How did this get to Broadway?

[Coolness_]

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

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 7:29pm

Gosh, we've never done this one before.

[Weez]

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]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 9:31pm

MY 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.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 9:59pm

Wicked! Seriously, WTF. Oh, and The Vagina Monologues.

[vfd88]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:00pm

GYPSY. 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]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:21pm

Cats

[longshadowsfalling]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:30pm

Legally Blonde
Spring Awakening
Young Frankenstein

Pretty much everything on Broadway today save a few shows.

[Wicked63]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:32pm

The Colour Purple

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:34pm

Isn't there a musical version of SCENT OF A WOMAN in the making? It's working title is LEGALLY BLIND.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:39pm

let's face it: the idea of a musical in general is kinda wierd...but i LOVE it.

[wicked_beast4]

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!)

[MarkRascati]

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]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:54pm

In My Life

Carrie

The Pirate Queen

[scott68]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:00pm

Xanadu... but I'm so glad it did :)

[bundy5000]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:07pm

Carrie

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:23pm

Wicked.

Tarzan.

[little_sally]

Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:34pm

High Fidelity--should never have been made into a musical

[evadiva]

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.

[thereisnofuture]

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.

[roseaddams]

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.

(Ignore avatar)

[Mr. Peanut Man]

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]

Posted: 6/30/07 at 9:30am

The 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]

Posted: 6/30/07 at 10:51am

Definitely CATS. What an awful show.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/30/07 at 11:09am

High Fidelity
Wedding Singer
Pirate Queen