Musicals with exotic locales

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Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 4:59am

or musicals that specifically capitalize on the exoticness of their setting

The King and I
Christine
Kwamina
13 Daughters

#2

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 5:11am

Exotic according to who.

#3

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 5:12am

Just musicals that try to capitalize on the location of where they take place.

#4

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 5:47am

Gilligan's Island the Musical!

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Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 6:38am

Porgy & Bess

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Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 7:13am

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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#7

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 7:43am

Maybe Urinetown...

#8

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 8:01am

South Pacific

#9

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 9:23am

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#10

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 10:58am

Really obscure one . I actually saw this and as I recall it was mildly diverting

Smith - Don Murray - Played Off Broadway - Locale the imaginary Balinasia & Tenafly NJ (cannot get more exotic than that )

17 performances - Eden Theater .Grease followed this & Man Of La Mancha came after followed by Oh Calcutta.Theater now known as Village East Cinema. Score by Matt Dubey / Dean Fuller / Tony Hendra

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#11

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 4:15pm

Oklahoma! really capitalizes on the fact that it takes place in Oklahoma.

#12

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 4:38pm

JAMAICA
HOUSE OF FLOWERS
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
CALL ME MADAM
BOOK OF MORMON
BRIGADOON
THE WIZ

#13

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 4:42pm

Part of Guys and Dolls takes place in Havana, Cuba.

#14

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/4/15 at 4:54pm

The Sound of Music (Salzburg, Austria).
The Book of Mormon (second act in Africa and Hell).
Fiddler on the Roof (a Russian shtetl -- not exactly an exotic locale, but key to the story).
Les Miz (Paris). A whole BUNCH of musicals take place in France, in some cases in specific places, such as the Paris opera house, for POTO. However, Les Miz depends heavily on the place AND the particular period AND the specifics of French law and politics.

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Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 12:24pm

"Via Galactica" set on an asteroid probably has most exotic.

"The Little Mermaid" under the sea?

#16

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 12:43pm

Chess- Bangkok

#17

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 1:18pm

While it Is true that one of the hit songs is ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK for CHESS, the actual setting of the play is in Merano, somewhere in Italy

The King and I is the musical that is set in Thailand ( presumably in Bangkok).

#18

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 1:27pm

@jo

Second Act opens in Bangkok. At least I recall that from the London production.

Act 2
A year later, Anatoly is set to defend his championship in Bangkok, Thailand ("Golden Bangkok"). Freddie is already there, chatting up locals and experiencing the Bangkok nightlife ("One Night in Bangkok");

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#19

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 1:32pm

Once On This Island

#20

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 2:04pm

From Here To Eternity

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#21

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 2:13pm

Ummm....KISMET and uh....TIMBUKTU and maybe uh...JAMAICA

#22

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 2:22pm

BRIGADOON! (The misty Highlands)

Also FINNIAN's RAINBOW! (That mythical land of Missitucky)

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#23

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 2:23pm

THE CAPEMAN. (Hell's Kitchen of the late 1950's)

WEST SIDE STORY (Same place.)

#24

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 2:24pm

Huss417 --

Thanks. I guess I remembered the first act more vividly.

#25

Musicals with exotic locales

Posted: 1/6/15 at 4:33pm

jo

No worries. You had me thinking which every so often is a good thing. :)

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