Editing A cappella (section)

===Musical theatre===
A cappella has been used as the sole orchestration for original works of [[musical theatre]] that have had commercial runs [[Off-Broadway]] (theatres in New York City with 99 to 500 seats) only four times. The first was ''Avenue X'' which opened on 28 January 1994, and ran for 77 performances. It was produced by [[Playwrights Horizons]] with book by John Jiler, music and lyrics by Ray Leslee. The musical style of the show's score was primarily [[Doo-Wop|doo-wop]] as the plot revolved around doo-wop group singers of the 1960s.<ref>{{harvnb|Anon|2002}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Anon|1993}}</ref>

In 2001, [[The Kinsey Sicks]], produced and starred in the critically acclaimed [[off-Broadway]] hit, ''DRAGAPELLA! Starring the Kinsey Sicks'' at New York's [[Studio 54]]. That production received a nomination for a [[Lucille Lortel]] award as Best Musical and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Lyrics. It was directed by Glenn Casale with original music and lyrics by Ben Schatz.<ref>{{harvnb|Anon|2008}}</ref>

The a cappella musical [[Perfect Harmony (musical)|''Perfect Harmony'']], a comedy about two high school a cappella groups vying to win the national championship, made its Off Broadway debut at [[Theatre Row Building|Theatre Row]]'s Acorn Theatre on 42nd Street in New York City in October 2010 after a successful out-of-town run at the Stoneham Theatre, in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Perfect Harmony features the hit music of [[The Jackson 5]], [[Pat Benatar]], [[Billy Idol]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]], [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]], [[The Romantics]], [[The Pretenders]], [[The Temptations]], [[The Contours]], [[The Commodores]], [[Tommy James & the Shondells]] and [[The Partridge Family]], and has been compared to a cross between ''[[Altar Boyz]]'' and ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Finkle|Bacalzo|2006}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Jacobs|2006}}</ref>

The fourth a cappella musical to appear Off-Broadway, ''In Transit'', premiered October 5, 2010, and was produced by [[Primary Stages]] with book, music, and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and [[Sara Wordsworth]]. Set primarily in the New York City subway system its score features an eclectic mix of musical genres (including jazz, hip hop, Latin, rock, and country). In Transit incorporates vocal beat boxing into its contemporary a cappella arrangements through the use of a subway beat boxer character. Beat boxer and actor [[Chesney Snow]] performed this role for the 2010 Primary Stages production.<ref>{{harvnb|Anon|2010a}}</ref> According to the show's website, it is scheduled to reopen for an open-ended commercial run in the Fall of 2011. In 2011, the production received four Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Musical, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League nominations, as well as five Drama Desk nominations including Outstanding Musical and won for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. In December 2016, ''In Transit'' became the first a cappella musical on Broadway.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/in-transit-new-a-cappella-musical-opens-on-broadway |magazine=[[Playbill]] |date=11 December 2016|first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=In Transit, New A Cappella Musical, Opens on Broadway |quote=In Transit, Broadway's first a cappella musical, officially opens December 11}}</ref>