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From: jmb5b@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (John M. Bozeman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Favorite Musicals
Date: 14 Apr 92 02:36:42 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia
Ireallyam: jmb5b




In terms of favorite musicals, I would have to have two categories, being those
I've actually seen and those I've only heard on soundtrack.  It's
kind of hard to sort out the ones I've seen, since I've seen 30+ musicals
(mostly dinner theatres, high school and college productions), but the soundtracks are easier.  Okay, here goes my list.  Of the ones I've just heard, ranking
is easy, but of the ones I've seen, it's pretty much arbitrary-just the five
I liked the best, in the best order I can come up with.

Musicals I Have Seen;
1)1776 (even though I liked the movie better than the production I saw)
2) Fiddler On the Roof
3)Brigadoon
4)The Music Man
5)Camelot
I also liked Sweeney Todd (saw the B'way video thing) and South Pacific a
lot, and Oklahoma! too.

Musicals I've Heard 
1)Les Miserables (Broadway Version)
2)Man of La Mancha
3)Into the Woods
4)Phantom (London version)
5)Annie (Don't laugh-I thought this was a good soundtrack album)
5) (tie) Chess (Broadway-it's the only one I've heard)

Michelle Carpick
University of Virginia






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From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
Subject: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are on PBS
Keywords: great performances 
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 20:45:05 GMT

As part of its Great Performances series, PBS will be broadcasting the
recent movie version of Tom Stoppard's play (also directed by him)
near the end of April.  [For people in the Bay Area, it will be
broadcast on Sunday April 26 at 3pm].  Since there's some variability
in PBS affiliate scheduling, I thought I'd post this now.

Andrew
From: cs204b00@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: CATS in Birmingham (Alabama)
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:15:05 GMT


   I heard a rumor that Theatre of the Stars had some kind of contract
problem with the Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama and that CATS will
now be shown at one of the college auditoriums (!) there instead. Does
anyone have any info on this?
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From: brent-b@eastern.COM (Brent McNamee)
Subject: Re: MORE High-School Drama
Organization: Eastern's Public Access BBS, Toronto CAN
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 02:53:06 GMT

Hi there...

I know when I was in high school (just a couple of years ago) we were short 
on money, and we used the show "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder to boost our 
appearance.  Much of the cast is female, the only problem is that you need a 
VERY strong male to play the part of the Stage Manager (a role - not the 
actual SM).  That part has more lines in it, in more large blocks of about 
ten minutes each, than I have ever seen in any role.  However - as far as 
sets go, all we used were two trusses (gardening cross-hatches of wood that 
go up a wall), two tables, one small set of stairs, six old chairs, and a 
six foot long plank to serve as the soda shop counter (laid over two chair 
backs in a separate scene).  The play is SUPPOSED to look "cheap", because 
it's about the poeple of a small town putting on a play about their lives.  
The cast can be large or small as you'd like - there are seven major roles I 
can think of (Stage Manager, Emily Webb, George Gibbs, Mr & Mrs Webb, Mr & 
Mrs Gibbs, Mr. Morgan can be made into a separate role if you'd like - 
combining the role of a person from the audience, Mr. Morgan, and the third 
dead man - read it, you'll know what I mean...).  Anyway, the largest scene 
are the wedding and funeral scenes, where you can have a crowd of walk-ons, 
or a small group - whatever you'd like...

I'd highly recommend it.
 
To quote the show (and the playbill we distributed)...
 
            "This is the way we were in the states north of Massachusets at 
the turn of the century.  This is the way we were - in our growing up, in 
our living, and in our dying."
                         -Stage Manager, "Our Town"
From: edelnantj@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: MORE High-school drama...
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:39:12 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Apr8.153852.1@acad3.alaska.edu>, fsrla@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
<deleted>
> And while I'm here, let me ask one more thing...
> Does ANYONE have tips on how to keep drama from completely dying out????
> How can I make people take a little more notice of a small school about
> to lose something very special?????                          ROG!

Usual strategies include: Get a copy of _Theatre in High School_ by Charlotte
Motter [Univ. Press of America]; it has loads of tips for building programs
including:
        Doing large cast shows to actually involve as many people in the doing
of theatre as possible.
        Recruiting help from as many local businesses and business people
(likely to be on the school board or city council or in direct contact with
them) as you can.
        Get the parents of the kids who are excited to form a booster
group; really a fund raising/volunteer/lobbying group that can begin
pressuring the school board or principal for "equal time" or equal support for
a drama program.
        Using as many other teachers as resource people as you can to get them
involved and try to get the play you are performing taught in language arts or
social studies or wellness classes, most decent plays have at least one 'issue'
that might be teachable.
        Begin working to develop some curricular space for theatre.  Anchorage
Press in New Orleans publishes the National Theatre Education Project's work: 
_A Model Drama/Theatre Curriculum: Philosophy, Goals and Objectives_ [1987] and
many states (I think Alaska, too) have model curricula or curriculum guides
available.  Particularly interesting are guides from Texas, California, Oregon,
and Iowa.
        Join local theatre associations and national networks like American
Alliance for Theatre Education, Educational Theatre Association (affiliated with
the International Thespians) or some other group to get in touch with other
people working toward the same goals; they have ideas and strategies to share.
        Good luck.  Sometimes you can even cast those athletes!  I'll bet that
half of the students we interview for acting scholarship moved into the theatre
because of an athletic injury in high school-especially women.

-- 

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From: fsrla@acad3.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: MORE High-School Drama
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:29:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad3.1992Apr10.102916.1
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

In article <1992Apr9.202131.1@uncavx.unca.edu>, sweeney@uncavx.unca.edu writes:
> How about inviting the Alaska Rep from Anchorage to do a residency, or at 
> least a performance and day of classes?  Surely your swollen athletic revenues
> can afford that!
> 
> Paul Sweeney
> University of North Carolina at Asheville
> (North Carolina has mandated classes by *drama certified* teachers K-12)
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I think that would be cool.....but considering that ANY revenues in our school
are far from SWOLLEN.  It would be a bit hard.  We are not hurting for talent
or anything.  It's just the school does emphesize sport...(could you emagine
the out cry if we suggested using sports money for drama......*quake with fear*
My god, we'd have a riot on our hands!!!!!!!!  Seriously, I wish it were that
easy.  Our band seems to have more priority then drama....(no offense to any
musicians, I'm one, too)  The only thing in this school with less priority
then drama is, perhaps, orchestra.
And the suggestion someone made, about a booster club, it was a good idea.
We tried it once.....and, well, like usual......
Anyway, I do value suggestions, and will try to act on as many as possible....
                                                                    ROG!
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From: whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen)
Subject: Re: High-school play suggestions?
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 23:38:07 GMT

In article <1992Apr4.205923.1@acad3.alaska.edu> fsrla@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
>Howdy, this is a very interesting group!!!!
>Well, I notice all the big named plays and musicals and feel
>almost silly asking this.
>BUT ANYWAY..........
>Does anyone out there have any suggestions for a good play
>that could be performed by a small high-school group.  Most
>of the cast female with very little scenery?????
>The lighting doesn't concern me, at the moment.  But would
>prefer something not to technical.
>The people performing would like a comedy, buy a drama/mystery
>might be fun too...
>thanks in advance!!!!                           ROG!


STEEL MAGNOLIAS!  Its set is a single interior (although lighting becomes fair-
ly important for 'setting the scene') and the cast is ALL female!  It has comic
elements, but is still dramatic.  Our high school just finished SM, and 'twas
quite good.
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From: ks57+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kimberly Sewright)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Favorite Musicals
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:47:34 GMT
Organization: Masters student, Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I have been reading with interest the various postings on this bboard
regarding everyone's favorite muscials. Like most of you, my current
favorites include Les Miz, Phantom, Miss Saigon etc. I have seen
productions of these musicals both in the states, Toronto and in the
West End and I would jump at the chance to see them again! However....

To be a scholar for a moment (OH NO! NOT THAT!!), it is really
important, when judging the merits of a musical, to view it in the
context of it's place in musical theater history. While I would grab
tickets to Phantom or Miss Saigon over Oklahoma or another R & H
musical, we all have to give those two gentlemen their due. They
revolutionized musical theater!! Most theater historians consider
Oklahoma a landmark in the development of muscial theater.  For the
first time the musical numbers actually advanced the plot. We might all
consider R & H musicals pretty hocky now, but at the time they were
cutting edge. Without them and all the others that helped create the
Great American Musical, the West End imports we all love so much today
would probably not have been possible. So those of you that fill your
WORST MUSICAL LIST with great musicals that have descended into cliche
just keep in mind that when they emerged on the stage, they were
dazzling. 

I'll get off my soapbox now! 
K. Sewright 
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From: burt@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (burton.d.fried)
Subject: Re: Favorite Musicals
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 11:06:55 GMT

In article <kucmi2INNaa@aludra.usc.edu>, jameskau@aludra.usc.edu (James Kaufman) writes:
> Here's a question:  What are your favorite (top five, top ten) musicals?  I'd
> probably go with:
> 1) Miss Saigon
> 2) Phantom of the Opera
> 3) Jesus Christ Superstar
> 4) Evita
> 5) Sweeney Todd/Into the Woods
> Other musicals that ranks up there for me include Aspects of Love, Les Miz,
> Hair, and 1776.  I haven't seen (or heard too much of) Chess or The Secret
> Garden, but I heard they're pretty good.  Other opinions?
> James Kaufman
> jameskau@aludra.usc.edu


My favorites are:

1) Fiddler on the Roof
2) Show Boat
3) Porgy and Bess
4) South Pacific
5) On the Twentieth Century

AND............
(Guys and Dolls, 1776, Onward Victoria, Kiss Me Kate, She Loves Me, Oh Brother,
 Music Is, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Mr. President, Candide, Bajour, La Cage,
 Dear World, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Windy City, Rags, I Can Get It For You
 Wholesale, Kismet, My Fair Lady, Rose Marie, Desert Song, Vagabond King,
 The Three Musketeers, Song of Norway, NINE, All American, Chess..........)


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From: sws8n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Stefan William Sittig)
Subject: Re: Plays in Chicago April 23-27?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 19:02:23 GMT

In article <MURRAY.92Apr2135316@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu> murray@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Thomas Murray) writes:
>In article <1992Apr2.091632.3491@iscsvax.uni.edu> edelnantj@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>
>A couple comments:
>
>   Camelot   Auditorium
>
>This show was cancelled.
>
>   Phantom (Kopit & Yeston)  Candlelight
>
>This has gotten great reviews!!
> 
>   Theda Bara & the Frontier Rabbi  Wellington
>
>I saw this, and though the production numbers are good, I wouldn't
>bother otherwise.  It's REALLY silly.
>
>-tom

 Playing April 9-18 at the Culbreth Theatre at the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
is the manificent and exciting muical CABARET by Kander and Ebb.  Tickets
are on sale at the Drama Dept. Box Office.   Curtain at 8pm sharp.

starring:  Jack Donahue as the MC
	   Tina Fey as Sally Bowles
	   Bryan Garey as Cliff Bradshaw
	   Evan Bridenstine as Herr Schultz
	   Lisa Newman as Fraulein Schneider
	   and Davis Kirby as Ernst Ludwig


come one come all....

					-Stefan
From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Guys & Dolls
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:36:10 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

Frank Rich gave the revival of GUYS AND DOLLS a rave in this morning's
NEW YORK TIMES.  There really wasn't anything about it he didn't like.
That, given the commercial realities, will be enough to ensure it a very
long run indeed.

I'll be seeing it this Saturday.  I hope to post a review next week.

Jon Alan Conrad
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From: jpenovic@wizard.Berkeley.EDU (Jan Penovich)
Subject: On acting - Ruth Gordon
Reply-To: jpenovic@encore.com
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Fort Lauderdale FL
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:15:52 GMT

While I was going through some old playbills and theater
stuff, I found something written by actress Ruth Gordon.  I'm
not sure where I got it from, but I thought those of you who
act (and even if you don't) might find it interesting.

  "I wanted to be an actress in 1912, I want to be an actress
   today.  That walk from the darkness backstage through the
   door or opening in the scenery where I make an entrance
   into the bright lights with that big dim mass out beyond,
   which bursts into applause, then the first terrifying sound
   that comes out of my throat, which they describe as a voice,
   but that first instant it is the siren of terror and
   intention and faith and hope and trust and vanity and
   security and insecurity and blood-curdling courage, which
   is acting."
			   Ruth Gordon

jan
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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Followup on Metro
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:14:54 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

In article <1992Apr13.233106.22988@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) writes:

>More than 40 Polish/German/Russian actors/actresses
>showed up in Metro. did you hear a peep out of Actor's
>Equity? Wow, after the ruckus over Lea Salonga and
>Jonathan Pryce...This is getting fishy.

Nothing the least bit fishy about it.  Foriegn casts or companies are
always permitted limited runs.  If METRO runs longer than 4 months (I
forget the exact cutoff), then they'll have to replace the cast.  We'll
see what Equity has to say then.

Jon Alan Conrad
From: bickle@mitchell.hac.com (Vanessa Bickle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Favorite Musicals
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:02:56 GMT
Reply-To: bickle@mitchell.hac.com (Vanessa Bickle)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company

In article <kucmi2INNaa@aludra.usc.edu>, jameskau@aludra.usc.edu (James Kaufman) writes:
|> Here's a question:  What are your favorite (top five, top ten) musicals? 

(1) Phantom of the Opera
(2) Les Miserables
(3) Starlight Express
(4) Aspects of Love
(5) Cats
(6) Grand Hotel

I've seen more, but the rating gets too subtle below 5 or 6.
I haven't seen Miss Saigon, but like the music and suspect that
it would be included.
From: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: What Musical Does "Only You" Come From?
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:12:32 GMT
Reply-To: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Distribution: na
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Apr10.184114.3301@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> marck@nwu.edu (Marck ... high above the kitchen) writes:
>i know it's an andrew lloyd webber musical.  i know it's not _cats_ or
>j.c. superdude_.

   Starlight Express, maybe?

>
>thansk in advansk

You're welcomich.


-rich
Richard Sucgang : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Columbia University (sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu; 
de slime god         rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
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From: myrab@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (myra.bronstein)
Subject: Re: Short NYC Theater Weekend
Summary: Short NYC Theatre Weekend-Suggestions
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 23:32:12 GMT

In article <1992Apr3.194507.29255@cbnews.cb.att.com>, gwb@cbnews.cb.att.com (gregory.blum) writes:
> I know that this is rather a wide open question, but......
> 
> I'll be getting to NYC for just a weekend stay in the early part of
> May; probably just a Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so 4 plays max.
> What would you all recommend? 
> 
> I tend to like "serious" drama rather more than musicals, but I do
> enjoy a good musical too.  I'd prefer a bit of variety in the choices,
> and off-Broadway things are certainly of interest.
> 
> I've already seen that are still playing are the "big name" musicals.
> Any advice appreciated.....
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg Blum

I'm glad you asked.
I recently saw "Dancing at Lughnasa."  It was one of the best plays
I've ever seen.  Great great acting, staging, script--everything.
I recommend it highly, and I'd like to see such a quality play do 
well.
I know they're selling tickets through May 17; no closing date yet.
I got tickets at TKTS, the half-price booth, BTW.

And, I can confirm what the NYT said about "The Master Builder."
Arf arf.  Pathetic.  No reason to even go into details because 
everything about it's bad.  It's the antithesis of "Dancing..."

I also saw "Streetcar Named Desire."  Not too good.  
Not terrible, but just passable. 
I saw a preview so maybe the performances have perked up;
they needed to.  

Like someone else said, "The Price" is coming May 20-July 12.
The cast isn't set but I think Eli Wallach will be in it
(looks like Brian Dennehey fell through--drat).

And I know you didn't ask about musicals, but I can't resist:
"Crazy for You" is just boffo.  If you like dancing, you gotta
see that choreography.  One of the most entertaining shows I've
ever seen.  The kind of show Broadway theatres were built for.

Have a great time.

Myra
From: I_SW@zis.ziff.com (Sam Warren)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: New Show Opening
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:44:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: world.9204141344.AA29286

Hi!  I'm new to the group, and I wanted to let everyone know about a new
musical opening this Thursday (4/16).  It's called Metro, and it comes to us
from Poland, where it has been playing for several months at the Dramatyczny
Theatre.  The show is directed and choreagraphed by Janusz Josefowicz, and the
music was written by Janusz Stoklosa.  I have seen it in previews three times,
and it continues to amaze me.

The story concerns a group of performers who entertain in the subways because
they fail to get cast in an "above-ground" musical.  The subway show becomes
tremendously popular, and the above-ground show is viewed by the public as
being rather mundane.  Now, to further complicate things, the above-ground show
is produced by a man named Philip.  The subway show is written and directed by
a man named Jan.  Philip and Jan are brothers.  Philip is jealous of Jan.

The show includes lasers and computer graphics that are absolutely
state-of-the-art.  During the overture, the word "Metro" appears onstage like a
hologram, and it turns so that the audience is reading it backwards, and then
it turns to face front again.  There are many types of dancing, including
breakdancing, tap dancing and classical ballet.  The music runs the gamut as
well.  There is even a Polish rap (though 95% of the show is in English)! 
There is also a love story, but it's a little weak.  In fact, the book in
general is a little weak, but if you're interested in unique staging, this is a
definite must see.

I don't know how many of you live here in New York, but if you can make it to
this show, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the quality of dance and
the sheer exuberance of the young (14-37) cast.  
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From: jpenovic@wizard.Berkeley.EDU (Jan Penovich)
Subject: Re: Favorite Musicals
Reply-To: jpenovic@encore.com
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Fort Lauderdale FL
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 13:09:09 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.023642.5923@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
jmb5b@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (John M. Bozeman) writes:
> 
> 
> 
> In terms of favorite musicals, I would have to have two categories,
being those
> I've actually seen and those I've only heard on soundtrack.  It's

  I'm sure this has been discussed before, and please don't
  take this as a flame, but a soundtrack is the movie version
  of a score, not the Broadway or London Original Cast recording.
  Hence, a soundtrack can be quite different than the cast
  recording.  For example, the Annie soundtrack is
  missing two songs that I really like (NYC and Thank you
  Herbert Hoover) and replaces them with a song about movies
  and another I don't remember.

> 5)Annie (Don't laugh-I thought this was a good soundtrack album)

  I'm not laughing.  I thought the original cast album was
  pretty good.  In fact, we're taking my six year old daughter
  to see a production of it this month.

jan

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