moulin rouge..what do you think?

[isabel77]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 1:36pm

i thought i heard a little while back that baz was planning a stage version of moulin rouge but haven't heard anything since. what do you all think about moulin rouge on broadway..should it happen?

Posted: 1/20/07 at 1:41pm

I heard it was to be in Vegas...


Wasn't there a non-Baz production of Moulin Rouge at the Kodak Theatre in 2004-2005? I remember seeing an ad foe it in the LA Times Calendar section.

[mijofly19]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 1:46pm

It won't happen. There would have to be an entirely new score. They could not get the rights to all of those songs for a Broadway production.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 2:02pm

I don't understand why not. They got them for the film, didn't they?

[lightguy06222]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 2:11pm

agreed! i would LOVE to see this onstage!

i would even pay full price! well, maybe...

[isabel77]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 5:02pm

well baz would be putting it on, like he did la boheme not too long ago. but i think moulin rouge would be pretty successful and i'd personally love to see it! i'm not sure who'd be good for the cast though, jonathan groff looks like he'd make a good christian but i dunno about satine.

[Weez]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 5:06pm

I'd take 'Moulin Rouge' over many other jukebox musicals. I still don't know if it'd necessarily be a good idea, but it'd at least have an automatic audience...

[Piercemn]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 5:57pm

That's just what Broadway needs: another musical based on a movie! Audiences are NOT screaming for a stage version of this any more than they are a musical version of Legally Blonde.

Why not take an old show and fix the libretto? I'm all for revivals of High Spirits, Miss Liberty and Baker Street. Where's that promised revival of Allegro? It's time we revisit Brigadoon. How about some of those Cole Porter shows that are forgotten, instead of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate. Why not a revival of Dubarry was a Lady? I don't ever need to see Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot or Annie again, but I'd love to see a stage version of Paint Your Wagon.

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 6:04pm

Audiences are NOT screaming for a stage version of this any more than they are a musical version of Legally Blonde.

I doubt that. This was a lot better received than the Legally Blonde film, and it was a musical to begin with. It was also very theatrical in presentation, so it could probably translate very well to stage - and with a very strong fan base.

Imagine being a producer and having to choose between the original director of one of the most popular musical films of recent times taking it to the Broadway stage and a revival of Brigadoon or Paint Your Wagon?

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 6:05pm

Can you spell Y-E-S! It would be amazing!

[Dibbledl01]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 8:44pm

Oh I would absolutely adore any one who puts time or money into a stage adaptation of the film! The film was stunning and had a wonderful story behind it. I may just be speaking for myself when I say it was meant to be brought to the stage.

[wheredidhegogeorge2]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:58pm

I think the show has already developed such a sucessful fan base that it could potentially do very well.

[snl89]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:00pm

it would be so amazing :) although, I'm actually perfectly conent with the movie I think! but still, I'd def be interested if it were to be made a production

Posted: 1/21/07 at 12:53am

I thought the film musical Moulin Rouge stunk to high heaven. I'd much rather see a stage musical version of the first Moulin Rouge film that stared Jose Ferrer as Tolouse Latrec. The problem would be finding a Broadway leading man that likes to perform on his knees

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 7:15am

No, no, no. The movie was a work of art, from that dazzling one-edit-every-half-second opening to the demented camera work during "Like a Virgin". Some things *must* remain in their original formats, because we would lose so much in squeezing it into something else.

[alterego]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 7:19am

No, no, no. I agree with Tom14350. The film was a stinker.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 8:56am

I would have been able to watch some of the movie if it didn't make me nauseous. No movie needs to be cut consistently that fast.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 10:33am

The first time I watched the movie, I was really confused and didn't really like it. A few weeks later it was on again, so I decided to give it another try. It has now become one of my favorites. I would love to see a stage adaptation, but I'm a little skeptical that they may make it a tad too over the top.

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 10:38am

Moulin Rouge would be incredible on stage!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 10:41am

While I did really enjoy Moulin Rouge, I second Pierce, and add to the list that "West Side Story" on of the supposedly greatest musicals ever has not been on the boards since 1980.