Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??- Page 2

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 12/14/05 at 9:31pm

You guys took mine! Smoke on the Mountain...


I hate that show...but i was in it...so...

[jasobres]

Posted: 12/14/05 at 9:31pm

"I 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."

Yeah, it is. They actually use it in 3 songs, the "Have Another Drink" section of "No One Mourns the Wicked," the intro and ending of "Thank Goodness," and on "Wonderful."

[bigrab1018]

Posted: 12/14/05 at 10:13pm

TOM SAYWER has a lot of banjo!

[Flahooley]

Posted: 12/14/05 at 10:30pm

JEEVES or the reworked version BY JEEVES has the only ALW song I like BANJO BOY!

[musicalsaregreat]

Posted: 12/14/05 at 11:35pm

The Boyfriend really has a lot of great banjo moments.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/15/05 at 12:32am

"The Robber Bridegroom" and "Big River" stand out.

[dancinfan]

Posted: 12/15/05 at 4:24pm

After a quick skim of the thread, I don't think anyone has said Sugar Babies, which has at least one minstrel style number featuring banjo.

I admit I don't know the difference between 4 and 5-string varieties. Updated On: 12/15/05 at 04:24 PM

[roquat]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 2:55pm

BARNUM
WILL ROGERS FOLLIES
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (guitar and banjo)
I believe PIPPIN

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 3:53pm

Dessa Rose has a song that specifically uses the banjo.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 4/3/07 at 10:19pm

"I 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."

Yeah, it is. They actually use it in 3 songs, the "Have Another Drink" section of "No One Mourns the Wicked," the intro and ending of "Thank Goodness," and on "Wonderful."

You guys took mine! The banjo in "Thank Goodness" is played by Greg Skaff, the second guitarist. The first guitarist is on mandolin. You can barely hear it on the CD because of the acoustics.

Also, while we're still thinking banjo, nearly EVERY single Kander and Ebb musical ever made, INCLUDING "Curtains".

JEEVES or the reworked version BY JEEVES has the only ALW song I like BANJO BOY!

But not a SINGLE banjo note is played. Ironic, isn't it?

And yes, PIPPIN, has its share of banjo moments, too, but if only for two songs. They are the dance section of "Glory," as well as parts of "War Is A Science."

[MusicalMo]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 1:02pm

Hello, Dolly! features banjo in several numbers.

[Neverandy]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 1:23pm

There is some Banjo in the Orchestrations for Ragtime.

[zepka102]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 1:27pm

I've only heard parts of Robber Bridegroom, but that sounds like it uses it A LOT

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 2:19pm

The studio cast recording of SHOW BOAT conducted by John McGlinn has a prominent banjo part. It is a wonderful CD throughout, with the original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and a great cast including Frederica Von Stade and Jerry Hadley with the London Sinfonietta, on EMI Classics.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:47pm

Even though it's a play, the current revival of INHERIT THE WIND starts out with a banjo player and a few singers.

Updated On: 4/7/07 at 12:47 PM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/7/07 at 2:18pm

Assassins has lots of banjo during all the ballads, but when I did it at my college, I played all the banjo parts myself (I was the Balladeer).

~Steven

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 4/24/07 at 3:27pm

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!

On another topic, the film doesn't have as much banjo as it does electric guitar or dobro or mandolin, because the songs in the film are more Southern rock-sounding.

Of course, this is still off-topic, but if you dig out some classic Sesame Street/Electric Company albums from about 1969-1992, they have a LOT of banjo in the orchestration. Maybe it was just Joe Raposo's thing. I don't know.

And there was also a lot of banjo in the recent ENCORES production of "Face The Music." There seemed to be a lot more banjo than guitar in the songs, but it didn't have enough moments where it truly stands out, like in CURTAINS or CHICAGO, etc.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 5:16pm

And the current revival of Guys and Dolls puts banjo in places where THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE.

Listen to MARY POPPINS (the stage version); there are three or four great banjo moments. And there were also a couple of scarce banjos in the short-lived show "LENNON" to provide nothing more than incidental music for the era (John Lennon used to have a banjo band; some of the American government officials were perceived as "old-hat", and it was there for the NIXON'S THE ONE campaign jingle).

Of course, the music for CRY-BABY also ran the gamut in styles of music from bubblegum mid-1950s pop to rockabilly, so there was some big spots for both the ukelele and tenor banjo (for the Squares, of course).

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 5:29pm

banjo boys...

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 5:40pm

Of course, I'd be remissed if we didn't mention that up-and-comer.

But does THE MUSIC MAN have banjo in it?

[Barney Stinson]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 5:48pm

When they finish up the Broadway version of Deliverance, the banjo will be prominently featured. It's gotta be in the works, right?

[Hank]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 6:31pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie made good use of banjo. I recently saw a community theater production in Red Bank, NJ. They did a very good show, but for one thing, no banjo!
I love the sound of a banjo, and I wish you success.

[singer73192]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 8:12pm

Meet Me in St. Louis even has a song called "Banjo".

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 10:27pm

Dessa Rose uses quite a bit of banjo.

[LadyDramaturg2]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 11:05pm

Ring Of Fire