Change a Show's ENDING- What would you create? — Page 2

In My Life:

Upon seeing how devastated Jenny is at the loss of her Tourette's stricken husband J.T., the angel Winston figures out the perfect ending to his opera for God. Jenny is run over by a giant lemon and joins her man in heaven, where she no longer feels the need to wash her hands every three minutes and he can go more than three words with cursing.

Assassins:

The balladeer, now Lee Harvey Oswald, hopes in his time machine with failed presidential assassins Guiseppe Zangara, Samuel Byck, John Hinkley, Squeaky Fromme, and Sara Jane Moore and helps them prove that everyone's dreams can come true by assisting in their thwarted assassination attempts. The company files on stage to sing about the value of the American dream.

The Frogs:

Dionysus stays with the frogs at the end of Act I, granting poor Xanthias his freedom. He goes back to the world of the living and writes a farce about a musical theater composer tricked into writing a musical set around a swimming pool at an Ivy League university.

The TITANIC doesn't sink. Happy endings FTW!

Piguara, that's how I feel about Annie, to a tee.

-I never quite cared for the epilogue in Peter Pan. I would've had it end with Peter dropping off Wendy and leaving with a duet of Never Never Land.

-Loved the ending to Wicked in the workshops, but I don't think it could work staged and have it not be campy.

-THE ENDING TO PIPPIN. Don't even get me started. In the finale I think that Pippin has to go batsh*t. And have the Leading Player and players flip that he's not leaving. The ending would simply be him and Catherine alone and when Catherine asks, "So, Pippin, how do you feel now?" and then the lights go out. Because he's nor happy or trapped. Additionally, Theo should be played by a notably older actor, because Theo, like Catherine, is only another actor in the troupe. He's just playing a part. So he sould leave as well.

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bwayfan7000, that was the only aspect of the show I liked and remembered. Winston was fabulous; the rest of the show was a drag. And I'm not saying that because I only got to see the show because a friend was one of David Turner's high school teachers offered a handful of free tickets and a backstage tour.

That and the only thing I remember about what happened on earth was J.T.'s mother dying in the first ten minutes (and only because that was the best song in the show).

Urinetown: The true secret of Urinetown is revealed to young Bobby Strong: it is an elaborate water park with never-ending cocktails and the world's longest lazy river. People become so overwhelmed by the relaxation they never go back home to tell the people the solution to their water crisis. What? You didn't really think Cladwell was the richest man on Earth from dimes and quarters taken from the poor, did you?

Carrie: Margaret White is also a witch. She twitches her nose back and forth and lets Carrie step out of the way of the pig's blood before she slaughters the entire high school population. Carrie is embraced as the new queen of cool and everyone dances off into the sunset.

I would like to see a production of "Greece" where Sandy stays a goody/goody.

A Chorus Line: After the dancers are chosen, we segue into the opening night performance of the show, with star present, before segueing backstage, where it is revealed that the show received brutal reviews and will close immediately. Everyone loses their hard earned jobs. All is done with seamless transitions, a la Dreamgirls.

In a production of JCS... They had the crucifixion (sp) before the Superstar number thus ending Jesus Christ Superstar on an upbeat ending. (like the reserection of sorts)...It was actually very very cool how they did it.

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My Fair Lady: Eliza leaves Henry Higgins, and on her way out she gets trampled by a horse drawn carriage then dies. The curtain falls as Henry Higgins runs out and sobs while holding her body.

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