I acted in The Pirates of Penzance, Hello, Dolly!, and Oklahoma! in high school, and in Oliver! last summer. Funny how three quarters of my musicals have ended in exclamation points.
Did Pirates of Penzance feel less exclaimed than the others? Did you have a singing role? I actually enjoy musical theatre, it can be a lot of fun.
Oklahoma! was definitely the least exclamatory of the bunch, though I still love it. Pirates was one of the most fun, and, ironically, the most exclamatory. I was pretty sad about leaving musical theater when I graduated from high school, but I only had to suffer one year away from it before getting involved in a pretty respectable community production of Oliver!, and I look forward to doing their summer shows every year. I have always had ensemble roles. While I've always envied the leads, it's still a lot of fun to be in every single one of the big dance and musical numbers and to have six different costumes.