Small Cast Musicals

#1

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/21/13 at 10:55pm

Most of us think of Broadway musicals as large-cast affairs, with lots of characters, a production number or two, dancing, and maybe even a subplot. However, I can think of one that had only two characters: "I Do, I Do." Can anyone think of any other small-cast musicals?

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#2

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:01pm

STORY OF MY LIFE, THE LAST 5 YEARS and MARRY ME A LITTLE each have only two characters.

GLORY DAYS, EDGES and SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD have only four.

Some of them are more song cycles/revues but still.

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Updated On: 5/21/13 at 11:01 PM

#3

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:28pm

Rooms: A Rock Romance is two.
tick, tick... BOOM is three, originally written as one.
[title of show] is four.
Closer Than Ever is five, I believe.
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is six.

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#4

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:38pm

They're Playing Our Song - it's only 2 people onstage, then a few offstage voices.

#5

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:01am

Next to Normal has 6.

#6

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:09am

TheLast Five years 2

#7

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:09am

Murder Ballad 4

#8

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:09am

Goblin Market - 2 people
Starting Here, Starting Now - 3 people

#9

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:11am

Not sure of the exact number, but Passion has a relatively small cast.

#10

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:49am

CLUE has a relatively small cast.

#11

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 1:21am

Vanities have only 3 people.

#12

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 7:31am

I believe Little Women's cast is fewer than 10.

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#13

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 9:07am

Romance/Romance - 4
Ain't Misbehavin' - 5
One Mo' Time - 5
Side by Side by Sondheim - 5
John and Jen - 2
Gunmetal Blues - 3
No Way to Treat a Lady - 5

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#14

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:45am

Putting It Together is also 5.

#15

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:56am

Fame Becomes Me has five and a half- the "half" being the conductor/composer, who occasionally interjects with a line or two from the piano.

#16

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:57am

Don't forget the Nunsense franchise.

But my favorite small cast show has already been mentioned: I Do!, I Do! It's really enjoyable to perform. Such great characters, and you get to play the saxophone badly (or violin)!

#17

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:14pm

The Big Bang - 2 + keyboardist (who plays small part)
Forever Plaid - 4 + 2 piece band (piano + bass who get a small part)
Jacques Brel is a Live and Well and Living in Paris (revue) (4)
Ordinary Days 4 + (only 1 keyboard)

I think "A Year with Frog & Toad" can be done with just 2.

Updated On: 5/23/13 at 12:14 PM

#18

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 12:50pm

Always, Patsy Cline -2
The World Goes Round-I think 6?
Fantastiks

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#19

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 1:09pm

ALTAR BOYZ is 5

#20

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 1:18pm

The Toxic Avenger is only 5.

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#21

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 9:35pm

Daddy Long Legs only has 2.

www.daddylonglegsmusical.com

#22

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:03pm

Hedwig & the Angry Inch- two speaking roles.

#23

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:08pm

Elaine Stritch at Liberty (1) (considered a special theatrical event, but it is a musical play, and could conceivably be done in the future by someone other than Elaine (not that I'm suggesting it should be, but it could))
The Madwoman of Central Park West (1)
Souvenir (2) (although it's really a play with music; well, if you can call it music)
Piaf (4) (also usually considered a play with music)
I Love My Wife (4 plus a 4 character band)
Putting it Together (5)
Berlin to Broadway (5)
Side by Side by Sondheim (3)
A Year With Frog and Toad (5)
Trouble in Tahiti (2 character opera)
La Voix Humaine (1 character opera)
The Telephone (2 character opera)
Mozart i Salieri (2 character opera)

Updated On: 5/22/13 at 10:08 PM

#24

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:12pm

Has "Stritch At Liberty" ever been tried by anyone else? I believe "Everyday Rapture" exists in a revised and less autobiographical form for licensing now.

#25

Small Cast Musicals

Posted: 5/22/13 at 10:23pm

The Falsettos Trilogy: In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland. (aka Falsettos)

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