Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:07pmIt seems like it would adapt nicely to the Broadway stage.
#2re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:11pmOh god no! Besides, nothing can ever top Legally Blonde. We ALL know that's the best movie-musical EVAR! Duh!
#2re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:25pmWhatever, ww, we all know Xanadu's gonna be the best.
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#3re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:25pm
Double post.
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#4re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:39pmLOL Rav. It would be a horrible musical. Nuns? Nazis? It would never work.
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#5re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:40pmI think they should adapt MY FAIR LADY to the stage. That would be AMAZING!
#6re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:48pmYeah right Rav. I mean can any number ever match the brilliance of "OMIGOD YOU GUYS!". Even if that Sondheim fellow (who is quite an up-and-coming talent) were to adapt it, it wouldn't stand a chance.
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#7re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:48pm
Before any of this Sound of Music and my Fair Lady nonsense takes a shot at being performed on stage... I think the great state of Oklahoma deserves to be honored...and I think it should be a musical.
Yes, definitely. A musical. And it should include a song where they have to spell the name of the state.
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#8re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:52pm
Please, ww, this Sondheim fellow will never make it. Good looks can only take you so far...you need talent.
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#9re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:55pm
Well you seem to have a grudge Rav! Just because that new Sondheim show might take the Hilton doesn't mean you have to hate him. Geez.
But, it's a moot point, as I said, nothing could make this movie into a musical. It just doesn't work.
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#10re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:00pmIs that the movie that stole from the Gwen Stefani song?
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#11re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:25pmWell, it might work, if they can just figure out how to bring the entire Alpen range into the theatre. Maybe they could have the audience sitting onstage, on the ledges and cliffs.
#12re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:27pmBut how would they do the opening? And the canoes on the lake? It can't be done on stage. Silly idea.
#13re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:32pmSondheim is a commercially driven hack. His lyrics have no substance.
#14re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:32pmJulie Taymor could do it, with little puppets and things.
#15re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:36pm
Please, wonderwaiter. The real hack is that Hammerstein guy. He doesn't belong on Broadway.
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#16re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:57pm
And, are they supposed to cart in truckloads of sod to create the Alps. Doesn't sound very cost-effective or tidy to me.
Perhaps creative use of platforms and scaffolding. A minimalist approach.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#17re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 2:24amIdina Menzel could play Maria and Norbert Leo Butz could play Von Trapp. I think this worth doing and could possibly win some Tony Awards.
#18re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 2:28am
Sondheim is a commercially driven hack. His lyrics have no substance.
Psh, that's what I'm sayin'.
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#19re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 12:20pm
Nuns with Tubas. Nazis with triangles. Kids with flutes, clarinets and oboes. Captain Von Trapp with a trumpet. Maria, of course, with the whistle. And the Mother Superior conducting everything from the piano. With a clicker.
#20re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 12:51pm
I'm still waiting for the stage version of HELLO, DOLLY!
And they better get Streisand to reprise her screen role because she was just amazing in the film. No one else could do that role justice. NO. ONE.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#21re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 7:21pm
What the hell are you guys talking about??
The Sound Of Music is WAY too gay for Broadway. Ugh.
#22re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 9:10pmSondheim....Pshhh, his shows are fluff. Nowhere close to as sophisticated and amazing as Mamma Mia and Good Vibrations
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#23re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 11:44pmI recently tried to get tickets to Good Vibrations, but it's sold out for months!
#24re: Has there ever been a stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
Posted: 4/22/07 at 11:52pm
Please. Lestat is sold out for at least two years.
Too bad that "Wicked" show doesn't have the same sucess. Only lasted a couple of months. That was a shame.
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