Musicals for middle schools
Musicals for middle schools
brandonm
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#0Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:33pmwhat would be a good musical for a middle school drama club? please list a few
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#1re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:35pm
Bye Bye Birdie
Seussical
The Music Man
My Fair Lady
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Oliver
Once on This Island
Annie
Annie Get Your Gun
Just to name a few.
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#2re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:38pm
My Fair Lady might be a bit difficult to do for middle schools!
Oliver!
Joseph...
The Wizard Of Oz
The Rocky Horror Monster Show (very toned down version of RHS)
Camelot has been done before
Jesus Loves You... Everybody else thinks you're an idiot!
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#4re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:42pm
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#5re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:42pmI've yet to see a Middle/Upper school go without doing Guys and Dolls. Things with large ensembles like Mame, Oliver, Honk, and Brigadoon always seem to be easiest when in a large club where everyone must be cast. If it's a small club, try for something like You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
#6re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:45pmI was in My Fair Lady (hence my username) last year and it was a cast of people going into 8th and 9th grade.
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#7re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:12pmum, a piece of advice, dont do shockeaded peter, the middle school at my school wants to do that next year, even though i dont think rights are available.
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#8re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:16pm
Our middle school did Oliver (6th), Annie(7th), Once on This Island(8th), and this year, they did Godspell (I know the director).
Those were my grade levels.
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#9re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:19pm
I second Bye, Bye, Birdie. We did that when I was in middle school. It isn't overly challenging. I really only had fun because I got to be Mr. MacAfee! 
I must disagree with YAGMCB though. I was just in a production of the show and I must say that the music is deceptively difficult. I think middle school students might have trouble with it. Just my two cents.
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#10re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:19pmin 6th grade we made up a show, dont ask, in 7th we did joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, and in 8th we did the pirates of penzance it was a disaster because like 40 people auditioned and they didnt cut anyone but no one knew what they were doing.
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#11re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:19pmJoseph....Technicolored Dreamcoat is also cute for that age.
#12re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:23pm
That age?! MFL! You're barely out of middle school yourself! You're barely younger than I am!
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#13re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:30pmI like soudning older. Don't make fun of me! *hides in corner*
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#14re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 9:35pm
i think grease and bye bye birdie are probably 2 of the top favorites.
damn i WISH my middle school did guys and dolls. we just did crappy musical reviews every year.
#15re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:31pmWe did the Music Man when I was in 6th grade, Hello Dolly in seventh grade, and this year we did The Sound of Music. All three (but especially TSOM) are great if there are a lot of people: we had sooooo many random nuns and like, townspeople.
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#16re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:34pmMy school was delusional...we did Pippin which was horrible and then my 99% white school did The Wiz...now colorblind casting is one thing but geez
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#17re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:37pmbeauty and the beast.
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#18re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:42pm
Godspell ( a personal fav!)
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Sound of Music
Fiddler
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#19re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:46pmthe wiz, starmites, and once on this island... all casts were completely white
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#20re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:50pmi dont think jr high/middle schools sould be allowed to do/butcher musicals... Give the high schoolers something to do.
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#21re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 10:50pmWhen I was in middle school I did "The Music Man Jr." in 6th grade; "Dear Edwina Jr." in 7th grade; and "Honk Jr." in 8th grade. But I hated "Honk Jr." and loved "Dear Edwina Jr." and thought "Music Man Jr." was okay, but it's sometimes hard to do shows with adult roles in them when you're in middle school. Elyse. No day but today.
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#22re: Musicals for middle schools
Posted: 5/31/05 at 11:45pm
Oooooookay....
My school was lame and we didn't theatre. I think out of the shows noted, I'd say Charlie Brown. It's cute a fun, and you can pull of casting a 6th grader as a 4 year old.
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