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| re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 06:42 pm EST 01/18/18 | |
| In reply to: re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." - Michael_Portantiere 02:07 pm EST 01/18/18 | |
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| Doing a show because the writer of it has written other better and more popular scores is not a good reason. I also disagree... they should be doing work the challenges them and gives them a chance to exercise their muscles in ways they might not get as many chances to in their early careers. Also, there are PLENTY of actual worthwhile shows for them to do in college that have the "general type of music turns up frequently in musical theater"... |
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| re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 07:27 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." - Chazwaza 06:42 pm EST 01/18/18 | |
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| It's a bit cynical to think of it this way, but many of these students will be auditioning for summer stock (such as it is now a days) and having Sister Act on their resume might be super helpful. | |
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| re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 09:31 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:29 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." - andPeggy 07:27 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
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| I dunno... I'm pretty doubtful that people casting Summer Stock will think "Well she's great, but she was in Sweeney Todd and Nine... but nothing middling or generic with unchallenging roles that's just meant to please the audience... let's go with someone else." And even if some do, or all do, this is still not the way someone running a top tier college theater program and place of higher education should be picking shows for their students who spend a f*ck ton of money and 4 years of their youth to grow and learn and stretch themselves. | |
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| re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 09:41 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." - Chazwaza 09:29 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
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| Maybe I wasn’t clear. I think Sister Act, and titles like it are exactly what summer stock is doing. It’s not that students are at an advantage by doing mediocre shows. They’re at an advantage doing these mediocre shows that are currently trendy | |
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| re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 01:25 pm EST 01/20/18 | |
| In reply to: re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." - andPeggy 09:41 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
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| You were clear, I understood that. And I just completely disagree with that as a fair logic for picking the shows for a theater college, especially one at that level. | |
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| re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:47 am EST 01/20/18 | |
| In reply to: re: NYU Steinhardt is doing "Sister Act." - andPeggy 09:41 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
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| "Maybe I wasn’t clear. I think Sister Act, and titles like it are exactly what summer stock is doing. It’s not that students are at an advantage by doing mediocre shows. They’re at an advantage doing these mediocre shows that are currently trendy." Those are more or less along the same lines I was thinking. Another way to look at it is that students can learn different things from doing different types of shows. Of course I agree they should also do scores/shows that are generally regarded as better in quality and more challenging, but I do think there is some value in doing a show like SISTER ACT. For what it's worth, this same program at NYU recently did AMOUR. I think it's wise for the faculty to choose a mix of different styles of shows/scores, as with these two examples. |
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