#26
Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:59am
I had a chance to see SEUSSICAL last year and couldn't go because of a school event. I really regret it now, because I have fallen in Love with the CD over the past week. It may seem childish, but it's not really that bad, it's a lot of fun.
THE WIZ, well, I have seen this with a white cast, and it was quite good, but I didn't think it was a great show, whether it with a white, black or purple cast. Not very complex, either.
HELLO, DOLLY! is a brillinat show, not the greatest musical of all time, but a lot of fun. 'Put on your Sunday Clothes', 'I Put My Hand In', and, of course, the title number, are great for big choruses and especially dance. It can be expensive due to the need for period costumes etc, and there is a big opportunity for a good set, especially for the 'Harmonia Gardens' restaurant. The story isn't very complex, there are a number of different couples, but the entire action takes place over the space of a day or two, so it's not ideal if you want something complex. Good show though.
FIDDLER. Well, well, well, where to start? The story is complex enough, the show has plenty of chorus numbers (the wedding and bottle dance, tradition, sabbath prayer, etc.). There is room for imagination with the set, and costumes can mostly be made at home with rags if you're stuck! The music is very 'different', but there are mnay beautiful tunes. Some see the show as being quite depressing, but it's not. It is emotional, heartbreaking at the end, but it also has many nice comic moments, such as Tevye's ongoing saga about his mule, and his 'dream' of his gradmother (is it?) Sarah (Golda: How did she look? Tevye: For a woman who's been dead X years she looked pretty good!). It's a show you can love or hate, but it's not too hard on the budget and it's a memorable evening for the audience.
May I suggest you look at the Josef Weinberger website? They have information about all the musicals they licence.
Good Luck!
THE WIZ, well, I have seen this with a white cast, and it was quite good, but I didn't think it was a great show, whether it with a white, black or purple cast. Not very complex, either.
HELLO, DOLLY! is a brillinat show, not the greatest musical of all time, but a lot of fun. 'Put on your Sunday Clothes', 'I Put My Hand In', and, of course, the title number, are great for big choruses and especially dance. It can be expensive due to the need for period costumes etc, and there is a big opportunity for a good set, especially for the 'Harmonia Gardens' restaurant. The story isn't very complex, there are a number of different couples, but the entire action takes place over the space of a day or two, so it's not ideal if you want something complex. Good show though.
FIDDLER. Well, well, well, where to start? The story is complex enough, the show has plenty of chorus numbers (the wedding and bottle dance, tradition, sabbath prayer, etc.). There is room for imagination with the set, and costumes can mostly be made at home with rags if you're stuck! The music is very 'different', but there are mnay beautiful tunes. Some see the show as being quite depressing, but it's not. It is emotional, heartbreaking at the end, but it also has many nice comic moments, such as Tevye's ongoing saga about his mule, and his 'dream' of his gradmother (is it?) Sarah (Golda: How did she look? Tevye: For a woman who's been dead X years she looked pretty good!). It's a show you can love or hate, but it's not too hard on the budget and it's a memorable evening for the audience.
May I suggest you look at the Josef Weinberger website? They have information about all the musicals they licence.
Good Luck!
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
