Hello! I need your help. I study Musical Theatre and I will be singing “Kiss me part 1” from Sweeney Todd as a duet for a performance class. Part of the brief is that it needs to be a spoken text scene, into a song, however, there is no scene beforehand between Anthony and Joanna that is just spoken text. Im looking for a play that has a scene between two forbidden lovers that we could use before the song? I doesn’t have to be long! Any play/ scene suggestions that would lead well into this song? Thanks!

I got this idea from u/Pumpkins217. I thought it’d work well as a thread. Leave some dream roles and let people make assumptions.

So what are your guy's favorite cast recordings? Like just the recording, you don't even have to like the choreography or anything like that. I'll start:

I think Dead Girl Walking Reprise (The world premiere cast recording) is genuinely a masterpiece. I just can't think of anything that they could have improved with it lol

Personnaly it gave me more hope for the project as it felt they actually cared more about adapting it to the big screen. And I’m more happy to wait an extra year and see two movies for it to be done right.

Oh you know exactly what they’re going to say and they’re wrong!

They’re telling you Sunday in The Park with George sucks cause the second act should have never existed. They’re saying Cats sucks cause it makes no darn sense. They’re saying Avenue Q is lame and out of date and Dear Evan Hansen has an irredeemable character you could never want to root for.

I want to know what your favorite musical is and your defense when people say it “sucks” because of its “flaws.” Show them the other side of that coin. Show them exactly why it works! SHOW THEM!!!!

Hello I'm writing a musical and want to make song demos anyone have any advice

Things to note.

-i don't own any instruments

-i can't play any instruments, my plan is kinda just to click buttons until it sounds gooD

🎶I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IM DOING🎶

What are some musicals that you didn't enjoy for 9/10ths of the show but there's just one or two songs go CRAZY. So good you would sit through the show just for it.

For me, it's the new version of Moulin Rogue. Would still go see it just for El Tango de Roxanne though!!

I wanna know which 11 o’clock number is your favorite. Mine personally is roses turn from Gypsy!

Sadly, my father passed away, however, he left me the laserdisc player and the massive collection of laserdiscs. This is just a few highlights, but there’s so many musicals. And opera, and Disney.

I must’ve watched them all a million times growing up. And now, they’re all mine (theatrical villain laugh).

There’s been a lot of iterations of the “what does (insert thing) say about me?” but I don’t know that I have seen dream role so here are mine.

Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd: she’s so complex and balanced. She can be funny and serious and the material is just rich. No matter how much you study there are always new layers to find.

Sally from Cabaret: It’s such a difficult and different role. It’s gritty, harsh, and uncomfortable in the most interesting way. Plus, I’d love a chance to play any role Liza Minnelli has played.

Dot/Marie from Sunday In The Park With George: I have always found myself really relating to both Dot and George but I am a woman and Bernadette Peters is my number one idol. I can’t think of a better word to describe it than just really wise.

Persephone from Hadestown: She’s so spunky and captivating. I love older characters and I just think she has so much style.

Glinda from Wicked: She’s fabulous and complicated. She’s sweet, funny, and has a lot of interesting political implications to wrestle with.

For those of you who guessed that I was making a Sandworm, you'd be correct! There she is, for all of you guys to see!

Please I've spent a month trying to find one

Hey everybody! I love musicals but I tend to listen to the same ones over and over, so lately I’ve been looking to expand and hopefully find some new favorites! Please let me know if you have any recs based on these, thanks in advance!

My favorites:

Wicked Hadestown Legally Blonde Hamilton Come From Away The Sound of Music Mean Girls Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Have also seen/listened to and enjoyed:

Rent Kinky Boots Phantom of the Opera Chicago Six Fiddler on the Roof Hairspray Jesus Christ Superstar Beetlejuice Anything Goes In The Heights

does anybody have a free pdf of the sheet music for Love Thy Neighbor from The Prom? Thanks!

Just wondering how it works with balancing the sound. For example the ensemble lines in One Day More from Les mis

Well I’ve had a few:

I’ve had ideas for a Mario Musical which I got right after I finished watching a review for the SpongeBob musical.

X-Men is a weirder one but I think it could work (Just as wrong as it doesn’t end up like The Spider-Man musical)

But the strangest one of all has to be The Boys BUT I THINK IT COULD WORK. If we were to combine Beetlejuice,Avenue Q and Dr Horrible it has a chance that it would work!

Hey everyone, I'm part of the Musical Theatre society at my university, and I'm hoping to MD our society's Winter Show, but because my knowledge of shows is embarrassingly limited, I'm not sure what show I should try and pitch! The theatre we're in is very small so we're fairly restricted in what we can do. Ideally, the show would have:

• Great music with nice harmonies!
• A cast with no more than 12 people
• Something that can get away with having limited choreo/set due to small space.

Last year, we did 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which worked really well, so I'm looking for shows with similar cast/band sizes and equally great music. Drop your suggestions below and thanks a ton!

They are the songs nobody ever uses for auditions, they rarely get added to playlists, they are the unsung heroes of a musical. They add character, add fun, move the plot along a little but never get the credit.

For me: Embassy Lament, from Chess.

I still laugh out loud at this song, in fact I want an entire musical based on a foreign embassy during the Cold War.

Over At The Frankenstein Place, from Rocky Horror

It seems to be forever overshadowed by the following, well, 8 songs, but I dig that chorus so much.

I know they're popular but I don't particularly like Fun Home, Dear Evan Hansen, or Avenue Q. What about y'all?

I can’t seem to find the lyrics anywhere to Marguerite from the Scarlet Pimpernel! I have the score and song title isn’t there either. But I know it exists! Anyone out there….?

Thanks to everyone who provided me insight into what y’all were listening to! I definitely took some recommendations (mainly started to listen to shows that’ve been on my list forever but didn’t start). Have a 30+ hour drive coming up, so please keep adding to my musical list! Also, in general, I just love reading what is in everyone else’s (musical) rotation! :)

i’ve been trying to get back into listening to cast recordings again, and i stumbled upon 17 again the musical?? it has some pretty big names like eden espinosa and drew gehling. i’m just wondering why this recording exists? was this show off broadway for a bit? i haven’t seen anything about performances and i was just genuinely curious if this show was performed ever.

Looking for any good recs on musicals for kids. Not toddlers, but like 6 -10 yrs old. I found a couple, but not much out there. My kids love Wicked, but...one musical gets a little tiring after 100 listens

my sister is obsessed with hamilton - it's the only musical she has/will watch. I tried to get her to watch In The Heights but she hated it. I want to introduce her to other amazing musicals… anyone have recs?

Hello there! I am a young college student directing Pippin this summer for a teen community theater.

To be honest, I’m quite anxious about it considering the show is quite intense and very complex.

I’ve read through the script a million times, watched different productions, read interviews and breakdowns of the show, but for some reason I still feel unprepared and anxious.

To be fair, this is my first time directing a show, so I am not super experienced when it comes down to this. (I’ve mainly only done acting, crew, and some playwriting here and there as well as some courses from university)

I’m also anxious with the messaging of this show considering with what is currently happening in the world at the moment. If aspects of the show would come out wrong or distasteful (which I am aware that Pippin is meant to make audience members uncomfortable, or more so put a mirror right up to their face and reflect on the world around them)

Anyone who has been in this show or directed it before maybe give some input or advice?

Here’s is an article that I think had a pretty interesting breakdown of the show

https://www.newlinetheatre.com/pippinchapter.html

For me I would have preferred if Sweeny todd closed early rather than having how to dance in Ohio close so so early. Don't get me wrong I love Sweeny but how to dance meant so much to me as a person with autism and a person who wishes Broadway had more new original shows come and how to dance may have been that if it weren't for the fact no one appreciates originality anymore on Broadway. But that's my opinion