Okay, I only voted twice....
Tue, 25 Nov 2003, 07:29 pmWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
Okay, I only voted twice....
Tue, 25 Nov 2003, 07:29 pmOkay, either someone voted 60 times, or there are a lot of people excited about the upcoming production of COMPANY at the Garrick Theatre, but I swear I did NOT vote more than twice. At last count Company was the favourite show by nearly 45 votes!
Does this mean I can expect to see heaps of people at the auditions this Saturday? 11am? At the Garrick Theatre? Meadow Street Guildford?
Anyone?
Does this mean I can expect to see heaps of people at the auditions this Saturday? 11am? At the Garrick Theatre? Meadow Street Guildford?
Anyone?
Walter PlingeTue, 25 Nov 2003, 07:29 pm
Okay, either someone voted 60 times, or there are a lot of people excited about the upcoming production of COMPANY at the Garrick Theatre, but I swear I did NOT vote more than twice. At last count Company was the favourite show by nearly 45 votes!
Does this mean I can expect to see heaps of people at the auditions this Saturday? 11am? At the Garrick Theatre? Meadow Street Guildford?
Anyone?
Does this mean I can expect to see heaps of people at the auditions this Saturday? 11am? At the Garrick Theatre? Meadow Street Guildford?
Anyone?
crgwllmsTue, 25 Nov 2003, 10:24 pm
Re: Two's Company
Yes, it'd be nice if there was a way to establish the legitimacy of the polls when they do a freakish about turn like this, or whether we have a couple of clowns trying to make the same point multiple times. (like the voting systems of the Logies, or Australian Idol...)
After the first few days (I've noticed that generally, when a new poll goes up, it'll get about 100 votes in the first three days...which generally indicates the trends. Staying up a week or longer means more people get to have an opinion, but the rate of new votes drops away considerably; also more votes could mean either greater OR lesser accuracy, depending on if anybody's donkey is voting.
Into The Woods was a favourite on the poll for quite a while. Company has now well and truly taken over. Those two happen to be the only Sondheim shows I've seen. I saw Into the Woods at WAAPA last year and absolutely loved it...but perhaps more for the story, because even though the lyrics and music impressed me, if you asked me to sing a number, I couldn't.
I saw Company at the Playhouse in about 1988...and although I only have vague recollections of it, there are at least three or four phrases that I remember, having never heard it since. To me, that's an indication of a good musical.
Time for a new poll, I think
The Poll-tergeist
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After the first few days (I've noticed that generally, when a new poll goes up, it'll get about 100 votes in the first three days...which generally indicates the trends. Staying up a week or longer means more people get to have an opinion, but the rate of new votes drops away considerably; also more votes could mean either greater OR lesser accuracy, depending on if anybody's donkey is voting.
Into The Woods was a favourite on the poll for quite a while. Company has now well and truly taken over. Those two happen to be the only Sondheim shows I've seen. I saw Into the Woods at WAAPA last year and absolutely loved it...but perhaps more for the story, because even though the lyrics and music impressed me, if you asked me to sing a number, I couldn't.
I saw Company at the Playhouse in about 1988...and although I only have vague recollections of it, there are at least three or four phrases that I remember, having never heard it since. To me, that's an indication of a good musical.
Time for a new poll, I think
The Poll-tergeist
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crgwllmsWed, 26 Nov 2003, 08:38 pm
Re: Poll results - Sondheim
209 participants in under a fortnight
83 votes 39% Company
37 votes 17% Into The Woods
27 votes 12% Sweeney Todd
17 votes 8% A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
11 votes each 5% Sunday In The Park With George, and Assassins
6 votes each 2% Merrily We Roll Along, and A Little Night Music
5 votes 2% Follies
4 votes 1% Passion
2 votes 0% Saturday Night
0 votes 0% Anyone Can Whistle
As mentioned above, poll results are only as good as those participating in the poll...there was a huge surge for Company, which may or may not be legitimate..?
If you didn't vote because you hate Sondheim, at least now you know which are the least favourite....maybe you'll like those ones?
The Poll-tergeist