It was wonderful, I loved it, it was better than Cats
When I was in high school, I had a keen interest in both the choir and the musical theater. I eventually joined both, though at admittedly different times. (Choir was freshman and sophomore years, musical theater was senior) While I love to sing, I don’t fool myself into thinking I’ve got any kind of talent for it. The same goes for acting.
So it was to my great surprise that I was given a bit role in our school’s production of Fiddler on the Roof, kind of at the last minute. I was originally part of the chorus, i.e. the people who sing backup and such to the primary characters. It was still kind of interesting that I was an Asian Russian Jew. (thinking about it makes my chin itch, the ‘beard’ I wore was really ragged)
I ended up being Yussel the hatmaker, who ends up making a hat for Motel, the tailor. I had a bit line in that, and I also ended up being half of the ‘it was a horse/it was a mule’ argument in the opening act. It was quite exciting, and a lot of fun. (One of my best friends, J1, still brings it up from time to time to our mutual amusement)
Since then, I’ve always had an interest in musical theater. I don’t know if I’d want to be on stage again, but I definitely want to see more shows. On my list, right now are Avenue Q, Spamalot, The Producers, Rent, and many others. The problem being that I don’t live in New York, and I don’t have many friends who want to go with. (or so it seems)
But sometimes I wonder what would happen if the part of Mr. Bloom (of the Producers) was played by a Korean.