Runaways is a great musical intertwined with dramatic monologues. i saw it at District 1 thespian competition a few years ago but havn't been able to find the music or monologues from it.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Not the greatest show, but you could do "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." It's running time is pretty short if you do it as written (by not adding all of the extra dance breaks, etc.) . I've seen it as a one-act before and it actually worked. It was about an hour or so.
Adrift in Macao A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine A ... My Name Is Alice (?) A ... My Name Is Still Alice(?) In Trousers James Joyce's The Dead (?) Myths and Hymns (?)
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For a directing class, what about one of the acts from The Apple Tree? The first act has three characters. Also, I don't know if they're available, but what about something from 3HREE?
Well, XANADU is a One-acter but the rights for it haven't been released yet. I think Act One of THE APPLE TREE (the strongest of the three) would definitely work as a stand-alone piece for a class (not a full-blown production). It has a small cast, an adorable score, and a very romantic story.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
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I think you mean Weird Romance, which is exactly what I was about to suggest, by Alan Menken. Great show, both halves are awesome and definitely could stand apart.
Sorry, the show that I was citing was definitely called Romance, Romance. It was done in the late 80's and had quite a few Tony nominations. Scott Bakula was in it -- it was a cast of four, each playing totally different parts in each show. The first took place in 19th Century Paris and the other in 20th Century Long Island.
The first act of ROMANCE ROMANCE actually takes place in Vienna.
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