broadway baby

Sep 28, 2004 17:16

-Which Broadway show is your favorite because of music?: Rent, Jane, and Wicked has beautiful music
-Which Broadway show is your favorite because of plot?: Aida, Rent, Assassins
-Which Broadway show is your favorite because of everything? Assassins, Rent
-Which Broadway show is your favorite because of its stars?: Wicked, Assassins, Jane Eyre, Aida
-Which Broadway show do you detest the most: Godspell
-Which other ones do you like a lot?: Little Shop, Into the Woods, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, etc etc etc
-Which Broadway song is your favorite because of music?: No One Mourns the Wicked and No Good Deed, The Gun Song
-Which Broadway song is your favorite because of lyrics?: 30/90
-Favorite song in general (not Broadway)?: Uum… something Matt Caplan-esque?
-Favorite all-time Broadway song?: Oh, there are just so many!!
-Can you sing?: No comment
-Do you like to sing?: Apparently
-Do you like to sing in front of people?: Sometimes
-Musical, dramatic, or comedic theatre?: musical
-What is your dream role?: Jane in Jane Eyre or Maureen in Rent. I’d also like to be Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods.
-Would you rather be onstage or offstage?: On

Your Opinion

-Techies: They make the show go, and they take a lot of crap from actors.
-Stage moms: I hate stage moms
-Child actors: No good. They should be in school
-Off-Broadway: I love Off-Broadway. ^.^
-A musical that should have a sequel: Phantom
-A musical that should NOT have a sequel: Wicked.
-A musical that should not have been made into a musical: Wicked
-Simplicity or extravagance?: Well, for Rent, you need simplicity, but for shows like Beauty and the Beast… well, that crap doesn’t fly if it’s not glitzy.

Random Questions

-Favorite quote?: “How do you document real life when real life’s getting more like fiction each day?”
-What's a Broadway song that makes you cringe?: Any of the ‘Fax’s songs.
-About how many shows have you been in?: I’m in my fourth right now. ^.^

Which Is Worse?

-Casting kids who can't really act but can sing, or vice versa?: In a musical, it doesn’t really matter if you can’t sing as long as you have a really good voice
-Being off pitch, or discovering your underthings are showing?: Being off pitch.
-Getting boo'd at curtain call, or having people leave at intermission?: Getting boo’ed. I mean, we had people leaving at intermission every night for Sweeney because they just hated the content of the show. When you’re boo’ed, it’s more of a personal thing.
-Being the only on-pitch kid in a group of off pitch people, or vice versa?: Being on in an off pitch group. Then you are praised for being the only one knowing what you’re supposed to be doing. ^.^
-Being an unappriciated main part, or unappriciated small role?: What difference does it make?

Do you believe...

-Bad luck to speak the last line of the play anytime before opening night?: Nope
-Shouldn't whistle while you're in the theater?: Nope

This or That

-Cats or Les Miserables?: Les Mis
-Lights or Sound?: I would rather do lighting, but I think sound is more important.
-Publicity or Props?: Publicity. What’s the good of the props if no one’s going to see them?
-Costumes or Make-Up?: Costumes.
-Lots of lines or One Big Solo?: Big Solo is kind of scary. Actually, so is little solo.
-Bye Bye Birdie or Grease?: Grease
-Prom or Little Shop of Horrors?: Little Shop?
-Wicked or The Wiz?: I don’t know since I’ve never actually seen The Wiz done professionally, but I’m sure it could be awesome. But then again, Wicked has great harmonies and wonderful lighting.
-Once Upon a Mattress or Into the Woods?: Into the Woods
-Oliver or Annie?: Oliver
-Aida or Camelot?: Aida
-Beauty and the Beast or Lion King?: Beauty and the Beast
-The Music Man or My Fair Lady?: Neither
-Cinderella or South Pacific?: Cinderella
-Hairspray or Mamma Mia!?: Hairspray!
-Rent or The Producers?: Rent Rent Rent Rent Rent! Because everything is Rent!
-Fiddler on the Roof or Gypsy?: You know, I don’t know…
-The Sound of Music or The King and I?: Hard choice, but I’d have to say The Sound of Music
-The Boy from Oz or Taboo?: Taboo
-Stomp or Blast?: Stomp
-Annie, Get Your Gun or Oklahoma?: Neither
-Jekyll & Hyde or Phantom of the Opera?: Phantom, only because it has prettier words to go with the pretty music
-Avenue Q or The Last Five Years?: Neither
-Pirates of Penzance or Funny Girl?: Pirates
-Chicago or Cabaret?: Probably Cabaret

If Your Life was a Broadway Musical...

-What would it be?: tick… tick… BOOM!
-Who would you play?: I’d be Jonathan
-Who would be your co-stars?: Kristina and Gina. I’d say Kristina’s my lover and Gina’s Michael.
-Publicity?: I’d be all the publicity they’d need. ^.^
-Music director/conductor?: ….
-Director?: Je ne sais pas? Michael Grief
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