Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
#1Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:36am
Big Problem!
My former high school,is going to do a musical in the spring and invited me back to do the show with them bc i was always in them and love by the director and he wants my ideas for musicals . . .
heres the problem . . .
This school has no ppl for theater anymore since my class graduated and gets no money for sets and costumes and makeup.
So I need a small cast musical with as more woman then men bc guys in my town who arent gay think theater is gay and wont go near it.
PLEASE HELP ME!
Updated On: 12/14/07 at 01:36 AM
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#2re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:41amLOL i also forgot the music has to be easy to learn because the ppl who audition for these beside myself and my cousin and bestfriend . . no one can sing all that well so it has to be easy!
jspaeth87
Understudy Joined: 2/10/07
#3re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:42amwell depending on how many guys you can have...you're a good man charlie brown would be good
#4re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:47am
that would be a really really good choice if the other school in the neighborhood who is just like mine . . . just did it!
See the problem i have i love musical theater it is my passion but i cant find any shows for this problem!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#5re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:48am
Sweet Charity
tell the jocks it's a show about prostitutes and all they really have to do is fondle them...
#6re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:51amThe jocks at this school have no brains and . . i cant even descibe it. . they are sooo full of themselves they think they are the greatest thing in the school and thats where all the money goes to them and new equpiment and ****!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:51am
Charlie Brown immediately came to my mind too.
Little Shop is small, but you'd have to worry about all the Audrey puppets.
Man of la Mancha should be done small but too many men needed.
The Me Nobody Knows is beautiful...about inner city kids. No set; basic street clothes. I don't remember the male/female ratio.
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tinkerscanne
Featured Actor Joined: 6/2/07
#9re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:22pm
School House Rocks Live!
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
You can do a search on www.mtishows.com for shows that fall into what you're looking for.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#10re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:26pm
Working.
No set required. Strong 'male' roles. People can double up. You can cut numbers left and right.
#11re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:38pm
Uh, CLUE! I've always wanted to play Mrs White, who's portrayed by a man. 5m and 3w make up the cast.
http://www.cluethemusical.com/
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#12re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:53pm
Sometimes quirkier shows can get the attention of reluctant teenage boys. So here a couple of bizarre suggestions to help lure those extra boys:
"Zombie Prom" - the music is fairly simple and the cast is relatively small. Besides, who doesn't love zombies?
"Bat Boy" - lots of blood and a very flexible cast size. Many of the parts can be played by boys or girls (Ron, for example is usually a girl, and Mrs. Taylor who is normally played by a boy can stay female). Unfortunately, I would expect high school parents might have some objections to some of the material.
One less strange show I have done is "Smile". I'm not really endorsing this show, because I frankly can't stand it. However, it is almost an entirely female show with mostly teenage characters. There is exactly one good song in it ("Disneyland"), but I suppose it could be a pretty good show if done well.
I agree that "... Charlie Brown" and "Sweet Charity" are great (slightly more respectable) options 
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#13re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:56pm
You don't say how many you may have, plus the number boys and girls.
Maybe:
The Fantasticks
As Thousands Cheer
Updated On: 12/14/07 at 12:56 PM
#14re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:13pm
you could really cut down the show and do --
tick tick boom!
two guys and a girl.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#15re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:14pm"They're Playing Our Song" has a cast of only 8, I think (and it could probably be cut to 6 if need be), but it requires equal numbers of men and women -- 4 of each (3 if you cut one of "The Boys" and one of "The Girls.")
Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#16re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:18pmYou might look into "Henry Sweet Henry." It requires two guys, one to play Henry (the composer) and one to play Mr. Boyd, the father. Otherwise, it's primarily a female show. There are at least 4 identifiable female roles and you could have a small chorus, depending on how many people show up to audition for it.
K8eeyore
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/04
#17re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:25pmIf you have the fathers in FANTASTICKS be mothers instead, and the Mute is female, you only need a couple of guys. My high school did the show that way, and it worked out all right.
#18re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:28pmGodspell, and YAGMCB come to mind first
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#19re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 3:17pmSnoopy is a small cast. When I did it in High school we had 4 guys and 3 girls.
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#20re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 3:54pmDitch the guys and do "Quilters".
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Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#21re: Small Cast Musicals for High Schoolers?
Posted: 12/14/07 at 4:18pm
"The Musical of Musicals: the Musical" is a brilliant piece of satire that requires only 2 guys and 2 girls, but unless your audience has a little bit of theatre knowledge, they might not get it all.
Look into the recently-revived "The Apple Tree". Small cast, but only one leading female and 3 principal males. But a whole lot of fun.
