Mama I'm A Big Girl Now

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 12:08pm

My best friend and I are considering doing this song for our school's talent show (as a welcome break from all the Christina Aguilera wannabes and the next "big" emo band). We were wondering if anyone thinks it possible to do it as a duet (Me on Tracy, her on Penny and split Amber's parts between us) and not have anyone onstage singing the mother's parts, but possibly find a way to have that bit of the recording playing and, in that way make it less like the show but more like the average teenage girl's lament. Any opinions?

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 12:10pm

It would work, but I suggest using the parents, it will be very strange without them, because then there's no point in you saying that.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 12:12pm

maybe get another person to play ALL the mothers? I think you'd have a tech disaster trying to sing with a recording...otherwise, I'd say one of you play the daughters, the other, the mothers...

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 12:13pm

Yeah, you would need 6 total people (3 kids, 3 adults) to do the number full justice.

And really, why do something if you can't do it to full potential?

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 12:29pm

Hmm we'll look into finding someone to play all the mothers. I'd love to do the full 6 ppl but when it comes to doing a talent show (especially at our school where people just don't appreciate theatre) everyone wants to be the star. Finding four other people who can sing and wouldn't object to being one of a group will be tough. If anyone is interesting in seeing the way we arranged it and offering suggestions just PM me.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 1:18pm

I think that number has the potential for 6 star turns.

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 3:03pm

when me and my friends did it, we just had three people come on stage (one guy in drag of course... hilarious!) and they just did the "Don't contradict me..." and so on and they also did the "Please?" "No!" "Mother!" and then they walked off, and we just did the 'stop, don't, know' part by ourselves, and just to mothers in general.

May my Penny girl rest in peace.

[tappinfeet4]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 10:52pm

We did something pretty similar as well, we had three girls, no mothers, we just had one of the girls do the mothers part "pretending to act like her mother or make fun of their mothers" with the other two doing the stop don't no parts, then they would switch off who sang the mother part. It actually worked pretty well.

[Penny4Eyes]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 7:48pm

i love penny. shes so ditzy!

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 8:30pm

TappinFeet- That is a FANTASTIC idea!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 8:44pm

If you can't find another gal to do Amber's part, or if you and your friend don't want to share the spotlight, I say go with the spirit of the show and get 2 of your guy friends (dressed as women) to perform Edna & Trudy's part. It'll probably be a hit and the most talked about number!! Although in truth, you and your friend might get lost in the sauce depending on how good/bad the guys are!!!

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:25pm

This is one of those moments where I get upset one of my guy friends who was born to play Edna goes to a different school...

I'm going to work on getting an Amber AT LEAST... Then if that works out, I'll start bribing boys to get all dragged up... hahaha. You're right... it would be the most talked about, that's for sure!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:37pm

I think you can definetly do it. Someone I know performed it as a solo, and it worked brilliantly. She just sang it to the audience. There was no mother part or anything. And it was great.