Hello! Lurker with a Broadway Jr. question

in my opinion fiddler is not a show to be done by younger kids. since broadway junior shows are generally written for middle school kids i think it's a horrible idea.

I saw a production of Fiddler, junior. I'm not a huge Fiddler fan and it was a bad production, but I feel like what basically happened was that it was just song after song. It was shortened quite a bit, but that's to be expected.

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Thanks for your opinions and advice. I absolutely agree about ITW. This is a new program I started at my school, and I'm basically doing it singlehandedly, so I'm trying to feel out what shows might be good for the kids...this will be my second year, and enrollment quadrupled. Yay for kids wanting to do theatre! I'll have to think about what to do : )

ive been in 3 broadway jr shows. annie,music man, and wizard of oz. they were all tons of fun

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I'm currently in my fifth year of directing Broadway Jr musicals, about to start Annie soon. Of all the ones in the Bway Jr collection, we've done Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Bugsy Malone, Once on This Island, and soon Annie. Of the past musicals, Bugsy Malone was the only one we found to not work with the age group. The Music Man was quite a bit of fun and I think nothing is funnier than middle schoolers putting on Guys and Dolls, and the boys in my group loved being gamblers. Once on this Island was a show no one in our group knew of, and it actually turned out to be a great show. Just beware, it's pretty much sung completely through with very few breaks for lines.
I would recommend The Music Man. It sounds like you have a decent sized group and it's a fun show that the kids will enjoy.

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