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Sanjaya to be in Off-Broadway's Freckleface Strawberry...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Mia J Merrill Feb 10, 2011.
"West Side Story" changes Spanish lyrics back to English.
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What is your favorite(s) B'way theatre?
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- I Am A...
- Fan, Actor, Singer, Dancer, Student, Writer, Choreographer, Other
- About Me:
- Hi, I'm Mia. I live in Baltimore, I'm in high school, and I, like everyone else on here, love theatre and Broadway. Dance, voice, and acting.
Currently: Busy with dance; party guest in Don't Drink the Water
Photo credit: Leslie F. Miller
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Maryland
- My Favorite Shows:
- Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, Wicked, Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, Grease, Is He Dead?, Guys and Dolls, Spring Awakening, Camelot, In The Heights, Hair, All My Sons, Promises Promises, West Side Story
(those are the shows I've seen)
The Sound of Music, Kiss Me Kate, Wonderful Town, Hairspray, Next to Normal, The Last 5 Years, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Miserables, South Pacific, Rent
- The Show I Want To See Next:
- I'd love to see the Anything Goes revival, but I think my spring break (when I usually go to New York) might be my tech week, so...
- My Favorite Actors:
- I find it amusing how people can actually narrow this down...
- My Favorite Writer/Composer:
- Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Jonathan Larson, Duncan Sheik, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Frank Loesser, Marvin Hamlisch, Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and various others.
- My Favorite Show Website:
- http://Broadway.com
- My Favorite Shows/Roles I’ve Done
- Alice In Wonderland (Alice), Cinderella (Queen), The Sound of Music (Sister Margaretta), The Dining Room (Annie/Client), Annie (Mrs. Pugh), The Legend of King Arthur (The Lady of the Lake), The Wiz (Emerald City Citizen #4), The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (Leda), Fiddler on the Roof, Bugsy Malone
- High School
- FS 2014
- Other School
- CTY 2012
- Current Occupation
- Student
This is so not life at all...
Trying to dance with a dance injury...is not really fun. You rest and do the exercises...and then get hurt again. And it makes you think, "What now?"
Because if everyone keeps saying you don't have the right feet for pointe, where are you ever going to go in ballet? Of course you'll keep studying ballet, because you love it -- and let's be honest, what sort of dancing can you do if you don't know ballet? Nothing. And it's not like you were planning on becoming the next big thing at the ABT -- you've known you don't have the body since you were ten. But everyone else is up in the air, they've all been put on pointe, even the girls who need some more practice, and where are you? Why aren't you there? Because someone told you you can't do it? So you prove them wrong!
But every time you try, you literally fall down.
So where are you going? If they think you dance too much without proper care now, you won't be able to dance later...well, what then? And if they think you study dance in college -- again, you weren't planning on becoming a ballet major or something, but this is your life --, you won't be able to dance later. And later and later and later.
And if you were only fourteen when it happened, why did you spend ten years working for this?
And if you love it, but you can't have it, who are you going to be?
"I don't want dancers who want to dance, I want dancers who need to dance." - Balanchine
Mia J Merrill's Blog
"Mamma Mia!" National Tour and "Camelot" Student Matinee
Can I just say that I hate student matinees? I hate how ignorant my classmates are, I hate how they think classic theatre is "weird", I hate how they just text messaged during the entire LIVE PERFORMANCE. One girl even said, "Ugh, Gwenevere--" (oh goodness, spelling error! I haven't a clue as to how to spell her name!) "--was so annoying. I feel so bad for that girl." Yes, because she's an… Continue
Posted on January 18, 2010 at 8:58pm — 2 Comments
"Fiddler On The Roof" National Tour 10/25/09
...Fiddler On The Roof was my first Broadway show, way back in March 2005. There was so much that I guess I just didn't catch when I first saw it in NYC; I was so confused by intermission on Sunday! I… Continue
Posted on October 29, 2009 at 5:10pm
Summer 2009...so far
Well, I started off my Summer by going to school for a few hours everyday for two weeks--oh, the irony? No, I was rehearsing for the second-annual SJA (my school) Summer cabaret. The week after I auditioned for a community theatre production of The King And I and did not receive a role...but they encouraged me to come see the show! Um, what?! Later that night (No, I am not going to take you through… Continue
Posted on August 3, 2009 at 10:37pm
Second-Annual Summer Revue At School
Last year, it was June and July rehearsals and the show in early August. This year, it was two or three May rehearsals and TWO INTENSE WEEKS of memorization and aching feet (character shoes equal h*ll) in June. My scenes this year included Bear in Duet For Bear And Dog, and the narrative style of Peter Pan. Basically, we were storytellers of the first two chapters of Peter Pan, every now and then stepping out as the characters (I ended up… Continue
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 10:30pm
"Spring Awakening" National tour 6/17/09
Yes, we got eight trillion understudies. Julie Benko for Wendla, Lucas A. Wells for Hanschen, and Krystina Alabado for Anna.
Now, I've seen some great understudies (Jay Armstrong Johnson as Mark in A Chorus Line, Beth Curry as Brooke Wyndham in Legally Blonde), and some...not so great ones (Jim Walton as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys And Dolls--ugh!). Julie Benko was a good Wendla. Her voice was very sugary-sweet,… Continue
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 9:30pm
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Ahh! Freshman year for the both of us! I really like my program here. It's practically all music based which before coming here I was completly unaware of (and unprepared for..haha) But I feel like I'm learning a semester's worth of music everyday which is great! Sadly I haven't gotten into any shows, but I was one of 5 freshman to get into the ensemble of a Roger and Hammerstein concert revue! It was a one performance thing with only 3 rehearsals, but it was SO much fun! Next year will definately be more busy for me and I'm so excited!
Congrats for getting into the fall show! Don't fret about getting only ensemble because you're a freshman. Believe me, I'm in that same boat right now. Freshman year is just all about showing your dedication, trust and that you're willing to work hard. We just had a scandal that someone that is an ACTING SCHOLAR in our prorgam was just charged and dismissed from our school from stealing money from our theatre fraternity! :X Like I said, building trust is key right now. Lol, But break a leg for Fiddler! :) What are you going to audition with? Are you going to try to go for a certain role??
I feel as if I have just written a book..haha! but keep me posted! :D
No. However, if I hear a song a few times, I can then follow along with it. :)
Thank God I'm starting school next month... I can't wait to learn how to read music and sight-sing, and dance... But my acting class will be boring...
YAY for you getting better!!
And I haven't started yet haha. I don't start for another month.
I´ve seen that one of your favourite actresses is Leigh Ann Larkin. I create a group for her at Broadwayspace.com and would like to invite you to join and perhaps become friends!
Nina
My dad's health is getting worse and he was declined for a new heart. However, his cardiologist is going to bat and telling the council who decides who goes on it, and saying, "Look. he knows the risk." They're afraid of cracking his sternum open again and him not making it. But it's better that we try at least than him staying on meds and basically withering away.
But at the same time, he wants me to go. Not fully OK with it (he would be if he wern't as sick), but he knows I have to do this for me and go after my dreams.
So I'm on the fence. Obviously I want to go, but at the same time, it freaks me out to be even an hour flight (hour before landing, hour or so after... so 3 hours from home home) away... Ugh.
Because it's the two-year integrated program, that means those accepted the Admissions people feel that they have the potential to be ready to professionally audition in 2 years (or, one FULL calendar year and 4 months. I like that idea). And it's the same program Levy did... And a guy who was a BFA student talking with us in a holding studio before we auditioned was talking about his fav. shows and mentioned Hair. I said I saw it over summer and he mentioned Levy, Isaid, "Omigod, I love her!" then his eyes got all wide, haha. "That's who you remind me of! I kept thinking there was someone you reminded me of!"
It's the curly blonde hair I had, I swear. ...And the fact I could be her cousin. (minus her nose. Which, really, I like Jewish noses. They make you stand out more.)
My dad doesn't want me going, duh. But AMDA is totally willing to pull strings for me if I have to get home at the drop of a hat. I get to file for FASFA today... I got 35 hundred from AMDA in a scholarship, and if I get 65 hundred from FASFA, I only need 14 grand. If I take that and do HALF of that in student loans, I only need to actually get 7 grand myself as my parents will cover housing... Same price as ASU, haha.
Eeeeee!!!!
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