Awful Musical Ideas- Page 3

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 11:55am

Glengarry Glen Ross

[Rymes_With_Witch]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 12:01pm

There actually is a Helen Keller Musical!!!

And...I wonder if anyone has ever heard of "The Club". 5 women playing men in a turn of the century men's club; featuring songs like "Pinky Panky Poo". Worst. Musical. Ever.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 12:02pm

THE GODFATHER
THE MUSICAL

score by Elton John
lyrics by Bernie Taupin
book by Doug Wright
directed by Rob Marshall
choreography by Wayne Cilento

Cast:
Barrett Foa as Michael Corleone
Michael Crawford as Don Corleone

Numbers include:
"Don't Forget The Cannoli!"
"(I'm Gonna Make Him An Offer) He Can't Refuse"
"Renouncing Satan"

Updated On: 8/9/07 at 12:02 PM

[Producer2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 12:04pm

MASK the musical which has already been written.

[Rymes_With_Witch]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 12:12pm

Saw the Musical and Jaws the Musical are my favorite suggestions so far, LOL. And I actually would love to see "To Wong Foo" as a musical.

Movies that would make bad musicals..."Speed: The Musical!" and "Crash: The Musical"

[The_Jackal]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 2:58pm

Poseidon: the musical

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 6:36pm

Legally Blonde: the musical!

.. oh wait a second!


Bring it on: the cheertastic musical!

[BringBackBirdie]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 6:42pm

Schindler's List- the musical epic by the creators of Les Miserables starring Nathan Lane and Bernadette Peters

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 6:48pm

Anne Frank the musical

OH WAIT...that STILL happened

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:02pm

This is real Horror. Though those Exorcist songs sounded, humm...reasonable.

I was wondering how Evil Dead could be done but a little imagination gets real out of control.

Jaws brings back memories. I put him on my Senior Float. I might like the soundtrack, just to annoy my friends.

Christine though could be a Musical, just use a little more imagination. "It" would be just...well...weird and everyone will complain about the Killer Clown. Though I won't and I'd go and see it. "Needful Things" has some potential as well.

Try one of my favorites, "In the Mouth of Madness". That would be a wicked farce indeed!

Though on the more series side, I am still waiting for Joe's Apartment.

Carrie seemed like a bad choice to for a musical. I would like to see some more Musicals set in the 40's that are not Guys and Dolls. It is a good musical but pleeze, something new!

Love "1984" idea too. Though I see it better as a drama. Some things, it seems are too much of a stretch to really be taken well as a musical. Though the Police in sequins, sounds more like Sgt. Pepper. Where is Sgt. Pepper these days?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:22pm

Cujo The Musical

The musical is a dog

[DMsquared2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 8:03pm

Apparently there is a musical version of A Clockwork Orange.

I was talking with someone at an audition and she mentioned the production she was in.

[DMsquared2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 8:05pm

I'm also friends with someone who did Animal Farm: the musical in high school. I s**t you not.

"Two legs good
Four legs bad..."

But here's a "fresh" idea: a musical biopic of Anna Nicole Smith.
Updated On: 8/9/07 at 08:05 PM

[ByTheSea920]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 1:50am

umm - in college, I wrote a libretto of a musical version of 1984. It was much more along the lines of Les Mis style than 42nd Street. Somehow I never quite worked out how to do the rat attack scene...

lol I'm actually impressed that you really got that far in writing it. Dramatic style sounds a lot better for it than my freakishly over-the-top glittertastic production! It actually sounds like it could be kind of good if it was done the way you described it!
For the rat scene, I'm thinking maybe some dancers could come out in fullbody rat costumes, a la CATS, and dance around Winston in a circle chanting. And then right as they're about the pounce on him, Winston bursts into song and sings "JUUUUUUUULIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Do it to JULIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
That sounds like a powerful moment in theater. lol


Okay, here's a great idea. BEOWULF: The Rock Opera! Ohhhh yeah. Adam Pascal would play Grendel, the hideous monster of the deep. And then Anthony Rapp comes out in his sequined viking armor and slays the monster, all while rocking out to an infectious pop-rock song.

Or here's a really brilliant one.
JURASSIC PARK: The Musical!!
The dinosaurs would all be interpretive dancers, covered in-you guessed it!-SEQUINS!!!

[NDR]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:24am

I did Animal Farm: the musical in college and it truly is awful. There are a few songs that are decent but nothing to warrant anyone ever producing it again.

Another bad idea:

The Life and Times of Anna Nicole: The Musical starring Jenna Jameson, Kirk Cameron, Paul Gosseller (sp?), and Dakota Fanning as little DanniLynn.

OR

Red, White and Blue: The Musical Trilogy starring Juliette Binoche, Edward Norton and Madonna.

OR

An Ozzie Life: a Rock Operetta, starring the man himself - Ozzie with special appearances by Guns N Roses, Lynard Skynard, and KISS.

OR

Can You Hear Me Now: the Verizon Wireless Musical starring Britney Spears
Musical numbers to include:
- Oops I Did It Again: the Equipment Replacement Plan Mix
- I'm gonna save with you (slave for you)
- Is it Toxic - the cell phone dilemma
- Everytime I use my data plan I feel so far

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 12:24am

How about a Pinter musical?

Or, since jukebox musicals are all the rage, [i]I Am I Said: The Neil Diamond Musical[/i].

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 12:28am

"HONK! It's a musical about The Ugly Duckling!....oh...wait..."

I've heard about this one. Our Music Director at our church knows someone involved with it. She says they DON'T want it on Broadway because they're afraid they'd hve to change it too much.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 1:44pm

A Clockwork Orange-the musical was presented by the Royal Shakespear Company at Londons Royalty theatre. It was stunningly staged but didnt catch on and dissappeared rather fast.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 1:46pm

Siamese Twins
.....yep it was done and was fantastic. I love Side Show. I saw it 3 times in 4 days on a visit to to NY.

Posted: 8/12/07 at 7:49pm

Flavor of Love - A New Musical

Posted: 8/12/07 at 8:44pm

Thriller: The Musical. About Michael Jackson.

and Parvana's Journey: The Musical.

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:12pm

My dear wife suggested a Gilligan's Island musical.

Or Petticoat Junction: The Musical

How about some of these?

Sufferin' Succotash: The Daffy Duck Musical

Green Acres: The Musical (starring Rosie O'Donnel as Arnold Zifel.)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: The Musical (Rosencrantz sings, Guildenstern dances -- or else the other way around. Don't worry...they don't know either.)

Or perhaps one of the all-time worst ideas for a musical , if I do say so myself:

Mr. Ed: The Musical.

(You knew he talked. Now he sings and dances. A real Broadway hoofer. Don't let the "neigh" sayers keep you from seeing it.)

Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:33pm

Wasn't "Suffering succotash" Sylvester the Cat's catchphrase?

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 9:11am

"The Love Boat or Fantasy Island...can you imagine the plane landing?"

You can finesse that, Deena.

(Offstege sounds of a plane landing.)

TATTOO (pointing offstage). Ze plane, Boss, ze plane.

(Enter several people with suitcases.)

ROARKE. Welcome to Fantasy Island.

Or at this point, Roarke could begin singing:

Welcome to Fantasy Island
Where all of your dreams come true.
Whatever it is that you wish for,
I'll make it happen for you.

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 9:13am

I'm suing the lot of you for a new keyboard. I'm laughing so hard, my coffee is all over it. :)

But seriously, folks, keep it coming. Some of these are great awful ideas. So much so that we must keep Bialystock and Bloom away from this thread at all costs.