A Clockwork Orange: The Musical

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:36pm

Is it just me or would ACO lend itself particularly well to the musical format? The sets are there, the dialogue is there, the choreography is there.

I also think that a great musical could be fashioned out of Eyes Wide Shut (Imagine the orgy with everyone singing)

[insomniak]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:42pm

Hm... the lyrics would be very difficult because of the style the book is written in. And it'd be nearly impossible to pick up on the language in musical format because you wouldn't be able to go back and look at things again. And would it be a jukebox musical (except with classical pieces, not pop songs) or would they try something entirely new?

The story might work, though.

[Georgeanne]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:42pm

I don't know if it would have very wide appeal, but if I were ever in New York, I would go see it, personally.

I also am not sure if it would lend itself to a musical format very well, either. I would not imagine where the songs would come from, it would be difficult to make sure the song placement does not look wonky.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:43pm

There was a Broadway.com article today about the guy who's replacing NPH in the London production of Tick, Tick... BOOM! and it listed A Clockwork Orange as one of his credits... I guess that's a straight play?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:44pm

Yeah it's a straight play.

[Georgeanne]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:45pm

I knew it had been done as a straight play before. I agree with insomniak, though - the story is there, but it would be difficult to pull it off.

[midtowngym]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:52pm

I saw the play--it was written by Burgess and is therefore very similar to the movie. It was an interesting production in a small space--it felt appropriately claustrophobic. But you'd have to lose the language for it to work as a musical, and that would make it somewhat pointless.

[midtowngym]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:52pm

I saw the play--it was written by Burgess and is therefore very similar to the movie. It was an interesting production in a small space--it felt appropriately claustrophobic. But you'd have to lose the language for it to work as a musical, and that would make it somewhat pointless.

[midtowngym]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:52pm

I saw the play--it was written by Burgess and is therefore very similar to the movie. It was an interesting production in a small space--it felt appropriately claustrophobic. But you'd have to lose the language for it to work as a musical, and that would make it somewhat pointless.

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Updated On: 6/30/05 at 10:52 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 12:48am

In 1990, the Royal Shakespeare Company did a production of A Clockwork Orange with music by members of U2.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 12:49am

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Updated On: 7/1/05 at 12:49 AM

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 1:03am

ACTUALLY,

There was a Clockwork Orange musical that premiered in Toronto last year. I didn't get a chance to see it, but I definitely read about it.

Akiva