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Hell yes. I’d be willing to be a mod too if that’s needed. I did a lot of community theatre in high school and college and a couple local paid gigs in college, haven’t been involved in a while though.
Hard to even pick favorites I’ve seen. Big professional productions probably The Lion King, it’s been on Broadway for a long time for a reason, it’s real good.
Smaller local ones, Peter and the Starcatcher was great, and my college did Sweeney Todd which is obviously fantastic. There was also this all women “Frankenstein” but it was a very very different story from the normal Frankenstein but it was great.
Favorite I was in is split between Les Mis (duh) and Every Christmas Story Ever Told, a Christmas meta comedy, where the second act is a mashup of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life and I got to play Scrooge/George Bailey. Doing both of their big monologues simultaneously swapping between Scrooge voice and Jimmy Stewart voice between lines was so fun.
Also if anyone likes podcasts where leftists talk about theatre check out Worst of All Possible Worlds, it’s not the primary focus but the hosts all have lots of experience in theatre and/or currently work in live theatre. The last free episode is on Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, and the episode on Dear Evan Hansen, “The Gang Exploits a Teenager’s Death” is hilarious.
I don't know much about musical theatre, but I was talking on someone on hexbear who did - they recommended:
'great 18th century Bourgois revolutionary operas William Tell (Rossini) and La Muette di Portici (Auber). The first was the trigger for the 3 days in July, the latter for the Belgian Revolution.'
They also suggested 'the ballad musical Reedy River, about the aftermath of the Australian 1891 Miner's strike that triggered the formation of the Australian Labour Party, the first Social Democratic Party to take power in the world.'
Furthermore 'the Maoist era plays (often filmed before staged, but they're all quite stagey in scripting) are better than their reputation suggests. The Red Detachment of Women is a particular favourite, though I prefer the ballet to the other adaptations.'
Enjoy I guess.