Hey my high school is doing a musical next year but we are stuck picking one does anyone have any deas?

Question

yea we just need a list of musicals that we could possibly use thanks!!!!

Answer 1

Mine just did 'Urinetown'. It went over pretty big.  

Answer 2

Les Miserables!!! It's an AMAZING show and would showcase as many students as possible. Has roles for freshmen (Little Cosette, Gavroche) all the way up through seniors (Valjean, Eponine, etc.). Also consider favorites like West Side Story, The Sound of Music, and Oliver.

Another great choice that is rarely done is The Secret Garden. Also look into Narnia the musical. That also has roles for young looking freshmen (Lucy, Edmund) through Seniors.

Answer 3

What kind of talent do you guys have?

If every single person is great then you should do something by Sondheim (Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, etc.) or possibly the Producers.

If not then you should try...

The Wizard of Oz

Little Shop of Horrors

Guys and Dolls

Anything Goes

Answer 4

Well coming from my high school's past productions and some reccomendations of my own....

~Seaussical the Musical

~ Rumours

~ Guys and Dolls

~ Godspell

~ Fiddler on the Roof

~ RENT (only if everyone is ok with it, it's a really controversial play)

~ Urinetown

~The Wizard of Oz

~ Pirates of Penzance (sp?)

~ Chicago

~ Hairspray

~ Hair

This is all I can think of right now

Answer 5

GREASE

Answer 6

High School Musical which is the easiest and funnest to do

Fiddler On the Roof

Legally Blonde

Hairspray

Grease

Dirty Dancing

The Beauty and the Beast

RENT

G'luck!

Answer 7

I'm not sure if high schools are able to do shows that are currently on Broadway, because even though my middle school is an arts school, we are not allowed to produce a musical currently on Broadway.

Suggestions are endless.

*Seussical The Musical (good musical, I was Gertrude McFuzz in a Junior production of the show this summer.)

*Bat Boy (musical for my school this year)

*Godspell

*Annie

*RENT

*Hairspray

*High School Musical

*Urinetown

*Grease

Answer 8

high school musical ?

grease --- amazing musical if i may say so myself

annie get your gun

annie

bye bye birdie

crazy for you

Answer 9

fame

footloose

high school musical

hairspray

legally blonde

grease

beauty and the beast

the wizard of oz

little shop of horrors

Answer 10

How about creating your own musical based on an issue important to you and your peers?  Can you write your own plays and select songs that you all like that will fit the plot?  

Answer 11

You should do Newsies; it's a really under-rated musical/movie with Christian Bale.

Some other suggestions:

Phantom of the Opera

The Sound of Music

My Fair Lady

Singing in the Rain

Beauty and the Beast

Godspell

The Producers

Kiss Me Kate

Guys and Dolls

Doctor Dolittle

Mary Poppins

Jailhouse Rock

Hair

Hairspray

Grease

Hello Dolly

The Wizard of Oz

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Probably impossible to put on in a high school production, but would be AMAZING if you could pull it off)

South Pacific

Oklahoma

Fiddler on the Roof

Annie

West Side Story

Those are just a few suggestions... But I really think you should do Newsies; it would be easy to put on, and there's some catchy songs.

Hope that helps.

Answer 12

A lot of people have suggested Hairspray, but you can't do that (at least, not without getting sued!) as the rights aren't available yet.  Legally Blonde is the same.  My suggestions would be:

- Guys and Dolls

- Fiddler on the Roof

- The Wizard of Oz

- Children of Eden

- Les Miserables School's Edition (you do need amazing singers for this though!)

- Grease

- Pirates of Penzance

- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

- Jesus Christ Superstar (but only if you have someone who can sing Judas properly, it's not an easy role)

- Into the Woods (the most accessible Sondheim for schools, Sweeney Todd is too hard)

- Big River (not often done but it's a lovely show)

- Honk!

- Oliver

- Oklahoma

- Anything Goes

- Return to the Forbidden Planet

- Little Shop of Horrors

Have a look at www.mtishows.com or www.tams-witmark.com for more lists of shows - they have character breakdowns and other useful info for each show there too.

Answer 13

Fiddler On The Roof

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamed Coat

Aida

Beauty and the Beast

Sound of Music

Cinderella

The Wiz

Wizard of Oz

Tom Sawor

Bugsy Malone

Bye Bye Birdy

42 Street

Cats (please don't)

Kiss Me Kate

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Big River

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie

Grease

That's all I can think of.

Have Fun!