Open Forum

We've narrowed it down to 3 shows and I'd love to hear your pros/cons on two of them. The third is Newsies which I know really well. The two I'd like feedback on are Bye Bye Birdie and Anything Goes - I'm not as familiar with the shows and I'm curious  about what worked, what presented a challenge, what surprised you, the students' reactions, etc. Anything you can share as we sit down to choose the show. For reference, we're a 6th-8th grade middle school with a handful of strong female voices and 2-3 strong male voices (not including any new students who may join us this year). We generally have 60 kids in our productions and a small but healthy budget. Thanks!

Anything Goes has a lot of tap dancing, and requires really strong dancers. It's fun.

Bye-Bye Birdie is also a lot of fun and probably easier for younger students to handle in terms of the dance requirements. 

I have stage managed Birdie in a youth theatre and with adults. I've only stage managed Anything Goes with adults so my experience is limited.

Cheers, Linda

We've narrowed it down to 3 shows and I'd love to hear your pros/cons on two of them. The third is Newsies which I know really well. The two I'd like feedback on are Bye Bye Birdie and Anything Goes - I'm not as familiar with the shows and I'm curious  about what worked, what presented a challenge, what surprised you, the students' reactions, etc. Anything you can share as we sit down to choose the show. For reference, we're a 6th-8th grade middle school with a handful of strong female voices and 2-3 strong male voices (not including any new students who may join us this year). We generally have 60 kids in our productions and a small but healthy budget. Thanks!

We've narrowed it down to 3 shows and I'd love to hear your pros/cons on two of them. The third is Newsies which I know really well. The two I'd like feedback on are Bye Bye Birdie and Anything Goes - I'm not as familiar with the shows and I'm curious  about what worked, what presented a challenge, what surprised you, the students' reactions, etc. Anything you can share as we sit down to choose the show. For reference, we're a 6th-8th grade middle school with a handful of strong female voices and 2-3 strong male voices (not including any new students who may join us this year). We generally have 60 kids in our productions and a small but healthy budget. Thanks!