"You Could Drive a Person Crazy" - Company - HS

...from 2004 high school production
--small scene..the song..small scene..another song: "Have I Got a Girl for You"--

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• have_i_got_a_girl_for_you
• drive
• person
• crazy
• company
• sondheim
• musical
• FLHS

[bohemiawelcumsyou]

The harmonizing was excellent. But the problem I have with high schoolers putting on "Company" is that it's just not believable unless the actors ACT like they're 30 something years old instead of teenagers. You really need to go the extra mile with this show. They didn't do bad though

[leojrevlis]

I was there thru months of rehearsals.. I barely [if at all] heard harmony. I don't think they were taught [foggy memory] to be "big" on harmony.. just to sing the song "solid."

As far as age - It's difficult to tell from this small clip but... the actors were very aware of the age bracket they were playing, and were quite convincing.

It seems that a lot of people "have problems" with high-schoolers playing adult roles, but what else is there to play, unless they're performing some fluff-crap?

[stuetzie]

waaaayyyy too much choreo, the song should stand on its, with minimal movement - quite distracting, and because of so much movement, it made the vocals ordinary:(

[leojrevlis]

The vocals ARE ordinary. That's why the movement was increased. [Sorry girls!] And the choreographer, and the girls, wanted to do the number with more "action," to amuse the stupid [or rather - "unsophisticated"] HS audience.

"the song should stand on its" errrr - OWN?

[LatinaLibra]

i dont even think they're doing the harmony...or if they're trying, it's not very good. I agree with poster of the video, the choreography was needed to distract from the song.

[THR336TALIA]

Not too bad. I wish my school (Hamilton Music Academy [look em up!]) would do this show. We're not so restricted when it comes to having an "appropriate" content. We're pretty free.

[leojrevlis]

You're right.. I'm wrong.. I'd forgotten that the director had a tough time with this scene's dialog: having it make sense AND be appropriate for a high school venue. But it's 1/5 of the show, so it couldn't be completely cut, nor would ya want to cut it.

Although I don't really understand why you found it necessary to reply with detailed script changes, I appreciate the comment [I guess].

[JimmyKor]

Actually -- after 'Drive a Person Crazy' a lot of dialogue was cut. Jenny talks about 'keeping up with the kids' -- David tells her to get food -- there's talk of rolling another joint -- and then David and Bobby have a bit of a conversation where David tells Bobby what a ding-dong Jenny is -- all cut.

[Bluebaritone]

did ur school allow you to keep the marajuana refrence or did u have to change some things?

[pitigam]

nice dancing, nice to-toots, those three girls danced their butts off. nice.

[bohemiawelcumsyou]

Haa I know, right? *Mom, quit dancing like that, it's embarassing!*

[Musukomaru]

I agree with Bohemia. The girls did great but their choreography and movement was very teen-like. Could you imagine someone like... your mom moving around like that? ( assuming your mom is around 30-40ish age)

[regpourmoi]

they did very well... try to sing this tounge twister of a song and put the right emotion ...it's hard...unless you're a broadway or a west end veteran

[bohemiawelcumsyou]

No it's not this song really, I actually think the girls did a good job of conveying their dissappointments in his lack of commitment. But in general, the show is full of songs like "Ladies Who Lunch" or "Marry me a Little" that are just so complex for high schoolers and even some adults to comprehend. But I'm impressed, this production didn't do half bad.

[zither74]

I agree and disagree. One thing that never changes between men and women is that women want committment and men want to avoid it. True, in HS, committment means something competely different, but that's what the show is about, and I think that even high schoolers understand the feelings and attitudes behind the story.