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| Posted by: | Zelgo 01:04 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | BEAUTIFUL last night -- audience and house staff - allineedisthegirl 12:18 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| Honestly, with these onslaught of jukebox musicals, I'm surprised that this kind of audience participation doesn't happen more. Few of these are any more than people on stage singing songs that we all know and love. Just because they slap a barebones plot around it doesn't suddenly make it a musical. | |
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| Singalong Night? | |
| Posted by: | FriendofDorothy 05:37 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: BEAUTIFUL last night -- audience and house staff - Zelgo 01:04 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| Maybe the jukers could market a weekly "Singalong" performance, which would direct the people looking to do that there. It would also allow them to prominently display a sign "SINGING ALONG WITH THE CAST IS/IS NOT ALLOWED AT THIS PERFORMANCE". | |
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| most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 01:38 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: BEAUTIFUL last night -- audience and house staff - Zelgo 01:04 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| so singing along isn't a big issue in Motown and Priscilla. Beautiful has more quiet type songs where it probably is more noticable. | |
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| re: most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 05:00 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor - dramedy 01:38 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| I was quite impressed with the sound design of Beautiful. Crisp, not too loud, and I could understand every word of the lyrics. | |
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| re: most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor | |
| Posted by: | Michael_Portantiere 03:03 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor - dramedy 01:38 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| "...singing along isn't a big issue in Motown and Priscilla." Who says? The night I attended MOTOWN (at a press performance), I was lucky that none of the people in my immediate vicinity were singing along. But I was aware that there were other sections where people were singing throughout the show, and at intermission, I saw some people leaving for that very reason. I assumed they realized it would be a losing battle to complain to the staff in hopes they could try to stop half the audience from making themselves part of the show, plus the departing people probably felt their evening had already been ruined, so they just took off. As to the positive interpretation of this phenomenon, that at least the people singing along are "engaged," why in the name of all that's holy should one thing lead to another? I'm "engaged" when I go the opera, but if I ever tried to sing along (which I never would), I'd probably be strangled. Is singing along considered remotely "acceptable" at Broadway shows just because they're so over-amplified? Not to me, it ain't. | |
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| i hate the Hallelujah Chorus of the Messiah | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 03:59 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor - Michael_Portantiere 03:03 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| where they encourage participation from the audience. In my opinion, that's the best number in the entire evening and it is ruined by off-key singers around me. | |
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| re: i hate the Hallelujah Chorus of the Messiah | |
| Posted by: | MikeR 04:03 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | i hate the Hallelujah Chorus of the Messiah - dramedy 03:59 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| Really? Wow. Other than sing-along Messiahs, I've never heard of, performed in, or witnessed a performance that encouraged participation. Everyone stands, of course (which is a dumb tradition, but whatever), but that's been the extent in my experience. Either I've been lucky or you've been unlucky (or both). | |
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| SF symphony about 10 years ago | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 05:13 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: i hate the Hallelujah Chorus of the Messiah - MikeR 04:03 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| i went, i had to stand and everyone (except me) sang. I never went again. | |
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| re: most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor | |
| Posted by: | markdr 02:45 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor - dramedy 01:38 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| Saw PRISCILLA in London. Had to shush my Aussie seatmates there. And they continued to sing, hum, whatever!! | |
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| re: most jukebox are so overamplified, you can't hear your neighbor | |
| Posted by: | JohnPopa 01:48 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| And, really, in Motown the performances were generally concert-style performances of the songs anyway. (Haven't seen 'Priscilla.') | |
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| re: BEAUTIFUL last night -- audience and house staff | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 01:28 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: BEAUTIFUL last night -- audience and house staff - Zelgo 01:04 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| I really think Beautful has more than a bare bones plot. OK, the book isn't fantastic but it is more than serviceable as a framework for some wonderful songs. This show was more fun for me than say, Mamma Mia, and I enjoyed it just as much as Jersey Boys, which has run forever. I'm not saying there should be more jukebox musicals. I really wish they would stop. But I liked this show. | |
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