1800s Musicals
1800s Musicals
1800s Musicals#1
Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:38pmWhat musicals are set in the 1800s, besodes Mary Poppins and Newsies?
1800s Musicals#3
Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:45pm
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Sunday in the Park with George
Hello Dolly
1800s Musicals#4
Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:53pm
a chunk of Hamilton, Baker Street, Oliver, A Christmas Carol, Mystery of Edwin Drood
1800s Musicals#5
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
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1800s Musicals#7
Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:52pm
The King & I
Sweeney Todd
Hello, Dolly!
Great Comet
Dracula
Carousel
1800s Musicals#9
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.
1800s Musicals#10
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
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1800s Musicals#11
Posted: 1/16/20 at 8:51am
>High Button Shoes<
It's set in 1913.
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1800s Musicals#14
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
1800s Musicals#15
Posted: 1/16/20 at 3:38pm
Spring Awakening
Big River
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Sweeney Todd
The Rothschilds
1800s Musicals#16
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.
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1800s Musicals#17
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.
1800s Musicals#19
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.
1800s Musicals#20
Posted: 1/17/20 at 10:28pm
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BLOOMER GIRL
UP IN CENTRAL PARK
TENDERLOIN
1800s Musicals#22
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.
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1800s Musicals#23
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
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1800s Musicals#24
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.
1800s Musicals#25
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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