Books or Movies you'd like to see adapted to a Broadway Musical — Page 3

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Kidding, but everytime I watch it, when it gets to the scene where Anikin and Pademe are looking at each other from a distance as Anikin decides to turn to the Dark Side, I always picture some sort of Miss Saigon-type double solo that would end the act. Am I crazy or could ANYONE ELSE picture that in the least?

Actually, while a musical may not be the best way to approach it, I'd love to see Anthem dramatized in some musical way (I guess musical or opera). It would be very strange, at least the way I'm picturing it, but it could be very good.

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Updated On: 1/4/06 at 01:11 AM

Some generic comments on this thread...

"American Beauty" is a beautiful story that sings, but what would you *add* by adding music to it. Ken Mandelbaum, in Not Since Carrie, talks about the things that keep a musical from succeeding, and one thing he touches on is stories that don't need music to tell them. Alas, "American Beauty," for me, hits that category. I would also worry, since it is such a poetic script in the first place, that adding music would only make it completely cheesy. (Though if anyone could get around that, it would be JRB.)

One of Johnathon Larson's Pre-Rent projects was a rock opera of 1984, but he couldn't get the rights.

Shanley is currently at work writing the book for Moonstruck.

Of all the suggestions I've seen here, the most viable are the Fitzgerald short stories (and for that matter, Gatsby, which I can't believe hasn't been adapted) and When Harry Met Sally, though the latter has issues seeing as it's essentially only two characters in the whole movie. I'd love to see a Lippa/Zippel take on a Fitzgerald piece, and I second the Yazbek idea for When Harry Met Sally.

ETA: While both Pleasantville and Eternal Sunshine sing, I personally think neither could possibly work without the medium of film. Especially Pleasantville- its central conceit (black and white to color) is dependent on film, and even with amazing special effects on the stage, those transitions would lose WAY to much.

Updated On: 1/5/06 at 08:34 PM

Good God Enchanted Hunter - do you just sit around and wallow in your own misery all the time? All you do is post negative comments. Kinda pathetic...

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