Future Overdone High School Musicals

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Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:06pm

What do you think are going to be the future Greases, Oklahomas, and Footlooses of high schools aka future overdone high school musicals?

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Updated On: 8/16/05 at 06:06 PM

#2

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:07pm

Millie, Wicked, Hairspray, all the Dinsey ones...


Akiva

#3

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:07pm

Millie, Wicked, Hairspray, all the Dinsey ones...


Akiva

#4

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:08pm

Naked Boys Singing

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#5

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:08pm

Les Mis
Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Several of the Jukebox musicals
Disney's Beauty and the Beast

#6

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:08pm

If the rights are released for Wicked. Lord help us.

I wish directors would have the brains to know when their schools doesn't have what it takes.

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#7

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:08pm

I doubt many High Schools would do Hairspray.

#8

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:11pm

Millie

#9

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:12pm

Beauty and the Beast.

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#10

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:18pm

Wicked in high school would suck! haha. could you imagine a high school trying to pull off defying gravity?

#11

Oh...

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:20pm

Millie for sure. I've already had many nightmares about it.

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#12

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:20pm

Actually the flying in "Defying Gravity" is very easy to recreate. Just use a Genie/cherry picker which is used to hang lights. Viola!

I think ALL SHOOK UP will be the new GREASE!

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#13

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:22pm

I think "25th Annual Putname County Spelling Bee" will be HUGELY popular with High Schools if the rights were released. It's such a simple production, and so great... High Schools across the nation will be doing it left and right!

I think "Urinetown" will be too.

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#14

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:22pm

I can just see Wicked 10 years from now in some high school auditorium...

I hope it NEVER happens!

Updated On: 8/15/05 at 06:22 PM

#15

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:25pm

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

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#16

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:31pm

Question. When high schoolers are doing Les Mis now, is it a really watered-down version? I've never subjected myself to a high school performance of that show. I don't think my heart could take it.

I think we'll be seeing a lot of dramatic monologues culled from "The Blonde in the Thunderbird," BTW.

#17

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:33pm

"Footloose" and "Seussical" are starting to infiltrate the high school market significantly. Hardly classics either one, but nice ways to introduce young people to the theatre.

#18

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:34pm

Kringas - Ha, I don't really try out for stuff at my school because it mostly sucks, but I actually at one point considered trying out for the variety show, anyway with "Kris, Look What You've Missed." I didn't think that "Perky Little Porn Star" would go over well.

#19

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:34pm

I never saw the original, so I don't know how "watered down" it is, but schools usually do the School Edition, and I believe some of the lyrics are cut out to condense the show - I think it's still about 3 hours, no?

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#20

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 6:34pm

"I think we'll be seeing a lot of dramatic monologues culled from "The Blonde in the Thunderbird," BTW. "

Oh god i hope that was a joke.

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#21

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:01pm

"If the rights are released for Wicked. Lord help us."

MTI already owns the rights and I'm guessing it will be released in the next couple of years, being restrictied and later made available to everyone.

#22

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:05pm

Spelling Bee has too many adult scenarios to fly at a high school. Let's just start with all the gay stuff...I dount the world will progress enough in 10-20 years to make that show a staple in High School.

#23

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:07pm

aida

#24

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:11pm

Where are those pix from Candleshoe2?

#25

re: Future Overdone High School Musicals

Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:13pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie is currently restriced, but MTI has the rights... similar situation as Wicked.



I guess we'll see how it goes... I think that I will probably keel over dead when Wicked becomes available, Aida is available now which terrifies me, and probably Fiddler on the Roof

--korenglish

Updated On: 7/30/08 at 07:13 PM