How about Alice in Wonderland as Disney's next project? — Page 2

I think that would make a fabulous musical. I would actually want to see that onstage.

How about if Disney does something original instead of rehashing movies they have already done. Two successful cartoon transfers was lucky, the third failed by Disney standards, and more cartoons to stage may not be in their best interest. If Disney really wants to continue their efforst on the great white way, they really need to come up with some great new shows, otherwise their theatre ventures will end up like their animation studios, which has been turning out one crappy sequel after another rather than doing something new and innovative. If I want to see Alice in Wonderland, I'll rent the movie, it's a classic.

I love Alice in Wonderland, butI'd rather Mulan done on stage rather than any other disney movie.

If done right The Nightmare Before Christmas would be interesting. Probably would cost tons to make, though.



What about High School Musical!? Not.

I doubt it would have very much success -- not popular enough among children.

"And POPPINS with fairly positive reviews and a slew of TONY nominations, still can't seem to sell out."

Have you seen the grosses? The show is doing extremely well. Maybe not selling out, but pretty close to.

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There have been several Alice musical attempts, most of which have folded on the road to Broadway. The most notable being the Disco Version called "Alice" with Debbie Allen as Alice, Cleavant Derricks as the Caterpillar, and Alice Ghostley as the White Queen, that shuttered in 1978 on the road.

Honestly, if you can find a way to work it, it could be amazing, but as someone pointed out, it's a meandering story, with lots of characters, and doesn't lend itself to musicals well.

There is one play version though, that I wanna say was set in a mental institute...and it's a group of 6-7 actors, and one plays Alice, the others trade out roles, and as she leaves Wonderland, they do the entire Rabbit Hole sequence backwards. Now THAT was impressive.

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In my opinion what should happen with Alice is that Tim Burton should make a film version of it... I think that would be interesting... Either live action or stop-motion.

And, albeit slightly off topic, I think "Nightmare Before Christmas" should be the next Disney project.

There are wwaaaaaaaaaaaay too many versions of this already onstage. And this score was very weak.

Isn't the film based on American McGee's Alive, the very dark creepy computer game that I was very keen to play when it first came out but I still haven't got round to playing even though I own it? ^_^ (Didn't they cast Sarah Michelle Gellar? o_O)

When I read the book a few months ago, I was struck less by how dark it is and more by how witty and intelligent it is. That kinda thing just flies over your head when you're a kid, but makes these things WELL worth revisiting as an adult.

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Updated On: 6/24/07 at 06:39 PM

Yep that was the plan--I think now Marilyn Manson is involved...

The thing is--I ADORE the book and like the Disney film despite it flaws (hell I even insist on riding the DIsneyland dark ride in the caterpillars everytime) and I think there is a lot of dark and creepiness to Alice. But... That's been focused on so much--I think a different angle that doesn't overemphasize the dark and creepy aspects, the "druggie" things, etc, would at this point maybe be more interesting