Starshines Unite! The official HAIR love thread... — Page 88

If it makes her happy, doesn't that consequently make the world a better place


Off to the city for Bway on Bway then the matinee. I shall report back this evening!

So happy to see Allison is back in...hopefully Will be alright.

Seeing this Tuesday night finally!

Right Orchestra Row B Seat 6...decent seat?

"Ryan... oh Ryan. Just not a great Berger. Very nice and can sing really well, but just doesn't have the charisma or presence that Will or Steel have."
Leia In regards to this post. I understand that you are a big fan of the show and we are all entitled to our opinions but I dont think as a fan of the show it is your job to decipher who is fit to play the role or not. Will plays the role full time and he is amazing backed up by the fact he was nominated for and deserved a Tony Award. Now in the case of Ryan...he hasnt gone on much but that doesnt mean he isnt good. The man is on Broadway covering several roles. Hes talented. How do you think he would feel if he came to the board and saw that written about him? Its not right. Go and enjoy the show and the message it brings and stop being so concerned about an actor's performance. Alot of us on here are familiar with the cast and the different roles they cover but most of the audience isnt. If they came away from the show with a great experience and great things to say who really cares who played Berger. Im sorry but you dont have a right to critique his performance and say hes not meant for the role. Why dont you go up there and try it and see what people say about you. This just bugs me.

Buffy's post is exactly what is the matter with these organized fan groups, even if they're just online. Sure, I personally think it's ridiculous how many people feel like they're insiders because they've seen the show a ton of times and talked to the cast and therefore think they're friends and their relationships are special. But really, if the people who give themselves the (silly) Starshines name are not qualified to talk about the quality of a performance by an understudy, then WHO IS exactly?

I understand that you are a big fan of the show and we are all entitled to our opinions but I dont think as a fan of the show it is your job to decipher who is fit to play the role or not.

So, there are RULES of what a fan of the show's "job" is? It's pathetic enough that being a fan is a job (although reading this thread it certainly does seem like a certain amount of work to see every single possible permutation of cast owing to illness and time off and accident), but to find out that somebody, even one person, thinks there's a job description and somebody else violated it? Dreadful.

Many of you are starting to sound like Trekkies. One result of that is that flowers and long hair wigs are becoming as geeky as pointy ear attachments and stuffed tribbles.

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Still and all, come on.

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You are certifiably insane Buffy. If you can't discuss theatre performances on a theatre message board, then you're seriously effed. This is why groups like the Starshines end up looking like such geeky caricatures. Somebody might FEEL BAD? Honey, if they can survive years of auditions and make it on Broadway, they should be able to handle an opinion.

Your effort to be a control queen and decide where and when people can discuss an issue is futile. People like you end up looking like they think they're therapists for professionals. Perhaps you can join a booster club for HAIR and give hugs to anybody in the cast who may have encountered something less than fawning, god forbid, at some point about their performances.

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Personally, I love the way she wrote "friends" outside the message board. That little snarky dig realllllllly doesn't go with the peace and hugs and love theme that's central to the Starshines experience, does it?

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Wow, I go to bed after I post and look what happens..... anyway, thanks mee.who and dramamama and wendilin. And Jazzy, you already know how much I love you <3

Namo, i can never tell when you're being serious or sarcastic.

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Updated On: 9/13/09 at 01:01 PM

As *I* said a long time ago, there is no way for people to sustain the energy the show requires for any great length of time. The human body has its limits, even among perfectly physically fit 30-somethings cast in the roles of energetic 17 year olds.

Kimchi, it's pretty clear that the two male leads are quite fit. Most professional athletes are not competing and the top of their games in their given sports 8 times a week, week after week after week.

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It was just a case of landing wrong, just like Gavin did. It could happen to anyone. I played basketball in HS, and I went up for a rebound and instead of landing on my feet, I landed on one foot and the side of the other. Rolled it and broke it. It's an accident, plain and simple. Especially with so much jumping and rolling around, people are bound to get hurt. It's not a lack of condition, just bad luck.

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By all means, dear, post what you think.

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What was your screen name before singintherain?

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LOL @ Namo. That's exactly what I was thinking.

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