![]() ![]() ![]() Check it out here and listen to a few of the songs. I was able to be a part of this amazing show when it was being workshopped in Dallas, TX and it has its eyes set on Broadway. ![]() If you like the All American Girls Professional Baseball, though, check out The Belles of Baseball. My favorite song has to be Craig Carnelia’s “What You’d Call A Dream” – great cabaret piece for guys!Īlso, get excited! A League of Their Own is getting the Jason Robert Brown treatment. What is more American and summery than singing about baseball? Some of these include Howard Ashman, Alan Meken, Kander and Ebb, Betty Comden, John Weidman, etc. While it might not take place in the summer, the season is used as a metaphor for freedom, escape, and rebirth.Ĭheck out the inspired use of metaphor in “The Song of Purple Summer.”ĭiamonds is a fantastic revue put together by great musical theatre composers and lyricists that highlight everything baseball. The musical, as a whole, is much more serious and examines love and sexual exploration with more importance and with trepidation. ![]() Spring Awakening has situations surrounding love that might be the exact opposite of Grease. It is much more shocking than you probably remember- covering all the innuendo with fun rock and roll music! Be the Sandy to his Danny and flirt up a storm while belting out “tell me more!” Also, try to get your hands on a script or even see this musical as you get older. We can’t talk about summer love without mentioning “Summer Nights” from Grease. Here is a collection that has been compiled of different videos of the songs from B.R.A.T.T. This show is about five troubled teens that are sent to a wilderness boot camp and was actually inspired by a bad reality TV show (90s kids, think Bug Juice from the Disney Channel!). The big success from this show has been the heart ripping song “ Dear Daddy,” but it is so much more than just one song. Now let’s highlight a newer show you might not know, B.R.A.T.T. Boys, check out “Don Jose (of Far Rockaway)” for a song that shows machismo. Girls, check out “Shopping Around” for a cute, flirty song. It is a cute story focusing on two sets of couples, but the really impressive part is that the original production had an actual full sized swimming pool onstage! This show revolves around the goings on at an adult summer camp (think the camp in Dirty Dancing). Let’s first highlight an older show that you may not know: Wish You Were Here (premiered in 1952) is a musical with music and lyrics by Harold Rome that was an adaptation of the 1937 play Having a Wonderful Time. This list could go on and on and on, but these are a great start! Pirates of Penzance/HMS Pinafore – no summer is complete without pirates and ships.īig Fish – my absolute favorite Norbert Leo Butz performance EVER The Little Mermaid – can’t get enough of “Under the Sea”Īnything Goes – a show on a boat, count me in!ĭames at Sea – making fun of musicals like Anything Goes, even better! Once on This Island – AMAZING recording to listen to on a road trip While I won’t go into detail, I wanted to give you a short list of ones to check out in your spare time: Some of my favorite musicals take place near water. It gets its authenticity from the fact that both the composer and lyricist are from Texas! This is a show that revolves around a heat wave and the renewal and life that only rain can bring.Ĭheck out the opposing songs “Another Hot Day” and “The Rain Song” (if you can’t take any more heat!). Richard Nash (book), takes on the characteristics of the Southwest, including the heat. Sherman Edwards (music/lyrics) and Peter Stone (book) highlight how much our Founding Fathers sweated (figuratively and literally) over this important piece in American History.Ĭheck out “Sit Down, John” about the sweltering heat and “Cool, Cool Considerate Men” about the chill of complacency.ġ10 in the Shade, by Harvey Schmidt (music), Tom Jones (lyrics) and N. One of my favorite shows happens to be 1776 – a musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I thought I would share some of my favorites to get you in the mood for the upcoming season.īeing a native Texan, I know all about summer heat. While living in places like Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, etc., I found solace in listening to musicals that inspired thoughts of different aspects of summer. Living in Southern California, I am among some of the best weather, beaches, and summer festivals in the United States- yes, I know I am super spoiled. I really cannot believe it is already June! Some of us are knee deep in summer stock shows, while others are working on their craft in summer intensives, and even more of us are trying to figure out a way to take a break from our jobs and enjoy the summer sun. ![]()
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