Middle School Musicals
Middle School Musicals
#1Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:15pmWhat would be a good middle school musical for a large cast and it isn't the hardest show in the world?
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:19pm
This should go on the student board. But here are some suggestions:
Anything Goes
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Guys and Dolls
The Wiz
Annie
Bye Bye Birdie
Peter Pan
Into the Woods (Jr. Edition, even though I think the idea of it is deplorable)
Cats
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ILuv2shop531
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#3re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:43pmWhen I was in middle school, we did Annie, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, and Ducktails and Bobby Socks (that had quite a large cast actually)
#4re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 7:52pmalong with Annie and Wizard of Oz we did The Music Man
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"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#5re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 7:54pm
rent...haha..jk
but btw Amanda Castones (Spring Awakening) was at Rent the school edition at my high school saturday night
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:39pm
Guys and Dolls
Once on this Island
Seussical
Music Man
(All of the Above are available as Jr.s)
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dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#7re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:59pm
I am in Middle School. I am warbucks in Annie other popular shows are.
Alaidain JR
batb jr
Bye Bye Birdie
Oliver
Guys and Dolls Jr
HSM
My personal favroite was Seussical it is great. They have a jr. version too
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#8re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 9:34pmSEUSSICAL Jr.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
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Maceman91
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#9re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 9:38pm
My middle school did Fiddler on the Roof successfully, but some other wonderful shows include:
-STOMP(great fun for the kids!)
-Sound of Music
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#10re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/27/09 at 9:38pmFiddler on the Roof Jr . is a wonderful piece for Middle Schools. i did it in 8th grade.. Students, Staff, and Parents loved it.
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#11re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 9:18am
Best Middle school show I have seen:
Aladin Jr.
SweeneyPhanatic
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#12re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 3:40pm
And in case you go looking for it, "Ducktails and Bobby Socks" is also available under the title "Pompadours and Poodle Skirts." Why? I don't know. Either way, it's the same cheesy show I have no desire to see/hear ever again (you'd feel the same way if the "children's theatre" class at your HS has done it three years in a row! "Children's Theatre" was the nice name for the class the kids who should have quit after "Intro to Theatre" got dumped into).
However, if you enjoy that kind of show, there's also "The Nifty Fifties" aka "Rock Around the Block." That was the first children's show my school decided to do...they thought it would be a nice alternative for the families with little kids who wouldn't come see our "Grease"...
-- SDG
jagfkb
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#13re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:06pmProbably the best middle school, or any production for that matter, was my old middle school's recent production of (the full) Beauty & the Beast. I really don't know how they did it, but they performed on a gigantic budget, renting excellent costumes and sets, special effects (including the beast transformation), and the kids did a great job.
#14re: Middle School Musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:16pmI was Portia in the R&H Cinderella in the 8th grade. It's a great musical for middle school because they are all roles easily played by middle schoolers, and it's not hard to sing. And, yes, I'm a dude.
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#15middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:48pmi don't know why middle schools insist on doing musicals when the kids are clearly not ready for the roles. i don't think that any middle school can do justice to any broadway musical and therefore should be banned from ever even attempting them. why can't they just do reviews with litle kid songs and be happy?
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#16middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:50pmMy middle school did a great job with Cabaret, Jr. I played Sally Bowles. At the end, I got a tummy ache. Everyone said it was better than the original.
#17middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:50pmIf you're going to do a musical in middle school, PLEASE consider a JR. edition.
#18middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:51pmhonestly?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
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i'm a sonic reducer
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#19middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:55pmOf course. It was an all-boys catholic middle school. You would have loved it. Of course we had to change the antisemitism to a dislike of Catholics, but I don't think the material was harmed.
#20middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 4:56pmA middle school in a town near me did "Narnia: the Musical"
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Callie
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#22middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 5:14pmWell, first off, what kind of talent do you have? Do you have and standouts with real singing/acting/dancing chops that could carry the role of Annie, or Oliver, or Sandy, or...Most musicals have at least a few leads that really do need to be able to sing well. Our middle school drama coach recently auditioned all the kids BEFORE deciding on a show because she wanted to see what he had. A lot of the kids didn't like that though, not wanting to audition unless they knew what show it was going to ne.
#23middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 7:19pm
When I was in middle school they did "Into the Woods" (the Jr. version). I don't remember anything specific about it, just that it was such a trainwreck that it tainted my impression of Into the Woods for years and years. I "re-discovered" it this past year by watching the OBC DVD of it and now it's one of my all-time favorite shows. If I saw that middle school production now I would probably be laughing my ass off and terrified at the same time. I think middle schools should stick to Seussical, Annie, Disney shows, etc.
Updated On: 4/28/09 at 07:19 PM
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#24middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 8:20pmMy Olivier sold out and so we made another 2 weeks of shows. It was very sucessful
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#25middle school musicals
Posted: 4/28/09 at 8:50pm
Bugsy Malone
The Wiz
The Wizard of Oz
The Music Man.
Grease and if you want a cleaned up version Grease school version.
