new musical
Thu, 19 Apr 2001, 06:51 pmTom8 posts in thread
new musical
Thu, 19 Apr 2001, 06:51 pmHello i am planning to start a younge- 17-20 musical theatre group in wa and i was asking around for ideas of a musical which could kick the company off. I would like to do a younge, viabrant, dancing, good music musical which reflects the younge and viabrant company. i am a dancer and i love to have rocky music and great dance routens in my show-would anyone have any ideas of any musical which we could do.
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RE: new musical
Sun, 22 Apr 2001, 06:13 pm> Hannah wrote:
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> I'm often disappointed by the extent to which my dancing skills DON'T come in to use > in amateur theatre - I guess because most people aren't at that level.
Hear, hear and this is my objection to staging big musicals with people with minimal dance ability.
> BUT I still think if you want to put on a musical which you really love why not give it a > > go! Even if it is BIG, potentially difficult and disastrous who cares?
Erm...the people who pay to see it? I'm still livid I paid the $20 to see an appalling amateur 'big' musical production a few years ago.
> Give it a go because thats what amateur theatre is all about. If you can't give it a go
> and learn from you're mistakes while having fun then I think we're all taking ourselves > a bit too seriously. :)
Yes and no. The main criticism of amateur musical theatre, however, is that it's crap and full of people who 'don't take themselves seriously'. For those of us that do take it seriously, it's bloody annoying going back to step-ball-change-step-kick just for the sake of 'fun'. What I *do* find fun is doing a fantastic dance routine with people of an equal or greater ability. Either that, or very clever choreography that uses good dancers to their full potential and does something interesting with the remainder. Unless you have one or both of the above (good dancers &/or good choreographer) then I think it is a waste of everybody's time - but especially the paying audience. After all, if you're not doing it for the audience first and foremost, don't you think it's a little self-indulgent?
I'm sorry, but crappy amateur musicals really piss me off - /mainly/ because there is no excuse that they have to be crappy (and thus dump more bad press on the amateur scene) if you just chose the right material and have the right creative team in the first place. Best example being 'Playlovers' - you won't see them doing 'Fame' until they absolutely know they have the right people to do it.
Amanda Chesterton
PS 'Bye Bye Birdie' is about to be done as the major 3rd year production at WAAPA in June, which suggests that it might not be a good choice for a smaller, less funded group to do, as unfavourable comparisons may be drawn.
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> I'm often disappointed by the extent to which my dancing skills DON'T come in to use > in amateur theatre - I guess because most people aren't at that level.
Hear, hear and this is my objection to staging big musicals with people with minimal dance ability.
> BUT I still think if you want to put on a musical which you really love why not give it a > > go! Even if it is BIG, potentially difficult and disastrous who cares?
Erm...the people who pay to see it? I'm still livid I paid the $20 to see an appalling amateur 'big' musical production a few years ago.
> Give it a go because thats what amateur theatre is all about. If you can't give it a go
> and learn from you're mistakes while having fun then I think we're all taking ourselves > a bit too seriously. :)
Yes and no. The main criticism of amateur musical theatre, however, is that it's crap and full of people who 'don't take themselves seriously'. For those of us that do take it seriously, it's bloody annoying going back to step-ball-change-step-kick just for the sake of 'fun'. What I *do* find fun is doing a fantastic dance routine with people of an equal or greater ability. Either that, or very clever choreography that uses good dancers to their full potential and does something interesting with the remainder. Unless you have one or both of the above (good dancers &/or good choreographer) then I think it is a waste of everybody's time - but especially the paying audience. After all, if you're not doing it for the audience first and foremost, don't you think it's a little self-indulgent?
I'm sorry, but crappy amateur musicals really piss me off - /mainly/ because there is no excuse that they have to be crappy (and thus dump more bad press on the amateur scene) if you just chose the right material and have the right creative team in the first place. Best example being 'Playlovers' - you won't see them doing 'Fame' until they absolutely know they have the right people to do it.
Amanda Chesterton
PS 'Bye Bye Birdie' is about to be done as the major 3rd year production at WAAPA in June, which suggests that it might not be a good choice for a smaller, less funded group to do, as unfavourable comparisons may be drawn.