CAMP - It Could Be the Next RENT!

If you love theatre, you'll love the movie CAMP (2003). I can't think of anything more exciting than CAMP - the Broadway musical. It could be the next RENT! It doesn't have the depth of RENT, but I think it would be a hit with younger theatre goers, as well as familes with tweens and teens and people who love theatre. It's a touching story about determination and acceptance.. and most of all... figuring out exactly WHO you are, and why that's so important. It's certainly got a broader audience range than something like The Drowsy Chaperone. CAMP features many different great theatre moments, including scenes from performances of Fosse, Dreamgirls, Promises, Promises and countless others. I've seen it more times than any other movie. It brings great joy to my heart. If you've never seen it... you must. If you've seen it and didn't care for the entire film, but liked aspects of it, then may I suggest? Change it a bit to fit the Broadway stage. The film has a bit of a cult following, but we'll take any number of changes to see a play made from it. It's a hell of a lot more creative than turning Mary Poppins into a broadway play.. and the songs, both original and adapted are just incredible. Just to see the Turkey Lurkey musical number would be worth the admission alone. Honestly, wouldn't you rather see a young, energetic cast performing a new, original and touching version of CAMP more than another tired, old revival of GREASE? It could be the next best thing since Spring Awakening. Think about it! AND, if you're reading this and can start the wheels of seeing if it might could really happen - God bless you!!
Chason

I fall somewhere in between Sleeth and Josephine2, I liked the movie, except for the main storyline. No offense to the straight people, but with every other male character except Vlad being gay, did it really need to have the only love story in the film be the straight love story. I assume the filmmakers were going for a wider audience, but between the love story, and having the gay character sleep with a woman, in one of those "just to see" scenes, all the gay characters were once again marginalized, for the sake of "mainstream" success. Okay, off my soapbox.
If it were to come to the stage, I hope they focus more on the sidelined characters and less on the love story. And, unfortunately, I don't think they would be able to get the rights to "Turkey Lurkey" and the other numbers from the film for a stage version. That would probably cost too much money. But more new songs would be great anyway. And I think off-broadway would be the way to go initially.

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I enjoyed the film. Not a great movie, but enjoyable. I don't see that it would translate to the stage - it is definitely a movie in the way it was conceived.

"You just need to watch it again. It gets REALLY good after 5 or 6 times... even BETTER after 12."
Please. If I have to watch a movie 12 times to like it, I'm not going to bother. How old are you?

"I'm determined not to have to try to defend the film."
Too late.

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"And, unfortunately, I don't think they would be able to get the rights to "Turkey Lurkey" and the other numbers from the film for a stage version. That would probably cost too much money".

Matt! They apparently sold the rights for the MOVIE! If they would sell the rights to musical numbers and play scenes for a low-budget movie... don't you think they would happily accept a small fee for the rights to put it on stage?
And the comments about the Gay characters? Just be careful.. and I'm sure they would. I think the Gay characters were quite well-rounded, and left me with a lot of positive thoughts. Even RENT wouldn't let the two MAIN male characters be Gay... though I'm betting that Jonathan Larson was, don't you think? I don't really think of CAMP as being a movie about heterosexual romance, anyway. What an incredible frienship is built between the cute straight guy and the curly headed guy who went to his prom in DRAG! Very touching.

"You just need to watch it again. It gets REALLY good after 5 or 6 times... even BETTER after 12."
Please. If I have to watch a movie 12 times to like it, I'm not going to bother. How old are you?

"I'm determined not to have to try to defend the film."
Too late.

LOL! Keely! TOUCHE!

"Also, the script needed to be tightened up a bit".

Spider! Done deal! We'll hire you for that. Would you tighten up the script for 5000? Now, it has to go through me first. LOL

"Maybe a good musical needs to come from a good movie. CAMP is not that good. Over rated".

To those of us who love it, it's not over rated at all. The mere fact that you would state that it is over rated, means that you know that lots of people like it! No problem... you & I can watch it together sometime and I'll point out all the good stuff.

^Agreed.

While I thought that Camp was an enjoyable film (I have to admit that I love the scene where they sing "Losing My Mind" on the bus. I need to find myself a theatre camp), it is in no way the next Rent. I don't understand why you would even make that assumption.

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sleeth1 you are missing the point- They are no Characters in Camp just a bunch of stereotypes.

And just because Rent and Camp have gay characters in does not link them.Camp is a poor version of the film Fame (amazing film very dark , very graphic which dealt with the kids issues and didn't hold back)

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agreed

I think i was 25 when i watched it and i just thought "wow missed opportunity"

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"sleeth1 you are missing the point- They are no Characters in Camp just a bunch of stereotypes".

Well you are certainly entitled to your opinion - as we all are. I LOVE the characters in CAMP... and I thought the actors did just fine, thank you. Aw, come on! Surely to GOD someone that loves theatre and loves CAMP will write SOMETHING!
I'm not 12, okay? I'm 20. I know CAMP is not a brilliant film (like Badlands or Apocalypse Now), I'm only saying that it would be a great theatre experience! Good LORD - they actually put a stage version of Xanadu on Broadway. I guess that pretty much means that ANYTHING is possible! :)

agreed again

Camp is the kind of film that stuck in a gay character and said "look we are dealing with issues"

As a gay man i kinda find that annoying

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