Gaslight Girl
- Full Length Musical, Melodrama, 19th Century
- 6M, 4F
- ISBN: G01
There's something uniquely new about this old-fashioned melodrama musical.
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Melodrama
- Time Period: 19th Century
- Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Area Staging
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
There's something uniquely new about this old-fashioned melodrama musical. This sort of show has always been a delicious staple of the popular theatre but always with period songs just dropped in as musical intervals in the text.
What's so exciting about this new approach is that, without sacrificing the marvelous and familiar elements'the virtuous heroine, the unspeakable villain, the handsome hero, the comic secondary characters, all playing out an utterly improbable plot with intense emotions and perfectly straight faces it's all done in terms of a genuine musical comedy approach. Songs and dances are integrated into the story line and are inseparable from it.
The author's aim was nothing short of blending the best of two worlds, 19th-century melodrama and 20th-century musical theatre into a delightful single show. We think your cast and your audience will love it!
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 4F
