I thought about not responding to your message Dibbledl01, but you are so blatantly missing my point that I have to. Let me address what you said first. Your first point of argument was that Musical Theater is not a struggling art form and you're reasoning was because "it is actually TOO popular an art form that, for someone like me studying voice and musical theater, too many young adults are aiming to make careers in it. It's making it even more difficult for me to get into a show. " Besides the fact that this statement is a very selfish and myopic way to look at theater, it does not prove that theater is not a struggling art form. Just because there are a lot of people who want to work in this business does not mean that there are enough jobs (i.e. shows) available. If you are a performer as you previously mentioned then you would understand that the kids working in High School Musical are WORKING!!! They are being paid as professional Equity performers to sing, dance, and act. High School Musical has given these performers a JOB! If you are so worried about working as a performer than you should understand that big productions such as HSM are what's going to pay your bills IF you are talented enough to land the gig....thats the gritty truth of this business.
Your second argument is that HSM is not a true representation of musical theater because "It's basically a bunch of 12 year olds singing through their nose for Disney plus they lip-sink at every concert they perform (not exactly musical theater is it?)" Your right your description of HSM right there is not musical theater, but that is NOT what this stage version of HSM is in Atlanta. All the performers in the show are trained professionals, none of it is prerecorded, and none of it is dubbed. This is a LIVE musical staging of the movie, so even though the story line is very similar to the movie (I am assuming) and some of the music is the same, the performers are not the ones from the movie, or as you so eloquently put it "12 year olds singing through their noses"
As to your last point concerning my blockbuster statement you say something about kids logging on to find out what's new? "as for the blockbusters, those musicals are making young adults watch out for upcoming productions. young adults are logging on to keep up to date with what's coming and who's new. yes the cult musicals like wicked and rent are huge but they lead to other things." I am not sure what point this statement makes. Its obvious by your response that you didn't understand my point about big musicals so let me try to clarify. A big musical on Broadway (even if its a show that you hate) creates lots of buzz and draws in a large crowd which is a GOOD thing for all theater. It brings people to New York to see theater!
My point in responding to your comment was to explain to you that although you feel that HSM is not your kind of a show (to put kindly) it is the kind of show that is going to help you WORK as a performer. Because of that you, and all the other people bashing this show should respect the fact that many talented people are working hard on this show and to trash talk it before you've even given it a chance (because this is NOT the movie) is EXTREMELY not supportive of you as a theater patron, performer, etc... Not to mention just plain ignorant. How can you judge something you haven't even seen? If you see it and still feel this way then your points are completely valid, until then, speculation and assumption gives your arguments no validity.
Updated On: 1/8/07 at 02:10 PM
