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 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:02 pm
I don't know if anyone who knows about this is a part of this guild as I just found it so I'm sorry if this has already been mentioned. My school is involved in the Cappies program which is a national program where high school students review other high school shows in their area and the reviews get puplished and at a gala at the end of the school year awards are given out for many many categories. This year, a school did Big River, a show about Hucklberry Finn and his slave friend. At this school a black boy played Huck and a white boy played the slave. When you saw the show they fit the parts better than they would have the other way around. When the reviews of the show were published with pictures and the Rogers and Hammerstein Organization found out the forbid the school from preforming their piece at the gala or on CSPAN which they were specifically chosen to play. One of the creators of Cappies is also the creater of the Capitol Steps and he wrote a parody to the song Agony from Into the Woods. They preformed this instead to multiple standing ovations. I feel it is unfair for the RHO to forbid the school from preforming after giving them the rights to it. An article about this situation can be found here: http://www.frostillustrated.com/news/2005/0608/Arts_And_Entertainment/020.htmlWhat are your feelings on this situation?
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:08 pm
Haven't they not allowed the show to be played with color-blind casting? I remember talking about this a looong time ago...it may seem unfair, but I'm sure they wouldn't do such a thing without reasons, and in the end, it is their decision.
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:10 pm
Hoo man, this is a sticky subject...
While the race of the characters in this particular story is quite a plot point, I suppose if the performers were as good as you say, I can't see a problem with it.
But apparently RAHO did...and like Dispatch said, it is their decision after all...
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:09 pm
DispatchNA Haven't they not allowed the show to be played with color-blind casting? I remember talking about this a looong time ago...it may seem unfair, but I'm sure they wouldn't do such a thing without reasons, and in the end, it is their decision. But once they gave permission for the show to be done don't they no longer have a say?
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:45 pm
Kind of reminds me of when the Equity got pissed that they casted a white British guy (Jonathan Pryce) as the Engineer (who is Asian) in Miss Saigon.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:01 pm
Kitsune Ookami Kind of reminds me of when the Equity got pissed that they casted a white British guy (Jonathan Pryce) as the Engineer (who is Asian) in Miss Saigon. Kind of reminds me of Forbidden Broadway: "No Orientals in my version!"
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:51 pm
minimarker DispatchNA Haven't they not allowed the show to be played with color-blind casting? I remember talking about this a looong time ago...it may seem unfair, but I'm sure they wouldn't do such a thing without reasons, and in the end, it is their decision. But once they gave permission for the show to be done don't they no longer have a say? It's their show. If they say that every costume piece must be blue in order to put on a show for profit, then that must happen. If they say it can't be cast colorblind if it goes on TV, then that will happen.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:54 pm
DispatchNA minimarker DispatchNA Haven't they not allowed the show to be played with color-blind casting? I remember talking about this a looong time ago...it may seem unfair, but I'm sure they wouldn't do such a thing without reasons, and in the end, it is their decision. But once they gave permission for the show to be done don't they no longer have a say? It's their show. If they say that every costume piece must be blue in order to put on a show for profit, then that must happen. If they say it can't be cast colorblind if it goes on TV, then that will happen. I understand if they state that ahead of time but after permission was given is it really up to them?
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:39 pm
Yes - it's their show. They always have control over it. Permission was granted for your school to do the show, not to perform it on television with a colorblind cast. They have the ultimate right in everything when it comes to a show they own.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:03 pm
I can see the ACLU getting all over this one.
Being such a huge fan of Big River, I've got to say I'm really disappointed that something like this would have to happen. Yes, it is the rules, but time begs to change the rules. I think it's a shame that not just these two boys, but the entire cast was denied the spotlight because of a rule that is outdated and seems to me, very ignorant of talent.
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High-functioning Werewolf
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:39 pm
Is it possible that you don't know all of the facts? I'm sure they have a perfectly legit reason for not allowing it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:32 pm
Speaking of unfairness, the drama teacher at my High school, who by the i'm convinced can't do any of his "duties" as they should be done, cast people for our one act that goes to competiotion that completley bomed their auditions. This soooo isn't fair obviously but it doesn't stop there. After I asked him if i could do techie stuff he said that he was going to let the newbies do that and a newbie act as stage manager. Most of these kids haven't acted or even been in a play before. I know the stage manager hasn't. Plus, as i said earlier he picked the hobbit for COMPETIOTION, you don't do the hobbit 4 compitition, not in our school where their aren't enough actors in the first place to pull of the grandure of the play!!! Okay well, i'll stop fussing now. If you've got suggestions or comments PM me.
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