Musicals for H.S- Page 2

[kittykat2428]

Posted: 7/17/04 at 2:38pm

In high school we did...
Once Upon A Matress ( VERY Fun, probably my favorite)

Crazy for you ( NOt so great)

Hello Dolly

Fiddler on the Roof (a little over done)

After I graduated they have done How to Suceed in Business (which was ok) Little Me ( which would be good if you have strong male lead) and this year Les Miserable which turned out Awesome! Good Luck... good direction will make or break a show

[AnothaPartofMe]

Posted: 7/17/04 at 2:48pm

also with Gypsy-- the transformation of the Baby June and Louise into Dainty June and Gypsy... and all those talent show kids you have to think about.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 7/17/04 at 6:38pm

Just don't do "Plain And Fancy".

I have no idea why h.s. do it. Sure, it's squeeky clean. But it's also booooooooooring.

Although if you go to an all Amish school.....

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 7/17/04 at 6:43pm

I just did Bye Bye Birdie (Albert) this year, and I'm in middle school, so I'm sure it's fine for H.S., but it's also a little overdone.

[secret-soul]

Posted: 7/17/04 at 6:48pm

My high school did Annie Get Your Gun, West Side Story, Pippin, and Les Miz. Also, LPC

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 12:29am

I did 5 shows in high school...Pirates of Penzance (absolutely dreadful, DONT do it), The Music Man, The Wiz (my FAVORITE), Footloose, and Bye Bye Birdie

[MusicPos2]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 8:35pm

Carousel fits your requirements.

[dramaqueen]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 8:45pm

not to ruin anything-but PJ game has more of two of female leading, and one male leading
but it's also got some good parts for not-the best of singers (Hasler) but if you can find an extra guy to play hinesie-and of course brenda mae poopsie-it could work

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 8:48pm

>> Pirates of Penzance (absolutely dreadful, DONT do it)

Gilbert and Sullivan dreadful? Only in incompetent hands, trust me.

One of my first design jobs was for a production of Gondeliers, which was directed by a guy who was a directing student at the time and has gone on to a pretty significant career. He was hired by this company because he was fairly hot-&^*% in school, and they thought they'd get this great talent (which he had in spades) for next to nothing. He told them he'd do it on two conditions: completely closed rehearsals and complete artistic control. Foolishly, they said yes.

He was my roommate at the time and said to me, "Look, I need a set for this. Dont give me anything strange or weird, just a simple, traditional Gondeliers set." Immediately little red flags went off, but I did my resaearch and gave him exactly that. He took the working drawings, told me not to come back until opening night - if there was a problem, he'd deal with it. Further, I was forbidden to talk to the costumer, under pain of... well, real pain. :)

So I go to opening night. Here's the program. Here's your seat, Mr. Martin. Here comes the conductor; everyone applauds. He lifts his baton, and they go into the overture...

... of Mikado.

Now, G&S overtures do tend to sound alike, so no one really caught on save those of us who know the scores. Overture over, audience applauds, curtain rises, and there's my set, with gondolas wafting in the background.

Three girls in kimonos come onstage and start singing Three Little Maids. Now the audience is starting to figure that's something's wrong, and everyone starts laughing. The music grinds to a halt. The girls look at the set, the conductor, us, then themselves, and in unison scream, "^%&$%#%$&^$! It's Gondoliers tonight!" They run off stage, the curtain crashes down, and we start completely over.

It was three hours of theatrical madness, where the production kept wandering into the wrong G&S play. I loved every minute of it, and it's one of those things I wish had been kept on video.

Posted: 7/18/04 at 9:46pm

don't do mattress, the script is god-awful and you need way more people than you have. I did it and was miserable.
Pippin is okay, if done mysteriously. I reccommend BIG as well, just use the original broadway music, not the messed-up touring version

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 11:24pm

AIDA would be cool. But, I dunno is high schools can do it yet. Only professional regional theatres.... whatever that means.

[Coondiggitydogg]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 11:52pm

how bout Good Man Charlie Brown. the highschool version also has a chorus during the baseball game and some extended dialog with other peanuts characters.

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:35am

The new Charlie Brown is great, also Anything Goes

Posted: 7/19/04 at 9:59am

Into the Woods :)

Millie would be gr8.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:28am

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

[new to all of this]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:53pm

I am a junior in high school. Our school just closed our production of Gypsy last night. We're a private, episcopal school, so doing a show based on a burlesque performer scared the administration a bit...but we pulled it off in a pretty good manner. The strippers were sexy but the costumes weren't too skimpy, and the strip number that Louise does is more of a tease, anyway. If you do it right, Gypsy can be great- entertaining for high school kids but still relatively appropriate.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 6:00pm

Aida or Man of La MAncha

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 6:42pm

In high school I did
Bye Bye Birdie (SOOOOO Much Fun)
My Fair Lady (Boooooring)
The Music Man (Lots of Fun)
Hello Dolly (One of my favorites)

During the summer I did
Gilligan's Island The Musical (I LOOOOVEE THIS ONE)

[somewhere_over_the_rainbow2]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 7:11pm

In high school i've done:
Bye Bye Birdie
Anything Goes
How To Succeed In Business Withouth Really Trying
Grease
also good ideas: Into The Woods
Joseph
Gypsy
Damn Yankees
Annie Get Your gun

[catstagestud]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 7:29pm

Well, my first response would be Aida. Gorgeous music, a wonderful show for ensemble (both men and women) and some great supporting roles. Be careful, however, to make sure that you've got the right voice types for each character. Amneris has to be able to belt/mix a high E powerfully. Aida needs to be a versitle singer and a remarkable actress being that the book doesn't help much. Radames just has to be able to sing like a God. He's got some high notes too. MTI has the rights to Aida now and I think it's going to be a mass produced show in the next couple years. Music Theatre of Wichita is doing it as part of their season this year. Good luck finding something!

[elphieisperky]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 7:38pm

Well, Suessical, maybe. I know, I know. It sounds babyish, but my theatre group is doing it, and it's a really, really hard play to put on. But back to your question, Suessical, Les Miz, City of Angels, and Edwin Drood. Updated On: 2/27/05 at 07:38 PM

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 8:17pm

The Frogs. Just change the gender of the leads. Come to think of it, it might be interesting to change all the male roles to female and vice versa.

Posted: 2/27/05 at 9:47pm

At my school we just did hello dolly. it was soo much fun. thats a good one!

[bwaymargie]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 9:57pm

I can't belive no one has said Side Show yet! The two leads are of course siamese twins and the two men who love them. In addition, the music is very palatable and the duets the sister sing are amazing. I would think since it's a fairly obscure musical that the rights wouldnt be too expensive.

[mmajer]

Posted: 2/27/05 at 10:41pm

Anyone Can Whistle