The mighty Starmites!

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The mighty Starmites!

Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:42pm

I was curious if anyone out there is still familiar with Starmites, or if its just been tossed aside as a forgotten musical except for when it pops up as a random non-professional performance here and there? I fell in love with some of the music a few years ago. Though it has many weak points, I can't help but adore Reach Right Down, Immolation, and Milady. So this mostly applies to those who have never been in the show. Do you still remember Starmites?

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:47pm

Starmites is one of my favorite shows ever, (see signature)and I recently saw a really decent high school production of it. The show does have a few weak points, but it's still so much fun and has such good music. I really like Afraid of the Dark, The Banshees Song, and Superhero Girl.:)

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:54pm

Wasn't Adam Fleming in this show?

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:57pm

Fleming, as a supporting character, was in the 2001 revival of Starmites. I've heard of a released recording of Starmites 2001, but never came across it.

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 3:40pm

I saw a production of Starmites at the Illinois High School Theatre festival and the production was incredible. I fell in love with it. "Reach Right Down" is such a great song! I managed to download all the songs from it but I didnt have luck getting the actual recording because it is out of print.

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 3:57pm

If you want a recording, use InterLibrary Loans (if you have a library card) and order it to be sent to your local library. I live in Cincinnati and got the CD from Boston and jusr copied it onto my computer.

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 4:24pm

I saw a children's performance in the San Francisco bay area a few years ago, it was pretty good. not my fav though

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 4:27pm

Yes, Adam Fleming was Ack-Ack in Starmites 2001 -- along with Eric Millegan,Jason Wooten, Kim Cea, gwen Stewart, and Craig Bonacorsi..

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 4:34pm

I was recently in a workshop on Long Island at the Cultural Arts Playhouse of: "StarmiteZ". It's a revised edition. Even more so from 'Starmites 2001'. Barry Keating (composer, writer) directed. I was just a droid, kind of background with a bunch of equity folks. Definately a great experience. He's been revising, adding and subtracting new music, rewriting parts and trying to get it back to Broadway. We had a few potential funders come and sit in on the production but we haven't heard any news and it's been 7 months. The cast received wonderful reviews while Barry as writer and composer received awful reviews. It doesn't look like anything is going to be happening anytime soon.
It's a lot of fun with some great tunes but to be honest, I don't think it's worthy of Broadway. Probably a nice cult-followed Off-Broadway show. A 'Bat Boy' of sorts, you know?
Barry promised to contact us all with news so I'll post if I hear anything.

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 5:53pm

There was also a concert of it last year with Nicole Leach, Elaina Reed, Mandy Gonzalez, John Hill, Harris Doran, Kim Cea, Tyler Maynard, Joe Carney, Soara-Joye Ross, and Doug Storm.

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Posted: 12/4/04 at 6:04pm

Yeah, I was lucky enough to work with Harris and Doug in the production.

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Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:01am

I think it would be fair to compare Starmites to BatBoy

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Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:43am

I played Space Punk in college - the show was fun, because of the cast - but it really is a wretched show. Some enjoyable music to sing, but we used to laugh at the scary book/lyrics. Incomparable to Bat Boy. Bat Boy is so smart. The only reason it could be called "similar" would be due to its cult following.

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Updated On: 12/5/04 at 12:43 AM

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Posted: 12/5/04 at 8:00pm

Removing my old stupid post.

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Posted: 12/5/04 at 10:56pm

There's a reason why this show flopped.

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