Hardest show for a chorus?

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Hardest 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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#2

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:13pm

Once On This Island
& The Music Man

#3

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:14pm

anything goes. i was in the chorus for that show and it wasn't that easy.

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#4

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:34pm

42nd Street looks tough for non-pro, or even pro, dancers.

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#5

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:37pm

OOTI 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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#6

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:10pm

It's funny how many high schools do those two shows. I would say Aida.

#7

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:11pm

All the Rent chorus members have multiple supporting roles and there are a few tough solos. (Seasons of Love)

#8

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:13pm

Les Miz

#9

re: 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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#10

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:20pm

Vocally?- Chess

#11

re: 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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Updated On: 8/24/04 at 09:32 PM

#12

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:34pm

sweeney todd

#13

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:39pm

DOTV
Sweeney Todd
Bat Boy
42nd Street

#14

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:39pm

Oklahoma was the first show I ever did, and I didn't really find it that difficult. I agree with Sweeney Todd, though.

#15

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 9:44pm

Ragtime'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

#16

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:07pm

My Fair Lady, with all the harmonies.

#17

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:10pm

42nd 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.

#18

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:13pm

Seussical. Quick costume changes and lots of songs.

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re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:13pm

chicago

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#20

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:34pm

Footloose

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#21

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:48pm

I agree with Chicago. Also Crazy For You and Hair (thats a given lol)

#22

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/25/04 at 12:51am

Fosse.

#23

re: 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.

#24

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/25/04 at 1:27am

Having 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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#25

re: Hardest show for a chorus?

Posted: 8/25/04 at 1:55am

Wicked - i was in it - it damn hard. SWEEENY TODD, WOODS, anything sondheim...