Hey, for some reason I just got your comment asking about musical recommendations in my email today...don't know how that happened. Anyway, here are some good choices, for dark modern musicals:
Assassins (about Presidential assassins) Marie Christine (setting Medea in the South at the turn of the century) Parade (the lynching of Leo Frank) Floyd Collins (famous story of the caver who was trapped; same story was filmed by Billy Wilder as Ace in the Hole) The Wild Party (about true connection during a night of incest, drugs, and liquor. If you're planning on getting CDs, look for the Broadway version, not the Off-Broadway version.) Sweeney Todd (currently on Broadway, as seen in my icon; about the infamous murderous barber)
There are a few great shows. Well, Marie Christine isn't my favorite, but it's still worthwhile for the most part. Also, I don't know where you live, but the musical version of Light in the Piazza is airing on PBS sometime in June (maybe the 15th?) and although that story's not exactly dark, at least it's intelligent and moving, two things that many people don't associate with musical theatre.
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Date: 2006-05-10 11:23 pm (UTC)Assassins (about Presidential assassins)
Marie Christine (setting Medea in the South at the turn of the century)
Parade (the lynching of Leo Frank)
Floyd Collins (famous story of the caver who was trapped; same story was filmed by Billy Wilder as Ace in the Hole)
The Wild Party (about true connection during a night of incest, drugs, and liquor. If you're planning on getting CDs, look for the Broadway version, not the Off-Broadway version.)
Sweeney Todd (currently on Broadway, as seen in my icon; about the infamous murderous barber)
There are a few great shows. Well, Marie Christine isn't my favorite, but it's still worthwhile for the most part. Also, I don't know where you live, but the musical version of Light in the Piazza is airing on PBS sometime in June (maybe the 15th?) and although that story's not exactly dark, at least it's intelligent and moving, two things that many people don't associate with musical theatre.