Books you read as a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

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Books you read as a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/29/05 at 8:16pm

I saw something posted earlier and I thought of some "classic" books I read when I was younger that would be cool onstage.

Little House on the Prarie
The Bridge To Teribitha
Johnny Tremain
Where The Red Fern Grows
Sweet Whispers Brother Rush
Ramona The Brave
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sounder
Charlotte's Web
Manic Magee
The War With Grandpa
A Seperate Piece

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Updated On: 8/30/05 at 08:16 PM

#2

re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/29/05 at 8:17pm

Sarah plain and tall was already a musical....

#3

re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/29/05 at 8:18pm

Yeah, it is...Where The Red Fern Grows would be a great musical, I think. Charlotte's Web is already a musical, too.

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/29/05 at 8:19pm

Great Gatsby

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/29/05 at 9:15pm

Unmasked- when I first saw the title to this thread, my first thought was "Bridge to Teribitha." I didn't think anyone else remembered that book. Well, you stole my one idea, so...

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Posted: 8/29/05 at 9:23pm

Where The Red Fern Grows and Bridge To Terabithia were two of my favorite books!

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Posted: 8/29/05 at 9:25pm

Almost all of those titles have been adapted for the stage, though not all as musicals-- supposedly LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE is in development for a Broadway musical.

The Fitzgerald estate won't let GREAT GATSBY be musicalized. A composing team wrote a musical version of it a few years ago without the rights and were quickly shelved.

Updated On: 8/29/05 at 09:25 PM

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Posted: 8/29/05 at 10:56pm

An opera version of The Great Gatsby by John Harbison premiered at the Met in 1999. It got somewhat mixed reviews, but I wish I had seen it.

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/29/05 at 11:14pm

Charlottes Web was a musical...not a very good one but it was made, not as a musical but as a play Go Ask Alice would be very moving and strong.

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Posted: 8/29/05 at 11:14pm

Bridge to Terabitha is a musical (i think) I have a script at home.

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Posted: 8/29/05 at 11:20pm

Everybody Poops

#12

re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/30/05 at 12:15am

Yeah I have more:


Witches
Matilda
Uncle Toms Cabin
Amos Fortune Free Man
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
Little Men
Cheaper By The Dozen...as a musical

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#13

re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/30/05 at 12:46am

WALK TWO MOONS! It's by Sharon Creech. Now a play!

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/30/05 at 12:53am

I loved Mansfield Park, Wuthering Heights, My Antonia, and Frankenstein. I heard talk about Frankenstein maybe w/ Kristin Chenoweth awhile back but I haven't heard anythign recently, I think all these books could make good shows.

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 12:53am

Was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ever made into a live production?

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:09am

Bridge to Teribitha could be interesting.

I'd love to read that script.

Updated On: 8/30/05 at 01:09 AM

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 2:01am

Yes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was made into a musical. MTI owns the rights to it, but i think it's restricted still. I could be wrong though.

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 2:03am

I think some of the Roald Dahl books would make great musicals, especially "The Witches". I'm surprised to that they haven't made Charle and the Chocolate Factory into a musical. It's a gold mine-as long as they do it like the old one and NOT the new one!

Has anyone ever attempted a musical version of "To Kill A Mockingbird"?

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/30/05 at 3:20am

"Witches" has also been made into a musical. I know nothing about it other than that it exists.

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 7:05am

a local theater group by my house did cheaper by the dozen and i am pretty sure it was a musical

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 9:47am

HARRIET THE SPY

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/30/05 at 9:53am

I would have IMMEDIATELY said 'Walk Two Moons' but, I'm so excited to say, it's opening off-broadway very soon!

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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals

Posted: 8/30/05 at 10:01am

Bridge to Terabithia
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and I mean a GOOD musical!)
Nothing but the truth
Blue Herron (by Avi)

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 10:10am

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi would be pretty cool as a musical.

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 10:16am

I'd love to see some Jane Austen works made into musicals. Also, there is a play of it (though not a very good one) I have always thought that THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND would make a phenomenal musical.

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