SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!

[jeff_thedancer]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 7:40pm

hey guys,has anyone else been in schoolhouse rock live? i juts finished it being done by Da-capo productions here in Ontario as TOM. the show was fun but it felt to peiced together..witch it is but..i was really hoping for it to be more flowing..i guess its just one of thoese shows.

i have rehersal pics on my website if ya wanna see(im wearing a CATS shirt)www.piczo.com/jeffbowers

Cheers
JEFF

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 8:08pm

I teched this show my fresh year - we had a wonderful cast, but I just don't think it's meant to be a live show. Our Tom was a comedic genius and our Shulie had a brilliant voice. It seems very high energy and good for kids, but it works its way pretty low on my list of favorite shows.

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:39pm

i did it!!! i was shulie (but we used our own names....so i was maggie, but i sang all of shulie's songs, etc.)

it was really fun...and MAN did i get in shape doing that show!!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:44pm

i did it!!!!! it was the jr. version though, and we had a big cast, so i'm not sure my characters name was even really a character... i played molly.. (?) and sand interjections-BEST SONG! and had solos (thomas jefferson) in elbow room-also BEST SONG!!
hehe

[roquat]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:50pm

I love this show, but it is probably more fun for the actors than the audience--it is extremely high energy, but it needs some cutting.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:04pm

I love Schoolhouse Rock, and I HATE Schoolhouse Rock Live. The songs, which are whimsical and fun as individual shorts on TV just don't translate very well to the stage.

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:04pm

My high school did this for my junior year, but our director basically wrote our own book, which I find rather obnoxious. I was in the company, but I did have a solo for 1/4th of Sufferin' 'til Suffrage, which ROCKED.

Basically, the show was an absolute pain to rehearse but totally awesome to perform. It's one of those uber-energy shows that is just so positive to make everyone so insanely happy. And the dancing was really awesome--Circulation was an absolute blast to do.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:13pm

Eh, I did this in sixth grade; it wasn't one of my favorite experiences. I agree that it seems pieced-together and personally, it seems like one of the worse jukebox musicals out there. (You can call it a "jukebox" show, right? As it uses pre-existing songs and all...)

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:22pm

The script for this show is horrid. With such fun numbers, they should have been able to write a better book.

[roquat]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:14pm

The script is just there to let the cast breathe and set up for the next number. I agree it is very bad; it might have been better just to do it as a revue, but the actors would have dropped dead long before the end.