Bushfire Press High School Resources - Full Musical Productions

Full Musical Productions

Cloudland - R&B, Jazz, Swing

Open Season - Blues, Gospel, Broadway

Good Vibes - a Rock Musical

A Little Dab'll Do Ya - a Rock 'n' Roll Musical

Leaving - a rock musical

Othello - The Rock Show

Waggin' It - a rock musical

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Royalty Category A

CLOUDLAND
Music & lyrics & book by Peter, Marianne & Mark Nahuysen
The legendary Australian ballroom of the '40's & '50's faces the challenge of a changing popular culture. 110 min. 5 main sets, 2 acts. 24 leads + Windmill Bodgies, Windmill Widgies, Red Hill Gang, mock orchestra members, Ballroom partners, Windmill Cafe extras, teenagers. 14 songs - good blend of R & B, jazz, swing & blues. Lively dancing, great storyline & some nostalgic, historical content.

Available: director's guide, script (with lyrics), lyrics, piano/vocal score, excellent stage band arrangements (alto, tenor & baritone sax, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass & drums), conductor's score, vocal CD, backing CD. Video - free perusal.
Royalty Category A

Cloudland performance backings CD hire
$200 + GST(Aus)

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Open Season - The ultimate Show about a show

OPEN SEASON Music & lyrics by David Billings, Alan Cornell, Mark Leehy & Kevin O'Mara, book by Alan Cornell.
A local amateur theatre group hires a big city actor to stage their production of "West Side Story". Hilarious and poignant, with stunning songs from blues and gospel to big Broadway ballads. The ultimate "Show about a show"! 120 min. 2 acts, 1 set. 18 leads + chorus, tappers' chorus. 20 musical numbers (include. dance & reprises).

Available: script (with lyrics), lyrics, piano/vocal score, orchestration (flutes, clarinets, alto & tenor sax, trumpets, trombone, guitar charts, tuba, percussion), conductor's score, vocal CD, backing CD.
Royalty Category A

Open Season performance backings CD hire
$200 + GST(Aus)

Quantity

GOOD VIBES - a rock musical.
Music & lyrics David Billings, book by Margaret Prentice.
The 'Psychedelic Cafe', a teenage hangout, is marked for closure to make way for a Vivisection lab in this innocent send-up of beads, incense and 'aware' '60's youth. A fun show full of original hit songs. 120 min. 2 acts, 2-3 sets. 11 leads, 32 minors + as many extras as required. 15 songs.

Available: script (with lyrics), lyrics, piano/vocal score, band parts (flutes, clarinets, alto sax, trumpets, guitar charts & percussion), vocal CD, backing CD. Video - free perusal.
Royalty Category A

A LITTLE DAB'LL DO YA - a Rock 'n' Roll Musical.
Music by Larry Hills & David Steele, book and lyrics by Jenny Steele & Lyn Hills.
Mum & Dad tell their teenage daughter about their courtship in a comedy that explodes with fifties fun & parody, resolved in a flurry of rock'n'roll song and dance. 120 min. 2 acts, 4-5 sets, 21 leads + Diana's gang, Stella's gang, Bob's gang, Johnny's gang, parents, teenagers, chorus. 21 songs

Available: script (with lyrics), lyrics, vocal score, piano/vocal score, tenor sax parts, vocal CD, backing CD. Video - free perusal.
Royalty Category A

LEAVING - a rock musical.
Music & lyrics by Grainie O'Boyle & Ray Moyes, book by Anne Rutherford-Holt

A railway station, a death, street kids, cops, social workers, a priest in search of his faith.
The beginning of journeys, the end of journeys. At last, a powerful piece of musical theatre that treats young performers seriously.

"One of the best, if not the best, school productions I've seen?heatrical, exciting, relevant and had something important to say."
Ray Moonie lecturer in playwriting, Homesglen College of Tafe.

"The exciting thing about Anne's work is that it is so well tuned into what interests kids."
MASK magazine.

Running time 120 min. 2 acts, 1 stylised set, 40-50 speaking parts + street kids, businessmen, ticket holders & passengers. 17 songs.

Available: script (with lyrics), lyrics, piano/vocal score, rock band parts (Bb sax, guitar charts, bass & drums), vocal CD, backing CD. Video - free perusal.
Royalty Category A

OTHELLO - The Rock Show
Music by Larry Hills, book and lyrics by Lyn Hills
An exciting musical concept that begins in Elizabethan times, then 'zaps' into the present, to tell the story of Othello the rock star and his treacherous manager, Iago. Adapted, but faithful to Shakespeare, the mood & feel of the language are used to great dramatic effect as we follow Othello, his band 'MORE', Desdemona (daughter of a record company executive), bass player Cassio & assorted roadies, groupies, journalists etc., on a tour that goes tragically wrong. Wide variety songs & styles from hard rock & blues to lyrical ballads, & minstrel folk song. 100 min. 2 acts, 1 stylised set, 20 speaking parts, variable chorus. 19 songs.

Available: script (with lyrics), piano/vocal score, lyrics, band parts (trumpets, tenor sax, clarinets & bass), rehearsal backing CD. Video - free perusal.
Royalty Category A

WAGGIN' IT - a rock musical
Music by Neil Orchard, book and lyrics by Roy Smith
A fantasy which examines the 'generation gap' - and its causes. The bulk of the cast and chorus are runaways inhabiting a vast playground. Dickensian adult characters endeavour to lure them out. Some familiar political stereotypes are also present. Great humour & sharp satire surround this look at issues close to the hearts of the students, with great songs in a wide variety of musical styles designed to appeal to a teenage audience. 120 min. 2 Acts, fixed scaffolding set, 38 speaking parts + flexible kids chorus, bingo wives & reporters. 9 musical numbers.

Available: script (with lyrics), lyrics, piano/vocal score, vocal score, band parts (flutes, Bb parts, Eb parts, trumpet, trombone, guitar charts, bass & drums), vocal CD, video.
Royalty Category A

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Bushfire Press - High School - Full Musical Productions