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naborly
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Username: Naborly
Post Number: 390
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 8:50 am: | 
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The Columbia High School All-School Musical has opened! -GREASE-
Saturday March 11 -- 8pm
Sunday March 12 -- 2pm
Friday/Saturday March 17/18 -- 8pm
Sunday March 19 -- 2pm
Tickets are $12 at the door. You could probably still buy tickets downtown for next weekend's shows for $10. -- Robin Hutchins Gallery, Abode, Parkwood Diner, Cold Stone Creamery, and the Prescription Counter.
The doors open one half hour before the show. Seats are general admission.
This show is "rated PG-13".
Come on out and support the kids -- it's a good time. Great singing and dancing, great costumes and sets, tons of energy. You'll enjoy it!
(Besides, it's my daughter's last year.) |
Guy
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Username: Vandalay
Post Number: 1649
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:28 am: |
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I have a group that wants to go tomorrow but it seems that all the tickets have gone back to the high school.
What time today and tomorrow can I buy tickets at Columbia?
Thanks.
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naborly
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Username: Naborly
Post Number: 392
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:33 am: |
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My husband has to be there at 6pm tonite to sell tickets. I assume it will open at 12 tomorrow.
Tickets are sold at the Black Box Theatre at CHS. |
jem
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Username: Jem
Post Number: 1499
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 1:46 pm: |
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I saw the show last night. Great talent on display! The pit orchestra did a phenomenal job, and there were lots of terrific comic performances. It was especially impressive to see a very large group of boys dancing, and dancing well!
The show REALLY is PG13. Much of the stuff is likely to go over the heads of young elementary schoolers - probably not all of it, though. I imagine it could engender some interesting questions.
My sense of the show (and not just this production) is that the music is fun but the message is more than a little icky. (But, if you think of it, the message of Carousel is that it's ok if your husband abuses you...)
Go for the music and the dancing! |
wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2056
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 9:46 am: |
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I agree that the CHS production of Grease, as all of the productions I've seen at CHS (many), was an incredible production. We have such talent at CHS - it astounds me.
That said, the musical's message imo is less icky than shallow.
As Jem said go for the singing, dancing, music and incredible dedication and talent displayed in front of the stage and behind it. |
jem
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Username: Jem
Post Number: 1500
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 10:08 am: |
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Hi, Wendy!
Maybe "icky" was a weird word choice, but let me give you my definition of "icky" in this case: Good kid decides that she'll be better off joining forces with the smoking drinking anti-school greasers.
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Cynicalgirl
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Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 2455
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
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Shoot, I was just thinking Rocky Horror would be a fun one to do (guess I'm more Roz than Sandy). A lot of fun musicals with young people are kinda anti-establishment, aren't they? Hair, West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie? Transformational themes and all that... |
wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2057
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 10:47 am: |
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I think we do Hair, West Side Story and, to a lesser extent, Bye Bye Birdie a disservice by putting them in the same category as Grease. Don't get me wrong, Grease has some fine, catchy tunes, it just doesn't rank up there as a solid musical in my opinion, regardless of the subject matter or the message. However because the message is so one dimensional in Grease, that helps to cause its shallowness and thinness of plot and dialogue. |
Cynicalgirl
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Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 2457
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 11:23 am: |
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I hear you -- just responding the concerns with which way the main characters tend. Though I will say that for me, upon re-viewing Hair at a much older age (the movie) it didn't seem nearly so "deep" as I had thought when I was young. To me, there's not much diff among Hair, Bye Bye Birdie, Grease and Rent (to which my kid is presently addicted) in terms of shallowness, etc. They all have some great songs/dances, though. Jesus Christ Superstar (and not because of the Jesus-ness) and WSS for me are more substantial. |
wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2058
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 11:37 am: |
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Yes, perhaps you're right. I was raised on the classics or their revivals: WSS, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, Funny Thing Happened, Finnian's Rainbow, Brigadoon, Sound of Music, Gypsy, Boys from Syracuse, Fiorello, Sweeney Todd, etc. etc. Some better than others but can't call any of them shallow - which I think Grease is. (Didn't see Rent!)
In fact the main messages in Grease as someone exiting the show put it are: don't buy condoms at a gas station and dress and act to conform with the in crowd in order to be happy and keep your guy. Perhaps living as a high school student in 1959 this was an important message though.  |
Cynicalgirl
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Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 2458
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 11:41 am: |
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It's funny, but I saw Sandy as more of "Do Me" feminist! More about cautiousness/passivity v adventureousness and assertion. (My God, liberal arts degrees can make monsters of us all! Andrea Dworkin v Camille Paglia: Proto-Feminist Themes in Grease). That seems to be what my daughter gets from it. |
wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2059
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:01 pm: |
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Yes there's more to Sandy than you'd get from my description of Grease's message. But in better musicals it would have been explored more fully in song and plot beyond the Sandra Dee lyrics.
But the main message I received last night as I'll say again, is go and be thoroughly entertained and wowed by our amazing talented community. |
Suzanne Ng
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Username: Suzanneng
Post Number: 659
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:25 pm: |
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can someone post a cast list please?
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wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2060
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:28 pm: |
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Suzanne, I hesitate (and think others should also) to post students' names on a public message board. It's a large cast, in any event. Should you be curious as to who, in particular, is in it, feel free to PL me and I'll let you know. |
Suzanne Ng
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Username: Suzanneng
Post Number: 660
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 4:53 pm: |
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You're right., Wendy! what was I thinking!? I was curious if any of my former students were in it. I will PL you. |
daveh
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Username: Daveh
Post Number: 15
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 1:14 pm: |
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Regarding the message, I can't remember the other productions of Grease I've seen--it also struck me that this one ended rather abruptly once Sandra was "converted". Perhaps changing the final scene could have moderated the message a bit.
BUT BUT BUT BUT! Aren't comments on the message sort of missing the point? No one at Columbia wrote the play--what they did do was a spectacular job of executing it. Music, lighting, dancing, dialog, choregraphy, pacing, character portrayals--all of it. And a cast of 40-50, I'd bet. It was one of the best overall productions I've seen in as long as I can remember. Go See It!
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Eats Shoots & Leaves
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Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 3107
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 1:22 pm: |
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Yes to all of the above, and I want to add that what struck me the most was the obvious joy all the cast showed--they were so comfortable working together and with the material that the positive energy leapt off the stage. |
Morrisa da Silva
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Username: Mod
Post Number: 392
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 4:16 pm: |
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Does anyone know the running time of tonight's performance of Grease? |
jem
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Username: Jem
Post Number: 1508
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 4:23 pm: |
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As I recall from last week, the show started a bit after 8 and was over at around 10. |
Morrisa da Silva
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Username: Mod
Post Number: 393
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 4:36 pm: |
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Thanks! |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1432
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:49 pm: |
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Just came home from seeing Grease with my 2 kids. My 5 1/2 year old fell asleep, so any inappropriate message was missed by him. Phew!
More to the point, it was a fantastic production! The entire cast was excellent and seemed really into it. I would give a special shout-out to the boys, who, as Jem noted, did some great dancing. They all looked as though they were having such a good time.
The pit music was also very good. I would rate this production highly, just as I have rated every other CHS production I have seen very highly. They do a wonderful job. |
BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 787
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 5:00 pm: |
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CHS you rock!!!!
I went last night with 6 of my ten best friends to see GREASE and am going back tonight with Mr. BGS!!!! The cast, the music, the dedication of the support staff and the dedication of the teaching staff at CHS make me so proud be to be a product of this school district as are our children.....
BGS, CHS '66 |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3629
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 8:02 pm: |
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Thread drift: A little CHS "Geography"
BGS, do you remember Ron Yourth, CHS '66? He roomed across from me during my Freshman year at Syracuse.
-s. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1233
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:41 pm: |
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Just back from seeing GREASE - really enjoyed it. We were amazed by the voice of the young woman (only a sophomore!) playing Rizzo, as well as the singing talents of many in the cast. What a fun night...my 8yo really enjoyed it too & I think he has stars in his eyes & can't wait to get up on that stage someday (or play guitar in the orchestra pit)! |
Amie Brockway-Metcalf
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Username: Amie
Post Number: 519
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 7:57 pm: |
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I went this afternoon with my 7yo niece and rather conservative brother. As soon as the lights came up for intermission, my (much-more-well-to-do-than-us) brother turned to me and said "So how much do you guys pay in taxes here?" This is the best possible compliment my older brother could have given me, and I thought, "I HAVE to report this on MOL."
The production was really fabulous. The dancing was great, direction fantastic (every single actor was doing something every minute, yet not distracting from the main action) and we couldn't believe the band was all high schoolers! |
BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 790
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:51 am: |
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Soda- I sure do remember "Ronnie" Yourth. Are you in touch with him??? I cannot believe that this year is our 40th year out of CHS!!!
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