SMALLER CAST SHOWS
SMALLER CAST SHOWS
#0SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:02pm
Just out of curiousity, does anyone know of smaller cast musicals. Please state the name of the musical... and how much people are in the original cast thanks! [I am thinking of Broadway shows with a cast smaller than 40, but probably with a bigger cast than ITW... I hope]
here is an example:
Into the Woods - 19
I appreciate your help..... kangaroo
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Updated On: 4/12/05 at 07:02 PM
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#1re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:07pm
tick tick boom off bway had three cast members
rent i think has 15
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#2re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:10pm
oh...... and I wanted to add shows that could be done by schools. [It can have a high difficult factor {that doesn't really matter}, but it should be relatively well known...] thanks again!
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#3re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:11pm
Spelling Bee -- 9
I DO! I DO! -- 2
The Fantasticks -- 9
Amour -- 9
Caroline, Or Change -- 17
Avenue Q -- 9
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#4re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:12pm
The Fantasticks comes first to mind. Five main characters and two to three supporting characters.
You might look into the Jr. edition of Les Miz.
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Updated On: 4/22/05 at 07:12 PM
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#6re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:20pmWe did the high school version of Les Miserables this year... we had a cast of 81
NIL MAGNUM NISI BONUM "No greatness without goodness."
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#7re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:22pm
Falsettos -- 7
Romance, Romance -- 6
Company -- 14
Aint' Misbehavin -- 5
Baby -- 17 (could be smaller)
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine -- 8
The Apple Tree -- 3 principals plus ensemble
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#8re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:24pm
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: 6
Songs for a New World: 4
#9re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:26pm
www.mtishows.com - use their Show Selector. Displays results according to what you need: musical, small cast, etc.
www.samuelfrench.com too.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#10re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:33pmgodspell - 10
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
rent1988
Featured Actor Joined: 11/22/04
#11re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 7:50pmgodspell is a good one because you can basically have as many or as little people in the show as you want.
life is PANDEMONIUM.
Bothered and Bewildered
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apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#13re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 8:31pm
this list could go on forever. just look on narrowing websites, they do exist... (mti has a function)... but the best small cast musicals (in my opinion) are:
falsettos
a new brain
elegies
little shop of horrors
once on this island
lucky stiff
the fantasticks
you're a good man, charlie brown
snoopy
godspell
the last five years
songs for a new world
tick, tick... boom!
there are many others, including some on this thread that you can't get the rights too, but those should help you start. there are many others that are small casts with ensembles... but they could still be under 20.
clarkstallings
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/05
#14re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 8:41pmDames at Sea has a small cast and it is a delightful show with a great score. I've seen it done with or without an ensemble.
#15re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 9:03pmthanks everyone for your help! I'll post the result of which one was picked... it won't be till mid-May though
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cathyhyatt
Broadway Star Joined: 10/20/04
#16re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 9:13pmthe last five years-2
"You won't fight without layers of armor
Suit on up and come brace my sword
You look back when the pieces are missing
Hollowed out hope that no time can restore."
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#18re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 9:26pm
Romance Romance
A Little Night Music
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#21re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/12/05 at 10:44pmnine- 24 or less (1 man, 1-2 boys, 21-ish women)
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apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#23re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:16amAssassins ~15
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#24re: SMALLER CAST SHOWS
Posted: 4/14/05 at 10:47pmHow big is Once Upon a Mattress cast?
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