Movies you think could be adapted to the stage as a play or Jukebox Musical

Hey Folks

I am working on an article at the moment about adaptations to the stage from movies and what kind of films theatre fans think would make a great play, or a great jukebox musical and with which artists music.

Of course we would all rather the original work but the article is coming from the angle that if we had to do these adaptations do theatre fans seem to have better ideas for these adaptations and what is adaptation worthy than the people who are involved in the ones that we have been given. What would make you book a ticket?

So all opinions, suggestions etc would be welcome.

Thanks

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I know it's way too late in the game to advocate a change in the definitions as we have come to understand them, but I would love it if "jukebox musical" were reserved for shows like "Rock of Ages," which sounds like a jukebox with assorted hits by assorted artists being played, and "Mamma Mia!" and "Beautiful," which strike me as "catalogue musicals" rather than "jukebox" ones.

Having said that, Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" would be one haunting stage show.

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Sorry Namo, here in the UK we just refer to them all as Jukebox Musicals, but yes i meant catalogue Musicals

Thanks SidebySide, yes we had a great run with Mysterious Skin and got offered a transfer to a West End theatre in 2015 which is very exciting, a very powerful play that i adored directing and producing and working with one hell of a cast.

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ahh ok, well yes i agree with you on the labeling of these shows.

henrikegerman great suggestions.

After the mess that was Good Vibrations could anybody see a musical with the songs of the Beach Boys still working?

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I think Ariana Grande's album "Yours Truly" could be made into a musical, kinda like "American Idiot".

The Horse Whisperer as a play. Also, is there a place where we could go read the article once you are finished with it?

American Graffiti or To Wong Foo, either leveraging the songs from the soundtrack.

I will post the article in this thread once it's done.

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Straight Plays:
Annie Hall
Chinatown
The Lady Vanishes, Strangers on a Train, Hitchcock in general. I'd second Rear Window but isn't that in the works right now?
The Pumpkin Eater
To Be or Not to Be
Peep World
And finally... NETWORK!!! Please someone do this!!!!

Jukebox Musicals:
For the Boys - keep the film soundtrack and pad it out with Harold Arlen songs.

Road to... - Those old Crosby, Hope and Dorothy Lamour movies would be good material to build a jukebox show around. Maybe not one artist but one studios catalogue? Kind of like they did with Singin' In the Rain

Not a good choice for a catalogue musical but I always thought the easiest way to to a jukebox musical would be a romance set on one of the music shows of yesteryear. American Bandstand/Soul Train/Grand Ole Opry/Midnight Special

Catalogue musical - Fleetwood Mac

Music adapted into a stage show - Alan Parsons' Project "Tales of Mystery and Imagination:

Movie turned into a musical - "A Face in the Crowd"

Movie musical brought to the stage - "The Young Girls of Rochefort"

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Play - The Crowd (silent film)

Musical - My Best Friend's Wedding (the songs from the soundtrack could easily work in the book as the score)

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Perhaps some odd choices come to mind, but some I think would be riveting on stage as plays:

The China Syndrome
The Others
Mrs. Miniver
Citizen Kane


Musical:

Midnight (1939) - perhaps with a Cole Porter catalogue or a 1930s "jukebox" of many composers.

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Truthfully, the drama behind the group "Fleetwood Mac" would make a fascinating musical. It would be pretty compelling to say the least.