high school productions that are/were GOOD

wasn't there just a thread about this? am I crazy?

why are we talking about High School on the Broadway board? I feel so old. Ugh.

Thanks for reminding me, love.

Well why would they tell you any differently, if you're in the show?

I've done more than my share of directing high school plays and musicals. Some turned out great, others were crap.

The great ones were NOISES OFF, RUMOURS, LOST IN YONKERS, LEND ME A TENOR, SEE HOW THEY RUN, PETER PAN, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

The crap were: THE MIRACLE WORKER, NO, NO NANETTE, THE SOUND OF MUCOUS and OUR TOWN (I've directed three productions of the play. This was the worst)

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I was never in a good high school production. But I saw a fantastic production of Grease, which is a show that I normally loathe.

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A High School by the name of California High School in Whittier, use to do some amazing productions. People from L.A and critics would come out and see them. People from Las Vegas, Texas and Northern Ca would come out and see the productions (because they heard that this school did good work). Once the shows were announce, within two weeks to a month, the shows' two week runs would be sold out. Also, they did not have a theater at their school so they would rent the big theater downtown and make it a big event. This school also had very little money and was still be able to put on some major productions that looked like Broadway caliber productions. When they did OLIVER the used the original Broadway Set, when the did THE MUSIC MAN, they used the National Touring set, it was very well done for high school in my mind (I was not seeing a "high school show" I was seeing a SHOW) That was a while ago though, the director retired and the new instructor has changed things around, to some people; not for the better.

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Updated On: 5/31/08 at 08:42 PM

It seemed everyone really enjoyed Singin' in the Rain this year, especially after Babes in Arms sucked so much.

Oklahoma! was really well liked as well.

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I have seen three great high school productions: Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, and Chicago.

I was just in my high school production of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. It seemed as if it was very well recieved. I got a lot of compliments after the production ended. So I guess that means everyone liked it.

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I cover some high school productions locally. I am often impressed with the inventive ways the students solve the technical demands of the shows.

I too just saw a student production of FOOTLOOSE that was very very good.

That said there are some shows I do NOT want to see High Schoolers tackle. Most Sondheim shows come under this heading...a student production of PASSION...I shudder to think what would happen in Act One Scene One!

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I was actually a judge for Papermill's rising star awards for a couple of years. I saw two brilliant production while doing it, Glen Ridge High School's Sweeney Todd, and Hoboken High School's Once on this Island, which ended up winning best production. And I know I mentioned this on another thread somewhere, but I also got to see, and was shocked when she didn't win Best Actress (I really campaigned for her), Anne Hathaway in her HS's production of Once Upon a Mattress.

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My high school just finisged a production of ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS, which was freakin awesome.

Yeah; my school really isn't into the fluffy fru-fru's, but it was a great production.