How did this get to Broadway?
How did this get to Broadway?
Coolness_
Understudy Joined: 6/11/07
#1How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 7:28pm
Shows you never imagined would be done on stage
Updated On: 6/29/07 at 07:28 PM
#2re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 7:29pmGosh, we've never done this one before.
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#2re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 7:35pm
WEST SIDE STORY. Remember when the rumours started getting put about that they'd be updating 'Romeo & Juliet' for a modern audience? We thought that was just the silliest thing we'd ever heard, remember? I still can't believe they ever thought it necessary. I mean, c'mon! The story works just as well set in Elizabethan times, right? Who greenlighted this project?!
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#3re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 9:31pmMY FAIR LADY. I mean, really. Adding songs to a play about linguistics by George Bernard Shaw! Might as well try to add music to King Arthur - twice.
#4re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 9:59pmWicked! Seriously, WTF. Oh, and The Vagina Monologues.
#5re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:00pmGYPSY. The story of a stripper? Come on. Not to mention the lyrics were by the guy who did West Side Story, and we all know how that ended up.
Wicked63
Broadway Star Joined: 6/18/07
longshadowsfalling
Understudy Joined: 3/21/06
#7re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:30pm
Legally Blonde
Spring Awakening
Young Frankenstein
Pretty much everything on Broadway today save a few shows.
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Wicked63
Broadway Star Joined: 6/18/07
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:34pmIsn't there a musical version of SCENT OF A WOMAN in the making? It's working title is LEGALLY BLIND.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#10re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:39pmlet's face it: the idea of a musical in general is kinda wierd...but i LOVE it.
#11re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:39pm
Tarzan.(Who have thought flying gorillas and a man in a loincloth could become a musical)
Sweeney Todd.(C'mon guys, lets all sing about a murderous barber while he slits people's throats!)
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MarkRascati
Broadway Star Joined: 5/24/06
#12re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:52pm
THE SOUND OF MUSIC: Honestly, the time for nazi's is OVER
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: Why would anybody think of writing a show about a fiddler on a roof?
OKLAHOMA: Who the heck starts off a show a'cappella?
WEST SIDE STORY: Gangsters + ballet??? LAAAME!
MY FAIR LADY: Broadway my a$$!
LES MIS: Ok, this one needs to make a discision. Is it an OPERA or a MUSICAL? Gee, if they wanted it to be a musical, at least make it structured like the musical standards... like Lennon, or Pirate Queen
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#13re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:54pm
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#14re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:00pmXanadu... but I'm so glad it did :)
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#15re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:07pm
Carrie
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Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
#16re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:23pm
Wicked.
Tarzan.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#17re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:34pmHigh Fidelity--should never have been made into a musical
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
evadiva
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#18re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 12:14am
I gotta throw in Floyd Collins - but wait that never made it to Broadway. Amazing music...but such a dark, depressing story -I'm not surprised it never made it to the Great White Way.
But I wish it had.
#19re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 12:17am
Most musicals sound rather ridicoulous when you think about it.
Phantom of the Opera,RENT, and Les Mis all sound like dumb ideas,but they're all great long running shows.
#20re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 12:45am
Okay, nobody wants to hear dancers bitching about their lives. We want to see them dancing, smiling, and happy. Honestly. Whose idea was this? At least it didn't get that many Tonys. Nine? Jeez. Producers got twelve.
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Mr. Peanut Man
Understudy Joined: 5/26/06
#21re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 1:15am
Xanadu
The Wedding Singer
The Color Purple
Tarzan (Can't belive it didn't close sooner)
Legally Blone (Now I think it looks entertaining)
High Fidelity
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#22re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 9:30amThe problem with shows like Wedding Singer and High Fidelity is that the target demographic - the people who liked those movies - are the type of people who, for the most part, HATE MUSICAL; COMEDY! I mean, face it - most Adam Sandler/Jack Black fans aren't into show tunes!
midwestsarah
Chorus Member Joined: 10/8/06
#23re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 10:51amDefinitely CATS. What an awful show.
#24re: How did this get to Broadway?
Posted: 6/30/07 at 11:09am
High Fidelity
Wedding Singer
Pirate Queen
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