Hardest show for a chorus?
Hardest show for a chorus?
#0Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:08pm
Which show do you think is the hardest to do for a chorus?
MUSIC MAN?
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Derek2
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ponine24601
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#2re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:14pmanything goes. i was in the chorus for that show and it wasn't that easy.
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CurtainUp
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#3re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:34pm42nd Street looks tough for non-pro, or even pro, dancers.
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#4re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:37pmOOTI and music man were 2 of the 3 shows i was in the chorus for... i didn't find them too difficult... OOTI was fun! and we did that in middle school :P
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#5re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:10pmIt's funny how many high schools do those two shows. I would say Aida.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#6re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:11pmAll the Rent chorus members have multiple supporting roles and there are a few tough solos. (Seasons of Love)
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:16pm
42nd Street - on the part where they dance on the stairs; gotta be careful!
Hairspray
Oklahoma!
Wicked
La Boheme
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Deena Jones2
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#10re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:32pm
"Swing!"
If anyone remembers that Broadway show. Just non-stop swing dancing, ensemble members getting hurled across the stage....at one point, they bring out the bunjee cords....
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
eponine88
Broadway Star Joined: 12/8/03
#13re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:39pmOklahoma was the first show I ever did, and I didn't really find it that difficult. I agree with Sweeney Todd, though.
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#14re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:44pmRagtime's chorus is a HUGE part of the plot. They backup the main characters through their harmonizing and characterization. When I was in the chorus of "Ragtime", the director made it so that every single chorus member had a chance to do something, small or big. This is one of those shows that require a large chorus with amny ethnicities. Updated On: 8/24/04 at 09:44 PM
TheaterGeek91
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#16re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:10pm42nd Street, but not if the chorus and the dance chorus are separate. The regular chorus would still involve a little dance, but not as heavy duty and constant.
#17re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:13pmSeussical. Quick costume changes and lots of songs.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#18re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:13pmchicago
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#19re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:34pmFootloose
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Derek2
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#20re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:48pmI agree with Chicago. Also Crazy For You and Hair (thats a given lol)
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judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#22re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/25/04 at 12:52am
choreo: crazy for you.
costume changes: 42nd street (depending on the production, I guess).
vocally: chess.
#23re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/25/04 at 1:27amHaving directed productions of Once On This Island and Sweeney Todd, and having been in a production of The Music Man and a number of other musicals, I have to say that the chorus work in Sweeney Todd is the most difficult that I've come across. If you are in the chorus, you have your work cut out for you. "God That's Good" and "City On Fire" alone will give you a good workout.
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#24re: Hardest show for a chorus?
Posted: 8/25/04 at 1:55amWicked - i was in it - it damn hard. SWEEENY TODD, WOODS, anything sondheim...
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