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Local theatre just posted next season’s hints. Can I get some help?

Local theatre just posted next season’s hints. Can I get some help?

I think:

(These will not all be musicals)

- Merrily
- Angels in America
- Phantom?
- Rocky Horror
- ? Curious incident of the dog in the night time, maybe?
- Wizard of Oz?
- ? 1776?
- ? Vertigo?
- Les Mis

u/HuffinStardust — 6 hours ago

The movie Octet

I was just fooling around on Wikipedia and noticed this movie is currently in production. Wikipedia says:

Octet is an upcoming American musical filmdirected by Lin-Manuel Miranda as his second feature. Written by Dave Malloy, it is an adaption of the stage musical of the same name. The film will star Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Phillipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Tramell Tillman, and Paul-Jordan Jansen.”

I’ve never heard of this musical before, but that cast sounds absolutely S T A C K E D. Like, ridiculously so. AND it’s by Lin-Manuel Miranda??!

So does anybody have any experience with this show? Is it generally well received as a stage show? What do you think of the casting choices?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet\_(film)

u/PalePlumm — 7 hours ago
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i’d also add the 2023 version of the color purple on this list too. they made so many unnecessary changes and the lighting and direction could have been better

u/teddivan96 — 1 day ago

We don’t talk about Cy Coleman enough

City of Angels, Sweet Charity, Barnum, Little Me, 20th Century, The Life, Will Rogers Follies, and more all filled with bangers. He can write pastiche that still passes for Jazz standards. There’s just not enough talk about just how good his scores are.

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u/joeyinthewt — 20 hours ago
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‘I Struggle With the Scott Rudin of It All’: Two anonymous Tony Awards voters tell us who's earning their votes this year

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u/stroh_1002 — 1 day ago
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What's that one moment on a musical that just makes you obsessed?

My top 3 (i don't prefer any more than other, but I really like those scenes)

  1. The burning bush dance from The prince of Egypt

  2. The bar scene from Come from Away

  3. The club scene from In the heights

u/imachoculatedonnut — 1 day ago

Best Musicals for just listening...

Obviously any musical is going to be best when you watch them on stage, that's how they were intended to be consumed. Unfortunately, I'm not always able to "watch" a musical, especially when driving.

What musicals do you find "almost complete" by just listening to them. I'm talking about the ones where the plot is driven mostly within the songs- (rather than songs being reactions to plot). Musicals where you can listen to the cast album and feel like you've been told a complete story rather than a collection of songs that tell snapshots of a story. What are your favorite "driving" musicals where you don't need to "see" the stage to get a good picture of what's going on?

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u/Street_Lettuce1243 — 1 day ago

Thoughts on 2-person musicals?

I only know of three— The Last Five Years, Rooms: A Rock Romance, and Daddy Long Legs— but I adore 2 person musicals. As a storyteller, I respect and appreciate how difficult it must be to put together a whole show with only two characters. It’s shockingly complicated to do, to keep an audience’s attention with only two characters. The plot needs to be well thought out and the performers have to be outstanding. All the fat has to be trimmed to keep it moving. Because there’s no other characters for the leads to lean on, they need to be able to build a connection directly with the audience. Daddy Long Legs does this by having Jerusha’s letters to Daddy also addressing the audience, like she’s speaking them to us and not just him. Last Five Years does it by having the story go backwards in time for Kathy and forwards for Jamie— if it was staged chronologically for both, I think it would be extremely boring and trite. I’ve never seen Rooms staged so I can’t speak to that part of it, but the music is killer and the leads inject so much personality into their singing, I can’t help but be fond of them. I’d love to hear others thoughts on this! I’m sure there are other 2 person musicals out there that I’m missing. I sometimes also think about what stories could make a good 2-person musical, or if they would need a full cast to make it work. I’m curious to hear if anyone has ideas :)

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u/brenthebrave — 1 day ago
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Little Shop of Horrors Audition Help

Hi everyone! Next month, I’ll be auditioning for Seymour in Little Shop. This is one of my ultimate dream roles, so I want to be as prepared as possible. I’ve seen him played in numerous different ways, and I’m looking for advice as to what makes a truly great Seymour. Sometimes he is played with a NY accent or somewhat nasal way of speaking, and sometimes without (sometimes it carries over into his singing, whereas sometimes it only applies to his speaking voice). Sometimes, he’s an incredible singer and other times, he’s intentionally a bit more “average.” Because he can be played in different ways, what tips do you have for me to really nail this audition?

u/lancepants2794 — 1 day ago

Would people be more likely to recognize a Newsie or Orpheus at Comic-Con?

I plan on going to Tampa Bay Comic Con this September, and I wanna know what people would be more likely to recognize, because I like both ideas equally. I have a guitar for Orpheus.

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u/Accomplished-Base90 — 23 hours ago
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Two Strangers question

Does anyone remember the cake flavors? They said it in one of the book scenes, right?

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u/dubble93 — 1 day ago

What is your favorite LAMENT SONG?

it can be from a show you never seen and you only know that song, it doesn't matter.

For example, mine is "Diva's Lament" from spamalot. I never saw spamalot, i don't even think I know the plot of spamalot but I love the song because it is so funny to me and the vocals are so great too.

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u/helrisonn — 2 days ago

I've never been to a musical before, but I'm surprising my wife with book of mormon tickets, she loves musicals but I obviously can't ask her where to sit lol, what do y'all recommend? Are yellow good seats? Price isn't a worry

u/fxryker — 2 days ago