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What musicals would be good for a high school musical theatre program to perform?

i’m in the musical theatre program at my school, and we are coming toward the end of our current production of Beauty and the Beast.

However, the Director wants suggestions for a good musical next year.

I have no idea. any suggestions?

the requirements:
1. good ensemble pieces
2. at least 4 or 5 lead parts
3. good draw [gets people to come to the show]
4. good dance break moments in the music.

Bye Bye Birdie, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma, Footloose

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11 Responses to “What musicals would be good for a high school musical theatre program to perform?”

  1. kalligirl@sbcglobal.net on January 3rd, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Peter Pan has every single one of your requirements! It has wendy, peter, captain hook, and tiger lily for leads, gets an awesome draw, has several dance breaks including one song "Uggawugg" which is all beat and little singing. And has a great ensamble part with indians and pirates! My school did Beauty and the Beast last year and Peter Pan this year actually! We got a bigger draw for peter pan though both were amazing to work on!
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  2. Check around for well known musicals, but look for the "Junior" edition. I played bass in the pit band for Sound of Music [original] AND the Junior edition. All the goodies remained- they just yanked the weird keys and awkward transitions of the original. Sounded good and cost less to rent, too. I know that "Annie" has a Jr. edition, and I’d assume that anything that did would be well known. BTW- good dance stuff us usually done by a LOCAL choreographer, so as to fit YOUR group. Break a leg.
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  3. Aida
    Footloose
    Annie
    Fiddler on the Roof (not so much with the dancing)
    Grease
    The Wedding Singer

    here is a website with a bunch of shows:
    http://www.mtimusicalworlds.com/
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  4. Here’s some good musicals:

    1. Seussical (fun, with LOTS of leads and good dancing breaks. Good ensemble pieces too, such as "Here On Who")

    2. Urinetown (fun, a fair number of leads and lots of ensemble pieces.)

    3. Honk! (fun, story of the ugly duckling. A few leads, and a few dancing parts.)

    4. The Music Man (Really good ensemble piece, with a fair number of leads and quite a few good dance moments.)

    (All of these shows will draw crowds too, whether because they’re newer and fun or classic and fun).

    Another thing to look at when choosing what musical to perform is what musical other theatres in your area have recently performed. Say, if they had done Seussical, you might be able to rent set pieces/costumes from the theatre to save yourself some time.

    Hope this helps!!! (and break a leg!)

    Love, Maca Day Mia
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  5. Bye Bye Birdie, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma, Footloose
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  6. Im really not sure but I was in Music Theature during Highschool.. We performed several shows but the most memorable ones and the ones I enjoyed the most were "Once Upon an Island" (which was my absolute favorite) and "Bye,Bye Birdie" They are fun, exciting, and high schoolish.. And ours shows were packed each night of these shows..
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  7. Peter Pan would be great! Or maybe Beauty and the Beast. There’s also Les Miserables..

    I’m just kinda suggesting some things here…
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  8. - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
    - Jesus Christ Superstar (you do need a great tenor to play Judas though!)
    - The Wizard of Oz (the RSC version, much better than the MUNY version)
    - Cabaret, if the school will let you, it’s possibly a bit risque!
    - West Side Story
    - Return to the Forbidden Planet
    - Fiddler on the Roof
    - Little Shop of Horrors (no good for a big cast though)
    - Singin’ In The Rain (if you have two great guy tap dancers)
    - Once Upon A Mattress
    - Oklahoma!
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  9. Les Mis (though not really big with dance numbers), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Urinetown
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