musicals where there is no romance plot
musicals where there is no romance plot
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/12/09 at 11:54pmdoes such a thing exist? a musical or even a play where the plot has absolutely no romance whatsoever?
#2re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/12/09 at 11:58pmThe Wiz
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#5re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 12:02am
Caroline, or Change?
Altar Boyz
Having it All Most
Have a Nice Life.
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deadparrot
Featured Actor Joined: 1/2/07
#6re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 12:23am
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Godspell.
Updated On: 1/13/09 at 12:23 AM
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#7re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:00am
I dunno if I'd agree with Assassins, unless you think "Unworthy of Your Love" is too creepy to be romantic. 
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regnad kcin
Leading Actor Joined: 8/26/05
#8re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:13am
Wizard of Oz
How to Eat Like a Child - an adorable children's show.
I imagine Nunsense but I'm not sure...
In Peter Pan it's pretty light, but there.
#9re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:16am
"Pacific Overtures"
It's a tough question, even in shows where you really don't think that there can be a romance plot, one gets worked in somehow. I was going to answer "1176", but you have John Adams' and Thomas Jefferson's wives singing and both sing romantic songs.
Even the flop musical "Billy", based on Herman Melville's "Billy Budd", worked in a flashback so that Billy and his girl could sing a love song.
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walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#10re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 3:37amDoesn't "Pacific Overtures"...? "There Is No Other Way"?
#11re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 3:51amCAROLINE, OR CHANGE comes to mind.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/13/09 at 03:51 AM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#12re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 4:30am
Romance as in "love"? Romance to me also means adventure (the romance of the seas), or historical settings and action in romantic places, so it doesn't necessarily have to be the former.
But, without some romance, would it be as appealing to most audiences?
#12re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 4:58am
Cats, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins...
Updated On: 1/13/09 at 04:58 AM
#13re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 5:45amChicago has some relationship stuff, in a way, but I'd say there's no romantic plot.
#15re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 6:24am^ Unless you count that wacko courtship dance between Victoria and that other guy in CATS romance.
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fairygodmother
Featured Actor Joined: 4/30/06
#16re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 6:54am
In Spelling Bee the little crush between Barf and Olive is too cute - I suppose that's as romantic as you can get with kids that age!
I was going to say Five Guys Named Moe - do you consider the plot being centred around a guy who's heartbroken and pleading for his girl to return a romantic plot?
and how about Bring in Da Noise? or are we staying away from things like that? Like Stomp etc
#17re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 7:31amGoing through my playlist I came up with Billy Elliot (unless you count Debbie and Michael having a crush on Billy) [TOS] and Elegies for angels, punks and raging queens
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#18re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 7:37am
And even though they tried to take it out, there is some implied romance between Bert and Mary in Mary Poppins.
Wendy and Tinker Bell both have some sort of romantic interest in Peter Pan (However, one could describe Tink's feeling as not romantic, more protective...because if he starts falling love he then starts growing up).
Cats has that dance between Victoria and the other cat.
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#19re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 10:36am
I don't think I would count Assassins or Pacific Overtures. While both contain a song about "love", they are not romantic plots. In Assassins, the characters explain the motives behind their actions. In Pacific Overtures, a man is saying goodbye to his wife. Romantic plots are not illustrated or carried out in either show.
Most revues don't have plots of any sort, so they usually fit the bill.
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Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#20re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:18am
Floyd Collins.
Songs dealing with love, but not real PLOT stuff about it.
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#21re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 12:14pm
"Unless you count that wacko courtship dance between Victoria and that other guy in CATS romance."
Haha I was just about to say that. And the cat that Victoria mates with is Plato.
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thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#22re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 12:31pmHmm... HAIR, JERSEY BOYS, and ANNIE?
#23re: musicals where there is no romance plot
Posted: 1/13/09 at 12:34pmIn ANNIE there is the love between Grace and Mr. Warbucks
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