Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
#1Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:04pmWhat are some musicals you could do in a black box/minimalist setting that haven't already been done in a minimalist style (i.e. Chicago)?
#2Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:50pmDefinitely Night Music, (see: Menier revival), maybe Ragtime.
#2Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:52pmAt my school we only have a black box. Past musicals were, Little Women, Violet, Follies, Urinetown, Falsettoes, Songs for A New World, Steel Pier, and this year we are doing Company and Bells Are Ringing.
musicman1985
Chorus Member Joined: 5/10/09
#3Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 10:57pm
Depending on what you might be looking for. I would think Brooklyn would work well. I've seen Urinetown done in a black box theatre as well as Joseph. I was involved in black box productions of She Loves Me and Return to the Forbidden Plannet. Sometimes it comes down to what your budget is and what your really wanting the final resut to be with the show.
#4Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:02pmANYTHING with a leader with vision.
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#5Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:04pmMy school did Man of La Mancha in our blackbox, and it was brilliant.
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yankee_fan907
Leading Actor Joined: 10/14/06
#6Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:06pm
"My school did Man of La Mancha in our blackbox, and it was brilliant."
Not that you're biased or anything...
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#7Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:36pm
As I said in another recent thread, I'd love to see Les Miz done with a small cast and minimal sets.
Aida
Carousel
Into the Woods
#8Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:42pmPippin works well that way, as does Sweeney Todd.
#9Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:56pm
Bwaylvsong, Signature Theatre did Les Mis in a black box with minimalist sets... it was wonderful. They also did a great Sweeney Todd.
I secretly have always wanted to see a black box production of Phantom of the Opera. Maybe with a troupe of like, traveling gypsies or something acting out the story and each one playing multiple roles and using very sparse sets, ahahaha.
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#10Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 3:38am
"Not that you're biased or anything".
Well, maybe a little. But I wasn't in it. This was like a year before I started going there. Still, it was brilliant, because our theatre program is, uh, awesome 
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:20amCapnHook is 100% on Target. ANYTHING could work if it is done correctly. Anything. It just takes creativity and vision.
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#12Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:36am
^^^Aggreed. I just finished doing THE PRODUCERS in a black box and it worked exremely well. As long as the director's up for a challange, anything can be done in blackbox.
I also think these could work:
RENT
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
HAIR
CABARET
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#13Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:55amTick Tick Boom. [title of show].
AudreyTwoTwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/06
#14Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:41am
My acting class only had a black box theatre,so I'll list some of the shows done there in the past few years:
Urinetown, Fame, Little Shop of Horrors, Lion King, The Wiz, Once on this Island, Godspell, Pippin, Footloose, Batboy
there's definitely more, but I only went there for 2 or 3 years so I mostly know what shows I did and what shows they talked about.
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#15Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:47am
At my school, our only performance space was a black box. Here are some examples of shows we did...
Into The Woods
Company
Chicago
The Wild Party (Lippa)
The Full Monty
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tommy
Tick, Tick, Boom
Children of Eden
Godspell
A New Brain
Bare
Hair
The Fantasticks
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#16Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:02amWicked1492, how big was your Producers cast?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#17Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:48amFor all you "anything can be done" people, I would like to see you do A Chorus Line in a blackbox. It can't be done in blackbox.
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#18Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:52am
Cabaret
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sweeney Todd
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#19Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:30am
Gothampc-
Depends on how big the black box is (I've seen a few that could easily do it) and if they are using the Bennett choreography or not.
In fact, didn't the Crucible in Sheffield's production do it in a black box?
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#20Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:39amI hope that was a sarcastic comment about A Chorus Line. A Chorus Line would look great in a black box. It doesn't require any scenery but a line and some mirrors.
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#21Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:44amdarquegk, We had 24 in the cast, including leads and ensemble.
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#22Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:54amI saw an excellent production of Passion that was done in a black box theatre.
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#23Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 12:35pmNext to Normal seems like s greta black box dhow.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#24Musicals You Could Do in a Black Box Theatre
Posted: 7/27/10 at 2:42pmMaybe our definition of a blackbox is different. My definition is a small, versatile, intimate theater. From what I understand a blackbox to be, A Chorus Line wouldn't be able to fit the chorus line into a blackbox. Proscenium is really the only way to go with A Chorus Line.
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