re: The Official 'Bad High School Productions on YouTube' Megathread

[Gink]

My son went to Stagedoor Manor for four years. If your parents have money you can go; it doesn't matter if you have talent or not. The shows I've seen have ranged from fantastic to pretty awful each session. Having seen four to five shows each parents' weekend it seems they group the kids by talent, but any given session they have to work with the kids who are there--and if they want to be in a drama or musical--you can't not cast someone just because they aren't talented. I've seen shows with fantastic leads and horrible ensemble members--or just one or two kids who can't act/sing/dance. Some shows have been better than Broadway versions I've seen--others I left after intermission...I will say the Mikado I saw there was more entertaining then the one I saw in NYC. Yes, NYC was technically better, but we had way more fun watching it at Stagedoor.

Also--those shows are put together in less then three weeks. Cut them some slack.

[Gink]

At Stagedoor they also group the shows by age--they might do Once on this Island with a young group, a slightly older group for another show and their seniors for the older teen show. The legally blonde show seemed to be intermediate to me. They do have kids cross the age barrier, like in Les Mis and adding in an older teen to play a God in Once on this Island, but in general they group the kids by age.

[My Oh My]

Quiche2, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, you're sooo mean! LOL.

Maybe I'm just a softy when it comes to kids, but that kid is a baby! And at a stage where encouragement would reap far more rewards than regrets. I mean, mixed with his wild enthusiasm and confidence, that is.

I wouldn't say he's TERRIBLE. And as soft as I am with these things, I'd have no problem saying if he was actually really awful. I wouldn't tell him that, though, and would say it while being sensitive to his feelings if I had to (meaning, not saying "you're awful!" but rather, "keep up the good work!").

Not scolding or anything. Or suggesting you're cruel. I have laughed, giggled, and recoiled in horror at student productions and many a YouTube rendition before.

But it's a whole other thing with kids that young. I don't claim to be GREAT, but I know I can sing well, and my little heart would have shattered to a million pieces had someone told me I was terrible back when I was learning and growing.

I work with the little devils all day, so maybe I'm biased, lol.

[Emma White]

Can I just revive this thread because it's my all time favourite one on this site?
Please, send me more videos.
I'll post my own school's bad Anything Goes next month.

[ABB2357]

Anyone know what those Blacklick Valley kids are up to? They haven't posted any other YouTube videos since their masterpiece staging of LES MISERABLES.

[PlainMushroomWit']

Wow. Like all the greats, that "One Day More" feels as fresh and alive as it did when it first showed up. The classics really are timeless!

[djdan1079]

^^^^ LOL

I'm almost tempted to post links to some community theatre shows I've done, just so you guys can rip them to shreds

[SporkGoddess]

I love when Eponine stops singing early in "One Day More" and the music crescendos without her.

[IronMan]

I love this thread SOOOOO much... and am eternally grateful that I went to high school long before everything was recorded and posted to the world.

If this has been posted before, forgive me- but it is simply astounding!


Summer Nights

[finebydesign]

Wow, that led me to this!

[Matt Rogers]

Why does Broadwayworld.com allow people to post links to illegally recorded videos? This is all copyrighted material and in general, video rights are not available, and this thread is a perfect example of why. If a monitor ever checks this thread, it should seriously be removed.

[Something_next2norml]

this thread is perfection.

[finebydesign]

"Why does Broadwayworld.com allow people to post links to illegally recorded videos? This is all copyrighted material and in general, video rights are not available, and this thread is a perfect example of why. If a monitor ever checks this thread, it should seriously be removed."

It is not BWW responsibility to police Youtube. BWW used to be in the practice of doing so, but now if you read "their" headlines you'll see much of their content is lifted from other sources including YOUTUBE! Most of their breaking news is from someone's twitter account or Deadline.com. The internet just don't work that way.
You think BWW paid a lawyer to clear this? Hardly.

[Emmaloucbway]

I'm obsessed with every single video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU9ug_lGU4U&list=PLA90492A0FB8B4300&index=2

[Jon]

Why is the Chairman wearing an 18th century colonial wig?

[Emmaloucbway]

I have no idea....
Rosa's wig is a mess too.

[Michael Bennett]

This production of EVITA is 50 Shades of Wrong. But it does give us a chance to see what "Rainbow High" would have been like if performed by Senorita Louise and the Hollywood Blondes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3aaX1GZYeU

[bwayto]

Omigod. I NEVER say this, but Madonna was better. That's how bad it is.

[gabrieljwickedone]

My school's recent production of The Sound of Music.

Maria is an alto who can't act, Von Trapp was wooden and sang through his nose.

Mother Abbess was good, this song was a challenge for her (She's never had a voice lesson), and I put everything I had into playing Uncle Max.

This scene isn't the worst, what makes it terrible is that it was the first scene of Act Two, because our director thinks she can pick where intermission goes.


Climb Every Mountain!

[Thparkaly]

I think there should be a compilation of Legally Blonde's with terrible wigs.

[Nettik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2bld5GWDM

9 to 5. The three female leads are pretty good (especially Judy!) but the rest of the cast leaves a bit to be desired...