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Theater Musicals
Theater Musicals combine dramatic acting with song and dance. Ask questions about your favorite Broadway and Off Broadway musicals, the casts, the shows, the songs, and much more here.
498 Questions
Who were the characters in Thoroughly Modern Millie?
The main characters are:
- Millie Dillmount
- Jimmy Smith
- Trevor Graydon III
- Miss Dorothy Brown
- Mrs. Meers
- Ching Ho
- Bun Foo
- Muzzy van Hossmere
- Miss Flannery
What is the character description for Rita from thoroughly modern millie?
Millie Dillmount is a young girl from Kansas, who goes to New York to find greatness! She becomes a modern to fit in with the crowd in 1922. She originally goes to New York to marry a wealthy guy, but ends up finding great friends and true love. She is a very candid person with an almost over bearing personality and very sarcastic.
What are some famous musicals set in the 1920s?
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Singing in the Rain
42nd Street
Chicago
How many performances were there for the Wizard of Oz?
Three is the number of acts in the movie "The Wizard of Oz."
Specifically, Hollywood traditionally favors a three-act structure to its films. The beloved 1939 movie version of the original 1900 book edition of "The Wizard of Oz" is ground-breaking where it needs to be in terms of color and special effects. But at the same time, it is traditional where it needs to be in terms of structural concerns.
Will there be a film to love never dies?
Well its been postponed to open on Broadway until Spring 2011. The sequel does take place ten years after the phantom escapes from the opera house so the movie "Love Never Dies" will probably be made in the next three years since the original movie came out in 2004.
Does Kendra and Artie kiss in the musical 13?
both Brett and Artie try to kiss Kendra in the movie scene but they accidentally kiss each other but I believe that later on Kendra kisses Artie...not sure though
Who are the main characters in Shrek the musical?
The main characters from Shrek the musical are:
- Shrek
- Princess Fiona
- Lord Farquaad
- Donkey
- Dragon
- *Pinocchio/Magic Mirror
- *Sugar Plum Fairy/Gingy
*played by the same person in the original Broadway cast.
Who was the composer of the musical 'Rent'?
In the DVD documentry, it says the the playwright, Jonathan Larson, based his characters off of people he know, grew up with, etc. It is also a musical inspired by Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème, in which the luscious splendor of Puccini's world would be replaced with the coarseness and noise of modern New York". I hope that's what you were looking for.
What is tony doing in west side story when riff finds him?
Presuming you are referring to the beginning of the musical, and so the answer is that Tony is carrying crates of soda down into the cellar of Doc's Drugstore (movie) or painting/cleaning/mending the frontier of the drugstore (stage).
What is the musical rent about?
RENT is about a group of friends: Mark, Roger, Collins (first name Tom), Angel, Maureen, Joanne, and Mimi. Roger, Mimi, Collins, and Angel all have AIDS. Mark is a filmaker and is making a documentary about the homeless and people with HIV/AIDS. I don't want to give too much away, but it is basically about this group of friends struggling both the battles of poverty and HIV/AIDS. It is a great show and I VERY highly reccommend it!
Is there a monologue in the book of Mormon the musical?
Yes. There must be a few but the one that I know is the following:
When I was nine years old, my family took a trip to Orlando, Florida. And it was the greatest, the most magical place that I had ever seen. I said to myself, "this is where I want to spend eternity". My parents told me that if I made god proud and did what the church told me, then in latter days I could have whatever I wanted. So I worked and I worked and even when I was studying Mormon stories and I said to myself, "hmm, well that doesn't make any sense"... I kept working! Because I was told that one day I would get my reward, Planet Orlando! But what do I have now? I can't even get a ticket home...
What is Love Never Dies the new sequel to Phantom Of The Opera about?
Love Never Dies will continue the story of 'The Phantom',. The scene is set 10 years after the mysterious disappearance of 'The Phantom' from Paris. The Phantom now is known as Mister Y, a sucessful owner of a incredibly popular amusment park/resort in Coney Island called Phantasma. With him is Madame Giry who is his buisness associate and her daughter Meg who performs at the park as the Ooh Lala Girl. The Phantom is still pining for his lost love and artistic muse Christine. So he invites her over to Phantasma to perform a special one off concert at Phantasma. Christine is married to Raoul and they have a 10 year old son called Gustave. They have no idea who has invited Christine to sing. When they arrive...well you'll just have to watch it to find out how it all plays out but there are many character changes and references to Phantom of the Opera.
As an aside the Phantom will be played by Ramin Karimloo who has played the role in Her Majesties Theatre, West End (London)
What does it cost to produce an off-broadway Musical?
According to the Documentary "'Show Business", 9 to 11 million dollars is the average today. In interviews about "Spamalot" , Eric Idle has stated that that show has cost 11 million, But this includes lawyers, cast album, out-of-town try outs etc.
What is a good Steven Sondheim song to audition for Sweeney Todd with as an alto baritone bass?
Send in the Clowns.
What are the diff. kinds of theater art?
the different kinds of theater are the following...................
Why people like the phantom in the phantom of the opera?
Gaston Leroux the Phantom of the Opera uses many opera songs the Phantom sings to Christine and to the opera audience. The example of Opera Songs sungs by the Phantom: The Resurrection of Lazarus. Christine, The Phantom-Duet in Othello chapter 12 Apollo's Lyre. The story's name is The Phantom of the Opera because the story takes place in the opera house of Paris.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera-is classified as Operetta which means light opera, Not viewed as a musical because there is no speaking dialog of the main characters.
Who wrote music for A Little Night Music?
The suite "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (a little night music) is an instrumental composition by Wolfgang Mozart in 1787. It was originally known as Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major (K. 525).
In 1975, Stephen Sondheim used the title (likely an homage to Mozart) for his musical "A Little Night Music". See link for more.
What is the problem in west side story?
Lt. Schrank arrives to question Maria, and Anita reluctantly agrees to go to Doc's to tell Tony to wait. At the store, the Jets taunt Anita with racist innuendo and insults. The taunts turn into physical abuse, and Doc returns to the store horrified to find the boys raping Anita. In her anger, Anita, who is in tears, tells the Jets that Bernardo was right about them, and then claims that Chino has killed Maria in jealousy. Anita rushes out of the store, but in the play is shot by Diesel and killed. In the movie, she survives, but is never seen again in the play.
Doc relates the news to Tony, who has been dreaming of heading to the countryside to have children with Maria. Feeling there is no longer anything to live for, Tony leaves to find Chino, begging for him to die as well. Just as Tony sees Maria alive, Chino arrives and shoots Tony. The Jets, Sharks, and adults flock around the lovers. Maria holds Tony in her arms (and sings a quiet, brief reprise of "Somewhere") as he dies. Angry at the death of another friend, the Jets move towards the Sharks but Maria takes Chino's gun and tells everyone that hatred is what killed Tony and the others, and now she can kill, because now she hates, too. However, she is unable to bring herself to fire the gun and collapses in her grief, ending the cycle of violence. Gradually, all the members of both gangs assemble on either side of Tony's body, suggesting that the feud is over. The Jets and Sharks form a procession, and together they carry Tony away. Lt. Schrank and Officer Krupke arrest Chino. Maria sits on the ground, looking out, realizing her true love is gone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story
What is the musical word for smoothly?
I think the word your looking for is Legito (i think i spelt it right). It is the oppisite of stecito.
When was 'Wicked' first released?
'Wicked' first appeared in book form under the title 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'. It was written and published in 1995 by author Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954]. It subsequently was adapted in musical form to the stage. Stephen Lawrence Schwartz [b. March 6, 1948] was responsible for the music, Winnie Holzman [b. 1954] for the text. The stage version was written and published in 2003.
How long is the musical Oliver?
Well, it has been proved that Olive Oil is like wine, you can store it and it will taste better. American Olive Oil gets bitter after its expiration date. But, Spanish, Greek, Argentinian, etc, etc, can last decades stored and it will taste good.
What is the phantom of the opera story about?
In originally written by Gaston Leroux and first published as a novel in 1909. It's a story about a man named Erik, who is a musical genius but whose face is horribly disfigured ever since his birth and because of that he has been shunned, hated and abused by the society and his mother feared and loathed him. In the original novel his face looks like a skull. And as he is also very skinny, it results him looking like a corpse. In the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical adaptation and the 2004 film based on it, only half of his face is deformed. Eventually he went to hiding from the world, ending up living deep underground in the cellar dungeons of the Paris Opera House and with his multi-talent genius, he has created the imago of a ghost haunting the opera house. As the ghost he makes his living by stealing and demanding from the managers his share of the profit the opera house makes.
He falls in love with a young singer, Christine Daaè and starts to coach her to become a perfect singer. He appeared to her as the Angel of Music, who her recently passed away father had promised to send her and she believed in - so he is nothing but a echoing voice in her dressing room and she keeps him secret. When Christine's childhood friend and sweetheart, vicount Raoul de Chagny suddenly appears back into her life, the Phanrom/Erik - known to Christine as the Angel of Music - becomes jealous. As the Phantom/Erik has already fallen obsessively in love with Christine and his violent and utterly lonely life has made him horribly deranged and insane, the love triangle increases into a nightmare. In the original novel he's killed before and he still kills in means to get Christine. The fact that Christine tries to escape with Raoul and engages him, doesn't help at all. In the end of the original story, he kidnaps Christine and attempts to drown Raoul and another man in a torture chamber, if Christine didn't agree to marry him.
In the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaptation, she shows it by putting the engagment ring on and kissing him twice full on the lips. In the original novel, she just wears the ring and the wedding dress and he sees his living wife in her eyes. She does kiss his forehead and lets him kiss hers in the end of the original story but it's a bit later for a different reason. In both endings, her sacrifice and commitment leads to Erik/the Phantom making a redeeming act of love by letting her go with Raoul. In the original novel's end, Erik/the Phantom dies. In the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, he just disappears somewhere. In the ALW musical version he threatens to kill only Raoul who came alone to try and save Christine and the Phantom threatens to kill him by hanging or strangling instead of drowning.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical and the film based on it is a romanticized version of Leroux's original story which is much more of a horror genre. But both versions have the same essence and basically the same essential characteristics for the main characters that are the same ones. The essential differences are in how deformed the Phantom's face is, and the musical has the Phantom feel sexual desire towards Christine whereas in the novel he does feel sexual toward Christine in chapter 12, he write Don Juan the Triumph in the expression of his love for her , he even tells her she will burn if he played it for her directly. In Gaston Leroux's novel it is written in sexual suppression of the Victorian age. In the musical she feels some nature of more romantic/mature love for the Phantom whereas in the novel Christine loves the Phantom only as a father figure and a teacher who taught her music, she loved his voice but she was in love with only Raoul.
