Where can i go if i want to make a musical real?

Question

if you know what i mean its quite hard to describe
im trying to write a musical and i was wondering where would i go if i wanted it to become real on stage?

Answer 1

DougeeBear gave a great answer above. To get a musical to Broadway/off Broadway he is right on the money. Read his answer and use his advice as a guide line. Aim high, do not become discouraged, and don't give-up. Professional Workshops take time, money and connections. Even to stage one at the fringe festival level.

Consider approaching a small community college with a theater department and asking them if they would like to stage your original work.


There are several smaller festivals out side the "big" fringe festivals that consider first time works and smaller theaters that work on the cutting edge. Search around. I can think of two theaters in my region that do a lot of original works. They most likely would at least listen to your pitch for your musical. Cultural Park Theater in New Bedford Ma. and Perishable Theater in Providence RI. (See sources below.)

If you are a first time playwright you can try this route. Find a student director, find a student music director, hold auditions, then rent a hall and produce it yourself. Several local college student got together and stage several plays, including two original musicals this way. They did scene rehearsal in basements and garages then rented my Churches Hall for a Week and later a Masonic Hall for another production. (Consider local High School and
College auditoriums. Look for Church Halls, Community Centers, Senior Centers, and Club Hall - Masons, Odd-Fellows, Elks, American Legion, V.F.W.s etc.) Find a place in your budget. (I charged this group nothing up front, but asked for a percentage of the ticket sales, but I and my Church Board are suckers for theater and arts.) Use your personal resources. Is a family members a member at a Masonic Lodge, V.F.W. or a Church? Invite everyone to you know to see it to get an audience. You are going to have to work very hard to make this type of show happen, but even harder to fill the seats. Don't plan a long run. It will be tempting after all the work, but it is better to sell out two or three shows than to play to a empty theater for weeks. It can be done. You need to do the basic things, flyer's, posters, listing in the papers theater section, maybe a small add. Use the a press release/letter to the local paper (Small weekly are good for this) - "Local Playwright Stages New Musical!". Is there a local cable access show that feature theater or local events. Contact the producer. Try public and college radios. Their are some stations that have special Musical Theater radio shows on weekends and late nights. Get an interview and have your stars come and sing a number on a radio or cable show. Also, use the organization you rent from. Have them invite their membership. Let them do concession to get involved and raise money for their charities. This will bring out their membership.

You will not make money, and may not even break even, but you will get your work staged! You can work the bugs out the script this way. You get to see the work done. Then you can still pursue the Fringe Festival and the Broadway route.

The way the big time to is a long trip, but Broadway is wide and there is room for your musical - if you make it happen!

Break a leg!

Answer 2

Getting a musical, or any play, produced is a challenge. In New York, whether On or Off Broadway, a show is workshopped for quite some time to iron out the bugs. That means it is rehearsed and staged with minimal tech stuff like costumes, anywhere from a staged reading to a full production. Once finalized, and there's a pretty good buzz, it is taken into production.

This happens on a smaller scale as well, with amateur or non-professional houses across the country seeking out and performing new works. There's also the Fringe Festival in NY that performs new works.

I've been involved in two new productions, one had never been performed before and the other had only been performed in LA. The difficult part is to get your play or musical noticed by the producers in NY, and getting it performed in other venues around the country is one way to go.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The Jonathon Larsen Performing Arts Foundation was created to fund the next generation of musical theater composers, lyricists, writers, etc. Their website is www.jlpaf.org

Answer 5

If there is a Musical Theatre Company in your city, ask if you can becomee a volunteer. That way you will see how difficult and demanding it is to produce a musical or any production. At some point you can tell them about your musical.

Answer 6

this is a good question but i am unable to help you.

I'm interested in breaking into the theatre scene myself but not as a writer but as a composer and I'm also interested in how i can do this.

but i think its more about knowing people to be able to get your foot into the door,
...so i think you should try and mingle a lot with anyone and everyone I'm sure you will meet someone with the same interests as you who may know people to further your career