Honk!
Honk!
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
#2re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 10:48amI like the opening number. I would LOVE to hear the whole score but it is expensive on ebay. (hint hint hint)
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
seaweedjstubbs
Broadway Star Joined: 3/21/07
#6re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:54amI think you may like a show and appreciate it more when you're in it. I was in a production of HONK! and really enjoyed it (even though I broke my foot doing it!). However, my family didn't like it as much and it lost my little brothers attention very quickly. Maybe it was because I only had three lines.......
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
#8re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 12:09pm
Me too. There are a few songs I hate, though. Don't just think I love the whole show becuz I'm in it. I can't stand "Wild Goose Chase" or "Hold Your Head Up High".
seaweedjstubbs: Three lines? Were you Barnacles or a Froglet? Who were you?
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Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#9re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 12:49pmMy friend gave me a copy of the cast recording. I haven't listened to it in ages. It's a cute show, but not really my cup of tea. Although I like some of the songs.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
seaweedjstubbs
Broadway Star Joined: 3/21/07
#10re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 1:45pm
rentgal589: I was pre-teen Billy. My lines were "Oh Guano!" "Well, you say it," and "Still means the same thing."
I didn't mean you like the whole show because you're in it, just that you might look at the show differently than others. I had fun when I was in it, but if I was just a regular person going to see it, I'm not sure how I would've responded to it.
Still don't see how it beat The Lion King though...........
#13re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 1:52pm
My life would be very full if someone would upload it for me...
JRybka1611@comcast.net
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
#15re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 2:18pmI was the bullfrog. Let me tell you. You can have the most amazing performer play Ugly (the lead) and even a so-so Bullfrog will completely steal the show. It's the biggest male diva part ever...Or maybe I just made it that way lol...just kidding...But really that part is loads of fun
How can they see with sequins in their eyes?
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
Laurhearts SA
Stand-by Joined: 3/17/07
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#21re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:06pmThe British version as represented on disc by the Scarborough company was wonderful. Then the authors found out adults liked it and expanded and changed things to tailor it for adults. The show as currently licensed is toooo loooong, but I think the Scarborough cast CD still provides an excellent listen every once in a while.
rentgal589
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/07
#22re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 7:00pmAndante: I have SO many questions for you. When you were Grace, did you sing the high parts? I'm Grace and I sing an octave lower in "Look at Him Reprise" and I sing the line a bit differently in "Poultry Tale". Did you use a scarf or a piece of cloth for the red band? And did you make a grand entrance in "Poultry Tale" or were you on stage the whole song? ANSWER PLEASE
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Lance2
Understudy Joined: 1/19/07
#23re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 9:17pm
Last Sunday was the last performance of the dutch tour. They toured for 6 months and I have to say that the show really impressed me. They cut down the cast to 6 players and did everything on bicyles, but you have to see it to believe it. The cast was relatively young but very talented and the show was very high energy.
I wasn't sure what to expect, but I thought it would be kids show that I would only see once. I ended up seeing honk ten times this season and I absolutely loved it, the reviews were very positive. The show was much more mature than the photographs that i saw of other productions around the world. So, no caps to portray ducks... :-S Anthony Drewe said in an Interview that the dutch production was one of the most inventive and best productions, but don't creator always say such things in interviews?
Personally I think Honk isn't a very good show for kids, there are just too many ballads were kids loose their attention. I don't know the Junior version, but I guess most ballads got cut in that version.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#24re: Honk!
Posted: 4/3/07 at 9:28pm
I absolutely hate this show. I saw a school production of it and then actually ended up being in it 2 years later (as Jay Bird). It's long, drawn-out and incredibly boring.
I also think it lost a lot of its charm when it was Americanized... a lot of the show relied on British humor. Such as the fact that the opening number is a play on the phrase "a paltry tale," something that isn't often said in the states.
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