I dread the day high schools are able to do... — Page 3

Have any high schools ever tried to do Dreamgirls? I just thought of that(listening to JHud's And I'm Telling You) and I really would not like to see that at a high school, unless they are incredibly talented arts school, but normal high school? No.

Avenue Q, because they would have to change so much. Why even bother?

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Song & Dance.

"Tell Me On A Sunday" might not be that bad, if there's a decent singer playing Emma, but imagine a bunch of amateur highschool kids dancing "Variations."

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Some disney shows like Lion King, BATB & Tarzan have the potential to be exceedingly terrible.
I saw a bad high school production of LSOH (hasn't everyone). The quality of singing was so bad and for the plant they used one single sock puppet. The plant didn't grow = it was the same sock puppet the whole show. When somebody got eaten the light's would go black and the actor ran offstage. Oh, did I mention this was at an ALL GIRLS SCHOOL?

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ohh!! I got another one. I dread the day they can do Company with the cast playing the band as well HAAA!! we all know how most HS bands are :)

I actually saw good high school productions of The Will Rogers Follies, Big River and Fiddler on the Roof, but the last two I saw were a horrid Chorus Line, and they sang Boobs and Buns, but the "mirrors" were aluminum foil on cardboard and the Cassie was the choreographer. It was just awful.

I also saw a Sweet Charity that lasted 4 hours! The scene changes took so long it was a very long evening of theatre. I won't go back to h.s. musicals again. Life's too short, and my view of hell is eternal bad theatre.

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First, I have to say I'm all for theater exposure in High Schools. It's where most of us got our introductions to the art.

However, it's irresponsible for directors (or freakin' school board committees in some areas!) to select shows that are beyond the range and scope of their programs.

For example, I know of a school not far from me that bought and paid for the HS version of 'Les Mis' just to be able to say they were the only school in the area where you could see it. The problem is that this is the same School Board that absolutely trashed funding for the drama and music departments the year before (as is sadly happening all over the country!)

With no budget, a part time Music teacher, and an outside hired hand as Director, those poor kids never had a chance. The show was doomed to fail before it even started.

*END OF RANT*

As I was typing the above statement, a chill went through my spine when I thought about an all-child cast of "THE PRODUCERS"!!!

YIKES!

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Updated On: 7/1/07 at 03:58 PM

Jersey Boys.

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Has anyone ever seen a HS production of Evita?

Mamma Mia. Because it's not bad enough as it is.

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To all of you who are saying Avenue Q, it can DEFINITELY be done well. It was just premiered at stagedoor manor and was amazing. They didn't cut much at all. It's still very inappropriate, it's not really dumbed down.

well when I become a senior in HS, my goal is to student direct a production of Spring Awakening :)

They cut you can be as loud as the hell you want, my girlfriend who lives in canada, and the second half of the internet is for porn. other than that, they only altered a few curse words here and there.

They kept the entirity of Everyone's a Little Bit Racist?
And Schadenfreude?
Are sex and George Bush still only For Now?
(Or is this where altering a few words here and there comes in?)

Is Lucy the Slut's name still Lucy the Slut?


well when I become a senior in HS, my goal is to student direct a production of Spring Awakening :)

It's good to want things...