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Show Title:	Show Title
Year:	Year
Composer:	Composer
Lyricist:	Lyricist
Book Writer:	Book Writer
Venue:	Venue
What is the show about?:	What is the show about?
What is the vibe of the show?:	What is the vibe of the show?
How would you describe the music of the show?:	How would you describe the music of the show?
What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?:	What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?
What did you think of the show?:	What did you think of the show?
Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?:	Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?
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Author first name:	First name
Author surname:	Last name

Show Title:	The Wiz
Year:	1975
Composer:	Charlie Smalls
Lyricist:	Charlie Smalls
Book Writer:	William F. Brown
Venue:	Broadway
What is the show about?:	It is a retelling of the popular children's movie and book, The Wizard of Oz.
What is the vibe of the show?:	Nostalgic, A fun twist on something that everyone knows
How would you describe the music of the show?:	Funk, Upbeat, Fun
What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?:	Dorothy: Alto with strong belt Scarecrow: Tenor Tin Man: Baritone The Lion: Baritone Auntie Em: Mezzo-Soprano Glinda: Alto The Wiz: Tenor Evilline: Alto Addaperle: Mezzo-Soprano
What did you think of the show?:	Very nostalgic but a fun twist
Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?:	Yes
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Show Title:	Drowsy chaperone
Year:	1997
Composer:	Lisa Lambert, Gregg Morrison
Lyricist:	Lisa Lambert, Gregg Morrison
Book Writer:	Bob Martin, Don McKellar
Venue:	Broadway
What is the show about?:	Janet Van De Graaff is a flapper girl who gets married to Robert martin.
What is the vibe of the show?:	very silly and fun
How would you describe the music of the show?:	very Broadway
What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?:	Janet Van De Graaff- main character the drowsy chaperone- main character's drunk bestie Robert Martin- Janet's husband Aldolfo- the king of romance Feildzeig- based off a typical New York gangster
What did you think of the show?:	it was very fun and interesting
Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?:	I think Janet or the chaperone
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Show Title:	Porgy and Bess
Year:	1935
Composer:	George Gershwin
Lyricist:	DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward
Book Writer:	DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
Venue:	Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA
What is the show about?:	Its about a disabled street beggar living in the slum of charleston. He attempts to help Bess from her abusive lover
What is the vibe of the show?:	dramatic
How would you describe the music of the show?:	Operatic
What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?:	Porgy, Bess, strawberry woman, Sportin' Life, Peter, Maria, Jake, Robbins, Crab man
What did you think of the show?:	I would watch it because of the mix of aesthetics. I would not have thought that it would be an opera.
Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?:	none
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Show Title:	Ruthless! The Musical
Year:	2015
Composer:	Marvin Laird
Lyricist:	Joel Paley
Book Writer:	Joel Paley
Venue:	Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre
What is the show about?:	A housewife, Judy, has a very talented 8 year-old, Tina, who is a found out to be a psychopath after she kills a girl for the lead of the school play. Judy is adopted and it is found out that her birth mother was Ruth Del Marco. She was a broadway star who is rumored to have killed herself because of bad reviews. Judy has her mother's gift of music and decides to go to broadway while her daughter is sent to Daisy Clover School for Psychopathic Ingenues. After Tina comes back from the school, her and her mother fight over the lime-light but Tina is not quite reformed.
What is the vibe of the show?:	Satirical, Dark, Comedy
How would you describe the music of the show?:	Music similar to Gypsy.
What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?:	Tina: has to be able to play a cutesy role with the underlying psychopath note Judy Louise
What did you think of the show?:	Not really my cup of tea.
Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?:	It would be interesting if someone picked one of Judy's songs.
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Show Title:	The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Year:	1973
Composer:	Richard O'Brian
Lyricist:	Richard O'Brian
Book Writer:	Richard O'Brian
Venue:	West end and Broadway
What is the show about?:	a couple get caught in a storm and enter the home of a mad scientist.
What is the vibe of the show?:	quirky, fun, different.
How would you describe the music of the show?:	bittersweet, celebrating something but not something good, morbid,
What characters are in the show? What do they demand of the actors who play them?:	Brad Majors - male lead - Tenner Baritone Jannet Weiss - female lead - Mezzo Sopranno Dr. Frank N Furter - male lead - baritone Rocky Horror - male supporting - Tenner
What did you think of the show?:	I think it is a very groundbreaking show for the time due to the lgbtq references.
Does the show have any roles or songs that might be appropriate for folks in the class?:	I think Janet could be a good female role for us.
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