[Magdalen] Show Boat.

[Joseph Cirou]

Jim, 
You and I could b be classmates. I graduated in 1961. We did more plays in college than in high school, altho we did the Mikado one year

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 17, 2015 5:08 PM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Show Boat.
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>To my knowledge most high schools I've known to produce musicals in MI, Syracuse and Houston area pay and maki it widely known that they have to do so. Tickets at the 3 high schools in my district all charge $12 a ticket for theater and sporting events. Seniors over 60 can apply for a free pass for all
>Lynn 
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>Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 17, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
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>> Yup, when I was in HS, admittedly in the late fifties (Class of 61) we did, one per year, Carousel, Oklahoma!, The King and I, Annie Get Your Gun.  A few years later, I played the wizard (in drag, of course) when
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>I suppose the biggest drag on doing these shows at the high school level is that the copyright owners want their $$$$.
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>Don’t know if they still do it, but the royalty people, finding out a high school was doing a play or a musical without securing the rights, would send a shocking-sized bill to the local school board -- usually far more than the actual royalty had it been paid up front.
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>Cheers,
>Jim