“As excitement builds for the upcoming Wicked movie, a pressing concern has emerged: will theater audiences respect the cinematic experience or will the urge to belt out Defying Gravity be too much to resist? To those planning to attend: please, do not sing during the movie.”
The school district stated that the reason for postponing the performances was “to better prepare our audience and the public for the seriousness of the play’s content.”
“Following the uproar over their decision to cancel Santa Rosa High School’s production of “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead”, the school district is reversing course and allowing it to be staged at the school, but only for audiences 16 and older.”
“There is nothing that someone singing 32 bars from another musical would tell me than if they sang a piece from the show they're auditioning for.”
“Will I have the opportunity to understudy and/or swing on a mainstage production, and will you teach me how to do it?”
“News is coming out of CA where a school district has canceled the remaining performances of a high school theatre production after they received complaints that the show contained obscene material.”
“Here are some of the key updates I'd like to see the Tony Awards make to keep this storied tradition as inclusive, forward-thinking, and impactful as the art form it celebrates.”
“Community theatre actors deserve a timely yes or no after auditions, not just as a professional courtesy but as a fundamental show of respect for their time, energy, and passion.”
“The message that Spring Awakening sends is that whatever you're going through, whoever you are, whoever you love, it's okay. It's all part of growing up. And that message is so crucial to developing teenagers.”