Whose idea was it to put on Evita with barely pubescent kids? This is just... tasteless... They cannot be any older than seventh grade. The kid playing Peron is making a valiant effort since his voice is obviously rapidly changing during the course of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j29KSb5RvBs&feature=related
Here's "Goodnight and Thank You." It's set in a restaurant. Actually, I really like the boys' Oompa Loompa dancing. Was Magaldi held back nine grades or something?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVCso_d5uzE&feature=related
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
I actually don't think the cast is that bad, but I will say that the staging makes Frances Zambello look like Hal Prince.
ETA:
This one is epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSQJTSBphFI&feature=related
Jazzmaster-- Posted the wrong link. I meant to put this one (now fixed in the original post): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j29KSb5RvBs&feature=related
That Good Night and Thank You clip is really something. It's really weird hearing Annie sing, "Oh, but it's sad when a love affair dies, but when we here hot we were hot!" Love the table falling over, though.
I love watching videos of bad school performances.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=977760
It's always funny seeing girl and girl dancing pairs. And the fact that they stick everybody in the show on the stage at once.
I didn't post it on that thread because it ain't a high school production!
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
Schmerg,
Best. Nickname. Ever.
Watching 7th graders trying to be sassy and sexy (when they clear don't know what that is) is so disturbing and hilarious.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
This is officially my favorite thing ever.
Edit: Is Peron faking an English accent!? Or is that because it's a Canadian production?
This gal playing Eva sure does smile a lot. And it kinda looks like she might have stuck herself with the hat pin! Not too bad though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecN4lHBn5Yw
The real question is, when can we get these companies the rights to FIRST WIVES CLUB?
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
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All jokes aside, I think they deserve a few points for at least tackling the material.
But dear Lord, why isn't "A New Argentina" included?
I kind of want to see that production's version of "Peron's Latest Flame!" I can't wait to see how they'd possibly censor it.
Yeah, the cast is pretty good for middle school-- Magaldi in particular has a lot of potential, and Che was good in The Money Kept Rolling In-- but what was the director thinking?
EDIT: Jazzy, I actually really like Eva's vocals in the video that you posted up... up until the end.
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