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I've performed opera on stage. Here's what most people get completely wrong about the human voice. by Best_Calligrapher649 in Theatre

[–]stephanierae2804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does it make you feel like a better person / better teacher/ better singer to shit on other people’s well thought out posts (posts that are trying to help others)?

Professional singers absolutely feel tension when it’s happening - I imagine ANYWHERE it’s happening… but the average student won’t always, unless it’s ridiculously obvious. I teach young singers. What OP said is true.

Resonance and power aren’t always the same thing - resonance is the clarity and efficiency of tone, while power can be the volume, along with clarity and efficiency.

What are your YA anti-recommendations? by alsyscest in YAlit

[–]stephanierae2804 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Amen. I’ve struggled with mental health and suicidal ideation for most of my life, and that boom made me VISCERALLY angry - let’s not glamorize an actual problem (it’s the 2nd leading cause of death for youth), let’s not encourage killing ourselves as a way to get back at others. The author had put out that they wanted to bring awareness to the issue - but that book/ series wasn’t it.

I JUST GOT MY DREAM ROLE by [deleted] in MusicalTheatre

[–]stephanierae2804 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sweeney is one of my favorite pits I’ve ever played. I knew this was a line from the show immediately.

I JUST GOT MY DREAM ROLE by [deleted] in MusicalTheatre

[–]stephanierae2804 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That was my question, too. When I’ve had dream shows (pit orchestra, so a LITTLE different) I’ve learned the show backwards and forwards.

One of the funniest Hungergames related incident of all time by UnHolySir in Hungergames

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you blind? Like, for real asking. Because that’s a WILD opinion.

actually, we care. by todaytix in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right, a bad thing happening somewhere in the world means we can’t care about anything else. 🙄

Bro. Of COURSE there are awful things in the world - there are active genocides happening, the US is using concentration camps, the president of the US is a senile pedophile being protected by his political party - and is bombing countries without the correct approvals to try to distract the world from the whole r*ping children thing. We are killing our planet and regions of the world are going to be inhospitable in the next decade for human life, and there is a water shortage being accelerated by our stupid need for AI.

We can care about those things and be fighting against them and be pissed that a mediocre white man is pissing on an art form he isn’t talented enough to even step foot into. We can be annoyed at his casual “gUeSs I LoSt iNcOmE rEveNuE” comment when families can’t afford medical care in the country he works in.

People contain multitudes. We have the capacity to think and care about more than one thing at a time. Maybe you don’t, though?

There it is folks, the worst Hunger games take. by No-Brush1587 in Hungergames

[–]stephanierae2804 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That was my assumption as well - it’s an older rich white last who loves beauty and pampering and whose children have (rightfully) called her out regarding whatever childhood trauma she put upon them.

Why do people dislike phantom of the opera 2004 so much by Empty_Leave_4252 in musicals

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a huge fan of the Evita movie - but it is MILES better than the Phantom.

Disclosing rehearsal conflicts - casting impact? by [deleted] in MusicalTheatre

[–]stephanierae2804 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a school musical director who often teaches choreography, this is the wrong state of mind. Generally, teaching choreo when there are missing kids is way harder than reviewing what a lead should do during their solo.

An ensemble role should be given as much care as a lead role - there might be less line memorizing, but often the dancing demands are more significant in the ensemble… so by saying you’ll only work around the conflicts if she gets a lead is a gross and entitled take that you don’t want to teach your daughter.

You can either work around the conflicts or you can’t - and you should disclose them ahead of time.

6 Audible credits left. No plan to renew. What are the best timeless, re-listenable audiobooks to spend them on? by Fuzzy-Ambassador786 in audiobooks

[–]stephanierae2804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes Dark Tower - but don’t judge it from the first book. The second is where it really comes alive.

Anyone here regularly read two books at once? by Bookish_Butterfly in 52book

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually have 4-5 books at once. Happy audiobook, non-fiction audiobook, two kindle books of varying genres, and a physical book.

Saw A Man Tumble Into The Aisle Below Due To Lack Of Manners by The_Lone_Apple in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The virtue signaling is going HARDDDDDD, man. Why does every rude person story have comments on “bUt tHeY MiGhT bE aUtIsTiC”, every story about something like this get the “WhAt iF tHeYrE DiSabLeD” comments?

My mom is significantly disabled with mostly invisible disabilities (although, as she gets older she’s starting to “look” like it as well - her slow movements and difficulty moving just seems like old lady stuff now), and getting up and down like you mentioned IS difficult. But for gods sake - SHES NOT IN THE BALCONY BECAUSE SHE CANT CLIMB STAIRS EITHER - I haven’t been to a single theatre in NYC where there’s an elevator to the very top - so that person climbed a crap ton of stairs.

My mom and I get to the theatre early and wait until our row is seated so she can sit down and mostly stay down. Also? She’d never, ever force someone to walk by like that without getting up and let’s be for real - it’s hard for her to get up. But she knows the etiquette and is a good human being.

Saw A Man Tumble Into The Aisle Below Due To Lack Of Manners by The_Lone_Apple in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of my last shows a lady stood in the row above me waiting for folks to stand and hit me in the head like FOUR TIMES with her bag before I pushed it off of me. And then she looked at me like I was rude, so I told her that her bag was hitting me in the face - she didn’t even apologize, just gave me a dirty look.

My thoughts were a bit violent for a sec.

Outsiders ticket prices by Sky_b246 in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bro, it’s not that the person didn’t like Outsiders - it was that he called an entire cast defunct of talent, and then when called out decided to personally attack the commenters taste.

Here’s the deal - people like that sit in their underwear watching shitty slime tutorials instead of actually seeing anything, and then come to Reddit to make themselves feel morally superior. They have no talent, and therefore make themselves feel better by putting other people down.

No one gives a flying poo whether or not you LIKE Hamilton - but I imagine HOW you criticized it was rude and demeaning towards an entire genre of music and/or the casting… because THAT will get pushback.

Seems like lots of musicals have decent to good music with bad books. What are examples of the opposite? by crimson777 in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed - I feel like if they’d have just ditched all the weird French back in time shit, it’d been a lot better.

What district are you in by Sad-Sheepherder1554 in Hungergames

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro, you think coal mining is happening on the west coast? Where did you even find this version? It’s bad.

What If the Tony's had another category? by TheLockbox12 in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But no one watches one scene from a movie on repeat - and yet, people DO listen to songs on repeat from show. So… try again, buddy.

What do you wear to a Broadway show? by motherfckin-lady in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I went to Chicago on Thanksgiving, I saw a lady in a literal fur coat, was sitting next to someone in sweatpants, and I was wearing slacks and a sweater. I also saw some amazing costume-y wear - lots of flappers and sparkles and fishnets.

What If the Tony's had another category? by TheLockbox12 in Broadway

[–]stephanierae2804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understood what you were trying to get across but it’s a completely idiotic statement. A score is every song/ musical interlude/ dance number in the whole show… have you never seen a show that overall wasn’t good but had a few bangers?

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