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The "stage manger" is where the actors eat.
In theory, the "most tragic death in the series," should be Diana Rigg's at the end of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." What with the not-being-a-double-agent-but-instead-Bond's-one-true-love and all.
(For those for whom I've ruined the twist ending of a 40-year-old film. Sorry.)
Springer was controversial and well-performed, but the material itself was aimed squarely at British stereotype of Americans, the humor was puerile, and the action stopped dead for half an hour at the beginning of Act II. While some individual performances merited (and received) attention, the overall experience left me wanting more.
The problem with JS:TO isn't that it was controversial, it's that it was dull, in spite of the best efforts of the exceptionally talented cast and crew.
...Unless High School Musical 2 is forthcoming
You can rest easy, lakewobegone. "High School Musical 2" is NOT,um, forthcoming. I would worry about the possibility of a "High School Musical 4--If We'd Focused As Much on Classwork As Singing and Dancing We Might Have Graduated By Now."
I'd want to criticize HSM (and both sequels) for being banal and insipid, but frankly we collectively liked some awful stuff when I was a kid and a teenager--I came of age in the '80s, for heavens sake. How is HSM more revolting and vile than, say, "Starlight Express?"
We grow up, our tastes change (or they don't), and ten or twenty years from now folks will be mounting productions of HSM with more of an eye towards the camp value than message, or they would if Disney would allow such desecration of its most holy work.
(To C. Blank or webmaster: Is there any way to get italics? I die a little inside every time I have to put a show name in quotes.)
Poor font selection makes it appear that "Crosby Stills and Hash" are appearing at the Botanic Garden on the main page. Which is probably true.
