Introduce your young performers to the classics of Broadway musical theatre with R&H Theatricals' Getting To Know Collection, a pioneering approach to producing and performing classic, beloved musicals with primary and lower secondary school students and youth theatre performers.

These 50-70 minute versions maintain the essence and story of the original musicals and are expertly designed and developed to offer young people aged 6-16 the opportunity to experience musical theatre by providing teachers and theatre professionals with age appropriate, educationally based, easy to use adaptations of the best of Musical Theatre.

Featuring musical arrangements transposed into keys that accommodate young voices, each Getting To Know Collection “Showkit” includes

• Student libretto-vocal book with character/scene charts, theatrical terms, autograph book
• Professional quality CD recording of the complete orchestral score with vocals to assist your cast in learning the songs
• Cue-to-cue CD recording of the orchestral score and sound effects to which the musical can be performed (Piano-Vocal Scores also allow for its presentation with live piano accompaniment)
• Director’s Guide with comprehensive notes on pre-production; working with a young cast; performance space options; auditions and casting tips, detailed character analyses; the rehearsal process; choreography and musical staging;
• “Video Guide to Musical Staging,” a video demonstrating the choreography for the major musical numbers
• Study Guide, providing lesson plans and exercises based on the show, to help integrate the production into a school curriculum.
• Performing Licence: Each G2K showkit includes a licence for an unlimited number of performances on school premises over a twelve month period. For performances by schools on school premises, there are no per-performance royalty payments, no hire fees and no need to apply for a new licence for each performance. For other performances, e.g. by youth or community theatre companies in larger venus, additional royalty fees may apply.

The first adaptations in the Getting to Know Collection, THE KING AND I and CINDERELLA, have now been joined by OKLAHOMA! and ONCE UPON A MATTRESS.