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OK - so I posted earlier this week about an all or mostly female cast of "1776." Still like the idea, but not sure my kids or community are ready for that. They like popular, broad, recent titles.  But what about the same approach to "Newsies"? That also has a lot of guys I don't have, but maybe with ...

I am looking at musicals for next year for the high school theatre program I advise. I have LOVED "1776" for years and it has always been a dream of mine to do it, but the male cast requirements have simply made it not realistic. So I am really toying with a gender neutral casting in the style of what ...

This site came up in a simple search that seems to provide the opportunity for relatively affordable "webinars" that you can also monetize. Kind of like a pay-per-view stream. There may be others. I'm going to look into this and see if it is feasible as a back-up. Spread the word. The show must go o ...

Who else is worried about large group gatherings getting scuttled before spring musical performance time? Any creative ways to do pay per view live feeds in the event of that development? Is that even kosher, let alone technically feasible? I see a colleague in Redmond, Washington has already been forced ...

I will say that one thing I said to them in the rehearsal process is that this was a show that really didn't have any bad guys. It is easy to paint the preacher as some villain, but the reality is he is just doing what he thinks is right because he is grieving and his family and town are struggling. ...

Agreed. I know a lot more about what goes on backstage for my middle school shows now :) also lets me call cues in various settings where communication is not available like cafetoriums. Highly recommend ------------------------------ Steven Couch Madison OH ------------------------------

Completely agree. How conservatives is this place? I just did this show in May for a similarly conservative community and I didn't even consider that song grossly sexual. You can get away with a lot depending on how something is staged. We did it as more playful but still got across the central idea. ...