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editStarKid Productions, also known as Team StarKid, is an American musical theatre company founded in 2009 at the University of Michigan by Darren Criss, Brian Holden, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang. Best known for the musical A Very Potter Musical, a parody of the Harry Potter series, the troupe produces musical-comedies inspired by pop culture, with original scripts, songs, and music. StarKid uses YouTube for distribution, to make their productions accessible to a worldwide audience.
StarKid's repertoire additionally consists of albums, concerts, web series, sketch comedies, and books. The company's album Me and My Dick, featuring original songs and music, became the first charting student-produced musical recording on Billboard, debuting at #11 on the "Top Cast Albums" chart in 2010; the following year they landed at #1 on the same chart with Starship, another original album.
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editStarKid Productions is composed of actors, writers, directors, composers, choreographers, and designers, most of them originating from the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theater and Dance. The members met while collaborating on plays through Basement Arts, the university's student-run theater organization.
In April 2009, the students staged a musical parody of the Harry Potter series entitled A Very Potter Musical. The video of the play went viral on the Internet, garnering StarKid a worldwide fanbase. Inspired by the success of the video, StarKid Productions was formed, named after a quote from A Very Potter Musical. Later, two sequels followed on YouTube, A Very Potter Sequel and A Very Potter Senior Year. [1][2]
The Team StarKid YouTube channel was established on June 19 2009[3]. The channel currently has over 500,000 subscribers and over 200,000,000 combined views[4]. Aside from the viral Harry Potter adaptions, Team StarKid have created a range of other successful musical theatre parody shows, creating both original content alongside parodies of other pop culture, like Disney, Star Wars, and The Oregon Trail (series).
Soundtrack Albums Edits
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| Little White Lie[5] |
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| A Very Potter Musical[5] |
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Made only available for free on Bandcamp, therefore not eligible for Billboard chart listings. |
| Me and My Dick (A New Musical)[6][7][5] |
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Debuting at #11, the album is the first ever student-produced college musical to debut on a Billboard chart.[6] |
| A Very StarKid Album[7] |
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Reached at #18 on the Billboard Top Compilation Albums[8][7][9] |
| A Very Potter Sequel[5] |
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Made only available for free on Bandcamp, therefore not eligible for Billboard chart listings. |
| Starship |
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Reached at #134 on the Billboard Top Albums chart as well as #1 on Billboard Top Cast Albums chart[citation needed]. |
| The SPACE Tour[10] |
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Debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart[10]. |
| That's What I Call StarKid! Volume 2 |
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Reached at #24 on the Billboard Top Compilation Albums chart[citation needed]. |
| Holy Musical B@man! |
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Made only available for free on Bandcamp, therefore not eligible for Billboard chart listings. |
| Apocalyptour[11] |
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Debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart[11]. |
| A Very StarKid Senior Year (A Very Potter Senior Year) |
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Made only available via the official StarKid store, therefore not eligible for Billboard chart listings. |
| Twisted |
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Reached at #12 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart[citation needed]. |
| Ani |
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Reached #4 on Billboard Comedy Albums. |
| The Trail to Oregon! |
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Reached #10 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums[citation needed]. |
| Firebringer |
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Reached #10 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums[citation needed]. |
| The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals |
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Reached #6 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums[citation needed]. |
- ^ "Team StarKid". StarKid Productions. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ Borrelli, Christopher (November 1, 2011). "What exactly is Team StarKid?". Chicago Tribune. Bruce Dold. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/user/StarKidPotter/about
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/user/StarKidPotter/about
- ^ a b c d Austrone, Xavier (November 22, 2010). "StarKid Interview: Starship Coverage & A VERY POTTER THREEQUEL!?". Wizarding Life. Archived from the original on August 4, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Donahue, Ann (November 13, 2010). "'Glee' Newcomer Darren Criss Reflects on His 'Dream' Week". Billboard. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
- ^ a b Caulfield, Keith (March 22, 2012). "StarKid's 'Space' Sets Sail, Debuts at No. 2 on Cast Albums Chart". Billboard. Lynne Segall. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Caulfield, Keith [@keith_caulfield] (October 13, 2012). "Congrats to @TeamStarkid: #ApocalyptourLive Debuts at No. 3 on @Billboard's Top Cast Albums Chart! cc: @Brian_Holden, @JoeyRichter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.