[NEohioPAL]Response to Ms. Smith's response on Urinetown auditions.

[jasen smith]

I may be wrong but isn't the main story of Urinetown a
group of wealthy people taking advantage of the less
fortunate and less educated?  I think that a high
school teacher that thinks his/her students are smart,
Mature and talented enough to carry a show like that
should be congratulated.  The parents and Students
should be congratulated as well.

One day Urinetown will be thought of as Classic
Broadway and not as cutting edge as it is.

JJS


--- Craig M Russell <cmractor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed, Ms. Smith has a point in her response saying
> that the subject matter
> of Urinetown may not be appropriate for the maturity
> level of the eligible
> auditioners; however, how many times can a youth
> theatre do shows like Music
> Man, Oklahoma!, Our Town, or other shows that are
> overdone in the High
> School years of students?  Unless I am not reading
> the show as an educator
> or through the eyes of a parent, however, I do not
> see anything wrong with a
> high school student singing "A Privilege to Pee".  I
> believe more high
> schools should do more shows that broaden the
> horizons of students
> everywhere.
> 
> I for one am glad that they are doing a school
> musical.  My high school
> hasn't had a musical in over 10 years (which was
> Oklahoma! by the way), and
> we were planning on getting the rights to Cinderella
> my sophomore year and
> our teacher backed out because of costs of
> royalties.  We hardly had a drama
> club.  I spent an equivalent of two and a half years
> looking for a teacher
> to advise the drama club.  Out of four years, I did
> two plays.  Can we say
> uncultured?  I really think I would have benefited
> had we been exposed to
> alternate types of drama (ie. other than comedy --
> we should have had a
> tragedy, musical, maybe even do a classic play).
> 
> My question is, what is wrong with schools that they
> are afraid of doing a
> show that is challenging the minds and talents of a
> student body?  What
> other shows are out there that are appropriate for
> students to be exposed to
> and can broaden the horizons and culture them?  I,
> for one, am highly upset
> about my high school experience because of the fact
> we were not cultured in
> the arts and were afraid of doing shows with diverse
> subject matter.
> 
> My 1.5 cents.
> 
> CMR
> 




 
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