choosing a musical - 2007/05/28 18:15I am a part of a college theatre group at my church and we are considering doing a musical for our next show. We are all throwing out suggestions, but we have quite a few restrictions. It needs to have minimal or easy choreography, be for actors & actresses aged 18-25, fairly clean (we are a church but in the past we have gotten away with doing Rumors which has a lot of expletives and innuendo), and it has to have one set or minimal set changes because we are basically converting our MPR into a stage. Any suggestions you could give would be welcome! Thanks.Danielle
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/05/28 19:17What kind of musical are you looking for? Classic? Contemporary? Fun for the whole family? PG or PG-13?•••♥♫♥••• faith
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/05/28 20:15either classic or contemporary. probably PG.Danielle
Upcoming Auditions: "Into the Woods" (Fall 2008); "Noises Off" (Fall 2008); "How I Learned to Drive" (Fall 2008)
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/05/29 10:09For some reason, You're a good man Charlie Brown and Snoopy pop into my head, for a larger cast Into the Woods maybe?Auditioning For- Bye Bye Birdie (Hoping for Kim for Ursula)
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/05/29 15:02Oh, yeah, Charlie Brown sounds good! I saw a production of it done with entirely one set.•••♥♫♥••• faith
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/05/29 21:31thanks for the suggestions. i'll check them out.
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/01 02:10How about Godspell? I think it would be very appropriate since it is a church theatre group, and it can be done with a very minimal set. Let us know what you end up choosing!----------Emily----------
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/01 02:52I saw "Pippin" performed last year and it had a completely stationary set. Also, "Children of Eden" is a very cool show with religious undertones, but I'm not sure how hard the set would be.current show: Scrooge: The Musical playing The Ghost of Christmas Past and a Chorus Member
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/03 16:49"Children of Eden" and "Godspell" would be wonderful for a Church Group. "The Music Man" and "Snoopy" come to mind too...gah! I like them all, lol.
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/03 16:51I 3rd (or fourth??) Godspell. It has such a minimal set, and like people already said, would be great for a church group.I'm Samantha. But you can call me Sam.
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/03 18:53What about Nunsense? That's a great show, it's funny, you don't need any fancy sets, there are only a few characters, I think it would work well for what you are doing.
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/03 20:11children of eden and godspell-- have to echo.... COE is a little on the harder side and could have some "real" choreography for the snake.
baby, though it might not be too appropriate for a church....
honk! i do like it better when done w/ a small cast (4men, 4women, 4 "kids") but it can be expanded
weird romance-- again, not sure of it's appropriateness for a church-- depends on what kind of church, i guess....
cinderella
stuart little (seen it done w/ all adults)
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I'm thinking 'Oklahoma' which can be done with minimal choreography that still works, plus has most cast members in that age range or 'Godspell', which is the frontrunner in this thread, I can plainly see.-Ali
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Re:choosing a musical - 2007/06/17 13:54we're doing a straight play right now and i am playing a "teenager" even thought i am nearly 20. the other characters are in their late 20s to early 40s and are all played by 19-24 year olds. so the age of the characters isn't so much an issue. we just need to be able to believably play them.Danielle
-It can be performed by any age group, and was originally performed by a group about your age.
-The set is minimal, and the only changes are when cast members move something. It's all stuff like sawhorses, a table, a washtub, etc, so one or two can move it. The rest is stationary.
-The script is not hard to find. I randomly found it online one day. And the entire score is not very expensive.
YAGM,CB is also onethat can be done with a minimal set. All you need is some benches, a short wall, a tree, Snoppy's house, stuff like that. The same background can be used, and it's usually an outside scene.Maddy, aka minesayrejoice, GreenGirl, GavrocheGrrl, EriksWife (Erik'swife), and jewelkat.
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