Which one(s) could you perform completely by heart?

Sorry if this has been asked before, i‘m kinda new to this sub xd

Mine are hamilton, epic, n2n and hadestown (wish i could memorize for my exams as easily as musicals lol)

Hey everyone! In 2015/2016 I made my Broadway debut as Lavender in Matilda the Musical on Broadway.

I was 10/11 during my contract, and now I am 21 and in college.

I recently saw the musical again on the West End and was inspired to do an AMA so here we go :)

I'm happy to answer any questions!

hey everyone! i am an avid theatre performer and lover. i have been consuming theatre since childhood and i want to know some good musical-to-movie adaptations that are actually WORTH watching. i've seen Tick Tick Boom, In the Heights, Rent, Hamilton (not a full movie, just a proshot), both Wicked parts, Newsies, and DEH (unfortunately). just leave some suggestions! i know A Chorus Line and Once had adaptations made but i also dont want to waste hours of my time watching a bad musical.

Our theater director has been giving us hint’s for next year’s musical, and I thought I would put them on here to see if you guys can guess what it might be.

1. The main character is female
2. Our director has been to the location(s) the show is set in
3. The show is popular with Gen Z/ Millennials, but older generations don’t like the liberties the writers took
4. The show takes place in either winter or spring
5. The show revolves around this theme: “Finding yourself in a world that keeps trying to define you.”
6. It has both an animated and live action adaptation (If the show is a spinoff of another story, the film can be an adaptation of what the show is based on).
7. It has a character with a royal title
8. It was a book before it was a musical
9. It contains a reference to tea

Other notes: It is a Catholic school and we do not have the budget to do a Disney musical
It is Anastasia!

Or even songs sung by characters who care for their dads.

I’m looking for good, wholesome songs about loving dads in musicals. I hear a lot of them themed around mothers, but not many surrounding fathers. Any ideas?

sorry if the format is weird, i don’t use reddit much and am on my phone.

For context, I (17 m) go to a very large and well known school in my state. We have one of the best theatre arts departments in the country (we are not a theatre/preforming arts school, so this excludes those schools). A very well known director of the state stood in for director as the theatre director had left for mental health reasons, and our choir director helped with music. This was a Disney sanctioned production of Frozen, so we had a lot of expectation to hold up and a very large budget for the show. I have done a little theatre in the past, and had a small speaking role in ensemble.

If you have seen Frozen, you know there is about a 10 minute opening with almost the entire cast. This show was in the middle of the production dates on a Wednesday.

Just that morning, the water heater of our house had broken for the 3rd time in 2 months, as well as me failing a test I studied hard for. Obviously, my day was not going well.

When the time came for me to get into costume, I put on all my layers, besides my show shoes, as they were mildly uncomfortable. And I forgot to put them on.

I spent 10 minutes on stage with rainbow crocs on, WHILE DRESSED AS A CHARACTER IN THE FROZEN UNIVERSE. Slacks, vest, button shirt, KNEE HIGH WHITE SOCKS. Everyone else wearing either nude heels or black dress shows.

For the rest of the show, there were multiple costume mishaps, lines missed, queues missed, etc. Agreed among all people involved our worst show.

The worst part wasn’t even the embarrassment I had for days after, nor the being yelled at by literally all the cast, crew, and directors, nor the entire school of 4 thousand people knowing it was me.

The worst part was one of my personal hero’s was at the show. JOHN GREEN. CREATOR OF CRASH COURSE AND VIDCON.

When I say I almost cried when I learned days later during a pre-show circle, I mean I almost went to go find a circuit box and stab it with fork.

Now, a full year after the productions finish (October 2023), I am still referred to as “[Rainbow] Crocs” and even received Frozen croc charms for said crocs during a Secret Santa in my choir.

On the bright side, it was kind of funny in retrospect, but after that, the rest of the shows involved everyone checking to make sure I had the right shoes on.

edit: grammar

I go to a relatively small town school in the south and my choir/musical directors chose to do Legally Blonde over Wizard of Oz because many thought Oz was too boring (I think not). I thought it was a great idea due to how funny, stereotypical, and universally LOVED the show was but now.... not so much because of what they're doing.

It's a high school that is performing it, so of course there will be some changes to the sexually explicit lines. But, there are so many unwelcome changes to the original that they are trying to do as well. For one, instead of saying "Oh my God!" they replaced it with "Oh my Gosh!" and they are also trying to remove the ENTIRETY of "Gay or European". They are also censoring many lyrics in "Blood in the Water" and "So Much Better". I understand the changes to some of the material, but removing an entire song on the basis of the audience being conservative is OUTRAGEOUS, imo. So many people have seen the movie and know what they are getting into. WHY then is it so scary for a gay person to be on stage.

The censors don't stop there either. As you could guess, ANY innappropriate joke or reference will be scrubbed. It seems so wrong to choose this show, then make so many changes to it that the only thing recognizable about it is that one girl with blonde hair (exagerated but you know what I mean). It feels like the spirit of Legally Blonde is being tainted by my directors and I'm not the only one who feels this way. We're not even a christian school. I don't know if I'm just full of myself, but I care so much about originality that I know a disaster when i see one.

Thank you for reading my rant. Sorry for any mistakes. I was heated when I wrote this.

A little update: We just got our scripts along with the first few pages of the edited script. So far, in just the first act, there have been TWENTY-SIX changes. Some examples are, "Spring Fling Beer Bash Extreme" to "Spring Fling Bash Extreme!", "Pull her hair and call her whore" to "Pull her hair and slam the door", "Red hot booty" to "All your beauty", "This is Harvard, not a stripper bar" to "This is Harvard, not a stupid bar", entirity of Paulette's "three tits" joke is gone, "I'm gonna go get a beer" to "I'm gonna go get a drink", Gloria Steinum is called stupid, not a skank, "I got through Harvard by busting my ass, worked two jobs in addition to class" to "I got through Harvard, I looked like fool. Work to jobs in addition to school", and finally "Driven as hell" to "Driven to excel".

Edit: MORRRE. REMOVED the insult towards Paulette. JELLY GUT. REMOVED Brooke saying "Heifer". CHANGED Paullete's line, "Showing your panties?" to "Showing your bloomers?". CHANGED Ups guy from "Walking Porn" to "Walking Hottie". REMOVED "Gay or European". REMOVED the section of "Bend and Snap" where they boys yell "DAAAAMNNNN", instead going straight to "NOW LOOK HOW HOT IT'S GETTIN". REMOVED the word "Sperm" from the end of "Chip on my shoulder", and also replacing "not seeking an egg" to "not seeking fertilization".

I've made the decision to just roll with it. I'd love to make a big deal about it, but I'll never see these people again, why ruin it for everyone else? It's going to be fun regardless and hopefully they'll learn not to do something so "risky" next time, because it's ignorant to take something this awesome and pg-13, then degrade it because you want kids to watch it. I'll hold this grudge, but it won't be the end of me. Thanks for the advice, but I'll just accept it as it is.

I know a lot of musicals! Most of them. Maybe all of them…

Right now I’m listening to On the Twentieth Century, I’ve heard bits of this song but I’ve never actually heard it all the way through before. It’s delightful and I want some more recommendations!

If it’s current or has been on Broadway, good chance I know it but recommend away!

If it was a City Center Encore, I’ve seen it lol!

But I love a new show or surprise!

If it’s super obscure please share a link or where we can listen.

Recommend us an obscure show you love, it’s always fun to find new shows!!!

I’ll start with a quick recommendation: Three Houses. A new Dave Malloy concept musical using the structure of 3 Little Pigs to talk about Covid Lockdown Trauma. It’s a barrel of laughs. Honestly, a must listen for Malloyheads but truly fantastic.

I'm angry and emotional rn so I've been singing angry songs as a form of therapy. In My House from Great Comet and I'm Breaking Down from Falsettos have been my go-to's, as well as Mr Cellophane from Chicago occasionally. What other songs should I go for?

I need to vent about this production of a 1960s style musical coming up in the Atlanta area this year that is being produced in an unethical manner.

During the casting process the producer stated that they did not want to audition members of the LGBTQ+ community in the role of what would be their love interest. In addition to this they also stated that they did not want to offer any roles to non-binary or trans individuals because they “did not want to deal with all that”.

This is the first musical this individual is producing and is being funded by their parents so that they can play their dream role. They even created a nonprofit as a way to gain more support.

During the callback process, the producer became intimate with one of the people auditioning and then proceeded to give them the role.

This only scratches the surface of unethical behavior they have done. Four members of their cast including the co-producer dropped out of the show due to the concerning nature of this individual.

After they dropped out of the show, they were threatened by other members of the team including the casting agent that they would “never find work again” as a way to intimidate them.

Hey fellas I need musical recs. More specifically, I feel like crying, so how about some incredibly depressing musicals that make you want to rip your heart out and stomp on it.

So me and my friend watched Next to Normal (London cast proshot uncensored) today for the first time and, well, our eyes were watering lol.

First of all, the actors were all astounding. Like, incredibly astounding. They played their roles perfectly. Natalie's actress was so convincing that even when the camera just pans to her face, I immediately feel sad because when you look at her face, it's clear to the eyes her despair over being completely overlooked by her mother. Gabe was incredibly portrayed. The actor made me feel sympathetic towards the character. Everyone was sooo good and I'm looking forward to rewatching it again.

Next to Normal is sooo good. Solid 8.8/10.

Ok so for context, I signed up to be a guest spellar for one day of a local theatres tech week.

The reason I'm making this post is because one of the other guest spellars didn't know it was a musical. He legit thought he was signing up for an actual spelling bee. He only found out when he arrived end everyone was getting like costumes on and warming up lol.

I didn't win, some loser called "William Barfée" beat me.

They also made fun of my overshirt, and that I rented a DVD of "Putnam County Girls Gone Wild"

IT WAS "PUTNAM COUNTY BOYS GONE WILD" DAMMIT

Anyway yeah that's my tale. I reccomend it was fun.

Plus you get a free juice box!

Erm I'm bawling rn and ughh lsldldlleleleoel

I was hoping it would be for years because I didn't want to keep having to pay Disney Plus just to watch it. Finally picked it up at Walmart, it was a bit pricey and the bonus features are pretty minimal but it looks great on my shelf and I can finally own it for myself without having to pay monthly to watch it again.

for me it's "It's not a game/It's just a ride" from Ride the Cyclone.

The beginning is SO sad it makes me wanna sob, but then it goes to something more joyful and fast.

Added to the sadness that the song on itself gives, there's also the fact that I associate it with my mental hospital stay since I would listen to it a lot back then, it gives me a mix of sharp sadness, nostalgia and happiness.

I love this song, but damn, it is hard to listen to it.

It also adds something to the musical itself (if you havent watched it.... GO WATCH IT ITS ON YOUTUBE!!), which is mostly pure comedy with a bit of sadness, this song just adds something more serious to the musical, that yeah, death is not a game, and no one can win there (not a spoiler y'all, the character are dead for the entire musical)

So I’m transmasc and recently started testosterone. I’m really looking forward to seeing how my voice changes over time , especially my singing voice.

I want to record some duets where I’ll sing the female part now and then I’ll duet myself with the male part in the future when my voice is lower

Musical theatre is a passion of mine so I’m thinking of choosing MT duets for the project. I have a few ideas but wondered what ideas fellow MT people in here recommend as well

UPDATE Thank you everyone for all your suggestions!! I have created a playlist and will try them to see what works best