1800s Musicals
1800s Musicals
Ginny56
Swing Joined: 1/15/20
#11800s Musicals
Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:38pmWhat musicals are set in the 1800s, besodes Mary Poppins and Newsies?
Det95
Featured Actor Joined: 10/14/19
#31800s Musicals
Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:45pm
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Sunday in the Park with George
Hello Dolly
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
SeanD2
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/17
#41800s Musicals
Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:53pm
a chunk of Hamilton, Baker Street, Oliver, A Christmas Carol, Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#51800s Musicals
Posted: 1/15/20 at 3:08pm
Show Boat (spans decades and, towards the end of the show, I seem to recall that After the Ball was sung on New Year's Eve 1899 -- although I may be hallucinating on that)
The King and I
Little Women
Moulin Rouge (Toulouse Lautrec died in 1901)
High Button Shoes
Oklahoma (or early 20th)
Shenandoah
Civil War
Pacific Overtures (other than the closing number)
Jekyll / Hyde???
Carousel???
Mega-flops: Drat The Cat, The Yearling, Darling of the Day, Come Summer
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#71800s Musicals
Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:52pm
The King & I
Sweeney Todd
Hello, Dolly!
Great Comet
Dracula
Carousel
Ginny56
Swing Joined: 1/15/20
#91800s Musicals
Posted: 1/16/20 at 6:50am
Gorlois said: "Mary Poppins does not take place in the 1800s."
Actually yes it does. It takes in the Victorian Era (1837-1900). But based on the clothing you can guess more towards 1837.
Pernigraniline
Chorus Member Joined: 11/12/11
#101800s Musicals
Posted: 1/16/20 at 8:03am
No its definitely 1910s-30s. Being Mrs Banks was originally a 1920s-style number called 'What Can I Do'.
Updated On: 1/16/20 at 08:03 AM
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#111800s Musicals
Posted: 1/16/20 at 8:51am
>High Button Shoes<
It's set in 1913.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
RWPrincess
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/18
#141800s Musicals
Posted: 1/16/20 at 2:59pm
It only did a tour but there was a Little House On The Prairie musical a few years back
#151800s Musicals
Posted: 1/16/20 at 3:38pm
Spring Awakening
Big River
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Sweeney Todd
The Rothschilds
#161800s Musicals
Posted: 1/16/20 at 5:51pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "Mary Poppins is specifically set in 1910."
True. The books were set in the early 1930s - contemporary with when the first two books were published. Walt Disney specifically switched the time period to Edwardian London because he thought that would look better. The stage musical (at least the London and Broadway productions) kept the same time period as the movie - at least in their designs. I can't remember if there is any dialog that specifically fixes the action in history.
Fan123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
#171800s Musicals
Posted: 1/17/20 at 3:09am
If Gilbert and Sullivan operettas count, those shows were written in the 19th century, and I think some or perhaps most of 'em were set around that time as well. I haven't specifically verified that though.
Roland von Berlin
Chorus Member Joined: 7/6/16
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#191800s Musicals
Posted: 1/17/20 at 10:11pm
Ginny56 said: "Actually yes it does. It takes in theVictorian Era (1837-1900). But based on the clothing you can guess more towards 1837."
I don't know what productions of Mary Poppins that you've seen, but I've never seen one with anything resembling any of these fashion trends from the 19th century.
#201800s Musicals
Posted: 1/17/20 at 10:28pm
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BLOOMER GIRL
UP IN CENTRAL PARK
TENDERLOIN
#221800s Musicals
Posted: 1/18/20 at 12:06pm
In the film version of MARY POPPINS, Mr. Banks sings a song, "The Life I Lead," which contains the following lyrics:
It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910
King Edward's on the throne;
It's the age of men
The song is not in the stage musical.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#231800s Musicals
Posted: 1/18/20 at 1:46pm
Many many many including:
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 - obviously
Annie Get Your Gun
The King and I
Spring Awakening
Jane Eyre
Big River
Oliver!
Sweeney Todd, Passion and Pacific Overtures
Les Miserables
Threepenny Opera
Show Boat
Redhead
Barnum
Tenderloin
The Civil War
PattyO'Furniture
Featured Actor Joined: 8/12/04
#241800s Musicals
Posted: 1/18/20 at 2:18pm
Oh, my God - I read this as 1-800-MUSICALS. Can't imagine who I was thinking would answer.
#251800s Musicals
Posted: 1/18/20 at 2:23pm
PAINT YOUR WAGON
MAGGIE FLYNN
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (Act I)
LITTLE WOMEN
THE STUDENT PRINCE
MISS LIBERTY
A DOLL'S LIFE
KEAN
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Parts of ASSASSINS
ST. LOUIS WOMAN
PASSION
SARATOGA
BARNUM
WALKING HAPPY
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
WHERE'S CHARLEY?
Now that I've skimmed through my iTunes library, what is remarkable is how many more shows are set either "around the turn of the (20th) century" or more specifically between the year 1900 and World War I.
I'm sure some acute cultural critic like henrikegerman or Kad or Pal Joey will want to explain why the Edwardian Era holds such fascination for musical theater creators and audiences. Is it just that the decline and disappearance of the bustle frees up actresses so they can move?
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