We finally ran the show today! From start to finish, without a hiccup. It's quite incredible... every number is so powerful, melodically brilliant, and just incredibly stage worthy. In the few moments I'm not onstage, I watch my amazing cast mates when I should be catching my breath. I'm a fan of my own show and I am proud of it. I am sure I will never grow tired of it.
For those who have ridiculed the show for not having a plot, I say, you suck. Those who say that these characters want nothing learn nothing.....Youth (and life in general): it is a journey where you never can know exactly what you want or how you will get it. In a life, filled with misguidance and trial by fire, sometimes you fail (most times....). But it is a tale still worth telling.
Our associate director, Johanna McKeon, talked to us about the very last speech where we look straight out into the audience as a company. This is a story about the misfits, the outcasts: to say, "this one is for you".
Yes, indeed. I can't say "as a former". As a man who draws circles and lemmings where one was asked to draw a square: I say, only crazy people with crazy ideas change the world. This one is for you, you awesome beautiful fucknuts.
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Kelvin Moon Loh, you're becoming one of my heroes ;)
ReplyDeleteThat final speech....it touches my heart every time I hear it. Because my youth happens on that stage every single time it's performed. As for people saying the characters don't learn anything? I've lived that part of my life. They learn exactly what all young people learn: life isn't always fair, we mess up sometimes, we do things we can't take back, and none of us really know what we're doing. I can't wait to see it in Detroit. Only 36 more days.
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