Books or Movies you'd like to see adapted to a Broadway Musical — Page 2

a JRB adaptation of "American Beauty"?? I'm all for it. sounds excellent.

"The Hours" mentioned before would be incredibly interesting to do on stage, but I don't think any of the aforementioned should be in it. No one instantly comes to mind as the leading ladies who could pull it off, but. . .those don't really jive with me.

"Clue" would make a fun musical, I think.
But someone with Tim Curry's zaniness and perfect comic timing would have to play the butler.

Anyone want to try and tackle "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides?
a HUGE story but excellent.

Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" or perhaps "Rules of Attraction"?
The latter could be amazing. . .well, they both could, really.

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"Clue" would make a fun musical, I think.

It's already been made into one. :) Clue: The Musical! LOL First production I saw at a local theatre here, actually.

musical theater whore that i am ....i NEVER knew that "applause" was "all about eve"!!! i need to see that show! DUH!
=)

Sellevision with Kristin as Peggy and Idina as Bebe!

Just kidding - but it would sure as hell make an interesting musical.

Trial by Journal, by Kate Klise, would work really well onstage...

...as would John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces, as I've said before.

Updated On: 1/3/06 at 07:00 PM

I don't think it would work as a musical but I would LOVE to see a stage production of "Stand By Me"

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I like to run though an author's or a director's works and figure how they could be turned into stage musicals. The best properties are those with strong stories (as opposed to atmospheric or meditative books/movies) with interesting character interaction and some compassion. Ironic,post-modern views of humanity rarely fly.
Some stories are almost too intense even as a serious musical play and would be better as operas. But even zany musical comedies need a grounding in coherence. (My only problem with DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is that it achieves neither the cartoony insanity of THE PRODUCERS nor a reason to care about what happens to these "scoundrels.") (But Yazbeck's music is so good, all is forgiven..LOL)
I need to think about this and come up with some potential stories for viable adaptation!
Mark

Wow, had no idea that American Beauty idea would be so popular! I've been brewing that one for a while -- I hope you're reading this JRB!!!

I didn't know that 1984 actually WAS done as a musical - anyone see it?

I actually think When Harry Met Sally could be done as a fairly good musical - maybe someone like David Yazbeck doing the score (he's already done two other movie-comedies...)

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Has Anna Karenina been made into a musical? If it was well edited and written it could be the next Les Miz.

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"ARSENIC AND OLD LACE starring Angela Lansbury, Carol Channing and Eric McCormack"

There already is a musical version of the play, I've heard it's very bad, but if you cast those three in a revival it would be very good.

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I second Pleasantville and First Wives Club. (When is the latter supposed to be debuted? Is Marc Shaiman overseeing this one?)

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JRB doing American Beauty - what a great idea. And as for a librettist, Alan Ball should write it.

Other Movies:
- As good as it gets
- I would really like to see a heartwrenching movie like Hotel Rwanda be musicalized.
- A League of their own

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