25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
#125 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:53pmI went to Legally Blonde this past weekend, and looking through the Playbill under Who's Who, MGM on Stage, whom have produced Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, say they currently have 25 projects in the works.
Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).
#2re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:54pmmakes me wonder what they are?
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:00pmRain Man the musical? I mean...
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
Bwayfan4
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/06
#5re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:02pmWow...Broadway seems to REALLY be getting desperate. I don't know about some of MGM's choices...it makes me nervous for the future of Broadway.
#6re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:05pmWow. I was about to say, "I hope they're better than waht they've produced so far"...but after looking at that list, I guess not.
#7re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:09pmIt just seems both Hollywood and (hate say) Broadway are running out of original ideas. Hollywood is making musicals into movies, Broadway is making movies into musicals, then hollywood remakes them into musical movies.
Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).
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Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:10pmI have a feeling it would never be a hit here in America but A Priscilla Musical? AWESOME!
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#9re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:12pmMarty could work...but Pink Panther??...I am sorry this series should have died with Peter Sellers no one is Clouseau but him....why why why can't we come up with original shows??? really..Weekend at Bernies??? wtf
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life. Define yourself"
#10re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:13pm
Yikes! The list they have on their site is terrible!
Deserately Seeking Susan
The Thomas Crown Affair
Mermaids
Get Shorty
Heartbreakers
Rainman
Midnight Cowboy
The Pink Panther
Weekend at Bernie's
Moonstruck
Man in the Iron Mask
A Shot in the Dark
"The Night They Raided Minsky's"
Where's Poppa?
"Marty"
#11re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:23pmHmmmm- Midnight Cowboy is pretty much my all-time favorite movie. I honestly can't see it as a musical. At. All. I also don't believe that any presently living actor could possibly equal Dustin Hoffman's performance as Rizzo- especially while breaking out into song.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#12re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:32pmTo be fair, MARTY, MOONSTRUCK and ...MINSKY'S all have been in some stage of development for years. MARTY actually had a production in Boston, with John C. Reilly as MARTY.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#13re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:34pm"The Man in the Iron Mask"? Oh, I can't wait to hear his first solo.
#14re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:36pmI wouldn't mind Moonstruck, but the rest? Yuck.
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#15re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:37pm
So I'm presuming that there Desperatley Seeking Susan is the same one soon opening in London? If so, i know who's playing Susan (but I'm not aloud to tell!)
mf07
#16re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:46pm
Minsky's==
wasn't kander and ebb or cy coleman attached to that one?
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#17re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:50pmI think Mermaids & Moonstruck have potential.... But I don't care for the other ideas.
There wouldn't be lights bright enough!
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#18re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 6:11pm"Man in the Iron Mask" sounds good, but the rest...barf.
Wicked63
Broadway Star Joined: 6/18/07
#19re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 6:37pm
Priscilla-The Musical is on stage in Sydney Australia as we speak! Its been playing awhile now and soon moves to Melbourne followed by a highly likeluy London season.
www.priscillathemusical.com great website
Wicked63
Broadway Star Joined: 6/18/07
#20re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 6:42pmIn Plabill, did it actualy say '25 theatrical projects' or just '25 projects'. Im just guessing they were proberbly talking about the future movie schedule they have. To have 25 theatre shows line up is a little adventourous would you agree. Where would they all go?
bigred3535
Chorus Member Joined: 10/10/06
#21re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 6:42pm
I actually could see A Shot in the Dark or Pink Panther working if they got the right actor to play Clousseau. But it all depends on him so if it's the wrong choice it'll die a quick death.
The Thomas Crown Affair? That wasn't even a good/popular movie.
Wicked63
Broadway Star Joined: 6/18/07
#22re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 6:52pmThe Man In The Iron Mask was done in London last year with disastrous results. It recieved some of the worst reviews in London theatre history, lasted 2 weeks and that was by the producer keeping it going. Its only the second show ive seen when the audience were unable to stop laughing at the total trash that was on stage. I couldnt bare to stay beyond the intermission. It was called Behind The Iron Mask and starred Sheila Ferguson who totaly disowned the show after her reviews but had to slug it out the last 10 or more shows. A cd was made and is available but with a different actress taking over from Ms ferguson. A truly rare bad nights theatre.
#23re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 6:58pmwhy do I keep laughing everytime I think of Weekend at Bernies the musical....lmao
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life. Define yourself"
#24re: 25 MGM Films in the works for the stage?!
Posted: 7/2/07 at 7:06pm
I saw the stage version of Easter Parade, an MGM film which is now handled by Warner Bros. theatrical, at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre and hated it. There are stage versions of The Night They Raided Minsky's and I've heard that Moonstruck was being planned for the stage. I considered going to see a stage version of Man in the Iron Mask in London, but it got terrible reviews, and I opted for Mary Poppins instead. Frankly, Midnight Cowboy, The Thomas Crown Affair and Rainman don't really sing, do they? Lucky Stiff has the same plot as Weekend at Bernie's, and it's a better show than they could possibly make of that movie. Without Peter Sellars, what would The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark be like onstage? Awful.
Marty would make a good opera, but not a musical. The rest? Would an audience want to see these things? It's a frightening though, isn't it?
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