r/MusicalTheater

Hello! This upcoming summer I am going to be the dramaturg for the theater I work at's productions of Rent: Teen Edition. I have never been a dramaturg before but I offered my services because I love learning about history, and I love storytelling and analyzing text. I work for a local youth theatre company primarily as a director and we've never really worked with having a dramaturg before so this is kind of an experiment and I want to get it right. I think it is really important that the kids know the context of this show before they perform it!

I want to start reading books and articles, and watching documentaries on the subject matter of Rent now but I don't quite know where to start. I need book/article/documentary/etc recommendations for stuff about rent control and poverty in New York in the 80s and 90s, things about gentrification and drug abuse in the 80s and 90s in NYC, LGBTQ history, and of course the AIDS epidemic. I also want sources on how these things still effect people today.

Just got done listening to the concept album, and I LOVED this. Some of the most nuanced, original, and refreshing satire I've heard since probably The Book of Mormon. Really catchy music, stacked cast, and funny as hell. Hoping more people take notice and give it a listen!

This is the first time I have chosen a piece where I literally do not have a spot where I can cut it off clean at 32 bars without it being awkward. It’s I Have Confidence from Sound of Music and it’s FAST. It seems to take at least 50ish bars to land on the end of a musical phrase. I thought I had the perfect cut because it was like a minute long and then I counted the bars and it was almost 60.

If anybody wants to know which part I really was hoping to feature:

It’s the part from “ the courage to serve them with reliance” to “ I have confidence the world will all be mine. They’ll have to agree,I have confidence in me.”

i’m looking for some mezzo belter solos for a competition, anywhere from 3-5 minutes long and preferably no background ensemble

last year i did The History of Wrong Guys from Kinky Boots and really loved it, so if there’s anything with a similar vibe as that that would be super perfect

i’m more comfortable with comedic songs but i’m willing to try something more dramatic!!

thank u <33

UPDATE: Ignore the LSOH; I was incorrect.
So I do musical theatre at my high school (I’m a junior) and every spring we do a musical, and last year we did hairspray, this year we’re doing mama Mia and I think it would be rlly cool and fun if we did an 80s themed show. We have a pretty big group, with drama club being the biggest club in our school.

Hey! Are you aware of joint events near Boston, MA between an orchestra and a chorus to sing musicals (or parts of musicals) on a regular basis in a non/semi-professional fashion?

I was enjoying this in London as monthly 1-day private rehearsals (https://www.lmto.org/sitz/) and I'm not sure I'd find this in Boston. The name is apparently common in the field (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitzprobe).

Note: I'm an amateur chorus singer

Cross-posting from https://www.reddit.com/r/Choir/s/d7TDv6jTXk

I've been thinking of getting the rights for Mary Poppins JR. for my Drama Club at the middle school I work at, but is this a good idea?