Big Musical - All Females ?????
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Topic: Big Musical - All Females ?????
Posted By: Nyria
Subject: Big Musical - All Females ?????
Date Posted: 6/03/05 at 5:39pm
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I am looking for a big musical (20+cast members) with an all female cast. I won't do girls playing guys - unless the male part is a child (IE - a girl could play Peter Pan) or the 'male' part is a creature or a fantasy (IE - The Cheshire Cat in Alice In Wonderland). Any Ideas? I am thinking of Doing 'Alice in Wonderland' but I thought I could get some more ideas. It's a high school production so I need to have lots of cast members. Am I asking for the moon?? Thanks ------------- NYRIA |
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Posted By: Nyria
Date Posted: 6/03/05 at 5:41pm
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Oh - I should add - the last 3 plays we've done were: Into the Woods Annie Wizard of Oz (we did have guys but next year we have no dudes in drama ------------- NYRIA |
)Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 6/03/05 at 8:24pm
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"Alice in Concert" can be done with all women (and staged)
and it's a bit more exciting than the same old adaptations IMO. Can you use ONE man LOL? "Nine" is all women with one male. Also, "Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf" - though (obviously) it's an all-black cast. The play "Ruthless" is hysterical - with great songs - and the leading role is usually played by a man, but was originally intended to be an all-female play. However, not that large a cast. Only 9-10, I think. "Quilters" is a wonderful all-female cast, but again, not 20 of 'em. Have you thought about some of the big revue style shows? The Jerry Herman on is specifically written for all-women - and can have the cast enlarged to any number. But, there's no reason why any o fthe Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, etc. revues couldn't be cast with all women and enlarged casts. I also seem to remember a musical about a girls' school - anybody remember the title? |
Posted By: Kathy S
Date Posted: 6/04/05 at 12:25am
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Is there something called "Life with Mother Superior" based on the book and the movie with Hayley Mills from the 60's? or did I dream that? Also, what about trying a version of The Jungle Book? I saw a great production of this by a high school last year and there really is no reason it couldn't be done with all girls. |
Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 6/04/05 at 3:22am
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The only one I know about a girls school is ?Saint Trinians? it?s not a musical, but you could add the music. Or do a Pantomime, they are easy to do & loads of fun - try http://www.funscripts.com/listofscripts.html , they can be downloaded. Or George Rydell of amdrama.co.uk his scripts can be performed free in community theatre. He has various panto?s you can download, like the ?Christmas Toy Story & others. You could always do one of the G&S scripts, like the ?Pirates of Penzance, which I believe is now in the public domain! ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 6/04/05 at 3:27am
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Sorry Nyria the Panto's & 'Pirates' would be no good, as they have too many blokes in them. ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 6/04/05 at 3:43am
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Just thinking about it! Any of the Panto?s could be done, because traditionally the Principle Boy {the Prince Charming] is always female & girls can play the rest of the parts. Except for the ?Dame?, who?s usually the ?Widow Twanky?, & is always played by an older bloke. Which might mean getting one of the students Dads or a male teacher involved. As you have already done ?In to the woods? which is based on the Panto style fairy stories, you would possibly have a lot of the costumes ect. ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: Nyria
Date Posted: 6/04/05 at 3:19pm
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Wow - lots of ideas already - woo hoo. I might have a boy or 2 next year (if - God willing - one transfers in or something) I also sometimes get home schooled kids to come in and play a part. I'm going to look at all of these (except "Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf" - because I teach in a small lily white town Thanks everyone - keep 'em coming! ------------- NYRIA |
so I don't think it would work)Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 6/05/05 at 4:40am
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Do ?Grease? this is normally sold out, before you do the auditions! Or ?Rent? they are doing it here at a local community theatre group at the moment. You could also try resurrecting a Vaudeville/ Old Time Music Hall variety show, with a thyme such as Dirty Dick?s, Jack the Ripper or even a Minstrel show. ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: TheatreGeek
Date Posted: 6/19/05 at 7:37pm
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Gaafa, No offense, but how exactly would they pull off Grease, with all (but a few) females. Grease has A LOT of male characters. |
Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 6/19/05 at 9:29pm
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Where is there a community theatre that is doing "Rent"????
It hasn't been released for amateur performance yet. |
Posted By: ljstockham813
Date Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:02pm
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NUNSENSE. ------------- Linda Stockham Playwright/Cultural Anthropologist |