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Sometimes, you just need a surefire hit for your theater program — and that’s when it’s time to choose from the most popular high school musicals. Each of these shows is virtually guaranteed to draw a huge audience, so you can pack the house with excited friends, family members, and people from the community. When you want to build interest in your...
If you’ve ever directed a musical, you know how much work goes into it. To streamline the process, look for easy shows. These musicals all have one thing in common — at least one element makes your life easier. Some, such as Cinderella, are easy for students to learn(thank you for the catchy melodies, Rodgers and Hammerstein!). Others, like Working...
Many schools offer a tiny (or nonexistent) budget for the drama department. If that sounds familiar a low-budget high school musical is a great solution. By saving money on licensing, costumes, and/or sets, you can give your kids a memorable musical theater experience — without dealing with endless fundraisers!
If you have a bunch of theater kids who keep up with the latest Broadway shows, the Golden Ageclassics will only get you so far. At some point, it’s time to look into the best contemporary musicals for high schoolers. This is harder than it sounds, since many modern shows deal with dark, adult themes; you need to do a bit of extra research to find ...
Does your school have a large turnout for auditions? Large musicals for high schools are a great way to ensure that everyone who wants to participate, gets to participate. If you have a few star performers and a large collection of beginners, look for ensemble heavy high school shows. Musicals with big ensembles — especially those with a variety of...
When you’re looking for obscure or lesser-known musicals for your high school drama program, these shows are a good place to start. Quirky and eccentric, each one adds depth and dimension to your theater program. Some shows, including Lucky Stiff and Weird Romance,are small cast musicals that provide a fun challenge for your most dedicated and pass...
There’s something special about doing a musical set in a high school with actors who are still in high school. The students are in the thick of it — they have a unique and visceral understanding of the characters’ problems and intense emotions. And from a practical perspective, you probably already have the set pieces lying around school. We’ve alr...
It’s a problem shared by high school theater programs everywhere — lots of actors to play the female roles, but not enough to fill the male roles. The trouble is, many musicals (especially from the Golden Age) have multiple male leads and one lone female principal role. If you’re facing a casting challenge, these musicals all have female leads. Nee...
Legally, high schools can perform any musical that’s available for licensing. Of course, if you’re a drama teacher or director, you know it’s never thatsimple! There are many different stakeholders at play — parents, teachers, kids, principals, and school-board officials, to name a few. As you’re choosing a high school musical, some factors to cons...
High schools can do any Broadway musicals that offer licensing rights. New Broadway musicals usually aren’t available for licensing while the show is running on Broadway or touring the country. These rules don’t always apply to Broadway revivals, though you might find that rights are restricted in your area when a touring company is nearby. New to ...
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Oct 31, 2021 · Chicago: Teen Edition is a youth-friendly adaptation of the iconic musical "Chicago." Set in the roaring 1920s, the show delves into the dark and glamorous world of jazz, crime, and corruption.
- Spring Awakening. With song titles like “The Bitch of Living” and “Totally Fucked,” you may wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into. But this is the ultimate musical about what happens when communication breaks down between teenagers and adults.
- Dear Evan Hansen. Since 2016 when it hit Broadway, “Dear Evan Hansen” has been a favorite with teenagers, perhaps because of its realistic portrayals of flawed human beings and families that are on the verge of being broken.
- Fun Home. My now-grown son tells me this was the best musical I ever took him to. One of the first major musicals by and about lesbians, this is ultimately a family story and how a family was deeply affected by the father’s suicide.
- Next to Normal. Few musicals deal with mental illness as frankly and honestly as “Next to Normal.” While much of the focus is on the mother and her struggle with extreme mental illness, it is also about how that touches and changes both her husband and her daughter.
Nov 6, 2022 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street plays at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre starring Aaron Tveit as Sweeney and Sutton Foster as Mrs. Lovett. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, and direction from Thomas Kail, this Broadway revival is performed with a 26-player orchestra.
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Feb 11, 2019 · 16 Young Musicians You Need to Be Listening to In 2019. From all sorts of genres. By Beatrice Hazlehurst. February 11, 2019. Composite. Eliot Lee Hazel, Atlantic Records/Jimmy Fontaine, Getty ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Sweeney Todd. As of last June, Steven Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd has become Teen Traveler’s second all-time favorite play (#1 is Into the Woods). She and her dad managed to snag tickets for what is one of the hottest Broadway shows these days.
