Books you read as a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals- Page 2
Books you read as a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#25
Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:49am
Oh yeah "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" would be a AWESOME musical...I can really actually see that...and "The Witch of Blackird Pond" could work to.
what about "The Best Christmas Pagent Ever"??????????
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#26
Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:54amthe giving tree!!!
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#27
Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:55am"Are You There, God? It's Me, Idina"
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#28
Posted: 8/30/05 at 12:01pm
Borstalboy- love it :)
I'd be interested to see what type of musical Catcher in the Rye would spawn. It was one of my favorite books.
Other than that, anything David Sedaris would make a very interesting musical!"Lea's Book of Rules for the World" would also be a great show if done correctly.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#29
Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:11pmthe great gatsby or aah what was it called.... maniac magee!
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#30
Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:29pm
Murder on the Canadian
To Kill a Mockingbird
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#31
Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:55pm
The Westing Game
Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats Nym
Number The Stars
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#32
Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:56pm
The Devil's Arithmetic
Anne of Green Gables
April Morning(maybe it could work)
Animal Farm(that would be a very interesting musical if it was made lol)
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#33
Posted: 8/30/05 at 2:10pm
Just for the record catcher in the rye and great gatsby arent childrens books.
I cannot see Catcher in the Rye being done as a musical, play, or movie. Its so intense and personal, its practically a diary...musicals are better at painting broader pictures...maybe a one man show?
Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe intrigues me but ill wait to comment further until I see the Lord of the Rings musical as the 2 are so similar.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#34
Posted: 8/30/05 at 5:30pmgatsby isnt a children's book, but i'm a teenager and just read it last year in my english class. so i guess it qualifies as a Book read by a kid or teenager that would make an AWESOME musical
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#35
Posted: 8/30/05 at 5:46pm"Are you there God, it's me Margaret" would make a great musical. The infamous "We must, we must, we must increase our bust" would make a great song.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#36
Posted: 8/30/05 at 5:53pm
Matilda, Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farms, and Peppermints in the Parlor were my favorites.
PITP would really work as a musical- very dark. Anyone ever read it?
Oh and I also adored A Cricket in Times Square and The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. I loved reading when I was a kid. I was knew all the gossip of the Babysitters Club.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#37
Posted: 8/30/05 at 5:59pm
GO ASK ALICE...ooohh I see that as a musical that is dark
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#38
Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:04pmi see go ask alice more as a play rather than a musical
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#39
Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:25pm
April Morning.....? I suppose
True confessions of Charlotte Doyle wasn't very interesting, but it may make a good musical.
A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO is already a play, but it would make a good musical. So would some of the books from Richard Peck's Blossom Culp series. maybe.
-My fault, I fear.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#40
Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:29pmwell this is a book that allready is a musical.. and I'm totally going to threadjack here... but has anyone heard or Bruce Coville's Dragonslayers the musical? I did two productions of it last year, and played King Mildred. Has anyonhe read the book/heard of the play?
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#41
Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:30pmAnne of Green Gables already has a musical.. I've been in it! I'm so pleased by the children's books that have been or are being produced by theaterworks usa... cam jansen, sarah plain and tall, henry and mudge. amazing.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#42
Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:33pm
Matilda
A Wrinkle in Time
The Bogart
The Scarlet Letter
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#43
Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:34pmIsn't Go ask alice already a musical?
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#44
Posted: 8/30/05 at 8:07pm
GO ASK ALICE is a book, a movie, a play, but not a musical. It's about a teenaged girl who dies of a drug overdose. Not exactly musical material.
Maybe you think it's a musical because the title comes from the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit":
ONE PILL MAKES YOU LARGER
AND ONE PILL MAKES YOU SMALL
AND THE ONES THAT MOTHER GIVES YOU
DON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL
GO ASK ALICE
WHEN SHE'S TEN FEET TALL.
Or maybe you are thinking of the musical revue A... MY NAME IS ALICE.
Updated On: 8/30/05 at 08:07 PM
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#45
Posted: 8/30/05 at 8:15pmI'd like to see Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret on stage.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#46
Posted: 8/30/05 at 10:34pmI read my church bulletin every Sunday. That would be so AWESOME on stage.
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#47
Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:04pm
You may find this odd, but I'm re-reading HANS BRINKER right now. I read it as a kid, but after visiting Holland a few weeks ago I wanted to re-read the story about the little boy who put his finger in a dike to save an entire town.
In the right hands, this could make a delightful musical. Just think of how a choreographer could stage ice skating ballets on the frozen canals.
re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#48
Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:14pm
The Well of Loneliness by Hall.
Naomi by Tanizaki.
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re: Books read a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals#49
Posted: 8/31/05 at 12:03amDid you guys ever read the book "Call It Courage" about a Polynesian boy named Mafatu? It was one of my favorite books and there is a musical being made of it now -- there was a reading last year at the York Theatre and the music is AMAZING!! I think you can find it online somewhere.
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