Today's lesson had a focus on confirming our ideas for what performances to choose for our musical showcase extracts, both our group performances and our solo extracts. Due to the unforeseen circumstance of having a member of our group performance being unable to perform, Yolanda and I were limited in the progress we could make regarding the chosen production for our group to perform. Hence, we discussed different play ideas and attempted to come to a general consensus which we will run by Rejoice in the near future. The musical performances considered were:
- The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls: The Musical
- Motown: The Musical
- Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Miss Saigon
- Little Shop of Horrors
We discussed the merits of performing each of these plays, and our intended reasons for choosing said musical. The reason that the majority of these ideas are either tragedies or gory is due to our group's consensus that we would not prefer to perform any cliche musicals that have a happy ideology. What's more, is performing a horror or tragedy will distinguish us from the other groups and allow us to explore new acting techniques and theatre conventions we have not discovered as intensely.
Afterward, I was asked to consider what play I would like to perform for my solo act, and after extensive research of musicals, I have chosen to perform an extract from Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd henceforth). My reason for choosing this musical is because I loved the thriller aspect of the musical and how different it was to other musicals. with it's twisted, taboo story, and explorations into madness and bloodlust, it appealed to me in regards to how I have never been given the opportunity to explore homicidal and violent ideologies so far during my course, and will allow me to grow as an actor as I learn an entirely new side to characterization and allow me to enhance my acting capabilities from heroine figures.
I decided that the extract I will perform will focus on the songs "Pretty Women" and "Epiphany" and perform the extract these two songs are linked together in the musical. The reason I chose this extract is it will provide a challenge, but one that is achievable. Furthermore, the piece allows the main character (Sweeney Todd/ Benjamin Barber) to explore a wide variety of emotions due to the complexity of the extract, and also allows me to use the key societal context of the Victorian era to assist in the genuinity of the performance. Further exploration into details of my solo piece will be explored in a separate document.
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