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Future Overdone High School Musicals
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#25
Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:30pmI'm still waiting for high school seniors to do "Naked Boys Singing". I'm there.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#26
Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:32pm
"Wicked" will lead the pack, for sure. It's show that doesn't rely heavily on too much dancing or even effects. Many of the leading characters are close to the age of the students. Whether or not the school has a cherry picker or not won't kill the show. High School drama departments can easily get creative with it.
I think "Lion King" will be huge too. "Aida" probably not as much for many reasons, such as multi-ethnic casting (which you could dodge around, but not without totally losing the story). For the same reason Showboat, Big River or Dreamgirls weren't done much (if at all). "Ragtime" will suffer the same fate, sadly. I'm surprised at high schools that try "42nd Street" or "A Chorus Line" or even "West Side Story." They need such talented dancers to pull them off.
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" should be big too... but again, the dancing, which they could trim or simplify and not kill the show. The more mature-themed shows (as in the past) won't do as well in high schools, but will do well in colleges. In years to come, I could see Piazza doing as well as A Little Night Musc has (on the university level).
I wouldn't be surprised if a few daring schools tried Hairspray, but there's more than just the "drag" thing. You've got to have a multi-ethnic cast to pull this off, and that counts out a lot of places.
But I think there are still many Music Mans, Oklahomas, and Brigadoons to bow before ecsatic, clapping relatives in years to come. There is a huge built-in recognition of those titles, not to mention "safety" in chosing them.
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#27
Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:40pm
I agree with best12bars about Hairspray.
Hairspray seems like a fun show to do for high schools, so I wouldn't be surprised.
Me, I like to laugh.
Me, I like to love.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#29
Posted: 8/15/05 at 7:56pmHairspray, Wicked, Millie- those are very good candidates. But how in the world would they do The Lion King?
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#30
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:02pm
It could be done without the puppets. It would suck. But it could be done without the puppets.
Think high schoolers dressed up like Timon, Simba, etc. And a really underwhelming opening of "Circle of Life," with a bunch of teens running around the stage dressed up like giraffes and gazelles.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#31
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:06pmSomeone said this, but ALL SHOOK UP will become the new GREASE...and i don't think any high school could pull off Wicked.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#32
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:19pmIt's called... imagination, and it doesn't cost money. There are many ways to skin a lion.
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#33
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:22pmHairspray is definitely the next Bye Bye Birdie.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#34
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:23pm
"There are many ways to skin a lion."
yeah, but all of them are illegal.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#35
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:27pm
I can see spelling bee at small community or regional theatres a lot. it would work.
wicked, well lets just say im gonna puke.
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#36
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:40pm
Well, "Beauty and the Beast" and "Seussical" have already established themselves as staples, i think. (Six schools did Beauty and the Beast in my area this year, and eight did Seussical.)
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" will be a big hit, guaranteed. MTI is already offering transpositions, so any high belting Millie may have or high tenor singing that Jimmy does will be easily conquered.
"All Shook Up" and "Mamma Mia!" will be big hits. They're family-friendly, ensemble-heavy, appeal to audiences, and the music is relatively easy to sing and learn. It's a good thing, as these shows really will make good high school shows, especially "Mamma Mia!" which I think can be done on a pinch-penny budget.
"Hairspray" is everything a high school musical should be, but the multi-ethnic cast will be a major turnoff for most schools, i think.
The watered-down version of "The Producers" will likely be popular, but the practically all-male cast won't appeal to a lot of schools. Plus, there's only so much you can water down...ambitious ones will tackle this one.
Finally, many schools will attempt to do "The Lion King" and "Wicked". Whether they will be good is up to anyone...I guess "Wicked" could be bearable if they transposed stuff...but for both, the grand moajrity of schools will not be able to reproduce the specatacle of the actual show.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#37
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:43pmDid you really think I meant that literally?? Wow.
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#38
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:51pmHigh schools will try to do wicked because of it's popularity (but it would lead to disappointments!) I think Aida is another possibility for HS
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#39
Posted: 8/15/05 at 8:51pmno, i was making a joke.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#40
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:00pm
Footloose already is overdone in HS. My Hs did it when I was a junior and about 3 others in the area did it the same year!
I agree with most of them...
Aida
Beauty and the Beast
Millie
Titanic (if it's not already...)
Definately the jukebox musicals... but I havent seen any of them so I can't really say :)
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#41
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:09pmi agree with jerryherman, i think mamma mia could be really big. theres really nothing to be watered down (some schools could take out the few swear words if they were that picky). itd be fun and easy to do, and very ensemble oriented.
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#42
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:18pm
RENT will be overdone! I emailed MTI about rights to MILLIE & RENT, the agent gave me an estimate for release.
RENT-summer 2008
TMM-Summer 2006
those cannot be confirmed but those are estimated release times for the rights
WICKED wont be out for many years to come, i can tell you that now!
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#43
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:27pm
All I can say is...
Les Mis, les Mis, LES MIS!!!!!!
I've already been subjected twice! When will it end?
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#44
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:30pm
Aida--I've seen it now twice in regional youth theater productions without the ethnic castings (Asian Mereb, white Aida) and it doesn't matter, still very good show.
42nd st--my school did it and pulled off the dancing fabulously..I think it's just the same deal with any show of school's directors not really understanding their students' abilities (or lack thereof)
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re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#45
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:31pmi also think once BARE gets out into the world a little more, people will want to do that
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#46
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:36pm
My drama teacher always says that Mamma Mia! will make a great high school show. I agree with her.
Hairspray will also be done a lot.
Wicked shouldn't be, but unfortunetly, it probably will be.
Beauty & the Beast likely will be done a fair bit, as well.
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#47
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:39pm
"i also think once BARE gets out into the world a little more, people will want to do that"
yes, because that's the kind of subject matter that high school administrators are just clamouring to showcase.
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#48
Posted: 8/15/05 at 9:53pmBut the set for Wicked is kind of complcated, i couldn't see how'd they change it to be able to fit on a high school stage..
re: Future Overdone High School Musicals#49
Posted: 8/16/05 at 12:14amMy high school is doing Beauty and the Beast. I am playign Cogsworth. I wanted to do Pippin but NOOOOOOOOOOO the orgy is too long! Bah!
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