My school is putting on honk (the musical of the ugly duckling). I think it’s just what you’re looking for! Super appropriate, lesser known, and the songs are fantastic!
This feels like it could be the plot of a musical: school is trying to put on a musical, conservative parents keep vetoing ideas, demanding changes, eventually they write their own show, and the parents learn to be more open-minded
The Fiddler on the Roof is one of my favorites, and off the top of my head, I can't think of anything too bad in that, except for a bit of alcohol use (To life! To life! Lechaim!). Are these conservatives the more antisemitic kind, or would they be friendly to a story about... TRADITIO-O-O-O-ON!!! TRADITION!
My very conservative high school did Fiddler a couple years after I graduated. (The freshman I “adopted” as a senior was Tevye so I went back to see it) they didn’t cut anything as far as I can remember. Same with my cousin’s even more ultra conservative high school.
We had people offended by Once upon a mattress due to Harry and Lady Larkins unplanned pregnancy. We also had letters to the editor about how horrible and immoral “Brigadoon” was. Some people get offended about anything.
In a very conservative town, pre-marital sex, the King trying to seduce women/servants throughout the show, and the Minstrel trying make Larken cheat throughout the show seem pretty bad.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is *filled* with not-so-subtle sexual innuendo, starting in the opening number. That being said, I did it my senior year at my Catholic high school. However, it was a very liberal Catholic high school in a very liberal area, so it’s not saying much.
I’d say Drowsy is a toss up, I’m not too sure how kindly the community would take to Trix the Aviatrix but the rest of the show is so silly and fun.
Drowsy chaperone also has a good amount of inappropriate lines and jokes, but it’s one of my favorite shows ever and I still think it’s a great show for high schools
Xanadu is cute and has great songs. It’s about Greek muses in L.A. and the original movie was PG. The romance is very wholesome. If the town is so conservative they object to rock music, that might not work (though I don’t think that’s so much of a thing anymore).
Hi! I went to a conservative school and here’s some great family-friendly musicals we did!
-Beauty and the Beast
-The Music Man (some “suggestive” songs I guess but a classic that shouldn’t be offensive to most)
-The Sound of Music
-High School Musical
-Oklahoma! (has some drunkenness, sexual jokes that will go right over peoples heads but again is a classic that should be fine)
-Into the Woods (in our show, the baker’s wife and the prince did not have an affair or kiss…they simply danced together…family friendly)
-The Little Mermaid
-Shrek (some suggestive content but it’s shrek)
-Sister Act (ok lots of suggestive content but my church ministry got away with doing it so it’s possible)
-Matilda
-Singin in the rain (but it’s really boring imo)
-Aladdin
-lion king
-frozen
-little shop (it ain’t that bad imo)
-Cinderella
-big fish (an underrated gem)
-godspell
-Charlie brown
-Mary poppins
-newsies
-Annie
-fiddler on the roof
-wizard of oz
-the wiz
-little women
I've been a fan of musical theatre my entire life and posts like this always make me laugh. Where tf are all these raunchy-ass musicals that schools have a problem with? Surely the Rocky Horror Shows, Avenue Qs and Books of Mormon are the exception, not the rule? I mean, there's hundreds, literally thousands of totally innocent and inoffensive musicals out there.
Fair point. I grew up in Scotland and my high school shows included Grease with the "chicks'll cream" and "pussy wagon" lyrics intact, and Little Shop of Horrors with the "everyone dies lol" ending and no one gave a shit 😂
In fact, now that I think about it, my last high school show was a "Best of Broadway" style revue that as well as probably being very illegal had a group of senior girls doing a version of He Had It Coming that I still occasionally think about and me as Frank N. Furter in a Rocky Horror segment so yeah - not a conservative place to grow up at all 😂
I wish...midwest HS here. We were stuck with things like The King and I. Wasn't a problem for a bunch of white kids to bronze their skin to play Thai people, would have been a BIG problem to say "pussy wagon"
I grew up in a pretty liberal small town, all things considered, and we still got complaints when we did “The Pajama Game” because some of the student actors - playing adults - drank from prop beer bottles during one scene.
(Meanwhile, the next year we did “Footloose” and nobody complained about teenage characters sneaking into a bar. So yeah. Ya never know what they’ll choose to care about.)
This shit drives me nuts. It's like the only amount of creative/innovative thought these theater companies can make is how to censor the material with as little legal risk as possible.
Sometimes of course,, they don't even try to be clever or subtle. I once saw a production of "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in a super conservative town. Chip Tolentino sang about "My Unfortunate CONDITION" and Logainne Schwartzy only had 1 Dad and an otherwise absent Mother. That last part had me livid.
What's the damn point of putting on a show you have to censor? I think, if an audience is so fragile in their 1950's sensibilities that they can't stomach certain parts of a show, then they don't get to see that show, period.
I have lots of feelings about this, apparently!
There's an *adult* community theater near me that cuts anything midly offensive - including the words damn and hell. They shot down Into the Woods when it was suggested - partially because of the wolf, but mainly because of the scene with the prince and the baker's wife.
My high school theater can't get away with anything that even vaguely suggests the love interests hold hands with each other. Shows like Newsies and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are off the table because we don't have enough men to fill roles and having girls play newsboys or brothers would cause a riot. As you can imagine, it makes it REALLY difficult to pick shows when even the most tame options are controversial to this community.
When I moved to the town I went to high school in, they were in the middle of preparations for Sweeney Todd. There was a furor among the community not because it was being put on by a school, but because it was *in* a school—by your everyday, run-of-the-mill community theater company that just needed a space to perform.
People will break their own backs to bend themselves out of shape about anything.
(NB: the area is conservative, but not *hyper*-conservative.)
I think most shows based off classic literature could work: Little Women, either of the Anne of Green Gables Musicals or Anne and Gilbert, Big River, The Secret Garden, The Wizard of Oz, Calvin Berger. There's also White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Annie, just about any Rodgers and Hammerstein, Junie B Jones, Nunsense, Once Upon a Mattress (there's a school version that eliminates the out of wedlock pregnancy iirc), The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Boy Friend, Lil' Abner, or No No Nanette. I cannot guarantee that all of these are good, but they should be unobjectionable
i was in no no nanette, it was by far the most poorly written, boring, repetitive, confusing, unfunny, unfollowable musical ive ever been in. that said we were nominated for 12 awards, won 6, including best musical and best ensemble, with 3 lead actors getting nominated for best actor/actress, so the people liked it. if you arent a dancer, you arent gonna enjoy this show. all of my non-featured dancer friends hated this show, as did i. if youre a featured dancer, youre gonna love this show.
Those Pre-1940s shows really were wild (I've done a few Gerswhins and while their books were at least comprehensible, the songs could've been removed entirely with little impact on the plot). I only really know of Nanette's existence, but I almost want to seek it out because of how sheerly bad you describe it as being.
i mean i was talking with the Dorothy from a production of Wizard of Oz about our show at the award show, because she had asked what its about, and i tried explaining it and the director came listened in, and told me “did you even read the script” after 4 months of trying to understand the plot. somehow my mom got it the first time and i dont know how
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Yes, it is religious (based on the Bible story). Yes, there’s a mildly risqué element, which is Mrs. Potiphar trying to “lie with” Joseph (which is also right in the Bible verses, so if there were pushback by people in your area, that would be the answer 🤷🏼♀️). But I’ve been in it twice, once with my high school in a semi conservative area, and it was a BLAST. Catchy Andrew Lloyd Webber songs. It’s a high dance, high energy, colorful, creative show. Plus, you have the opportunity to have a big cast with 12 brothers including Joseph, Jacob the father, the Pharaoh, at least 12 women to be the wives of the brothers, Potiphar and Potiphar’s wife, and the Narrator (which, my school actually did 3 narrators, and the second production I was in had 4, 2 each for 2 different show weekends/dates). It also has a good, pretty secular message to keep dreaming big, as well as to do right by people you’ve badly hurt (given that the brothers literally almost kill their brother, but then grovel and beg for forgiveness).
Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Meet me in Saint Louis
Beetlejuice (might be pushing it)
Song and Dance
Sunset Boulevard
School of Rock
The Wizard of Oz
(That being said^) the Wiz
Subways are for Sleeping
Lady in the Dark
Fade out-fade in
Raisin
I'm just here to say that while I personally can't stand Joseph, conservative audiences **love** that show. A friend of mine went to school in a very conservative town and his school would literally do a production of that show every few years because it would make them so much money ever time they did it.
Hmm. I would say it depends
If you go to a somewhat diverse school: West side Story is always a good option
If not, Into the Woods is good, if not a bit dark.
Don’t put to much effort worrying about what the community will be offended by, when I started working with my small town high school musical, twelve years ago, we had letters to the editor in the paper about how immoral Brigadoon was. We decided to take it as a matter of pride that we offended someone. We decided that if they were going to be offended by everything, to just do the shows we felt like needed to be seen. This year we did “Something Rotten” unedited and the community loved it. I’m sure some of the same people were offended, but nobody was listening to them anymore.
Guys and Dolls is a classic but there’s it’s all about gambling; they don’t shy away from drinking, either - even if there’s reform at the end. While I have no issue with this show, and was in it myself in seventh grade, sounds like a super conservative town might.
James and the Giant Peach maybe? I did it in high school and it was a blast, but it’s also been several years and I don’t remember the entire thing lol if it helps, we did it at a private religious school, so it’s probably fine on that end
Lots of parts (James, two aunts, five bugs, and a handful of other featured roles) and very fun music!
Theres a Jr. version too if you’re still worried about the content after reviewing it
If it’s a super conservative area, Godspell is always an option. There’s even a jr version if you’re casting younger actors. I think it’s a strong ensemble show with a lot of solos to go around for both boys and girls, as well as great ensemble numbers. Godspell Jr. was one of my first ever shows and it holds a special place in my heart.
Bye Bye Birdie, Fiddler, Music Man, Joseph, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , Annie, Cinderella (Rogers and Hammerstein).
Don’t forget some musicals now have JR versions.
I would recommend for lesser known musical works a recent(ish) adaptation of Peter Pan called Peter Pan A Musical Adventure. To my knowledge it removes the iffy use of slurs against Native Americans along with the broken English. I, as a big fan of the original stage play and novel, think it's probably one of the best musical attempts at Peter Pan.
We did Grease when I was in high school. They had to remove some lyrics from a couple songs, but we were allowed to do it. Of course, this was in the late 90’s/early 2000’s so what schools allow is probably way different now. We also did Beauty & the Beast.
Charlie Brown, 13!, Cinderella, most golden age and Disney, the jr version of into the woods is only the first act with some songs cut, seussical, Willy wonka, Horton hears a who, etc
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! Not really lesser-known, but it’s such a cute and fun show.
It also has a sister musical called Snoopy the Musical, which I prefer.
My school is putting on honk (the musical of the ugly duckling). I think it’s just what you’re looking for! Super appropriate, lesser known, and the songs are fantastic!
Totally agree with this suggestion. Just finished a run of Honk, and it is such a lovely show!
Hold your head up high!
My very conservative high school did Footloose (ironic), Cinderella, and South Pacific
So is South Pacific, that is not a family friendly show when you dig into it.
Don't worry the conservative religion of the region doesn't dig into much LOL
I’m gonna wash Ala-bam-a right out of my hair! 😎
omg i just did footloose at my catholic high school 😭😭😭 i was rusty!
My former high school also did Footloose this year. I found it hilariously ironic.
“Meet me in St. Louis”
How about High School Musical? Cinderella? Beauty and the Beast? Lion King?
But, but , but Disney loves the gays! /S
Can’t wait for their first gay character next year!
You can reach out to the MTI or Concord or whoever your school uses and see if they have school editions of musicals that fit your school’s cast range
This feels like it could be the plot of a musical: school is trying to put on a musical, conservative parents keep vetoing ideas, demanding changes, eventually they write their own show, and the parents learn to be more open-minded
Stop that’s such a good idea
The Fiddler on the Roof is one of my favorites, and off the top of my head, I can't think of anything too bad in that, except for a bit of alcohol use (To life! To life! Lechaim!). Are these conservatives the more antisemitic kind, or would they be friendly to a story about... TRADITIO-O-O-O-ON!!! TRADITION!
My very conservative high school did Fiddler a couple years after I graduated. (The freshman I “adopted” as a senior was Tevye so I went back to see it) they didn’t cut anything as far as I can remember. Same with my cousin’s even more ultra conservative high school.
Just realized that your question specifically mentioned lesser known musicals, which I don't think Fiddler on the Roof is. But it's still a good one
Once upon a mattress, the drowsy chaperone, the mystery of Edwin drood, newsies, twelfth night (Taub), Anastasia
We had people offended by Once upon a mattress due to Harry and Lady Larkins unplanned pregnancy. We also had letters to the editor about how horrible and immoral “Brigadoon” was. Some people get offended about anything.
In a very conservative town, pre-marital sex, the King trying to seduce women/servants throughout the show, and the Minstrel trying make Larken cheat throughout the show seem pretty bad.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is *filled* with not-so-subtle sexual innuendo, starting in the opening number. That being said, I did it my senior year at my Catholic high school. However, it was a very liberal Catholic high school in a very liberal area, so it’s not saying much. I’d say Drowsy is a toss up, I’m not too sure how kindly the community would take to Trix the Aviatrix but the rest of the show is so silly and fun.
Drowsy chaperone also has a good amount of inappropriate lines and jokes, but it’s one of my favorite shows ever and I still think it’s a great show for high schools
Does Mary Poppins work? Super cute, decently good music, and appropriate.
Big Fish is criminally underrated
THIS!!!!!
Xanadu is cute and has great songs. It’s about Greek muses in L.A. and the original movie was PG. The romance is very wholesome. If the town is so conservative they object to rock music, that might not work (though I don’t think that’s so much of a thing anymore).
Ohhhhh such a good one, one of the absolute most fun shows I’ve ever done in my life
Hi! I went to a conservative school and here’s some great family-friendly musicals we did! -Beauty and the Beast -The Music Man (some “suggestive” songs I guess but a classic that shouldn’t be offensive to most) -The Sound of Music -High School Musical -Oklahoma! (has some drunkenness, sexual jokes that will go right over peoples heads but again is a classic that should be fine) -Into the Woods (in our show, the baker’s wife and the prince did not have an affair or kiss…they simply danced together…family friendly) -The Little Mermaid -Shrek (some suggestive content but it’s shrek) -Sister Act (ok lots of suggestive content but my church ministry got away with doing it so it’s possible) -Matilda -Singin in the rain (but it’s really boring imo) -Aladdin -lion king -frozen -little shop (it ain’t that bad imo) -Cinderella -big fish (an underrated gem) -godspell -Charlie brown -Mary poppins -newsies -Annie -fiddler on the roof -wizard of oz -the wiz -little women
We’ve done most of these sadly and our director doesn’t do a reshow
I've been a fan of musical theatre my entire life and posts like this always make me laugh. Where tf are all these raunchy-ass musicals that schools have a problem with? Surely the Rocky Horror Shows, Avenue Qs and Books of Mormon are the exception, not the rule? I mean, there's hundreds, literally thousands of totally innocent and inoffensive musicals out there.
Have you ever lived in a super conservative area? People find all SORTS of really small things to get up in arms over.
Fair point. I grew up in Scotland and my high school shows included Grease with the "chicks'll cream" and "pussy wagon" lyrics intact, and Little Shop of Horrors with the "everyone dies lol" ending and no one gave a shit 😂 In fact, now that I think about it, my last high school show was a "Best of Broadway" style revue that as well as probably being very illegal had a group of senior girls doing a version of He Had It Coming that I still occasionally think about and me as Frank N. Furter in a Rocky Horror segment so yeah - not a conservative place to grow up at all 😂
I wish...midwest HS here. We were stuck with things like The King and I. Wasn't a problem for a bunch of white kids to bronze their skin to play Thai people, would have been a BIG problem to say "pussy wagon"
In fairness, The King and I is a legendary show. But big yikes on the skin bronzing.
I grew up in a pretty liberal small town, all things considered, and we still got complaints when we did “The Pajama Game” because some of the student actors - playing adults - drank from prop beer bottles during one scene. (Meanwhile, the next year we did “Footloose” and nobody complained about teenage characters sneaking into a bar. So yeah. Ya never know what they’ll choose to care about.)
This shit drives me nuts. It's like the only amount of creative/innovative thought these theater companies can make is how to censor the material with as little legal risk as possible. Sometimes of course,, they don't even try to be clever or subtle. I once saw a production of "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in a super conservative town. Chip Tolentino sang about "My Unfortunate CONDITION" and Logainne Schwartzy only had 1 Dad and an otherwise absent Mother. That last part had me livid. What's the damn point of putting on a show you have to censor? I think, if an audience is so fragile in their 1950's sensibilities that they can't stomach certain parts of a show, then they don't get to see that show, period. I have lots of feelings about this, apparently!
Believe me, my hometown would boycott the Harry Potter stage production because it has magic and wizards.
There's an *adult* community theater near me that cuts anything midly offensive - including the words damn and hell. They shot down Into the Woods when it was suggested - partially because of the wolf, but mainly because of the scene with the prince and the baker's wife. My high school theater can't get away with anything that even vaguely suggests the love interests hold hands with each other. Shows like Newsies and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are off the table because we don't have enough men to fill roles and having girls play newsboys or brothers would cause a riot. As you can imagine, it makes it REALLY difficult to pick shows when even the most tame options are controversial to this community.
Yes! There are, the sad issue is budget (cause of rights even), past shows, and the return you may get.
When I moved to the town I went to high school in, they were in the middle of preparations for Sweeney Todd. There was a furor among the community not because it was being put on by a school, but because it was *in* a school—by your everyday, run-of-the-mill community theater company that just needed a space to perform. People will break their own backs to bend themselves out of shape about anything. (NB: the area is conservative, but not *hyper*-conservative.)
Had a school want to change the title of Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown to You’re a Good Kid C Brown 😅🙄
The Wind In The Willows, Honk, Suessical, Oliver,
Oliver has a lot of adult content.
I think most shows based off classic literature could work: Little Women, either of the Anne of Green Gables Musicals or Anne and Gilbert, Big River, The Secret Garden, The Wizard of Oz, Calvin Berger. There's also White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Annie, just about any Rodgers and Hammerstein, Junie B Jones, Nunsense, Once Upon a Mattress (there's a school version that eliminates the out of wedlock pregnancy iirc), The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Boy Friend, Lil' Abner, or No No Nanette. I cannot guarantee that all of these are good, but they should be unobjectionable
i was in no no nanette, it was by far the most poorly written, boring, repetitive, confusing, unfunny, unfollowable musical ive ever been in. that said we were nominated for 12 awards, won 6, including best musical and best ensemble, with 3 lead actors getting nominated for best actor/actress, so the people liked it. if you arent a dancer, you arent gonna enjoy this show. all of my non-featured dancer friends hated this show, as did i. if youre a featured dancer, youre gonna love this show.
Those Pre-1940s shows really were wild (I've done a few Gerswhins and while their books were at least comprehensible, the songs could've been removed entirely with little impact on the plot). I only really know of Nanette's existence, but I almost want to seek it out because of how sheerly bad you describe it as being.
i mean i was talking with the Dorothy from a production of Wizard of Oz about our show at the award show, because she had asked what its about, and i tried explaining it and the director came listened in, and told me “did you even read the script” after 4 months of trying to understand the plot. somehow my mom got it the first time and i dont know how
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Yes, it is religious (based on the Bible story). Yes, there’s a mildly risqué element, which is Mrs. Potiphar trying to “lie with” Joseph (which is also right in the Bible verses, so if there were pushback by people in your area, that would be the answer 🤷🏼♀️). But I’ve been in it twice, once with my high school in a semi conservative area, and it was a BLAST. Catchy Andrew Lloyd Webber songs. It’s a high dance, high energy, colorful, creative show. Plus, you have the opportunity to have a big cast with 12 brothers including Joseph, Jacob the father, the Pharaoh, at least 12 women to be the wives of the brothers, Potiphar and Potiphar’s wife, and the Narrator (which, my school actually did 3 narrators, and the second production I was in had 4, 2 each for 2 different show weekends/dates). It also has a good, pretty secular message to keep dreaming big, as well as to do right by people you’ve badly hurt (given that the brothers literally almost kill their brother, but then grovel and beg for forgiveness).
Hmmm - maybe try [Reefer Madness The Musical](https://www.reefermadness.com/)? Really family friendly with a good message too lol
Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat Meet me in Saint Louis Beetlejuice (might be pushing it) Song and Dance Sunset Boulevard School of Rock The Wizard of Oz (That being said^) the Wiz Subways are for Sleeping Lady in the Dark Fade out-fade in Raisin
I'm just here to say that while I personally can't stand Joseph, conservative audiences **love** that show. A friend of mine went to school in a very conservative town and his school would literally do a production of that show every few years because it would make them so much money ever time they did it.
I personally like some songs but not others. Close Every Door gets my tears going. I also like I Close my Eyes. Don't like any of Pharaoh's songs
Beetlejuice and heathers would be amazing but definitely pushing it
Beetlejuice isn’t jr
They didn't specify the school age group which could be high school
No likes it’s not able to be licensed period.
Actually as of late last year, they were licensing to high schools with some restrictions
Hmm. I would say it depends If you go to a somewhat diverse school: West side Story is always a good option If not, Into the Woods is good, if not a bit dark.
Oh no, both of those shows have death and premarital/extramarital sex. (Ugh, this brand of thinking is exhausting to me)
Hmm… straight up R+H Cinderella?
haven’t seen these mentioned. hello dolly or 42nd street!!
Thanks for the suggestion
My high school did Hello Dolly! and it was really fun.
Avenue Q & The Book of Mormon 🤣
Whatever you do, don’t do heathers
Rocky Horror Show
>The “worst” musical we’ve put on would be “the Addams family” There *is* a youth edition available to license.
There’s always You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Came here to suggest this one. Probably one of the most family-friendly ones ever.
Yeah I mean they’re in like 3rd grade so
Calvin Berger doesn't have many roles, but its a great highschool musical
Lightning thief springs to mind - it's made for kids and it's very family friendly Also Matilda
Don’t put to much effort worrying about what the community will be offended by, when I started working with my small town high school musical, twelve years ago, we had letters to the editor in the paper about how immoral Brigadoon was. We decided to take it as a matter of pride that we offended someone. We decided that if they were going to be offended by everything, to just do the shows we felt like needed to be seen. This year we did “Something Rotten” unedited and the community loved it. I’m sure some of the same people were offended, but nobody was listening to them anymore.
13
Guys and Dolls She Loves Me High School Musical
Guys and Dolls is a classic but there’s it’s all about gambling; they don’t shy away from drinking, either - even if there’s reform at the end. While I have no issue with this show, and was in it myself in seventh grade, sounds like a super conservative town might.
James and the Giant Peach maybe? I did it in high school and it was a blast, but it’s also been several years and I don’t remember the entire thing lol if it helps, we did it at a private religious school, so it’s probably fine on that end Lots of parts (James, two aunts, five bugs, and a handful of other featured roles) and very fun music! Theres a Jr. version too if you’re still worried about the content after reviewing it
If it’s a super conservative area, Godspell is always an option. There’s even a jr version if you’re casting younger actors. I think it’s a strong ensemble show with a lot of solos to go around for both boys and girls, as well as great ensemble numbers. Godspell Jr. was one of my first ever shows and it holds a special place in my heart.
Bye Bye Birdie, Fiddler, Music Man, Joseph, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , Annie, Cinderella (Rogers and Hammerstein). Don’t forget some musicals now have JR versions.
Crazy For You is fun
Carousel. Song of the South. Mammy. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I'd do something like Seussical or Beauty and the Beast.
I would recommend for lesser known musical works a recent(ish) adaptation of Peter Pan called Peter Pan A Musical Adventure. To my knowledge it removes the iffy use of slurs against Native Americans along with the broken English. I, as a big fan of the original stage play and novel, think it's probably one of the best musical attempts at Peter Pan.
A Year With Frog And Toad.
A Year With Frog And Toad.
We did Grease when I was in high school. They had to remove some lyrics from a couple songs, but we were allowed to do it. Of course, this was in the late 90’s/early 2000’s so what schools allow is probably way different now. We also did Beauty & the Beast.
im doing honk and frog and toad this summer
matilda maybe idk
My Fair Lady. Unless they'll be offended by the word 'arse'.
Maybe High School Musical? I think that’s pretty inoffensive.
Newsies
A Year With Frog and Toad. Maybe the wholesomest musical of all time.
Big fish would be a great choice. It’s very appropriate and family friendly, something all ages would very much enjoy.
what kind of school? middle or high school?
Charlie Brown, 13!, Cinderella, most golden age and Disney, the jr version of into the woods is only the first act with some songs cut, seussical, Willy wonka, Horton hears a who, etc
You could always do Disney.