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I actually liked that it was just one year and not the stereotypes of 20 years passing and the obvious changing. It's a lot more subtle and about how they are all about to embarq on different directions as much as they wanted to stay as a group of friends. Personally I think it was more interesting that way and more poignant.

Still, I'm sure a lot of people will dismiss it but I enjoyed it a lot (when it played in DC).

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it's about 4 18, 19 yr. old guys returning to their old high school high school - and remembering old times, and coming to understand how much they've changed since graduation

How much could they have possibly changed in one year?

A whole lot. It's been almost eleven months since I graduated high school, and I am quite a different person than I was back then. My roommate was talking to me about this the other day, and feels the same way. Sure, there are some who haven't changed - the girl who still works at the Dairy Queen and tries to go to community college at night - but for those that move away or go to college, especially far away, are influenced by those areas and people, and especially with college, become aware that there are bigger things than wherever they have come from.

A lot of my friends told me before I went to college that these would be the most life-changing years of my life. The first year is only the start, but still a change.

I second that, sszabo. [as someone coming from the same situation]

I agree with popular_elphie. A lot can change in one year. I'm in that same time period now (1st year college student) and I'm amazed at how much both me and a lot of my friends have changed over the course of a year. I'll be rushing this as soon as I have a chance by the way.

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For those of you asking what Glory Days is about, listen to my interview with creators of Glory Days Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner on how they wrote the show, what the show is about, and you can hear a snippet of the music. Enjoy and I hope will you buy tickets to Glory Days!
Glory Days Podcast With Creators James Gardner and Nick Blaemire

Andrew CALL.

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Saw it tonight. It needs a lot of work. I can see where the composer was going with it, but the vocal arrangements make me feel like I am watching RENT goes to High School. The book has it's funny moments, but overall fails where it should have an easy time at success. The costumes are not really impressive just normal college wear. The lighting has potential to be decent if they get with it(there were several times tonight where the tech crew was a bit off). It's not the best thing out there, and I feel it would be better suited at an off-Broadway theater, not Broadway.

The whole "I don't want to grow up" thing got real old, real fast. The whole story line didn't resolve itself, and it just seemed stunted in terms of character growth.

The performances hopefully will improve with time, the acting wasn't that impressive, but hopefully they grow into their roles. It has potential to be a great off-Broadway musical, the jury's still out about Broadway, for me at least.

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Updated On: 4/22/08 at 11:45 PM

Do you guys think I should start preview threads to keep them all together instead of starting "Welcome" threads? Would that be more useful?

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