Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#0Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:49pm
As you might already know, I would love to be a pit musician on Broadway and I play guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and keyboards. But I'm very crazy about Broadway musicals that have a lot of banjo!!
I already know that these musicals have a lot of banjo in them:
Chicago
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Anything Goes
Monty Python's Spamalot
Avenue Q
Annie
Could anyone name me some musicals that have a lot of banjo in them? I'm just crazy about them!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#1re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:50pm
Big River?
Tom Sawyer?
#2re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:50pmFloyd Collins
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#3re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:52pmI mean 4-string banjo, as in the kind you'd find in a Dixieland jazz band. That's what I'm crazy about.
#4re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:53pm
By Jeeves
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Meet Me in St. Louis
Updated On: 12/14/05 at 04:53 PM
#5re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:54pm
crazy for you?
annie get your gun?
oklahoma?
i have no idea. but i feel like those may have banjos in them.
#6re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:56pm
Show Boat has one throughout the score, although many productions don't tend to use it.
Hal Prince's last revival did, and it was great.
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#7re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:56pmI don't think Crazy for You does... But, doesn't Assassins? At least in the new recording, I think it does.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:57pm
Godspell - banjo work in "All For The Best"
You might want to look into the off-Broadway musical "Almost Heaven" about John Denver.
#9re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:58pm
Half A Sixpence has a big banjo solo!
IN the song "Money to burn: the lyrics are
If i had money to burn,
I'd buy me a banjo
and it culmintates in a big banjo solo.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#10re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:00pmSmoke on the Mountain
#11re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:00pm
Shenandoah?
Or now that i think about it maybe not.
OOO Paint Your Wagon!.... Maybe?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#12re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:06pm
"Shenandoah? Or now that i think about it maybe not."
I think there is some banjo work in the song "Freedom" and possibly in "Why Am I Me" and maybe "Over The Hill". Now I have to go and listen to the cast recording.
SignoraDiva
Understudy Joined: 11/11/05
#13re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:10pmWe used banjos in No No Nanette once...IDK if that helps.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#14re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:14pmMeet Me in St. Louis has a whole number devoted to Banjos!
#15re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:17pm
Well since Smoke on the Mountain was mentioned I guess I can also toss in its sequel Sanders Family Christmas.
...I played Rev.Oglethorpe in both shows on several occasions so I am quite acquainted with the banjo in both shows!
QOM
Stand-by Joined: 8/28/05
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#17re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 5:22pmRobber Bridegroom? Can't remember for sure.
#18re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 6:18pmIf I'm not mistaken, the title song in "Mame" has one
Shay Jericho
Understudy Joined: 9/8/05
#19re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 8:26pmI believe Wicked uses a banjo during at least on a couple of songs...I apologize if this is not the correct type of banjo that you specified.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 8:39pm
Disney presents The Country Bear Jamboree on Broadway
(just kidding)
(strike me dead for thinking it.)
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Shay Jericho
Understudy Joined: 9/8/05
#22re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 8:45pm
Are you kidding Best12Bars? That's one of the hallmarks of modern film making! It would be a shame if that didn't make it to Broadway!
#23re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 8:51pm
Shhh... Tom Schumacher will hear you, and then we'll all have it on our hands next season.
Be very quiet.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#24re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 12/14/05 at 8:51pmThe Boyfriend, Irene and 70, Girls, 70 all feature extensive banjo work.
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