#101
Posted: 9/7/04 at 7:33pm
Ive seen many shows butchered that i have also seen done very well so I find it hard to say a show should never be done by a high school group.
I was in little shop in high school and to this day everyone says it was the best show our school did and that was like 5 years ago. This is a performing arts high school that does five shows a year too!
However, at festivals Ive seen some bad stuff. I saw a version of peter schaffers Equus, where they re-casted the role of the doctor as a woman and they re-interpreted the show and cut it down into a one act and it was just...um well...it was weird. Not terrible. Not amazing. Just okay.
I also had a bad wiz experience so I know how you guys feel. Luckily it was a show put on by all the first year students so I was a pit singer, which basically sang backup for all the solos. So i didnt have to worry but it was fun to try and harmonize with a lead singing completely off key. haha!
I was in little shop in high school and to this day everyone says it was the best show our school did and that was like 5 years ago. This is a performing arts high school that does five shows a year too!
However, at festivals Ive seen some bad stuff. I saw a version of peter schaffers Equus, where they re-casted the role of the doctor as a woman and they re-interpreted the show and cut it down into a one act and it was just...um well...it was weird. Not terrible. Not amazing. Just okay.
I also had a bad wiz experience so I know how you guys feel. Luckily it was a show put on by all the first year students so I was a pit singer, which basically sang backup for all the solos. So i didnt have to worry but it was fun to try and harmonize with a lead singing completely off key. haha!
