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#1

Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 12:35am

Hey y'all

I'm taking an Advanced Directing class next semester, and I'm thinking about doing a musical as my project.

However, whatever I do needs to be in one act. Can you help me think of some one act musicals?

All i can think of right now is:
Elegies
A New Brain
March of the Falsettos
Falsettoland
Pippin
The Last 5 Years
Songs for a New World
#2

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 12:47am

Runaways is a great musical intertwined with dramatic monologues. i saw it at District 1 thespian competition a few years ago but havn't been able to find the music or monologues from it.
#3

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 12:50am

A Chorus Line

Follies was originally produced as a one act musical.
#4

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:00am

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#5

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:02am

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#6

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:03am

Agnes
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1884

Break
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1885

Eulogy for Mister Hamm
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1886

Lucky Nurse
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1887

These are all from the LaChiusa collection, "Lucky Nurse and Other Short Musical Plays."

First Lady Suite (also published by the above) is made up of 3 one acts I think you can license separately.

Is "The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin" or Hedwig a one act?
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Updated On: 2/26/08 at 01:03 AM

#7

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:03am

I'm sorry, but I have to say it:

BROOKLYN
"If you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better." - David Mamet
#9

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:05am

Assassins is a one act, and it is a FANTASTIC show, one of my favorites.

I highly recommend it.

#10

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:16am

1776
A Christmas Carol
Captain Louie
Forever Plaid
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#11

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:17am

Not the greatest show, but you could do "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." It's running time is pretty short if you do it as written (by not adding all of the extra dance breaks, etc.) . I've seen it as a one-act before and it actually worked. It was about an hour or so.
#12

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:31am

Adrift in Macao
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
A ... My Name Is Alice (?)
A ... My Name Is Still Alice(?)
In Trousers
James Joyce's The Dead (?)
Myths and Hymns (?)
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#13

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 3:08am

For a directing class, what about one of the acts from The Apple Tree? The first act has three characters. Also, I don't know if they're available, but what about something from 3HREE?
#15

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 3:57am

Well, XANADU is a One-acter but the rights for it haven't been released yet.
I think Act One of THE APPLE TREE (the strongest of the three) would definitely work as a stand-alone piece for a class (not a full-blown production). It has a small cast, an adorable score, and a very romantic story.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#16

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 6:57am

Songs for a New World is 2 acts.
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
#17

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 10:00am

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#18

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 10:05am

Romance, Romance was a two act show, but each act contains a story in and of itself. I imagine you could do one without the other.
BroadwayEd
#20

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 10:15am

Sorry, the show that I was citing was definitely called Romance, Romance. It was done in the late 80's and had quite a few Tony nominations. Scott Bakula was in it -- it was a cast of four, each playing totally different parts in each show. The first took place in 19th Century Paris and the other in 20th Century Long Island.
BroadwayEd
#22

re: Musicals in One Act?

Posted: 2/26/08 at 11:05am

The first act of ROMANCE ROMANCE actually takes place in Vienna.
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