Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

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Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 9:52pm

- Chicago
- Kiss Of The Spider Woman
- The Producers
- Hairspray
- Wonderful Town


Out of curiousity what other musicals take place or have scenes in a jail?

Updated On: 10/25/05 at 09:52 PM

#2

re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 9:53pm

All Shook Up! Jailhouse Rock!!!

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 9:56pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Hairspray

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:00pm

Parade

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"Wilkins, after all these years, are you trying to be funny?"

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Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:01pm

Beauty and the Beast

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:02pm

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Doesn't Hair have a jail scene?

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:02pm

Smokey Joe's Cafe

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Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:03pm

Martin Guerre

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#9

re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:04pm

Does this include insane asylums? If so:

Sweeney Todd

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:04pm

The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Reefer Madness

asylums: Dracula and The Woman in White.

Updated On: 10/25/05 at 10:04 PM

#11

re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:06pm

Hello, Dolly!

(night court?)

#12

re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 10:09pm

Les Miz, opening scene

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/25/05 at 11:24pm

Man of La Mancha essentially takes place in some kind of jail, right? (Never saw it, but heard bits of story, so I think so).

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 12:40am

Welcome to the Club?

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Posted: 10/26/05 at 12:46am

Full Monty

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Posted: 10/26/05 at 1:44am

Ave Q, no wait that was the subway. Same thing.

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Posted: 10/26/05 at 1:53am

Full Monty takes place in a police station...

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Posted: 10/26/05 at 2:02am

Marie Christine

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Posted: 10/26/05 at 3:21am

Was Urinetown one too? Don't remember...

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 4:33am

At the opening of Urinetown, Officer Barrel leads a "prisoner" to a sort of holding cell/cage - it turns out to be the conductor/pianist, and the orchestra is in the cage.

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 6:25am

Blood Brothers
and
The Beautiful Game
and
Our House
Musicals Chat!!

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 6:25am

Blood Brothers
and
The Beautiful Game
and
Our House
Musicals Chat!!

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#23

re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 7:56am

InfiniteTheaterFrenzy beat me to it. Cy Coleman's WELCOME TO THE CLUB took place in alimony jail!

Updated On: 10/26/05 at 07:56 AM

#24

re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 8:34am

AIDA, briefly in act 2

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre

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re: Musicals That Take Place (or have scenes) In A Jail?

Posted: 10/26/05 at 12:26pm

City of Angels

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