Gigi - 1973 production with Moorehead — Page 2

In addition, there were many, many Broadway musicals adapted from movie non-musicals pre-1969.  Off the top of my head, Wonderful Town, Silk Stockings, Mame and Promises Promises were hits.  Donnybrook, Hazel Flagg, Darling of the Day, Illya Darling, and Shangdi La were flops.  

The films for Wonderful Town, Silk Stockings, Mame, Donnybrook and Shangri-La were all adaptations of previously published stories/novels.  Darling of the Day was a novel and a play first, but never a film.  My Sister Eileen went through three different adaptations before Wonderful Town premiered on Broadway and then two years later, was produced as yet another adaptation as a musical film with a different book and a score by Jule Styne.  After that, it was adapted as a TV series, but only ran one season.

theatregeek6 said: "The Other One said: "Theatergeek6 was clearly talking about it being the first Broadway musical that started out as a movie musical.  All of the other films listed as being the sources of Broadway musicals were non-musical.

Correct-as I remember it the hoopla was about it being the first movie musical to be brought to the Broadway stage. and if my memory serves me it was a pretty pure scene per scene staging.   Of course since then we have had many (42nd street, Meet Me in St. Louie, everything Disney has done,)

 It was not.  As an example, I would cite the length interlude covering The Contract and the increase in the size of Aunt Alicia's role, probably at the expense of Grandmama (I say this because I do not remember Maria Karnilova in it at all).  Also, the movie did not have enough songs for a stage musical...4 or 5 songs were added.

 

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Jarethan said: "theatregeek6 said: "The Other One said: "Theatergeek6 was clearly talking about it being the first Broadway musical that started out as a movie musical.  All of the other films listed as being the sources of Broadway musicals were non-musical.

Correct-as I remember it the hoopla was about it being the first movie musical to be brought to the Broadway stage. and if my memory serves me it was a pretty pure scene per scene staging.   Of course since then we have had many (42nd street, Meet Me in St. Louie, everything Disney has done,)

 It was not.  As an example, I would cite the length interlude covering The Contract and the increase in the size of Aunt Alicia's role, probably at the expense of Grandmama (I say this because I do not remember Maria Karnilova in it at all).  Also, the movie did not have enough songs for a stage musical...4 or 5 songs were added.

 

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Thanks Jarathan - it's been a lot of years and my memory of the show has melded with my memory of the movie.

David10086: Thank you!- for remembering this production!