Musical Theatre!
What is the song about?
The entire song is basically just Māui boasting about everything he's done for the environment.
What is difficult about singing this song?
People not paying attention or singing
How are you feeling about your performance?
Nervous that we're going to mess up or embarrass ourselves
Who is Māui?
Māui is a Polynesian god/demigod/divine. He is mainly known for his tricks.
Story one This story, Māui and the giant fish, is about when Māui hooked up the North Island
Story two This story, How Māui brought fire to the world, is about... just that, how Māui brought fire to the world.
Dear Evan Hansen - Reqium - Evan Hansen – A high school senior who struggles with social anxiety disorder. He is assigned by his therapist to write letters to himself about why each day will be good, which becomes the catalyst for the plot of the story. He also has never had any friends and has had a crush on Zoe Murphy for a very long time.
Mean Girls - I couldn't find an actual song clip, so here's a trailer (Yes, this was turned into an actual musical) - Teenage Cady Heron was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.
Frozen - Monster - When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna's sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell. Although their epic journey leads them to encounters with mystical trolls, a comedic snowman, harsh conditions, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff bravely push onward in a race to save their kingdom from winter's cold grip.
Spongebob Squarepants -Bikini Bottom Day - Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes centre stage. Get ready to dive to all-new depths of theatrical innovation at SpongeBob SquarePants, where the power of optimism really can save the world!
Story two This story, How Māui brought fire to the world, is about... just that, how Māui brought fire to the world.
Musical Research
Heathers - Beautiful - Heathers is the story of Veronica Sawyer, a senior at the fictional Westerberg High. Veronica longs to be cool like the clique of it-girls that runs Westerberg "The Heathers." Unfortunately, in addition to awesome levels of popularity, the Heathers are also cruel, choosing to mock and bully the rest of the school into submission. When Veronica uses her skills as a forger to get the Heathers out of detention, she impresses their leader Heather Chandler so much so that they agree to let her into their exclusive club. At first, Veronica is thrilled until she finds out that being one of the Heathers means bullying the same kids she used to call friends. Meanwhile, Veronica finds herself attracted to a mysterious newcomer at school named JD. When a drink mixup results in the accidental poisoning of Heather Chandler, JD convinces Veronica to stage Heather’s suicide. The results are so successful that Veronica and JD, exhilarated with their newfound power, resolve to rid Westerberg of the cruelly popular elite forever.Dear Evan Hansen - Reqium - Evan Hansen – A high school senior who struggles with social anxiety disorder. He is assigned by his therapist to write letters to himself about why each day will be good, which becomes the catalyst for the plot of the story. He also has never had any friends and has had a crush on Zoe Murphy for a very long time.
Mean Girls - I couldn't find an actual song clip, so here's a trailer (Yes, this was turned into an actual musical) - Teenage Cady Heron was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.
Frozen - Monster - When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna's sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell. Although their epic journey leads them to encounters with mystical trolls, a comedic snowman, harsh conditions, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff bravely push onward in a race to save their kingdom from winter's cold grip.
Spongebob Squarepants -Bikini Bottom Day - Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes centre stage. Get ready to dive to all-new depths of theatrical innovation at SpongeBob SquarePants, where the power of optimism really can save the world!
A Musical You Might Not Have Heard Of
The Mikado -
The Mikado is an opera by Arthur Sullivan
Synopsis - A year before the action of this opera begins, Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Disguised as a travelling musician, he met and fell in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu.
A song from the musical is I've Got a Little List
The Importance Of The Crew
a definition of what the jobs involve, what learning is needed and where you would get a job...
Stage manager - Is a key assistant to the director, helps with the auditions as required by the director and director of theatre, an assistant to the designers, technical director, costume shop supervisor, director of the theatre, conductor, and all other staff positions. maintain the Production Call Board, posting notices for cast and crews. The call board must be kept neat so that information is not lost in a clutter of useless postings. You'd need to have excellent planning, organisational and leadership skills, confidence and decision making ability, the ability to multi-task and 'think on your feet', calmness under pressure, a high level of attention to detail, good IT and budget management skills. You'd be anywhere and everywhere. You'd go with the cast and crew when they'd travel so you're there if something goes wrong.
Props -
Sound crew
Lighting crew
Dressers
Conductor
Fight director/
choreographer
Flyman
Prompt
Wigs -
Stage electrician -
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