Non-Western Musicals

[CJWesselman]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 3:47pm

Odd question for the board. Can anyone name me a non-western musical other than Pacific Overtures, The King and I, Bombay Dreams, or Flower Drum Song? Basically any other musical either set in a non-western location or who's music is of that style. Thanks!

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 3:50pm

SAYONARA, MISS SAIGON & THE MIKADO popped into mind first.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:10pm

SOUTH PACIFIC, AIDA (if you count Egypt as non-Western), HOT MIKADO (different than THE MIKADO)... Lemme think about this some more...

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:12pm

Boy from Oz is Austrailian

[kasim]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:19pm

"AIDA (if you count Egypt as non-Western),"

-- umm how would egypt BE western?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:28pm

Part of Chess takes place in Thailand. Does that count?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:30pm

The Lion King

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:37pm

Kasim - In Tokyo, Egypt is western.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:39pm

asim: I should have rephrased. I wasn't sure if CJWesselman was specifially looking for Asain-set or Asian-themed musicals, and AIDA is African/Egyptian, so I used his phrase "non-Western," since I wasn't sure exactly what was meant.

[jasonf]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 4:49pm

Since I'm not entirely sure what's meant by Western either -- what about Kismet? Kwamina? Sarafina?

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 6:23pm

The words "Wester Muscial" definetly put images of "Brokeback Mountain-the Musical" into my mind. lol.

Anyway Tarzan is set...in a jungle somewhere (Africa?)

[jczelyph]

Posted: 1/12/06 at 6:25pm

What about Once On This Island? And Evita? What does Western mean? Geographically, culturally, financially?