Posted: 6/25/19 at 3:49am
Posted: 6/25/19 at 6:38am
Superman only has two principal female roles, Lois and Sidney, though some productions have gender swapped the villians Dr. Sedgewick and Father Ling.
The Lings are a Chinese crime family who tour the U.S. as acrobats. Their material is mildly offensive. The television special changed them to Russian mobsters but the published script offers no such alternative.
The raciest number is Sidney's "You Got Possibilities," which she sings while attempting to seduce Clark Kent. "Relax sweetheart, I'm not gonna bite ya... Yet."
Max Menken tries to seduce Lois with a rather tame song "You're the Woman for the Man" and then later sings a vaguely homoerotic duet with Dr. Sedgewick "You've Got What I Need Baby."
Posted: 6/25/19 at 10:34am
The song There, Right There! (Gay or European) is cut from the Jr. version of Legally Blonde. That could make it work for the admin and bringing on the middle school.
Posted: 6/25/19 at 11:59am
Whether or not the "Gay or European" song is cut, Legally Blonde doesn't sound like something that would be a good choice as your first year teaching drama at a Catholic School. Maybe in a few years when you've got job security and can get away with pushing the envelope a little bit.
Also, aside from a few good songs, the Superman musical is terrible. I saw the revamped version in Dallas and it was pretty bad, and with the offensive "Flying Lings" stuff I imagine it is even worse. It is also a very guy-heavy show (and do you have a boy who can convincingly play Superman?). Just don't it.
I also like the idea of Little Women. Small cast, mostly girls, famous title, G-rated. Perfect. It's on my list as well.
Posted: 6/25/19 at 12:36pm
Updated On: 6/25/19 at 12:36 PM
Posted: 6/25/19 at 12:47pm
The above poster beat me to it, but "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" would be perfect. I was involved in a production during my Catholic school days and the Jesuit school that put it on did a great job. I still can't listen to "The Book Report" without laughing thinking about it.
edit: The "Doubt" comment made me laugh but when the film came out, our very own Sister Margaret (the inspiration for Sister James) actually showed it to us in class and was so excited about meeting Streep. Good times.
Updated On: 6/25/19 at 12:47 PM
Posted: 6/25/19 at 1:16pm
I always recommend Working (the 2012 version) so many characters, great songs, relatively age appropriate, Lin Manuel Miranda appeal, educational.
Elf, Fiddler, Freaky Friday, Mamma Mia, Sondheim on Sondheim/Putting it Together, Songs For A New World, 13, Spelling Bee (one song can have alternate lyrics) all could be decent choices.
Posted: 6/25/19 at 3:31pm
I went to a Catholic school and our theatre department put on Jesus Christ Superstar (although a pretty sanitized version, especially concerning Mary Magadelen), Godspell, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, and more recently Phantom of the Opera and Leader of the Pack.
Posted: 6/25/19 at 3:47pm
Posted: 6/25/19 at 5:49pm
Are any of you guys who are making these suggestions reading that OP says they have maybe 7-10 kids, and possibly some middle schoolers? Shows like Fiddler, Mamma Mia, My Fair Lady, Camelot, etc do not exactly lend themselves to a cast of a 12.
Posted: 6/25/19 at 8:41pm
JSquared2 said: "Are any of you guys who are making these suggestions reading that OP says they have maybe 7-10 kids, and possibly some middle schoolers? Shows like Fiddler, Mamma Mia, My Fair Lady, Camelot, etc do not exactly lend themselves to a cast of a 12."
Most musicals can be scaled down to a cast about that size and every one of those probably has been already somewhere.
Updated On: 6/25/19 at 08:41 PM
Posted: 6/25/19 at 8:53pm
VotePeron said: "Off the top of my head, I'd look intoPeter and the Starcatcher.It's a play, has some music, can be done with 12 people, and everyone loves Peter Pan."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This. It's a fun show and easy to do with limited kids and the sets can be done with recycled stuff.
Posted: 6/26/19 at 2:23am
Posted: 6/26/19 at 3:58pm
In about 1980 my parents and I went to see the local Catholic H.S. production of South Pacific and got to hear a high school Bloody Mary yelling, "Bastard!!!" The nuns sitting in front of us were not fazed.
Meanwhile a few years later a different local Catholic H.S. put on Two Gentlemen of Verona, although they did make some changes to Thurio's Samba.
Updated On: 6/26/19 at 03:58 PM
Posted: 6/26/19 at 4:22pm
I went to a Catholic girls high school, and the four years I was there they did:
R & H Cinderella
Anything Goes, which got canceled because of lack of guys and replaced with a Christmas show
Once Upon a Mattress
High School Musical
Posted: 6/26/19 at 5:44pm
Posted: 6/27/19 at 12:14am
I went to a Jesuit high school and in my four years our musicals were Damn Yankees, How to Succeed, Joseph, and Guys and Dolls. In the few years before I was there they did Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop, and West Side Story, and immediately after I graduated they did City of Angels, Pippin, and Godspell. In more recent years I know they've done Evita, Sweet Charity, The Wizard of Oz, and just this past spring was The Wedding Singer.
Posted: 6/27/19 at 8:46am
