Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.- Page 2
Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Funny Face
Broadway Star Joined: 7/6/06
#25re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:32am
>>"Romeo and Juliet"
What about West Side Story?
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#26re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:34amI know its been turned into an opera but "Angels in America". I just adore the play and dont want it touched. But I haven't seen the opera, so maybe I would like it who knows.
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#27re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 2:13am
I have to say that The Crucible would make an excellent musical if done well.
I'd say that Death of A Salesman would not make a good musical. I don't think it sings.
#28re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 2:45am
Wit
Oy.
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gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#29re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 4:18amOur Town, and I agree with whoever said The Children's Hour.
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#30re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 7:39am
Me and my friend were asked to add two songs for a local production of The Crucible. It was reviewed as "one of the Top 5 greatest productions of Arthur Miller's play *ever* to be staged".
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
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TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#31re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 8:37am
The Miracle Worker.
Winthrop Paroo
River City, Iowa
#32re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:37amI disagree about Our Town. I think, if done right, it could be quite charming as a musical.
#33re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/16/06 at 11:20pm"Our Town" has already been turned into a musical: "Grover's Corners" by Schmidt and Jones (of "Fantasticks" fame). Beautiful piece.
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teebz
Featured Actor Joined: 5/1/06
#34re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/16/06 at 11:32pmThree Days of Rain...ugh it would be AWFUL.
#35re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/16/06 at 11:39pmI'll see your Death of a Salesman, and raise you one Long Day's Journey Into Night.
Hear the words I sing: war's a horrid thing. So, I sing sing sing... Ding a ling a ling.
#36re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/16/06 at 11:52pmHahahaha. Take Me Out.
#37re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 12:15amDracula....oh wait...sratch that.
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#38re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 12:16amOk its a toss up between Equus and The Miracle Worker....omg i can see it now....The Wa-Wa Song.
" I wish that the stage were as narrow as a tightrope wire, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." -- Goethe (he wants you to go to my Myspace page www.myspace.com/jasonklemm
#39re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 12:18amI'll raise your "Long Days Journey" and go all in with "The Matchmaker". SH*T. I lost again!
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#40re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 1:20am
Death of a Salesman- the musical!
It's become a light-hearted musical comedy romp through the caustic idea of the American dream. Nathan Lane plays Willy, Rosie is his wife, Matthew Broderick) is Biff (playing him as neurotic and impish because that's all he can do), and Stokes is Happy. The score is composed by Mel Brooks, with direction and choreography by none other than Stro (think of the possibilites!! lots of props to dance with!!).
#41re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 1:36am
"Attention MUST be Paid!" would that be a ballad, an anthem or a dream ballet?
Loving it...
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"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#42re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 1:40am"The Blonde in the Thunderbird."
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#43re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 1:46am
The "Blonde" should NEVER have happened...
What was it? Play, musical or ego driven T-Bird. Poor darling, nothing like telling your life story and nobody finds it entertaining. She's so sweet and charming and none of it worked...
How do you get to Broadway? Getting money to rent the theatre! (Same goes for Carnegie Hall)
Sorry, Chrissy. We still love you!
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#44re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 1:50amHamlet is a musical. It's called THE LION KING.
#45re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 2:14amBSoBW2, here here! People do forget. More people need to brush up their Shakespeare...
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
ChrisLK
Understudy Joined: 6/7/06
#46re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:00amI think I'd find it hard to musicalize Tennessee Williams, because his plays put so much out there. It's hard to think of a way to enlarge his scenes with music, though it'd be interesting to try.
"I could use a little...
Miracle."
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#47re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:08am
Williams is one of my favorite playwrights. Funny to see "Cat" as a musical. The plural form has already been done.
Actually, besides the opera (and the Simpsons), there have been attempts at Streetcar. Great song called "Something Cool" was supposedly written for a version of the show. Could be a myth.
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#48re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 9:59am
Art
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#49re: Which plays should NEVER be turned into a musical.
Posted: 7/17/06 at 10:10am
The Skin of Our Teeth has already been turned into the musical OVER AND OVER.
I think I mentioned on another thread that having seen the Lunts in THE VISIT and heard the musical version starring Chita Rivera, I think that making a musical of THE VISIT is a bad idea, even if it's already been done 
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