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bullet Posted: 7/20/06 at 11:56am

"The Robber Bridegroom" is a charming, funny, small-cast musical that is done too infrequently.  It is simple, imaginative and relatively easy to stage -- much along the lines of "The Fantasticks!"  It is a folk legend set in rural Missiissippi and much of the music has a country/bluegrass feel to it.

Now that I mention that, "Quilters" also comes to mind.  It has that same rural, bluegrass feel, but is based on a true story and the cast is entirely female.

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bullet Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:43am
I heartily endorse both of the plays recommended by Topper! They are both
delightful - and not seen very often.
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bullet Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:54am

Though I haven't seen it, I would go to see The Fantasticks just to hear the song Try To Remember.

Music: Harvey Schmidt
Lyrics: Tom Jones
Book: Tom Jones
Premiere: Tuesday, May 3, 1960

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Although you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Without a hurt the heart is hollow.
Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
The fire of September that made us mellow.
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow.


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bullet Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:44pm
The sky is the limit on what you can stage. I like some of te choices already mentioned. Man of La Mancha and The Fantastiks are two I especially think are good choices. Less known choices I can reccommend are Anastasia Affaire and Children of Eden But, the one show I must offer you to consider is The Secret Garden. It is truly a beautiful work.
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