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jayzehr
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   Topic: "Can't miss" suggestion for a musical?Posted: 11/18/10 at 6:39pm |
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Looking for the safest choice possible for audience appeal. But it would need to be a somewhat modest size cast, 20 being the absolute max and hopefully less. What's worked for everybody?
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Scott B
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Posted: 11/18/10 at 10:07pm |
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Forever Plaid ... 4 guys with a piano & bass and a song list that keeps the audience coming in. Good comedy with some audience participation.
I'm going to assume you're looking for something larger though. |
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edh915
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Posted: 11/19/10 at 11:50am |
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Depends on your customer base and what their tastes are.
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" is good, and it does have name recognition. "She Loves Me" is a modest sized musical, but little name recognition - unless you advertise it as being based on "The Shop Around the Corner", "In the Good Old Summertime", and "You've Got Mail." "Dames At Sea" is really good. Would your crowd go for a Mini-Busby Berkely musical? Any of the nostalgia shows would work: "Forever Plaid", "Christmas Belles", "Buddy", etc. I particularly like the concept behind "Chaps" - a group of BBC radio staff, during World War II, having to fill in "on air" for a scheduled USO country western troupe whose bus is delayed. "All Shook Up" is a nostalgia musical that can be done with 20 or less. Not based on Elvis's life or career, but full of Elvis songs - a slight take on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" with a girl mechanic dressing like a guy to hang out near the cool dude biker who's just rolled into her small town. - Worth looking at. That's all I can think of right now. |
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BlueEye217
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Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:43pm |
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The group I am involved with is closing on Sweet Charity this weekend. We have a very small space and haven't done a musical in about 5 years. We've been able to run for 3 weekends and have sold out pretty much every show. We have a cast of 18 but can definatly cut it down.
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jayzehr
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Posted: 11/19/10 at 2:53pm |
I'm not entirely sure what our base is interested in. We haven't done a musical for years and have been doing more serious plays. I'm assuming that a musical would or could draw in a larger audience then what we currently have since we have done best with big comedies (as does everyone else, I'm sure.) Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions everyone! |
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tristanrobin
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Posted: 11/19/10 at 8:37pm |
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okay.
I hate to write it. But, let's face it - it's the truth. Wanna drag in every possible audience member in your county? Sound of Music or Annie They are licenses to print money. |
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jayzehr
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Posted: 11/20/10 at 4:17pm |
That's funny. I was thinking of Sound of Music even though I know little about musicals. My one concern was how often that might be done by high schools in the area ( I don't know the answer.) |
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Scott B
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Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:19pm |
Truer words were never spoken. |
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mrlloyd23
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Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:26pm |
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How about You're a Good Man Charlie Brown or Little Shop of Horrors.
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Rorgg
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Posted: 11/22/10 at 11:22am |
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Little Shop is possibly my favorite, and is extremely cheap and easy to put on IF YOU CAN GET THE PUPPET CHEAP. But, it's not quite for everyone.
I might suggest Into The Woods. Good name recognition, recognizeable characters, GREAT story, moderate cast size ... I counted 16-21 just now (some parts are traditionally doubled up). Wonderful music -- but it IS musically challenging. The show that's a ridiculous license to print money is Joseph. I'm not a fan, but I hear it over and over again. Edited by Rorgg - 11/22/10 at 11:25am |
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