Past Events
Past Productions
In 2010, the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club will continue its tradition of performing an originally-scripted comedic musical production. In the past, such shows were performed on tour throughout the country, although in recent years, this has evolved into the annual Spring Musical, anticipated on the Penn campus every year.
Below are the names of the original productions previously performed by the group:
2009: "Back to the Future!: The Musical"
2008: "Shorts Illustrated: Miracle on Rice"
2007: "Glee's Anatomy"
2006: "The Glee of Clubs"
2005: "Pennsylvania Jones and the Tempo of Doom"
2004: "Now Frat's What I Call Music!"
2003: "Summer Vamp"
2002: "It's Gonna Be Glee!"
2001: "2001: A Singing Odyssey"
2000: "The Fool Monty"
1999: "The Twain Shall Meet"
1998: "Go Forum!"
1997: "Treble in Paradise"
1996: "Killing Time? Dial 'M' for Monty"
1995: "Sing Tut"
1994: "Coda Nostra"
1993: "The Canterbury Scales: The Untold Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer"
1992: "Cross, Chris, Cross!"
1991: "Step Right Up - The Great Carny Caper"
1990: "Basses Loaded!"
1989: "Is This for Reel?"
1988: "Heaven Help Us"
1987: "Time In, Time Out"
1986: "Holmes Sweet Holmes"
1985: "Where'm I Goin'?"
1984: "Ye Merrie Adventure of Robbin' Hoods"
1983: "Saddle Up!"
1982: "Casino!"
1981: "Double-Take"
1980: "Hit High Sea"
1979: "Next Stop - Manhattan!"
1978: "The Magus"
1977: "Extravagancelot"
1976: "Opus 76"
1975: "Score"
1974: "Americ-o-Round"
1973: "It's About Time"
1972: "Paint the Red Town"
1971: "See Hear!"
1970: "Handel With Hair"
While the Penn Glee Club has been performing on Penn's campus since 1862, the types of shows performed have evolved over time. Before 1970, the Glee Club performed stand-up repertoire with several production numbers every December in Irvine Auditorium. In 1971, the Annenberg Center asked the Glee Club to be the premiere performance in the Zellerbach Theater. Since "Handel with Hair," the Glee Club's show has evolved into the musical revue form in which it still exists today.
Past International Tours
For over three decades, the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club has made an international name for itself, having toured in over 30 countries and territories on 5 continents. Below is a complete list of the foreign lands to which the Glee Club has traveled:
Argentina - 2005
Austria - 1990, 1995
Belgium - 1971, 1983, 1990
Bulgaria - 1971
Canada - 1968, 2002
China - 2004
Colombia - 2009
Costa Rica - 2009
Czech Republic - 1995
Czechoslovakia - 1990
Denmark - 1971, 1983
Ecuador - 1969
England - 1971, 1986
Finland - 1971
Germany - 1983
Gibraltar - 1997
Greece - 1985
Guam - 1999
Holland - 1971
Hong Kong - 2004
Hungary - 1990
Ireland - 2007
Israel - 1992
Jamaica - 1987
Japan - 1999
Mexico - 1989, 2001, 2006
Morocco - 1997
Northern Ireland - 2007
Panama - 1969, 2009
Peru - 1969, 1987
Puerto Rico - 1959, 1984
Scotland - 1986
Singapore - 2004
Slovakia - 1995
Spain - 1997
Taiwan - 2004
Uruguay- 2005
U.S.S.R - 1971
Yugoslavia - 1971
