Middle School Musicals

[monkeybutt]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:15pm

What would be a good middle school musical for a large cast and it isn't the hardest show in the world?

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:19pm

This should go on the student board. But here are some suggestions:

Anything Goes
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Guys and Dolls
The Wiz
Annie
Bye Bye Birdie
Peter Pan
Into the Woods (Jr. Edition, even though I think the idea of it is deplorable)
Cats

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:31pm

Grease, Fiddler on the Roof

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:43pm

When I was in middle school, we did Annie, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, and Ducktails and Bobby Socks (that had quite a large cast actually)

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 7:52pm

along with Annie and Wizard of Oz we did The Music Man

[steven22]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 7:54pm

rent...haha..jk

but btw Amanda Castones (Spring Awakening) was at Rent the school edition at my high school saturday night

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:39pm

Guys and Dolls
Once on this Island
Seussical
Music Man

(All of the Above are available as Jr.s)

[dg22894]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:59pm

I am in Middle School. I am warbucks in Annie other popular shows are.
Alaidain JR
batb jr
Bye Bye Birdie
Oliver
Guys and Dolls Jr
HSM

My personal favroite was Seussical it is great. They have a jr. version too

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 9:34pm

SEUSSICAL Jr.

[Maceman91]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 9:38pm

My middle school did Fiddler on the Roof successfully, but some other wonderful shows include:
-STOMP(great fun for the kids!)
-Sound of Music

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 4/27/09 at 9:38pm

Fiddler on the Roof Jr . is a wonderful piece for Middle Schools. i did it in 8th grade.. Students, Staff, and Parents loved it.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 9:18am

Best Middle school show I have seen:

Aladin Jr.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 3:40pm

And in case you go looking for it, "Ducktails and Bobby Socks" is also available under the title "Pompadours and Poodle Skirts." Why? I don't know. Either way, it's the same cheesy show I have no desire to see/hear ever again (you'd feel the same way if the "children's theatre" class at your HS has done it three years in a row! "Children's Theatre" was the nice name for the class the kids who should have quit after "Intro to Theatre" got dumped into).

However, if you enjoy that kind of show, there's also "The Nifty Fifties" aka "Rock Around the Block." That was the first children's show my school decided to do...they thought it would be a nice alternative for the families with little kids who wouldn't come see our "Grease"...

[jagfkb]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:06pm

Probably the best middle school, or any production for that matter, was my old middle school's recent production of (the full) Beauty & the Beast. I really don't know how they did it, but they performed on a gigantic budget, renting excellent costumes and sets, special effects (including the beast transformation), and the kids did a great job.

[singtopher]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:16pm

I was Portia in the R&H Cinderella in the 8th grade. It's a great musical for middle school because they are all roles easily played by middle schoolers, and it's not hard to sing. And, yes, I'm a dude.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:48pm

i don't know why middle schools insist on doing musicals when the kids are clearly not ready for the roles. i don't think that any middle school can do justice to any broadway musical and therefore should be banned from ever even attempting them. why can't they just do reviews with litle kid songs and be happy?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:50pm

My middle school did a great job with Cabaret, Jr. I played Sally Bowles. At the end, I got a tummy ache. Everyone said it was better than the original.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:50pm

If you're going to do a musical in middle school, PLEASE consider a JR. edition.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:51pm

honestly?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:55pm

Of course. It was an all-boys catholic middle school. You would have loved it. Of course we had to change the antisemitism to a dislike of Catholics, but I don't think the material was harmed.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:56pm

A middle school in a town near me did "Narnia: the Musical"

[Callie]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 5:14pm

Well, first off, what kind of talent do you have? Do you have and standouts with real singing/acting/dancing chops that could carry the role of Annie, or Oliver, or Sandy, or...Most musicals have at least a few leads that really do need to be able to sing well. Our middle school drama coach recently auditioned all the kids BEFORE deciding on a show because she wanted to see what he had. A lot of the kids didn't like that though, not wanting to audition unless they knew what show it was going to ne.

[legally_popular]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 7:19pm

When I was in middle school they did "Into the Woods" (the Jr. version). I don't remember anything specific about it, just that it was such a trainwreck that it tainted my impression of Into the Woods for years and years. I "re-discovered" it this past year by watching the OBC DVD of it and now it's one of my all-time favorite shows. If I saw that middle school production now I would probably be laughing my ass off and terrified at the same time. I think middle schools should stick to Seussical, Annie, Disney shows, etc.
Updated On: 4/28/09 at 07:19 PM

[dg22894]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 8:20pm

My Olivier sold out and so we made another 2 weeks of shows. It was very sucessful

[gypsy4]

Posted: 4/28/09 at 8:50pm

Bugsy Malone

The Wiz

The Wizard of Oz

The Music Man.

Grease and if you want a cleaned up version Grease school version.