HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS?

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 11:30am

If you had to pick from this list of Musicals to do which would you pick.

Little Shop of Horrors
How To Suceed In Business...
RAGTIME the Musical
Camelot
Carousel
The King and I
The Sound of Music
Hello Dolly
Camelot

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 11:35am

Since my High School never did a show it is all make believe. But, I would pick RAGTIME

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 11:46am

My High School did Little Shop which turned out great. BUT make sure you can make the plant awesome and have amazing actors for the leads. Except for the DooWop girls, everyone else needs to be a better/equal actor than singer (whoops). Hello DOlly would be a lot of fun but Carousel kind of bores me.

Updated On: 9/26/04 at 11:46 AM

[TheAudrey3]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 12:26pm

How to succeed... can be amazingly done if you have a talented drama department, also Sound of Music if you have a huge department with a lot of talented people. Little Shop is a tiny cast.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:00pm

My sister's high school is doing Into the Woods. Out of those I would choose Ragtime or Little Shop.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:04pm

Little Shop.

[Blair]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:11pm

I think the students would be happiest with Little Shop or Ragtime, but I'm in a community theatre production of Hello, Dolly! right now and it is loads of fun also. Updated On: 9/26/04 at 01:11 PM

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:15pm

Little Shop.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:29pm

Little Shop does not have to be tiny. My teacher separated all the Dentist's parts up, which isnt as funny but is more appropriate for a High School. She also added Denstist Patients, Random Customers and Skid Row Residents. It's a great chorus show if done well.

[broadwayfan24]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:04pm

Hello Dolly

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:05pm

I directed and played Mushnik in LSOH and it is fun. Out of that list i would most love to do RAGTIME however I do not have any African Americans who can sing. H2$ is also great.

[badkarma719]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 5:34pm

Little shop is always fun


but I choose Hello Dollywood

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 5:38pm

Little Shop would be fun. Hello Dolly, if staged properly, could be great too.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 5:47pm

We did "Carousel" my junior year, and I wouldn't recommend it. But that's just because I hate pretty much everything about the show. Out of your list, I'd pick "Little Shop" or "The Sound of Music." I'd only do "Camelot" if I had some really strong singers.

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 5:55pm

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So of the chooses you all have said are they ones I want to do like:
Little Shop.....
RAGTIME (I REALLY WANT TO PUSH DOING THIS ONE)
and H2$
I wanna do RAGTIME because I like all of the songs.
Has anyone every done this show?

[Chote887]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:01pm

Ragtime is hard to do in most high schools as you need so many strong leads. Diversity can be an issue as well.

If done well, Little Shop will be a sucess, as will Hello Dolly if you have a suitible star.

[Roxie]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:10pm

All I can say is that Hello Dolly is quite a star vehicle. It's fun but not too much big Chorus stuff.....good show though.

[lyfeisacabaret]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:18pm

I would love to do Ragtime, personally, but as my school has absolutely NO diversity that would never happen. Unfortunately we are doing 42nd street this year... I can think of a million shows i'd rather do, but it's my senior year so I'm still going to do it.

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:21pm

Ragtime or How to Succeed in Business

My high school shows were Pirates of Penzance, The Wiz, The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie and Footloose...all were big casts, except for The Wiz which was a littleeeee smaller.

[sndtrklvr]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:45pm

H2$