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| ThatPuppetGuy |
Musicals that involve puppetryAs a puppeteer, I was interested in finding out how many musicals (past or present) use puppetry. I know about this shows:Little Shop of Horrors Avenue Q The Lion King Are there any more? |
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| Luc |
Almost any production with animals can have puppets, if the director really wants them. Finding Nemo comes to mind, as does Little Mermaid (not sure about the latter, but I'm pretty sure there are puppets in it). | ||||
| Robinflamingo |
Carnival has a main character who is a puppeteer, and several puppets.
Sometimes people use puppets for one of the Godspell scenes. |
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| Sweeney Hyde |
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| Robinflamingo |
Tis because I'm a) old and b) a perfect Rosalie. 
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| Mungojerrie_rt |
Producers has all of the pigeons.
The Wiz on stage probably does too. |
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| wicked_boy |
Both the UK tours of Doctor Doolittle used puppets. | ||||
| pish123c |
The lamb in the current Broadway production of Gypsy is a puppet. It's only seen very briefly, though. | ||||
| Marcellus |
Barbara Cook's first Broadway show Flahooley made extensive use of puppets.
The recent production of Fiddler on the Roof by Jewish Theater of the South used puppets extensively in the dream scene. Bock and Harnick did a TV musical in the 1960's for puppets - I forget the title. In Chicago, there is a song where Roxie acts like Billy's ventriloquist dummy. The Lonely Goatherd in The Sound of Music film uses puppets, though the stage script does not call for them. |
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| wicked_boy |
I know of a production where the Munchkins in WoO were puppets. | ||||
| Luc |
Yes, it's completely different onstage. The Lonely Goatherd is sung in Maria's bedroom (where, in the film, they sing My Favorite Things) to make the kids happy despite the thunder storm. My Favorite Things is awkwardly placed in the beginning between Maria and the Mother Abbess, and it really makes no sense at all. The movie did a much better job of those songs. |
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| Shelb898 |
suessicalone version of suessical i saw had puppets |
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| kozafluitmusique |
Carnival was the first one I thought of...and Avenue Q were my two ideas...but i think they were already mentioned. |
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| Salome |
Busker Alley ..Jim Dale has a number with a dummy. | ||||
| DisneyFanKL |
is the lion cub in Wicked a puppet? | ||||
| Apples2for10 |
Sometimes in BAT BOY, puppets are used in "Children, Children". | ||||
| actor05 |
Also Sister Amnesia in Nunsense uses a puppet | ||||
| fjays |
I was going to say Batboy, but somebody beat me to it!
Yes, in the scene where they explain how edgar was turned into a bat, they use puppets shadows.. yeah. |
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| Barberous |
Someone did an all-marionette version of The Sound Of Music.
"Perhaps you’re wondering about “The Lonely Goatherd.” A marionette scene by marionettes? Wait for it, as they say." http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/theater/reviews/07mari.html?scp=2&sq=sound%20of%20music%20puppets&st=cse |
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| what_the_heck013 |
^WOW! That's so cool.
I love puppets. |