Friday, December 14, 2007
Halfway there...
I'm done with the first semester of my Sophomore year! Life is speeding up so quickly that sometimes it's hard to just stop and enjoy life. The perfect example is how fast winter break flew by. The 2 weeks I spent in Madison felt like 2 days. It was so nice to catch up with my family and friends. Michigan's schedule is not in sync with other schools so I was pretty much alone the first week back as all my friends were in the middle of finals... but when they all got back in town it was so nice to hear about their college experiences.
Over break I also had to prepare for department auditions. The Musical Theatre Department is producing CAROUSEL and CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE next semester. CCC is a play by Brecht and promises to be a very interesting piece of theatre. The head of our department has been talking about doing CAROUSEL for years and has finally made the decision to produce it. This promises to be one of the biggest and best productions Michigan has ever put on.
I, unfortunately, was not cast this semester. While I completely understand that I am not exactly right for either show it is still hard to be attending a school where you are a performance major who's not performing. I'm ecstatic for my fellow classmates but I can't help but feel a bit bitter about their good fortune.
This weekend is shaping up to be spectacular. My best friend from home is coming in to town, an alumni, Alex Brumel, is having a concert and it is one of my closest friend's birthday. My next post promises to have a lot of great stories from this coming weekend.
-Nathan Lehmann
Over break I also had to prepare for department auditions. The Musical Theatre Department is producing CAROUSEL and CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE next semester. CCC is a play by Brecht and promises to be a very interesting piece of theatre. The head of our department has been talking about doing CAROUSEL for years and has finally made the decision to produce it. This promises to be one of the biggest and best productions Michigan has ever put on.
I, unfortunately, was not cast this semester. While I completely understand that I am not exactly right for either show it is still hard to be attending a school where you are a performance major who's not performing. I'm ecstatic for my fellow classmates but I can't help but feel a bit bitter about their good fortune.
This weekend is shaping up to be spectacular. My best friend from home is coming in to town, an alumni, Alex Brumel, is having a concert and it is one of my closest friend's birthday. My next post promises to have a lot of great stories from this coming weekend.
-Nathan Lehmann
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
finals week and A GOOD BOY
Finals start next week... TERRIFYING! I have one week to do an obscene amount of work in addition to working behind the scenes on the University's Production of A GOOD BOY. I would have plenty of time to finish my work if I didn't have rehearsals to go to every night... but I signed myself up for it so I guess I'll have to deal. I am so excited to go home for the holidays... there is something about Christmas time and the holidays that makes me instantly happy! The decorations, the music and just the overall tone of the season is so uplifting... I LOVE IT!
If you don't have any plans this weekend you should come to see A GOOD BOY... it plays Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. It is a very interesting piece because it neither a play nor a musical. It sits artistically somewhere in between these two art forms. The dance inserted in to scenes throughout the piece is what makes it, to some extent, a musical but the lack of singing makes one shy away from this label very quickly. The show follows the story of a boy whose first love is dance growing up in a family that has its troubles... to say the least. Scott's mother is also highlighted in the piece. We see her relive her troubled childhood as Scott grows and matures. So come see it! It's not the most uplifting piece of theatre ever created but it definitely has its moments of brilliance.
-Nathan Lehmann
If you don't have any plans this weekend you should come to see A GOOD BOY... it plays Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. It is a very interesting piece because it neither a play nor a musical. It sits artistically somewhere in between these two art forms. The dance inserted in to scenes throughout the piece is what makes it, to some extent, a musical but the lack of singing makes one shy away from this label very quickly. The show follows the story of a boy whose first love is dance growing up in a family that has its troubles... to say the least. Scott's mother is also highlighted in the piece. We see her relive her troubled childhood as Scott grows and matures. So come see it! It's not the most uplifting piece of theatre ever created but it definitely has its moments of brilliance.
-Nathan Lehmann
