r/musicals

I just auditioned for a community theatre's production of Dear Evan Hansen, (first time ever doing community theatre, so I'm a decent bit​ nervous.)

For the castlist / callbacks in general (those were today, I got called for Jared and feel like I actually did really good) we were told that not everyone was 'at' the callback / that they had people who had tech week conflicts who were in callbacks, but weren't avaliable to come tonight.

This means that there's no actual date for when the castlist is, it'll just come out whenever they get through however many 'tech week people' they've got.

I felt extremely good about my callback, but now on top of being nervous about when the castlist is going to come out, I'm also nervous about if I'm going to get beat out by someone who was just straight not at callbacks. (And I'm not saying that that means they wouldn't deserve it, it just means that I literally cannot/won't see it coming (if it ends up happening).)

Is there anything I can do / any tips you have for dealing with this type of anxiety? And also, is not really having a set date for castlists a common thing for community theatres to do? Thanks!

For me, an all female cast of Jesus Christ Superstar would change everything

I really love film musicals, especially the older ones. I’ve been dying to see Sweet Charity for years but it was never on TV. in UK.

Then lo and behold it appears on BBC Iplayer!

For me it was a real juxtaposition.

The actual story I found thin and a little lacklustre. Even though the theme was good, I found the script lacking.

But omg, the music, the score, the choreography. Absolutely phenomenal. There has to be some of the best song and dance numbers of any musical in it: Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This, The Rhythm of Life and saving the best till last, the dance number Rich Man’s Frug.

Special shoutout to Suzanne Charny for that last number.

And last but not least, Shirley MacLaine as Charity.

I’d never really appreciated just how good an actor she is but she blew my mind in this.

For the tldr:

• Paddington pretty much won the night when it came to musicals (look out Broadway)
• Rachel Zegler won Best Actress in a Musical
• Into the Woods won Best Revival of a Musical
• Oh, Mary! won Best New Entertainment/Comedy Play
• Rosamund Pike won Best Actress (in a play)
• Paapa Essiedu won Best Actor (in a play)

Just curious if anyone else has noticed these or other examples. In the Wizard of Oz the scarecrow sings the lyric “I could be another Lincoln if I only had a brain.” In Seussical JoJo the Who sings whether a river runs “under State Highway two hundred and three.”

They’re small details but they both made me kind of tilt my head and go huh? Why would the scarecrow in the land of Oz know about Abraham Lincoln? And in Whoville everything seems whimsical and rhymy, somehow state highway 203 seems like something that wouldn’t exist so matter of factly.

Any other examples?? Just thought these were amusing.

Apologies if this question sounds, a bit werid. I've been trying to find a musical, well with gore, or murder for a thing im doing.

I’ve gotten into musicals fairly recently (a few months ago) and would like to expand what I’ve seen but a lot of the ones I see all the time, such as Hamilton or six, don’t interest me. Heathers was the first one I watched and still stands as my favourite, I also love Next To Normal and Hadestown and a lot of star kid productions. Any recommendations of similar musicals? I tend to like the darker themed, tragic, rock sounding musicals

Hello everyone, I am a current high school senior graduating soon and will go to university in the fall to study something completely unrelated to music. I never really considered studying music due to how competitive the job market is for music and musical theatre especially, but the closer I get to beginning my studies, the more I realize that it’s the only career I really belong in. Of course, now that I’m not headed off to a BFA program, I’ve made the process even harder than it would be normally to pursue this career.

Is it possible for me to still make it professionally? And by what route? If it’s relevant, I’m a Bass, though I can sing most baritone roles well and the ones I can’t I think will come with time as my voice continues to mature and I continue to expand my range. The main problem is that I haven’t gotten a strong A4 yet, which I understand is going to be a big problem for me in today’s MT scene. I consider myself a very strong singer, a pretty good actor and a not very good dancer.

I understand that pursuing this career would be difficult, but if you have any suggestions or could point me in the direction of any helpful resources for either getting started or diagnosing whether I should try, I would be grateful.

completely your opinion but what production of Sweeney Todd do you think is the best and which one do you think is the worst?

Me personally I think the 2001 was the best and i think the Johnny deep one the worst

what are your top 5 musicals mine are Everybody's talking about jamie, hamilton, six, Annie and the rocky horror show

Has anyone seen the new production of avenue q on the west end? I live in North America and was surprised to see avenue q running in the current state of the world as I feel like satire is a touchy form of comedy. Have they made any changes to the script or is the humour just better understood in the UK??? Any intel is appreciated!

(I deleted and rephrased my original post! My apologies for not being clear enough!)

No i’m not talking about “what if Hamilton was a woman?” Or “i’m rewriting Heathers and now it’s called Harvey’s!”. And i’m also not talking about a “mrs doubtfire” or a “tootsie” type of deal. I’m talking an actual musical about a physical man turning into a physical woman (or the other way around of course) and having to learn what it’s like to be the other gender to be able to transform back.

This idea always intrigued me in movies and tv shows. A classic “walk a mile in their shoes” type of story! But surprisingly i have never seen a musical about an actual gender swap.

I’m curious to see how you guys would take on this challenge. How would you cast the actors? Would you cast a male and female actor that look close to each other, or would you use make-up and only cast 1 actor? What type of story would you portray? Any songs that come to mind? Visual effects? Lighting? And what would your ending be like? I’m very curious to see what y’all come up with! Let’s discuss in the comments!

No i’m not talking about “what if Hamilton was a woman?” Or “i’m rewriting Heathers and now it’s called Harvey’s!”. I’m talking an actual musical about a man turning into a woman.

This idea always intrigued me in movies and tv shows. A classic “walk a mile in their shoes” type of story! But surprisingly i have never seen a musical about an actual gender swap.

I’m curious to see how you guys would take on this challenge. How would you cast the actors? Would you cast a male and female actor that look close to each other, or would you use make-up and only cast 1 actor? What type of story would you portray? Any songs that come to mind? Visual effects? Lighting? And what would your ending be like? I’m very curious to see what y’all come up with! Let’s discuss in the comments!

Hey! I noticed last week that the Aladdin soundtrack disappeared entirely on Spotify. Today the Lion Kong soundtrack also vanished (only 3 songs remaining.) I I just checked and Aladdin is back up on my Spotify, so maybe it's just a phone problem, I don't know.

Also I noticed that the italian Disney songs have been slowly disappearing too (Lion King mostly :D). I don't know if this is related to my problem or not, but I wanted to add it.

is there any recordings of the evil dead musical? I've seen a few from 9 or 10 years ago but I was wondering if theres any recordings of more recent shows