Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: How to follow up "Grease"

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Mama M
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Posted: 1/04/07 at 2:13am

May I suggest "Children of Eden" by Stephen Schwartz - great musical and you can encompass all ages. This is a great draw for your gate. All the grandparents, aunts and uncles want to see their 6th grader in a high school production. Keep the set simple and the dancing the a minimum. Concentrate on the blocking and chorus and the story will come out beautifully. Have fun!!!!

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Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:28pm

Originally posted by eveharrington

This requires a little more work but we did a partially improvised spoof of American Idol with a mix of good singers and purposely awful talent. Open it up to any talent, improvise the host and judges comments, and then in our case we let the audience vote, had a short intermission and brought back three finalists to perform again. We got a great response, and because of the voting, it was different every night.

This? Is BRILLIANT. Love this as a marketing concept, and it would have been pretty budget-friendly to stage, too, I'd imagine.

I'm not a huge fan of the show (the oversinging and melisma kill me), but hey, 28 million people can't be wrong). It's definitely something that would be audience-friendly. Awesome.

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Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:57pm

I think "Bye Bye Birdie" would fit right in - it's a lot of fun, and very teen friendly. I think it also would have quite a draw for an audience.

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Posted: 5/25/07 at 4:22pm

You may want to take a look at the discussion going on about Honk! It is a great show, fairly new and fun.

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JackScottHSM
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Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:49pm

West side story is a great play, just make sure you have a lot of guys..

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Posted: 5/29/07 at 12:19am

You may want to take a look at the discussion going on about Honk! It is a great show, fairly new and fun.

http://www.meetyourband.com

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Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:40am

"Black Patent Leather Shoes", "Charlie Brown" (not a huge cast, but very do-able and very popular with the crowds).

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Posted: 3/16/08 at 4:41am

We had a similar situation- "Grease" was our biggest grossing musical EVER...Here are my suggestions:
"Once on this Island" is a fabulous show....beautiful story, wonderful music, great ensemble cast, and the audience loves it......
"Fame" can easily match "Grease" for "teen" popularity..... and, last but not least, "Footloose" will bring in a similar crowd..We just did it and sold out every night...
Good luck!

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