Oooh, look how it's all tied up with Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair:
Jim Sharman's success with the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar led to an invitation to direct the first London stage production, and it was during the London run of Superstar that he met Richard O'Brien, who had played Herod for just one performance. O'Brien wished to play Herod as Elvis, but quit Superstar when the producers asked him to tap-dance. While unemployed, O'Brien worked on a new rock musical with a rough-draft title of "Rock Horroar."
While working together at the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs on a production of Sam Shepard's The Unseen Hand, O'Brien played Sharman some of the songs he had written and they began to flesh out the concept for the show. Sharman brought in fellow Australians Nell Campbell, a.k.a. 'Little Nell,' and long-time production designer Brian Thomson, who had designed his productions of Hair and Superstar. Costume designer Sue Blane and musical director Richard Hartley rounded out the original creative team.
So pipe up with your favorite high school flicks.
I cannot believe that no one here mentioned My Bodyguard! That is definitely my favorite high school flick, and it has the first big roles for Adam Baldwin, Joan Cusack, and Matt Dillon, to boot. Plus George Wendt and Tim Kazurinsky in blink-and-you-miss-them walk-on roles.
There are also all the "serious" high school movies like Stand and Deliver, Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers, Dead Poets Society and To Sir, with Love.
I cannot believe that no one here mentioned My Bodyguard!
I LOVED that movie! I can't believe I'd forgotten about it.
My friends told me tonight that My Little Pony is this big fandom for guys, nicknamed "Bronies" (bros + ponies). Can this be true?
Quite true. The reboot is done by the same person who was responsible for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and it's very good. A couple of episodes have some brilliantly executed musical numbers, which include some Sondheim pastiches. (Also, the voice actor who did Raven's voice in TT does the lead character in the reboot.)
And there was an article in Wired last week.
HS movies: seconding 10 Things I Hate About You. Incredible cast, very funny, and girl characters who don't suck. Also, I have an unholy love for Footloose.
X-Men: First Class
was so good! I think I liked it more than
Thor.
It was back to being good like the first two.
