It will be great to watch Fiddler On The Roof, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Fiddler_On_... looking forward to it.

I believe in the truth, which oftentimes is inconvenient when it conflicts with ignorant delusions that benefit no one, save for in a masturbatory way. Any "negativity" you perceive is due to that conflict and your resistance to it.

Sure. Whatever you say. LOL
Keep on with your negative spewing. It really fits with what you profess to believe in.

Not anger, just inconvenient truth, and I only need one account to express it.

How many names do you actually use verbalistgazettefan? Oh sorry, I mean't inconvenienttruth. You change your name but your angry rhetoric remains the same.
I do hope you are able to conquer your demons in this New Year. Good luck.

An interestingly unsubstantiated opinion, BostonBill, whereas your own words show definitively how utterly blissful you are. Your level of blissfulness prevented you from registering that fact, apparently.
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"The community is in a rut and if the people living in it would just show some positive maybe the world would look a little brighter all the way around."
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Look no further than Bill, Carlito; he's already living in the ignorant bliss you've just advocated.
The community is not just in an economic rut, but a cultural rut. Should we blithely deny both realities, pretending it isn't so by obligingly "supporting" the rut instead? Things do tend to look brighter when you're in denial.

Yes, Ibsen and Shakespeare too.

C'mon, Bower City Theatre, we got brains here.

Ibsen & Shakespeare, too!!!

Good comment carlitiosway.

And couchsit, Equus, indeed. I think there is something about some Janesville people (or the people who decide what hits the boards here) that has them believing they are being short-changed if the actors don't burst into song and dance.

There is a whole wealth of non-musical ("straight") drama to choose from -and probably nowhere near the expense of the overdone musicals -royalties. Bower City Theatre should trust that the Janesville area has an untapped audience for the likes of

Tennessee Williams
Eugene O'Neill
David Mamet
Harold Pinter
Arthur Miller

and many more. Enough with the show tunes!!!

instead of complaining and posting negative why not try and support something for a change!!!!! The community is in a rut and if the people living in it would just show some positive maybe the world would look a little brighter all the way around.

inconvenienttruth, you certainly are full of bliss.

www.rockcountyarts.com for information on Rock County arts activities, performances, exhibits... many opportunities FREE!

The Fireside will be doing Joseph this year - Be sure to look into the Sunday afternoon buy 3 get one free deal!

I played Jesus a few years ago when Theatre Unlimited did this show. Great experience. Since then I've performed primarily at The Armory,but I've been sad to watch the Janesville community theatre scene regress a little. I'm really hopeful that this new group will get the turnout at auditions that they're hoping for. I'd like to believe that there still are people interested in being a part of and supporting community theatre in Janesville.

BostonBill's "attempt at culture" = unthinking acceptance of repetition that oversaturates an already bland, struggling market. Ignorance truly is bliss.
Be "positive"!

The timing of this new group seems odd. We the economy being in the shape it's in, wouldn't you think more effort would go into supporting the current theatre groups in Janesville? Theatre Unlimited is currently doing musicals, Janesville Little Theatre is doing "straight " plays. You also have UW Rock County with some fine productions, add in all the high school & middle school productions and you have many opportunities to see good thetare. There are only so many people that can afford to support the groups. They have now taken the limited entertainment dollors & stretched them thinner. I know that Theatre Unlimited has lowered their ticket prices to $12 for their production of "Fiddler on the Roof" in order to help people afford to come to the show. What will ticket prices be for this new group? $20? I wish them luck.

Let's see them do "Caligula".

"Build it and they will come".
Oops! Sorry. Janesville just wants to complain.
Let's take our attempt at culture somewhere else. How about Beloit!
It’s good to be positive. Try it.

Ya, Godspell wore out, too.

I almost forgot: I wore out Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat because it was on cassette tape. I'm glad their obsolete.

Ooh, and then Godspell. I would like to see Equus because it would be fun to hear people complain about it.

Oh! Oh! I hope they do 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' next.
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It's great that there are groups of people who want to share and express their love of the arts with other performers and the public at large, but it's not a "thriving arts scene" just to be able to claim new groups...those new groups have to supply new offerings, as well. The Bower City Company claims they want to "engage, inspire, entertain and challenge audiences," but this was a poor choice to show they were serious about delivering on that intent.

Why would you see Jesus Christ Superstar twice in three years time? I know there's musicals out there that everyone heard about that janesville has not hosted.

It's tough to do stuff nobody's ever heard of, but if you go with name recognition you have a chance of filling the seats. Same as any business -- gotta pay the bills first.

At first I got excited, {new theatre group, new plays ) but same old reruns. Tropp out of his element to do something he has has'nt done three or four times?

Beef ... S.D.

What about Cheech and Chong?

My two favorite albums growing up:
1) Jesus Christ Superstar
2) RUSH - All the World's a Stage