Musicals with an Edge

I am in the process of proposing a radio show called "Broadway's Edge," at my college, and would love to hear your thoughts on what OBCRs I should use/play. It could be Broadway or Off Broadway or practically ANY musical with a rock edge or "new" sound.

Basically I want to show the world that may not be too familiar with The Great White Way that Musical Theatre has evolved over the years, and that their perception of the grandiose Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is not the norm it once was.

Anyway, I would appreciate any examples of musicals to use for this upcoming project

Thanks in advance!

hey thanks a lot!

And also thanks to the 77 other people who viewed this and decided not to help me out! :P

All kidding aside, if anyone else would care to give in their 2 cents, it would be mighty helpful!

Thanks!

Look at Batboy, (Watcha Wanna Do, Comfort and Joy, apology to a cow)
The American Trailor Park musical,
Legally blond,
Bright lights, Big City,
Taboo
the Last Five Years
THe Lippa wild Party
Altar Boyz
Avenue Q
anything LaChuisa (esp. See what i wanna see)
godspell (2000 off- B'way cast)
Spring Awakening

hope that helps

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i second Lippa's The Wild Party and also would add "See What I Want To See". another great CD is "Falsettoland". boy/boy love songs are the best :)

Character Actor, we should talk, since I am working on a similar concept.

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Off-Broadway:
bare
tick, tick...BOOM!
Evil Dead: The Musical

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To be cliche rent and spring awakening
also hair, a chorus line (at least in its time) and In the Heights.

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The Rocky Horror Show revival album.

I don't know a whole lot about edges but from what i have heard it definitely does have that edge.

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If you listen to different forms of the EVITA recordings, there are some songs..in particular a song called "The Lady's Got Potential" which is very rock sounding in the 1976 Studio Cast, cut from the Broadway Show and re-entered for the movie (Antonio Banderas' does it well!), and of course songs like "A New Argentina," etc. about EVITA. Jekyll & Hyde too sounds somewhat "rock-ish" though I'm not sure if thats the sound you'd be going for...and lastly, if you listen to many of the songs in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (suprising) you can, too, hear guitar in it (particularly in the movie soundtrack).