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Posted: 7/11/18 at 9:24pm
Why? Broadway Musical Version of Green Acres in the Works
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Posted: 7/11/18 at 10:37pm
This news is giving me flashbacks to seeing The Beverly Hillbillies musical several years ago here in the Chicago area. Wow - horrendous. There was a number called "Stamp It Like A Clampett," seriously.
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Updated On: 7/11/18 at 10:37 PM
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Posted: 7/11/18 at 11:15pm
Just pitiful how low Broadway will sink to find material for a new musical. I guess it started down the slippery slope when jukebox musicals and superhero musicals appeared.
There's a musical playing at the Vivian Beaumont right now that has a pretty fair book, lifted from an actual piece of literature. There's more where that came from.
Like Mrs. Warren's Profession and Major Barbara, where, respectively, a former prostitute now brothel madam and the owner of a great munitions factory clash with their disapproving daughters. Seems the daughter is a dedicated member of the Salvation Army and the wealthy arms dealer wants to give them a large donation.
Nah, that would all be a bore compared to Arnold the Pig.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 12:05am
I go--'another one!' when 'The Musical' is added after every damm show that is mentioned these days.
Yes, seems every[of course every] stupid show from a bye-gone TV era is dragged out to become 'A Musical'.
'Starsky and Hutch'--now there's a camp duo waiting for A Musical if ever there was one.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 10:08am
It can play in repertoire with that super hit HAZEL. Come on now. What's next? "Leave It To Beaver", "Dennis The Menace", "Hogan's Heroes", "F Troop." Or maybe I'll save up for a premium seat for "Petticoat Junction."
Posted: 7/12/18 at 10:27am
I want Charlie's Angels: The Musical.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 10:53am
Someone would have to drug me and drag my unconscious body into the theater for me to attend this show.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 10:57am
Demitri2 said: "It can play in repertoire with that super hit HAZEL. Come on now. What's next? "Leave It To Beaver", "Dennis The Menace", "Hogan's Heroes", "F Troop." Or maybe I'll save up for a premium seat for "Petticoat Junction.""
I’d pay good money to see HogansHero in the Hogan’s Heroes musical if only for his snarky 11:00 number where he explains the intricacies of producing a show and analyzing box office receipts.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 11:23am
Patash said: "Will it play in repertory with Gomer Pyle, the Musical?"
Different universes. Gomer Pyle was in the Andy Griffith universe along with The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.
Green Acres is in the "Hooterville" universe with The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. 20 years ago, I wanted to write a musical called "Hooterville" with characters from all the shows. That would've been a stretch to find an audience of people who remember it 20 years ago...now...?
Posted: 7/12/18 at 11:40am
ActorGuyIL said: Green Acres is in the "Hooterville" universe with The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. 20 years ago, I wanted to write a musical called "Hooterville" with characters from all the shows. That would've been a stretch to find an audience of people who remember it 20 years ago...now...?"
Well, there is a decent idea. You could to it Into the Woods style where somebody comes in and messes up all the different plots and they get crossed over into each other's shows.
With these TV/Movie adaptations I think we have to divide them in to two camps. There are the traditional works where a writer or producer has something new they want to bring to the material by making it a musical. Then there are the intellectual property owners that want to expand their franchise by doing a Broadway musical adaption to wring more value out of the property. The former shows may be good or bad, but the creators are free to create something new. The latter are locked in to what people liked about the original work - they are delivering more of the same.
Hopefully the Green Acres creatives are going for something new, and not hoping to ride of the coattails of the original show. Because as others have already said, they are exhuming a property that has already been dead for quite a while.
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Posted: 7/12/18 at 12:05pm
What a STUPID idea for a musical. I can't believe people on BWW are actually cheering this! What happened to taste???
Posted: 7/12/18 at 12:55pm
The roster of mega hit Broadway musicals is absolutely littered with what, on paper, are horrendous ideas. A musical about Orphan Annie? A musical about dancing Cats? A musical about an obscure South American dictator's wife? A hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton and the list goes on and on..
An idea unto itself doesn't mean much. It's what the authors and creatives do with the idea that counts. Anything is possible.
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Posted: 7/12/18 at 12:59pm
QueenAlice said: "The roster of mega hit Broadway musicals is absolutely littered with what, on paper, are horrendous ideas. A musical about Orphan Annie? A musical about dancing Cats? A musical about an obscure South American dictator's wife? A hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton and the list goes on and on..
An idea unto itself doesn't mean much. It's what the authors and creatives do with the idea that counts. Anything is possible."
I agree it could be a good musical. I just question the wisdom of a producer who thinks the Green Acres brand is relevant enough in 2018 to get people in the doors. A mediocrity like Mean Girls sells tickets because of the brand.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 1:11pm
QueenAlice said: "The roster of mega hit Broadway musicals is absolutely littered with what, on paper, are horrendous ideas. A musical about Orphan Annie? A musical about dancing Cats? A musical about an obscure South American dictator's wife? A hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton and the list goes on and on..
An idea unto itself doesn't mean much. It's what the authors and creatives do with the idea that counts. Anything is possible."
True, but the fact that this has been in the works for 6 years without much apparent forward momentum doesn’t inspire optimism. Unless this is done very camp, I can’t see this working at all. I know there are no bad ideas; just bad execution. I was an early naysayer of Spongebob, but had a splendid time when I saw it last month. I still predict Green Acres will be a commercial flop if it ever makes it to Broadway. If Spongebob, which had a somewhat built-in demographic as its desired audience, couldn’t succeed, I don’t know who the demographic for this would even be. If it does materialize, I would suggest it might fare better off-Broadway, but only with if they go in a camp direction. After all, most of the shows you mention had respected source materials: a vibrant comic strip, a book of poems by T.S. Eliot, a lauded tome of non-fiction. And they all had a crackerjack creative team (even Cats which I despise). Obviously, just my opinion.
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Posted: 7/12/18 at 1:33pm
I think in order for this to succeed it has to be what most big hit Broadway musicals are - an evening of good entertainment. I agree the long gestation period on this musical doesn't instill much confidence, and I'm not really defending "this" idea for a musical - merely pointing out that its not usually the 'idea' or even the brand for something which makes for a hit. It's the execution that does that.
Posted: 7/12/18 at 4:47pm
QueenAlice said: "The roster of mega hit Broadway musicals is absolutely littered with what, on paper, are horrendous ideas. A musical about Orphan Annie? A musical about dancing Cats? A musical about an obscure South American dictator's wife? A hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton and the list goes on and on..
Actually I think all of those are good ideas and were good ideas at the time. Annie, Cats, Evita and Hamilton are all brilliant ideas. Those 4 shows broke the mold and reinvented something. Green Acres? Not a chance.
Please don't compare that with a stupid idea like Green Acres, which has no artistic merit at all but to sell tickets by name recognition alone. You and I know the book, score and production will be garbage.
Updated On: 7/12/18 at 04:47 PM
