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I need a good musical?

I need a family friendly musical to direct for a community theater. It must meet the following requirements:

Must be funny or light hearted (preferably hilarius)

Must be family friendly

Must have amazing music

Must be a good length

Must have a larger cast

and Must NOT be any of the following:

Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

Willy Wonka

Cheaper by the Dozen

Pirates of Penzance

Oklahoma

Joseph and the Technicolored Dreamcoat

Jesus Christ Superstar

But needs to be in the same general style/genre as the above

any ideas? I'm thinking about South Pacific but it seems dramatic and sad, anybody have any experiance with this or any ideas?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    TRY annie , chitty chitty bang bang , sweeny tod (graphic one) i like all so maybe you will too and mamma mia is good but chick flick kinda

  • 1 decade ago

    Do In to the Woods. if you want it to be REALLY family friendly do the jr version. its' just the first act. The second act is more about everything falling apart, but it should be still good.

    OR if you want to do South Pacific I personally find it really family friendly. Yes there are parts that aren't so light hearted, but the parts that are can hilarious if done right. although if your trying to aim towards kids, its a little iffy but i think most kids would enjoy it.

    i know someone else said Wizard of Oz, and its obviously a classic, you can't really go wrong with it. although personally its been overdone lately but maybe that' just me

    my last suggestion would be cinderella. while i have never seen it myself, one has to imagine that considering the story it would family friendly.

    Hope this helps

    Source(s): years of loving musical theater being involved with doing musical theater for 13 years
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    wizard of oz, Fiddler on The Roof, Bird Brain, Chicago, a hairy tale, seussical

  • 1 decade ago

    suessical the musical it's family friendly and can be really funny! it has a good cast size too. I don't know if it's what you're looking for but check it out.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seussical

    Source(s): I've seen it at least 4 times.
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  • 1 decade ago

    Into the Woods is a good one. It has a bunch of fairy tale characters both kids and adults are familiar with. I loved it when my high school did it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Bye Bye Birdie

    Carousel

    Guys and Dolls

    Beauty and the Beast (my personal favorite)

    Peter Pan (great for ALL ages)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Here are some great plays!

    *Annie

    *All Shook Up (hilarious!!!!)

    *Wizard of Oz

  • Shane
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    why not create your own musical. I can help you write it. I say we write Of mice and men musical. It will be lulz right up to the end.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No country for old men.

  • Verity
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    "State Fair" or "Meet Me in St. Louis".

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