Books you read as a kid and teenager that would make AWESOME musicals — Page 2

#26

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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"??????????

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#27

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:54am

the giving tree!!!

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#28

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:55am

"Are You There, God? It's Me, Idina"

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#29

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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.

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#30

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:11pm

the great gatsby or aah what was it called.... maniac magee!

#31

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:29pm

Murder on the Canadian
To Kill a Mockingbird

#32

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 1:55pm

The Westing Game
Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats Nym
Number The Stars

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#33

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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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#34

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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.

#35

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 5:30pm

gatsby 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

#36

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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.

#37

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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.

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#38

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 5:59pm

GO ASK ALICE...ooohh I see that as a musical that is dark

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#39

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:04pm

i see go ask alice more as a play rather than a musical

#40

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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.

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#41

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:29pm

well 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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#42

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:30pm

Anne 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.

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#43

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

Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:33pm

Matilda
A Wrinkle in Time
The Bogart
The Scarlet Letter

#44

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

Posted: 8/30/05 at 6:34pm

Isn't Go ask alice already a musical?

#45

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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

#46

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 8:15pm

I'd like to see Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret on stage.

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#47

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 10:34pm

I read my church bulletin every Sunday. That would be so AWESOME on stage.

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#48

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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.

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#49

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Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:14pm

The Well of Loneliness by Hall.
Naomi by Tanizaki.

#50

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Posted: 8/31/05 at 12:03am

Did 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.