Musicals that every high school should perform

#1

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:22pm

This may kind of be a question for the student board, but not a whole lot happens over there.
What shows do you think that every high school should perform.

#2

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:30pm

Oklahoma!
Hello, Dolly! or My Fair Lady if they have the capability

#3

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:34pm

Hair.

#4

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:43pm

The Music Man, Guys and Dolls...

#5

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:44pm

No high school should ever perform Guys and Dolls. I have seen several where the actors are good, but the show is ridiculous when performed by high schoolers.

#6

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:49pm

Follies

#7

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:51pm

^^^^^^
Not to attack your list, but I would say the same for DOLLY. I just can't get into it when Horace and Dolly are the same age as Irene and Cornelius.

SHE LOVES ME should be a staple for all schools, especially ones with smaller theater groups (as mine had).

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#8

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:56pm

The NJ high school that performed COMPANY and FOLLIES was quite disturbing.

#9

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:56pm

I think the thing about Dolly is that Dolly and Horace aren't really sexualized like the men and women in Guys and Dolls so the characters can be played older without creating the awkwardness of the overt sexuality in Guys and Dolls.

#10

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 10:57pm

I've seen it with High School students, and I have to say it was not as bad one might think. The whole production looked very professional and I give them a lot of props (pun completely intended) for it

#11

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 11:10pm

Rent

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#12

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 11:12pm

Guys and Dolls has been a staple in high school theater for decades. It's a crowd pleaser and easy, stock characters. Personally, I never need to produce it again, but it is nearly always well rec'd.

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#13

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 11:14pm

Pippin. And they should do it for every graduating class.

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#14

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 11:39pm

Because our school is an arts school, we like to do shows that aren't typically performed by most high schools.
I know that our director was considering Follies, but we're worried that our audience wouldn't know how to respond to it. Plus there Is the age problem.

#15

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/4/14 at 11:48pm

May I ask what high school you go to? Unless it's like Interlochen I would stay away from Follies because it is just too difficult to do correctly.

#16

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 12:00am

Like the students have any say in those choices.

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#17

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 12:05am

A lot of high schools lately (including my own) have done Little Shop. Its a really fun show and it CAN be done with a large ensemble (as the production I was in had), but I DON'T recommend that unless you just have excess performers.

#18

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 12:15am

Sorry if I offended Dramamama611, I was just speaking theoretically as if I were the director, not that icecreambenjamin needed to stop his director from choosing Follies.

#19

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 1:21am

No offense, and I don't even disagree. Just pointing out that in most circumstances, students have little to no say in the choice, my students certainly do not.

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#20

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 4:25am

Are there really high schools that perform Follies? That just seems so ridiculous. It would be like a retirement home putting on a production of Annie.

#21

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 5:33am

I did it when I was in high school, but it was community theater. About 1/2 the cast was high school kids. It was awful.


There are shows that high schools should never do.

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#22

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 7:13am

When I was in high school we did 8 musicals. We did The Wiz, Ragtime: School Edition, High School Musical, High School Musical 2, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, The Sound of Music and Beauty and the Beast. They all went pretty well! I know this year they are doing Once On This Island and Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat.

#23

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 7:46am

And also kind of silly, as most high schools will only do one a year, that not every student can do "all" of them. It's not like any one student can do any complete list.

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#24

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 8:01am

Why shouldn't schools do Follies?

High school productions are for the benefit of the students who put them on, the performers, set decorators etc. - not necessarily the unfortunate audieence who must witness them out of duty.

Follies provides great roles, and an interesting set - so why not? Age-blind casting can't be that hard to imagine, either.

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#25

Musicals that every high school should perform

Posted: 11/5/14 at 12:52pm

Hair Spray
Beauty & The Beast
Shrek

Lots of good parts for a lot of students. Good stories that aren't too deep. Enjoyable for the audience and cast.

For deeper story that can still grab an audience:
South Pacific
Ragtime
My Fair Lady