Theatre

[alfr dís]

I was just wondering if anybody else here was in to theatre as well as dance? My friends call me a theatre junkie, and i geuss i am "my name is Kate and i have a problem...." I just love being on stage or watching. So far the plays i've been in are Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, Joseph..., Anything goes, The Wiz, Oliver, The Music Man, The King and I, Les Miserables, Cinderella, and The Little Shop of Horrors, i'm soon to start 42nd Street and after that its on to Seussical, and that not counting any i've just seen. yea, i'm a nut, but it's so much fun! :lol:

[Genesius Redux]

i'm soon to start 42nd Street and after that its on to Seussical, and that not counting any i've just seen. yea, i'm a nut, but it's so much fun! :lol:

Seussical is a great musical! A couple of years ago I did "Lucky Stiff" (by the same team). Next to "The Nerd" it was the most fun I've ever had in a show.

There are actually a number of us in theatre, and lots of people who "used" to do a lot of theatre and are now dancing. (I put that in quotation marks because I know well enough that they will all come back to the stage at one time or another).

Genesius

[Swing Kitten]

I'm currently working on earning my masters of fine arts degree in scenic design. I did my undergrad in theatre (puppetry mostly) and before that in high school... I've had the sickness for quite some time now.

[dancin_feet]

I love going to the theatre. I have every single programme for every show that I have seen. Unfortunately I cannot afford to go to anywhere near as many as I would like. Last one I saw was Cabaret.

[alfr dís]

I really want to be the cat in Seussical.......... but alas I am a girl and it makes my chances rather slim. :cry: wow, you're a puppetier swing kitten? that's really awsome. I definatly collect programs dancin feet, and tickets too, i keep them all in a box. I wish I could go see Caberet, it's my favorite show, closly followed by Guys and Dolls.

[Christina75]

Back when I lived in an city that actually had culture, I couldn't really afford to go and see much. One thing I did do with a friend of mine was volunteer at a quaint little Shakespeare theater. We would volunteer to usher and in return we would get to see the show and it came with a free meal. Pretty darn good evening for a broke college kid, as long as you didn't mind having to sit on the steps in the aisle. :D The Fox theater had a similar volunteer program and I could have seen traveling Broadway shows, but the list for volunteers at the Fox was much much longer and I never got the opportunity.

Oh, I was also the curtain puller back in high school for our production of Oklahoma. Yessiree I can pull a mean curtain :wink:

Christina

[Genesius Redux]

Back when I lived in an city that actually had culture, I couldn't really afford to go and see much. One thing I did do with a friend of mine was volunteer at a quaint little Shakespeare theater. We would volunteer to usher and in return we would get to see the show and it came with a free meal.

You don't mean the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, do you? That quaint little theatre produces some of the best Shakespeare in the country!

[Christina75]

Oh no, I meant a small little private theater in Atlanta. I think it was called the Shakespeare Tavern or something like that. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival I have been to a few times. It's a few hours away in Montgomery. I always enjoyed the productions I saw there but honestly I had no idea it was among the best...interesting :)

The Georgia Shakespeare Festival is located on the campus of the university I attended but I never once saw a production there. Bad timing + procrastination = me. lol

Christina

[Pacion]

You don't mean the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, do you? That quaint little theatre produces some of the best Shakespeare in the country!

:shock: I see! So you Americans threw "our tea" overboard (aka Boston Tea Party) but kept the literature :lol:

[Christina75]

http://www.shakespearetavern.com/ I googled it! :lol:


:shock: I see! So you Americans threw "our tea" overboard (aka Boston Tea Party) but kept the literature :lol:

We took a liking to your music too. As demonstrated by my boss who plays Beatles albums continuously. LOL :D

Christina

[etchuck]

very big on theatrical productions and concerts in general.

I have a season subscription to the university's Broadway series (which ended a month ago) and go with a friend to a few shows on tour here. I spent time in New York enjoying "42nd Street" and in London for the recent "My Fair Lady" production.

Funny though: this year's Duke series included Fame and Saturday Night Fever. SNF at least had some fairly decent disco/hustle moves that I can tell.

[Pacion]

I am not a great fan of the Beatles so that one is okay :lol: But we have Madonna :lol: (thanks to her marriage to Guy Richie), Gwenyth Paltrow (thanks to her marriage to Chris Martin, singer with the rock band Cold Play). Who else? :roll:



Interesting that "it seems" more american women are marrying english guys and moving here, rather than american guys marrying english girls and moving here

I spent time in New York enjoying "42nd Street" and in London for the recent "My Fair Lady" production.

Snap! I saw "My Fair Lady" just before it closed. I have one compliant though :evil: Liza sang "I could have danced all night" BEFORE they went to the Ball and not afterwards, which is my recollection from the movie. It sat odd with me because all the time, I mentally saying: No!!!!!!!!!!!! Not yet!!!!!!!! It is supposed to be AFTER the Ball. Then, when the post Ball scene came, I was feeling "hungry", as if someone had cleared my plate before I had finished eating :cry: :cry:

I still loved it though. All the scene changes and how clever the set designs are. :banana:[b]

[Genesius Redux]

You don't mean the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, do you? That quaint little theatre produces some of the best Shakespeare in the country!

:shock: I see! So you Americans threw "our tea" overboard (aka Boston Tea Party) but kept the literature :lol:

Ha! We weren't about to pay taxes on that tea for the same reason that the Irish wouldn't take Wood's cheap ha'pence. Because the bloody British Parliament didn't have the authority to levy them! :wink:

And Shakespeare's English is phonetically closer to American English than British English. But then, you've not really read Shakespeare until you've read him in the original Klingon....

"Our revels now are ended, Kirk! Have we not heard the chimes at midnight? Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!"

Ever fondly,

Genesius

[salsachinita]

I got into threatre waaaaaaay before I got into dancing; during primary school years I'd say (having received early education in a highly experiemental program during the 70's-early 80's).

I started my little threatre group with my friends, during mainstream junior high (as I still had a burning passion & school bored me out of my brain), under unfavouralbe conditions (time & place) :roll: .....

Then I kept drama as part of my elective all through highschool in Australia......but getting frustrated as I was not one of the 'popular' kids (which means you didn't get to do anything REAL :roll: ).

My acting break came in '94 (already involved in salsa), after returning to Aus from one of my self-inflicted 'exiles' from Europe. There was an indepandent production. I got the part (of female lead) instantly, and began rehearsing.

Eventhough it killed me (worked full time, go straight to threatre after work every night, learn my lines in the car, rehearsals on weekends), I loved every moments of my mad acting days. The play was ok but far from successful (financially & otherwise :roll: ).

The whole thing really came to an end when my director (who also wrote the play) decided to propose to me :shock: . A classic Woody Allen case, he was old enough to be my Grandad & married :roll: ......! I said NO.

That, my friends, was the end of my acting career :lol: !

[Genesius Redux]

The whole thing really came to an end when my director (who also wrote the play) decided to propose to me :shock: . A classic Woody Allen case, he was old enough to be my Grandad & married :roll: ......! I said NO.

That, my friends, was the end of my acting career :lol: !

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Ah, my lovely Salsachinita! I hope someone said, "Welcome to the biz!"

[Pacion]

We have a production here in London called "Bombay Dreams", with the music by a famous indian muscian, A R Rahman (Sagitta, do you know of him?) and backing/input by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

It is opening on Broadway, NY soon. I loved it. The set was amazing. There was a water fountain, with the water somehow draining into the flooring of the theatre. I have never seen a water fountain in the theatre before :shock: cups of water thrown around yes, but so much water? I want to know "how did they do that!" :lol: It was a beautiful sight/scene.

It was great. I think it got mixed reviews from the critics :doh: but it was very colourful and the bangra drums :shock: we could hardly keep still :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

Then I kept drama as part of my elective all through highschool in Australia......but getting frustrated as I was not one of the 'popular' kids (which means you didn't get to do anything REAL :roll: ).


since when where the 'popular' kids in drama!!??? :lol:

[Genesius Redux]

Then I kept drama as part of my elective all through highschool in Australia......but getting frustrated as I was not one of the 'popular' kids (which means you didn't get to do anything REAL :roll: ).


since when where the 'popular' kids in drama!!??? :lol:

In high school, Swing Kitten! When you can't get cast unless you know the right people. But it's nice to see all the people at reunions who did all the shows in high school but couldn't but it in the real world! :twisted:

[Swing Kitten]

In high school, Swing Kitten! When you can't get cast unless you know the right people.

my experience was very different to say the least... I was all about theatre in high school... and sure the people who knew me liked me but I wouldn't have considered myself a popular kid. Our program was very small and ill funded-- the people who were cast in the plays where the same people expected to help build the set, focus the lights, and sew the costumes... and those who seldom, if ever, showed up where not cast in any sort of major role after that.

[Genesius Redux]

In high school, Swing Kitten! When you can't get cast unless you know the right people.

my experience was very different to say the least... I was all about theatre in high school... and sure the people who knew me liked me but I wouldn't have considered myself a popular kid. Our program was very small and ill funded-- the people who were cast in the plays where the same people expected to help build the set, focus the lights, and sew the costumes... and those who seldom, if ever, showed up where not cast in any sort of major role after that.

Oh, man, it couldn't have been more different for me. The people who were cast in the shows formed a kind of clique in the chorus, which outside of school met in a religious group called "Celebration," which was also very exclusive. Very few of them had any real talent either in terms of a great cast or great crew, and it was all about personal ego. But in a strange way it made it a whole lot easier for me to handle the actual business, because I became well able to handle the rejection none of the golden boys and girls had ever faced! 8)

[salsachinita]

In my experience, all the 'popular' kids did drama, school production, organised school dances. All the glitzy showy things. These kids also picked drama to get out of other more academic subjects.

I was a serious kid in highschool. Somewhat too matured for my own good, bored out of my brain most of the time as I started to be proficient at English (only started learning seriously at 14....talking about being thrown into the deep end :roll: )....all the while I was just dying to be back in showbiz agian...!

That was when I realised that I needed to play the role of a 'real teen' first, so I wouldn't get outcasted before I even get casted :roll: :lol: ...!

When that didn't work (I like to be myself way too much) I just shrugged & went back to be in solitary.......my art studio was my life. No time for cliques 8) .

*Then I started to dream about being a DJ......got into salsa music. That's another story*

What kind of kid were you at highschool...?

[Genesius Redux]

What kind of kid were you at highschool...?

Me? In high school?

I was kind of dreamy and romantic, but with a little hard core of cynicism that came from being "just like a brother" to every girl I had a thing for. I hid behind my music a lot, and learned to play jazz as a way of putting my feelings into some sublimated form. Did sports because it was expected but came to enjoy some of it. Fell in love for the first time with a gorgeous flute player I'd met at music camp but didn't have the maturity to deal with a distance relationship (she lived about 60 miles away), and we eventually drifted apart. I still sometimes think about her.

I kind of did my own thing a lot--didn't really interact with crowds like I do now, and even now I'm more comfortable when I can flit in the crowd and not get too close to people. I had a select few friends with whom I was as tight as you can get. Had closer friendships with girls than with boys, but my best friend (whom I still talk to) was male. Read a lot of sf and murder mysteries. Major Tolkien geek.

How about you SC? You're an artist? What media?

I can't really imagine you solitary, because I keep having these images of you all drenched in sweat at a salsa club with a long list of guys who don't dare ask you to dance....

[salsachinita]

I kind of did my own thing a lot--didn't really interact with crowds like I do now, and even now I'm more comfortable when I can flit in the crowd and not get too close to people. I had a select few friends with whom I was as tight as you can get.

This describes me a lot. Even now. At a glance, I am the bubbly one bouncing (or strolling....depending on the role/mood of the night) around the clubs, greeting/hugging/pecking everyone.

Then I settle into 'hunt' mode, searching for a partner to get that salsa fix with.......then another, and another....

A lot like a lone surfer waiting for that wave.......

I can't really imagine you solitary, because I keep having these images of you all drenched in sweat at a salsa club with a long list of guys who don't dare ask you to dance....

:lol: :lol: :lol: You are part right...! But if this statement were true, then a lot of people out there wouldn't ask me for a dance, let along a decent conversation.....!? This factor itself contributes to my solitary status (mostly by choice anyway, as I tend to be too busy chasing the next dance when I am out).

Art media.......I went through so many, as I tend to get bored once I've conquered something (bad trait, I know). In highschool, it was drawing/painting/ceramics mainly. Then I shifted to textiles. I did print making as well, but believed that collage is still my strongest, if devoted more time/energy to it.

Then I got accepted into the most prestigous college for my degree in fashion design. At the time, everything I've applied for I got (but I didn't pursuit my acting, as I had to make a choice in senior years :( ), but had chosen to do fashion, largely due to a stupid bet :shock: (I was never one of these kids dreaming of/seduced by the glitz & glamour of fashion).

The whole point was to prove people wrong......as one of my Mum's friend told me that I'd NEVER be good at fashion design.

Same reason I got back into dancing, after believing for years that I was told by my ballet teacher that I would never dance.

These days I am wondering if these traits are actually good for me :? ....

[Sagitta]

The whole point was to prove people wrong......as one of my Mum's friend told me that I'd NEVER be good at fashion design.

Same reason I got back into dancing, after believing for years that I was told by my ballet teacher that I would never dance.

These days I am wondering if these traits are actually good for me :? ....

One should always discover what one's interests/desires are and pursue them. That's my philosophy anyway. Life is too short to live life to prove others wrong! Worked pretty well for me so far. :)

I actually was a more solitary person in high school then now. I did play some sports etc, but was still well known as my brother and sister were at the same school as well as was my mother. I think was asked to dance more often then I went and accepted. But things changed for the better when I left the nest and travelled 1000s of miles away to study in the US.

Speaking of theatre I rtemember doing at least one play, and one didn't have to be popular to get a part. Just have a desire and have the necessary acting skills.

[Genesius Redux]

Art media.......I went through so many, as I tend to get bored once I've conquered something (bad trait, I know). In highschool, it was drawing/painting/ceramics mainly. Then I shifted to textiles. I did print making as well, but believed that collage is still my strongest, if devoted more time/energy to it.



Collage! The art form of the 21st century! :D There is an artist, painter, who dances where I dance and she does the most gorgeous dance paintings, which all decorate the studio, and are occasionally donated to competitions.

So now you're a highly-skilled fashion expert--Dore will have to make room for Salsachinita!

Well, that's a perfect occupation for a dancer, isn't it?

[Genesius Redux]

[quote=salsachinita]

I actually was a more solitary person in high school then now. I did play some sports etc, but was still well known as my brother and sister were at the same school as well as was my mother. I think was asked to dance more often then I went and accepted. But things changed for the better when I left the nest and travelled 1000s of miles away to study in the US.


I wonder how many people start dancing out of sheer anxiety over getting to know members of the opposite sex. In high school, I thought it was terrifying to be asked to dance--but these days, free and single, it's such a relief to have the structured certainty of dance etiquette in the place of the terrible instability of the bar scene. You ask to dance, there are steps and conventions--shoot, you lead something and you actually know what she's gonna do! She reads your lead and she actually understands what you're asking! Even the most riotous club seems so much more civilized than the singles bar....

[etchuck]

I'm more of a musical person, and since my friends at the time enjoyed dancing, I wound up dancing too.

To stereotype high school boys, dancing is not considered "cool" among that cohort, so I don't think boys tried to learn to dance in order to go out with girls. I think it can be summarized with "movies, malls, and making out." Besides, in general, I don't think people appreciate etiquette unless you're in the "wealthy class" to do cotillions and things like that. That continues on to college age, where the boys would drink at the bar and watch the girls strutting their stuff... but unless you're just into grinding or are confident enough in yourself (despite your friends watching), you'd very seldom see men go out there and dance.

At least this is my jaded, stereotypical perspective. :)

[Genesius Redux]

That continues on to college age, where the boys would drink at the bar and watch the girls strutting their stuff... but unless you're just into grinding or are confident enough in yourself (despite your friends watching), you'd very seldom see men go out there and dance.

At least this is my jaded, stereotypical perspective. :)

And then you suddenly find out how much cooler it is that you know how to dance and all the women want to dance with you while the rest of the guys sip beer at the bar!

[Swing Kitten]

Art media.......I went through so many, as I tend to get bored once I've conquered something (bad trait, I know).

AACCKKK!! blasphomy!! there's no such thing as conquering a medium! You just got bored with what you could think of to do with it! There's always more that can be done; always room for improvement-- to stretch and to grow...

:lol: you found a little button of mine ;) I don't have very many. this one's is still quite small (and 3 cm left of my spine on the small of my back) ... it's reasonable to no longer persue things that no longer interest you... of course :shrug:

[etchuck]

That continues on to college age, where the boys would drink at the bar and watch the girls strutting their stuff... but unless you're just into grinding or are confident enough in yourself (despite your friends watching), you'd very seldom see men go out there and dance.

At least this is my jaded, stereotypical perspective. :)

And then you suddenly find out how much cooler it is that you know how to dance and all the women want to dance with you while the rest of the guys sip beer at the bar!

Well, lucky for me, I am not a big beer drinker. :cheers: Unfortunately I'm a bit more self-conscious in dancing like that in front of my friends.

And then I discovered WCS. :idea:

[salsachinita]

Well, that's a perfect occupation for a dancer, isn't it?

Yes and no. I think I've had my days working in the fashion industry. Now I just wanna enjoy fashion as a consumer (shopping!).

I teach/design patchwork quilts these days. That seems to fit in nicely with all my nights of dancing, and my days of thinking/talking/writing about dancing.........

8) There's nothing like a balanced lifestyle....!