#1
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:04pm
What are some musicals you could do in a black box/minimalist setting that haven't already been done in a minimalist style (i.e. Chicago)?
Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
#2
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:50pm
Definitely Night Music, (see: Menier revival), maybe Ragtime.
#3
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:52pm
At my school we only have a black box. Past musicals were, Little Women, Violet, Follies, Urinetown, Falsettoes, Songs for A New World, Steel Pier, and this year we are doing Company and Bells Are Ringing.
#4
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:57pm
Depending on what you might be looking for. I would think Brooklyn would work well. I've seen Urinetown done in a black box theatre as well as Joseph. I was involved in black box productions of She Loves Me and Return to the Forbidden Plannet. Sometimes it comes down to what your budget is and what your really wanting the final resut to be with the show.
#5
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:02pm
ANYTHING with a leader with vision.
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#6
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:04pm
My school did Man of La Mancha in our blackbox, and it was brilliant.
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#7
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:06pm
"My school did Man of La Mancha in our blackbox, and it was brilliant."
Not that you're biased or anything...
Not that you're biased or anything...
#8
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:36pm
As I said in another recent thread, I'd love to see Les Miz done with a small cast and minimal sets.
Aida
Carousel
Into the Woods
Aida
Carousel
Into the Woods
#9
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:42pm
Pippin works well that way, as does Sweeney Todd.
#10
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:56pm
Bwaylvsong, Signature Theatre did Les Mis in a black box with minimalist sets... it was wonderful. They also did a great Sweeney Todd.
I secretly have always wanted to see a black box production of Phantom of the Opera. Maybe with a troupe of like, traveling gypsies or something acting out the story and each one playing multiple roles and using very sparse sets, ahahaha.
I secretly have always wanted to see a black box production of Phantom of the Opera. Maybe with a troupe of like, traveling gypsies or something acting out the story and each one playing multiple roles and using very sparse sets, ahahaha.
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#11
Posted: 7/27/10 at 3:38am
"Not that you're biased or anything".
Well, maybe a little. But I wasn't in it. This was like a year before I started going there. Still, it was brilliant, because our theatre program is, uh, awesome
Well, maybe a little. But I wasn't in it. This was like a year before I started going there. Still, it was brilliant, because our theatre program is, uh, awesome
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#12
Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:20am
CapnHook is 100% on Target. ANYTHING could work if it is done correctly. Anything. It just takes creativity and vision.
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#13
Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:36am
^^^Aggreed. I just finished doing THE PRODUCERS in a black box and it worked exremely well. As long as the director's up for a challange, anything can be done in blackbox.
I also think these could work:
RENT
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
HAIR
CABARET
I also think these could work:
RENT
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
HAIR
CABARET
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#14
Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:55am
Tick Tick Boom. [title of show].
#15
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:41am
My acting class only had a black box theatre,so I'll list some of the shows done there in the past few years:
Urinetown, Fame, Little Shop of Horrors, Lion King, The Wiz, Once on this Island, Godspell, Pippin, Footloose, Batboy
there's definitely more, but I only went there for 2 or 3 years so I mostly know what shows I did and what shows they talked about.
Urinetown, Fame, Little Shop of Horrors, Lion King, The Wiz, Once on this Island, Godspell, Pippin, Footloose, Batboy
there's definitely more, but I only went there for 2 or 3 years so I mostly know what shows I did and what shows they talked about.
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#16
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:47am
At my school, our only performance space was a black box. Here are some examples of shows we did...
Into The Woods
Company
Chicago
The Wild Party (Lippa)
The Full Monty
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tommy
Tick, Tick, Boom
Children of Eden
Godspell
A New Brain
Bare
Hair
The Fantasticks
Into The Woods
Company
Chicago
The Wild Party (Lippa)
The Full Monty
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tommy
Tick, Tick, Boom
Children of Eden
Godspell
A New Brain
Bare
Hair
The Fantasticks
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#17
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:02am
Wicked1492, how big was your Producers cast?
#18
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:48am
For all you "anything can be done" people, I would like to see you do A Chorus Line in a blackbox. It can't be done in blackbox.
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#19
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:52am
Cabaret
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sweeney Todd
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sweeney Todd
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#20
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:30am
Gothampc-
Depends on how big the black box is (I've seen a few that could easily do it) and if they are using the Bennett choreography or not.
In fact, didn't the Crucible in Sheffield's production do it in a black box?
Depends on how big the black box is (I've seen a few that could easily do it) and if they are using the Bennett choreography or not.
In fact, didn't the Crucible in Sheffield's production do it in a black box?
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#21
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:39am
I hope that was a sarcastic comment about A Chorus Line. A Chorus Line would look great in a black box. It doesn't require any scenery but a line and some mirrors.
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#22
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:44am
darquegk, We had 24 in the cast, including leads and ensemble.
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#23
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:54am
I saw an excellent production of Passion that was done in a black box theatre.
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#24
Posted: 7/27/10 at 12:35pm
Next to Normal seems like s greta black box dhow.
#25
Posted: 7/27/10 at 2:42pm
Maybe our definition of a blackbox is different. My definition is a small, versatile, intimate theater. From what I understand a blackbox to be, A Chorus Line wouldn't be able to fit the chorus line into a blackbox. Proscenium is really the only way to go with A Chorus Line.
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