid.:P In the words of Bulldog...we really do need a "better broadway". I am an actress and singer pursuing a stage career, but someday I am also going to direct and produce some of the most inventive, brilliant, original and *good* theatre you have ever seen. But untill then dahhlings we must watch the sadness of the public going crazy for Producers Tickets:)

yeah....my unanswered Movin Out question.....what the hell was that?

stop picking on 19 year olds. :o

You could always reply to the post that was addressed to you rather than play the "They're picking on meeeee!11!!!!1!" card.