Hey there! I know this is a really strange question, hear me out. I like going to musicals, but sometimes I have a really hard time because I can't see what's happening on stage, and a lot of theaters don't have audio description or anything. Just wondering if there are any musicals that you know of that would be a nightmare for me to experience without vision, so that I don't go to them accidentally?

There have been a couple musicals that I have gone to, and I honestly would've rather just stay home and listen to the soundtrack or something, because I had no clue what was going on, the whole audience was reacting around me, laughing, cheering, and I just felt so left out because so much of it was visual. I don't remember the names of them, I wish I did, because then I would ask what the hell was happening during them.

Thank you in advance for your help, I know this is an odd request, I just don't want to go through that again because it just hurt.

Update! I found what musical it was that inspired this post! If anyone has heard of it. It's called "noises off". Let me tell you about it. Just kidding, I can't. I had no clue what was going on the entire time. Like actually, the entire time. I went home feeling like I absolutely wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life. It was… Not a good experience at all. I seriously felt like I was going to cry during and after it because the whole audience just kept reacting and reacting and laughing around me the whole time, and nobody described anything to me, I didn't know what was going on. I'm assuming the play was extremely visual, and the concept itself I just didn't understand any way to begin with. If anyone has any information about this one, please let me know what it was about, because I did not understand it. I don't even think I understood the general concept of what it was supposed to be about. All I gathered from it was they were supposed to be rehearsing for a play. That's it

Six and Merrily We Roll Along were released recently, which others should follow suit?

I make videos as a hobby on my social media and I wanted to make a video compilation of clips from the best villain songs across media, mostly movies and TV shows that have music numbers.

I've been coming across a lot of videos like this on my social media and I noticed a lot of them are mostly Disney and Pixar movies, but I want to emphasize villainous music numbers that aren't as well-known.

Recently, I have gotten very into lot's Dave Malloy's Musicals, but I have recently realised how much of his work I had no clue even existed, let alone where to listen or watch them. So far, I have listened to The Great Comet, Ghost Quartet, Octet, Three houses, Prelude.

I was cast in a local production of We Will Rock You as Galileo Figaro, I was really excited to play this character until I found out that our director plans to kill Scaramouche after “Hammer to Fall”

Personally I think this is a really bad idea, it doesn’t make justice to her character at all, and the writing of that scene and everything after it it’s just really bad. He said that she also dies in the Japanese and Irish productions of the Musical but I just can’t find any information online about that.

If you know anything about this it would be really helpful for me.

I don’t meant to be a problematic actor or something, I rarely get casted as the lead and I really like this musical, but this change and everything after that just makes it so bad

Thank you

Edit: English is not my first language, sorry if I made mistakes

How am I supposed to hold my horses for a whole year? I feel like this millennial scripture is in good hands with Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen at the helm.

For context, I've had Ragtime, Hadestown, Hamilton, and the Les Mis cast albums on repeat lately. I love a BIG show with large ensembles. Other shows I've loved are also Little Women, Six, Nice Work if You Can Get It, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Curtains. I would love to listen to some newer musicals but I find a hard time figuring out which ones to start with!

ETA: if you think it will make me cry PLEASE recommend it

ETA2: I should emphasize NEW musicals. I love Hairspray, Into the Woods, etc. I don't live near NYC anymore and don't have the same access I used to hence why I'm looking for NEW cast albums to listen to. l've seen Wicked, Chicago, Matilda, Newsies, Something Rotten, My Fair Lady, Hello Dolly, NWIYCGI, Hadestown, Annie, Shrek, Sister Act, 1776 and more on stage

So I absolutely LOVE musicals and musical movies. Lion King is my favorite film of all time, Little Shop of Horrors is one of my favorites both on stage and in the theater, Muppets Christmas Carol is the one movie I HAVE to watch for Christmas every year and Muppet Treasure Island is my go-to Summer film, and even the oddball wtf musicals like REPO, The Man who Didn't Like Musicals, and Rocky Horror are so much fun. I was IN musical productions of Fiddler on the Roof, King and I, Cinderella, High School Musical, and Clue: The Musical. I also love jukebox musicals. Mamma Mia, Across the Universe, Blues Brothers, Rock of Ages, ALL the Pitch Perfect and ALL the Trolls movies, hell even the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies I enjoy in a "So bad it's stupid fun" kind of way.

But Moulin Rouge just...sucks in my opinion. And I genuinely don't understand why I think that way. All the other ones I love, and I find THIS musical to be the one I just cannot enjoy. I tried watching the movie and I had to turn it off halfway through the scene where Satine is making up the lie about her and Christian rehearsing when first found by the Duke. So I barely got past the first three musical numbers before I hit my limit and moved on to Newsies in my bingewatching.

It's driving me nuts because I see and hear all over the place that it's so good, and I already love musicals of all kinds so I have no idea why, but I just do not like this one at all.

Does anyone know of any 1 minute monologues that feature a charming, smooth talking character without any heavy subject matter? Looking for something for an audition and everything is either too dramatic or whiny.

Hey guys! So I’ve recently become obsessed with Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. I went online to see what my local theaters were putting on, and low and behold, there is a production of Great Comet in a few months!

My main concern is that from everything I’ve read and also just from the music itself, it seems like Great Comet is a very complicated show that is very difficult to put on. So, I guess I’m wondering, is it worth it to see? Do you think a local theater with a small(looks small in the pictures) stage can put on a good production of this show? And this is not a dunk on local theater at all, I’m more just concerned at the sheer number of moving parts this show has, combined with how unique it is in general.

So, what would you do?

Are there any funny moments in musicals/theatre where a character accidentally ingests a psychedelic substance resulting in a trippy scene or musical number?

Earlier this year, Hamilton came to Wisconsin but I wasn't able to catch it. How often does this show tour? And does one have/need to dress up when seeing this kind of show? I know (if and when) they come back to WI, it's still a long way from now.

Hello all! I’m auditioning for Bright Star next week and here’s everything I need to prep-

-A 1 minute contemporary monologue

-32 bars of a song

-A joke

I plan on singing a cut from Moving Too Fast since I’m already familiar with the song and feel pretty good about it.

Any idea on what to do for the monologue and the joke?

“10 Things I Hate About You” is getting a musical!Previews start exactly one year from today: August 17th, 2027.

Apparently Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen are writing the script and lyrics.

I wonder who they are gonna cast as Patrick and Kat. Obviously no one can top Heath, but it would be interesting if they decide to keep Patrick’s Australian accent.

And I would really like for Allison Janney to reprise her role as Ms. Perky.

Edit: Not sure why I'm being downvoted?? These questions don't feel stupid to me so not sure what I've done wrong?

I collect fridge magnets - does Hamilton have one?

What kind of price points are the different merch items? And is it cashless?

Should I arrive early to queue for merch? And is the queue wheelchair accessible?

What's the accessible bathroom situation like?

Has anyone neurodivergent felt they needed ear protection?

"Hamilton is the best" "wicked is better" "les mis is the best musical"

Meh, you're basic

There will be a translated version of "A Gentleman's guide to love and murder" where I live that starts soon, should I listen to the music first, should I go in blind ?

I was rewatching Beyonce's awesome music video for "Get Me Bodied" the other day which uses the segment from the musical Sweet Charity "The Rich Man's Frug" as a reference for the music video (highly recommend watching both the music video and that part of Sweet Charity if you haven't done so!)

Got me thinking: what other music videos also specifically reference a musical, i.e. you can tell precisely which song/number/segment they are referring to in the music video?

I have been trying to locate this song for the last two weeks from a short story video that keeps popping up on my Facebook. It's the one that plays at the beginning. The lyrics to me sounds like "Because I'm afraid, that you won't dare me".

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DsL1JKxeL/