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Topic: small cast musicals
Posted By: Nyria
Subject: small cast musicals
Date Posted: 9/23/05 at 4:21pm
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For my next show I would like to do something with a smaller cast (around 5 - 10 people) any suggestions? Thanks - ------------- NYRIA |
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Posted By: Juliet
Date Posted: 9/23/05 at 5:03pm
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oh...there are soo many. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Or you could do a musical revue...good luck with finding your show.
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Posted By: Linda S
Date Posted: 9/23/05 at 7:08pm
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I have directed 1940's Radio Hour twice. It is the only show that I would be happy to do again and again. It has a cast of 13. I also really enjoyed the musical review "Grand Night for Singing" with a cast of 5. There are some really interesting and new arrangements of Rodgers and Hammerstein standards. I agree with Juliet. There are so many. Linda
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Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:55am
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I think "Ruthless" is terrific - only 8 characters...if you aren't
familiar with it, it's a musical version and parody of "The Bad Seed," "Gypsy," and "All About Eve." It's hysterical - good, good songs - and the most horrific leading lady ever LOL. When I saw it, the role of the young-murderess-Shirley-Temple- wannabe was played by (a very youthful) adult, and it didn't matter one iota that it wasn't really a child. also, believe it or not, the professional production of "Guys and Dolls" at Longwarf Theatre last season only had 13 actors!- and it was really dynamite. |
Posted By: slicksister
Date Posted: 9/24/05 at 7:32pm
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Godspell, Little Shop Of Horrors, Snoopy!!!, Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! ------------- The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing |
Posted By: dougb
Date Posted: 9/25/05 at 11:14am
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Forever Plaid The Taffeta's She Loves Me Always, Patsy Cline Pump Boys and Dinettes If you are REAL brave try Radio Gals 6 women and 1 man - the women need to play several instruments at a high level - they are the accompaniment. |
Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:45pm
In our production of "Pump Boys," the boys were the band and the girls were the percussion. I thought it was always done that way - do productions sometimes use a pit band? Do the musical numbers then get heavily choregraphed? Another virtuoso musicianship show is "Oil City Symphony" - written by the Pump Boys folks. The cast, again, is the accompaniment. |
Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 9/25/05 at 7:02pm
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A relatively new musical called "Song of Singapore"
has a cast of four and very entertaining music. (I've never seen the show, but a friend loaned me a recording.) In regards to tristanrobin's suggestion: I saw a production of "The Bad Seed" where the murderous 8-year-old girl was played by an adult male in drag. Needless to say it was campy fun. Hilarious! ------------- "None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone |
Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 9/26/05 at 2:42am
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Try ?By Jeeves? music not bad & catchy. Done by that Andy bloke! It is a good farce & if you have done any panto?s even better! ------------- 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: pauliebonn
Date Posted: 9/26/05 at 3:03am
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A Broadway Christmas Carol has only 4 members in the cast, Pippin, Godspell, School House Rock! Live!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aspects of Love,....
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