Musicals for H.S
Musicals for H.S
Annie Get Your Rose
Featured Actor Joined: 1/31/04
#0Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 8:05pmWhat musicals would be good to do for High School that would have 2 female leads and one male lead. Cant wait to hear your suggestions!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#2re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 8:39pm
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS is a great choice for a high school to do. I did that show when I was a junior and we all just had the best time doing it! The great thing about doing it in a school is that there are so many parts to fill, so nobody feels left out.
Just please, for the sake of all that is good and holy in the theatre - DO NOT perform OKLAHOMA.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Updated On: 7/16/04 at 08:39 PM
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#3re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 9:06pm
Fame.
We did that when I was in grade 11 and messed it up huge.
But if you have good directors you'll be fine 
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#5re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 10:08pmLes Mis.. I just saw a high school do it down here. They were amazing.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#6re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 10:26pm
Footloose. I saw a summer theater production of it done by mainly teenagers. Although it hasn't been my most favorite show, that might appeal to a younger teen audience in general. You probably don't have to go crazy with costumes nor scenery. Grease might be another good one too.
Matt_G, why not Oklahoma?
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Aerial
Swing Joined: 6/15/04
#7re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 10:41pmPippin could work. When I did it years ago in high school we had a female Leading Player. I've seen it done both ways many times, and I think that role can work either sex.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 10:44pmMillie, OKLAHOMA is the most overdone high school musical EVER done.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
marebare
Stand-by Joined: 7/6/04
#9re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 11:27pmWell, if you have the right type of voices I believe Aida has been released on MTI...
shesings
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
#10re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 11:33pm
Gypsy? I've seen hs tame it down a bit. Rose, Louise, Herbie 3 main leads - supproting June and Tulsa.
Also Annie get your Gun would be good. Annie, Frank, Dolly, supproting Tommy and Winnie
#11re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 11:34pmOnce On This Island
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
shesings
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
#12re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 11:38pmMy high school also did Pajama Game which I thought was a wonderful show.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#13re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/16/04 at 11:43pm
guys and dolls
annie- for the love of god get a BARITONE for warbucks (sorry i am still bitter)
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#14re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 12:25amOverdone, but West Side Story
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GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#15re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 12:29amOur high school tries to pick things that haven't been done in the school system anytime before, so the last two years, they have done Once Upon a Mattress and Man of La Mancha. Both were great.
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#16re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 12:42amCopacabana, AGYG (The revival version), Footloose, WRF... would a high school really be able to do Gypsy because of some of the language and the stripping?
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
#17re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 1:14pmgypsy would be amazing, i wish my school would do it. the stripping element would pose a problem but the dancers at my school have had some pretty skimpy costumes in the past. but i think stripping is one of those things that can be tamed down and people will still get the idea of what they are doing. it all depends on how far the director wants to go, i suppose.
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#18re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 1:29pmYou should do BIG! It's great for schools. Two female leads: Susan, Mrs. Baskin. One male lead: Josh. C'est parfait, non?
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#19re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 1:36pmI dont think the strippers in Gyspy are that big of a problem. They dont get naked at all, and you can control how skimpy their costumes are.
#20re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 1:49pm
How about Bye Bye Birdie?
Rose, Kim, Albert
And some great miscellaneous roles, as well.
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#21re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 2:09pm
Hello Dolly
Mame
The Pajama Game
The Music Man
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WhatDoINeedWithLove?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/03
#22re: Musicals for H.S
Posted: 7/17/04 at 2:24pm
i did these when i was in high school
Mame
Pippin
The Sound of Music
The Boy Friend
(Mame and Pippin were great, the other two...not so much)
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
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