Hey! I was just looking at IBDB's page for Anyone can Whistle, and when I looked at the song selection, it showed how there were three acts, much to my surprise.
Other than LOTR, are there any other musicals that comes to your mind which has 3 or more acts?
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The original and the revival versions of No No Nanette have three acts. Some theatres may combine it to two, but it's a three act musical, with three distinct settings.
And the original St. Louis Woman had three acts. Encores reduced it to two.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Yes, Peter Pan and The Most Happy Fella have three acts. Porgy and Bess is more like an opera than anything. But it's still awesome. I love all three of them.
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"Falsettos" is two acts. If you include "In Trousers", then you are not doing "Falsettos". You are doing "The Marvin Trilogy". You are also doing something that will last more than three hours!
Most early musical comedies were three acts. These "gaiety" shows were designed so that each act took place in one basic set. The sets were changd at intermission. (NO NO NANEETE observes this.)
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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Anyone Can Whistle and Apple Tree a lot of times are performed in Two Acts, simply b/c Act 1 is normal lenght but 2 and 3 aren't...at least in the productions I've seen.
Peter Pan is one that needs the 3rd act to stay in place...I've seen it twice as a two act, and it kills the action, and you get some lengthy blackouts for the audience. (Out of the Nursery, and into the Pirate Ship)
Virgins - A Musical Threesome Dean Bryant & Matthew Frank
Catch it in September at the NYMTF. You'll LOVE IT!!
In both intervals the entire staging is changed, including seating et al...
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."