I am in the process of working with a small venue that could potentially host SMALL scale musicals (ideally with casts of 6 or fewer people, but could potentially be stretched). The musicals that would work best would be sung-through shows; shows with dialogue would have the option of being presented in concert form (with only critical dialogue being used).
Ideas I've already come up with include: - Songs for a New World - Closer than Ever - Edges - [title of show] - The Last 5 Years
I am looking for more ideas to expand on the above, as I am hoping to create a long partnership with the venue and continue doing productions of this sort.
Musical of Musicals: The Musical. 4 person cast, piano only, and everything is staged with a chair, the piano, and even the sheet music copies ripped out of the piano player's book.
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If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
You can do Avenue Q with seven, assuming your cast is made up of seven strong singers, since there won't be much harmonic doubling. I just played in the pit for a production that used this breakdown.
Princeton/Rod Kate/Lucy/Singing Box Nicky/Trekkie/Ricky/Bad Idea Bear Puppeteer 1/Singing Box/"Doubling" Puppeteer in group scenes Brian Christmas Eve Gary Coleman Mrs. Thistletwat/New Kid On The Block/Bad Idea Bear Voices/Bad Idea Bear Puppeteer 2/Singing Box/Trekkie "Body" operator/"Doubling" Puppeteer in group scenes
The few lines as "offstage voices" that are traditionally spoken by the Ensemble Puppeteers were done by the conductor from the pit. The show worked very well small, actually.
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