What shows are good for a 13 year old?- Page 2

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 7:42pm

Holy Fridgit- 13 year olds at Avenue Q?

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 7:44pm

I've had the cast recording for a while. I memorized most of it. And I'm not immature. I can see Avenue Q without a)laughing or b)gasping in shock.

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 7:44pm

Some 13 year olds are that mature when their parents give them the chance to be. Updated On: 8/25/04 at 07:44 PM

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 7:46pm

Fod God's sake, I was mature as a 13 year old as well. I could have handled the material. I don't need y'all proving that to me. "I'm so mature! OMG, I knew what sex was when I was FOUR." Okay, I get it.

But really understand and sympathize with it? Not really. I'd wait until I was about 15.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 7:50pm

Sorry for being a little rude. I just hate it when people imply that I won't understand certain things just because I'm only 13. I'm not really trying to prove my maturity.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 7:55pm

I was 13, and not too long ago too. I understand how it is, but when most people say it, it's because they feel that they have to *prove* their maturity. You don't have to, you're only 13.

Yes, it's possible that you are more mature than other 13 year olds, but unfortunately, not in every way. I used to think that I was all mature, but I just realized that I do have my moments where I act like my age- and I'm not afraid to say it now. People can judge whether I'm mature, I'm not going to go out and say it myself.

I just find young people who brag about their maturity irksome.

{/end rant}
Lol, sorry for that. I get on a tangent with this subject.

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 8:25pm

Beauty and the Beast, Hairspray, the producers, dracula, avenue q.- Avenue q might be a bit much for someone immature though

[AvalonSkysStudios]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 8:27pm

Wonderful Town, Rent, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty and the Beast, and Wicked.

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 8:33pm

I'm fifteen, so I saw most of this stuff then. But I'm psychotic, and saw Les Miserables when I was in third grade? Didn't understand a lick. But these would be my reccomendations.

Hairspray is one of my favorites. It's really funny, and is just a great time. I loved it so much, I saw it multiple times.

I thought Lion King was great, good music, awesome set design and costumes.

But I haven't seen a lot of the others. So, those are what I reccomend.

[mominator]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 8:37pm

LadyG as my 15 year old daughter says 'mom I hear worse things on the school bus". Depending on the 13 year old Ave. Q is fine.
Way better than the Disney crap that is out there!

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 8:39pm

Just because she hears worse things on the bus doesn't make it okay.

But I guess that I just think differently in that sense. I would wait a little longer before seeing Avenue Q.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 9:02pm

Being a 24 year old, I can honestly say I wouldn't have wanted to see something like Ave. Q or RENT at 13. By the time I had reached 15 or so, I might have warmed up to the subject matter. Frankly, it's nothing to with maturity as far as I'm concerned. I dunno...I'm old, my opinions are a little biased. I'd see "Nine", "BATB", Dracula, Lion King, or something a little more fun and cheery. =)

Posted: 8/25/04 at 11:27pm

I was reading this topic and was going to suggest that you go to Broadway.com and look up appropriate ages for shows. That was until I read them and was shocked. They say that Avenue Q is good for 12 and up. I was blown away. 12 in my opinion is way way to young for Avenue Q. But they say Aida is good for "mature middle school children" and Chicago for High School and above. Is something backwards here? AIDA should be for 12 and up(less to understan than Ave. Q and way more appropriate) and Chicago should be for MAture middle school/ high school and above...anyone else agree?

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 11:33pm

Hairspray for sure
Rent & Q may be too mature for a 13 yr but it completely depends on the person (I saw Rent when I was 11 anyway)
I personally think all the shows currently running are good for teenagers.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 11:35pm

I saw RENT when I was 10 (and understood all of it), and Avenue Q at 13, and Cabaret at 12. It all depends on the person. Some things you hear in school or on TV are 20 times worse than what you'll hear and see in Avenue Q. If you think you're going to understand the show, then go see it!

But just juding by my friends, most 13 year olds can't handle Avenue Q, and most can't even handle RENT. I agree with DietCoke- 12 is not the "appropriate" age for Q.

[notsovirginmary]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 11:44pm

Whether a teenager would appreciate many of these shows would depend on the level of theatre that they have been exposed too.

I was a strange kid, I fell in love with Nunsense at age five and remained obsessed with it for years.

I used to make nun habits out of construction paper and lip-sync to the revered mother's parts.

My parents were scared then. If they only knew that once my Rent obsession surfaced at eleven that I would begin putting make-up on my (male) best friend and forcing him to dance to Today For You.

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 11:47pm

I saw Rent when I was 13. (Y'all are making me feel old- I saw it when a few original cast members were left!) My parents already knew it from the recording and thought it was a great way to introduce me to some, well, things. At the time I was still going to school in a rural area with a lot of ignorance and prejudice and I think Rent did me a lot of good. I'm not sure if all 13 year olds would be ready for it, though, or all their parents. My parents had inexplicably taken me to see The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which I liked a lot (though I didn't understand much of it) and decided since I liked that my attention span was sufficently long. I had already seen Phantom and Beauty and the Beast and some regional stuff too.

I can't really add anything to these recommendations, but please try to see some plays sometime too. I loved Macbeth when I was 13, mostly because it's tremendously bloody. Right now, out of all shows, I'd pick Hairspray- a truly sweet show with nothing much off-color.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 11:49pm

Please take her to WONDERFUL TOWN. The show is Wonderful and it needs help.

[Delphine]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 12:06am

Oh, notsovirginmary, hearing about your poor best friend at age 11 made me laugh so hard!

[notsovirginmary]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 6:33pm

"I can see Avenue Q without a)laughing"

You’re not supposed to laugh during Avenue Q? Why didn't someone tell me this?

[tthomas76]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 6:43pm

Ok what is scary is my wife and I saw Ave Q on August 10th and we were waiting outside for autographs and this little girl probably 6 years old was outside waiting to meet Barrett Foa... Sorry! A child that age should not be seeing that show... I would not even consider showing that show to my kids... I LOVE the show don't get me wrong but 6 or 7! I'm only 28 so I'm very "Modern" I guess in parenting but would NEVER! Sorry this opened me to vent on something witnessed a few weeks ago....
I'm ok now..

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 6:58pm

Sometimes the question isn't what shows are appropriate for a 13 year old, but what shows are 13 year olds comfortable to watch with their parents.

I'm already an adult, and I turn down the Avenue Q OBC recording when I listen to it at home, and I have to leave the room out of awkwardness when watching movies like Scary Movie and Austin Powers (yes, really) with my parents. It's not so much what shows young people can handle, but what shows will freak out parents nonetheless.

Also, while Avenue Q can probably be enjoyed at face value (puppets! singing! porn!) by people probably 10+, it's deeper issues (racism in society, homophobia, problems with getting a Bachelors in English - heh-, etc.) is probably better appreciated by an older audience.

[Delphine]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 7:00pm

tthomas76- I was there that night as well, and I was surprised at how young some people are seeing that show (I am young too, but still). I waited at the stage door, though, and I didn't see that little girl.

edit: I hope you didn't mistake me for that little girl! I'm young, and I was waiting for Barrett! I'm not a child! I don't look like one! Gah! Updated On: 8/26/04 at 07:00 PM

[broadwayinthebigcity]

Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:01pm

I just like apparently like others on this thread am thirteen and was just in NY July and going back in Dec. I saw:
Phantom
Producers
and WICKED!!!! go see wicked.
but i do want to see when i go back avenue q.

Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:05pm

I would say ANYTHING. Theatre is great for all ages, and 13 is a very acceptable age to go see a show like Avenue Q or Rent... broaden your mind. ya know?