IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
#0IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:19pm
Iam sure we have all felt, maybe something has been missing from a musical, So, if you could add to a musical, what would you add...anything you feel is missing?
another added role?....who would play it?
A song?.....who would sing it?
A scene?....where in the show?
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#1re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:22pmIn the Producers, maybe a scene where Leo and Ulla are together in Rio, somewhere after Max receives the postcard from Leo.
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broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#2re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:28pm
funny you should say that Millie
there was a scene
but it was cut early on because of expenses
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:37pmLol.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#4re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:45pm
wicked- a big solo number for fiyero
millie- something rangy for graydon
nine- another solo for guido
how to succeed- solos for hedy and frump
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
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Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:08pm
In Wicked:
Include more about the Dragon
Deepen Fiyero's role/ add a nice song just for him
In Rent:
Make it so that Mimi doesn't have a near death experience and then miraculously recover in the last 10 minutes of the show. I'm not sure what exactly I would add, but it just seems like that all happens way too quickly.
And someone already said exactly what I was going to about The Producers.
Here in this cold white room tied up to these machines, it's hard to imagine life as it used to be. Laughing, screaming, tumbling queen... Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen. Whirling, swirling, never blue... How could you go and die? What a selfish thing to do...
RIP Jason
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Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:10pmI saw ADD and instantly thought Attention Deficit Disorder which instantly made me think of Dracula which instantly made me think of the flying. Such ADD in that show. Instantly.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
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Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:11pm
Cabaret revival:
Add sitting Pretty as a reprise in Act 2
Add, Meeskite or another song of that nature.
Wicked: Solo for Fiyero, Deepen the world of Oz!
Hairspray: Mother and Daughter Cha-cha!
Phantom of the Opera: Keep the title song and replace all the old ones, with new ones!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#8re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 11:24pm
Yes, Fiyero AND Boq should have their own songs... or maybe a duet...
Phantom- Christine should take her ending note of the title song up a third....jk
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
#9re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 10/31/04 at 11:43pm
Yes THE DRAGON! Yesyesyesyesyesyes.
ALso I think Cosette should have an actual freakin solo in Les Miz, instead of just the beginning of In My Life. And or a duet with just COsette and Eponine. Or (like this better) and duet with Fantine and Cosette (aka Fantine's angel and adult Cosette, that would be kick ass!)
I think Laurie (in Little Women) should ahve his own solo when (SPOILERS!!!) Jo refuses to marry to him (END SOILERS)
Raoul maybe should have his own song?
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
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Posted: 10/31/04 at 11:50pmA scene in WICKED where Elphie gets pregnant with a scarecrow baby but it actually turns out NOT to be Fiyero's.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#12re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 11/1/04 at 6:47amIn CRAZY FOR YOU, give Polly a big song-and-dance sequence in Act 2 - to match Bobby's "Nice Work if You Can Get It". As it is, all she has in the second act is a ballad - maybre she could have a dream sequence with the boys backing her up (a la Roxie!)
#13re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 11/1/04 at 8:02am
Wicked: I always thought that there should be some sort of short scene, or at least some sort of diaolgue between Elphaba and Fiyero right before ALAYM. I fond that transition to be kinda awkward. I would have loved to hear Norbert sing another song in that show *tear*. lol
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Posted: 11/1/04 at 10:43amI've thought about this before...I'd add Angleeyes to Mamma Mia, just after Honey Honey....would be sung by Ali or Lisa...reason...one of them could have been dumped and would deffinitely be warning Sophie about marrying Sky...I think it is a good idea...anyone else agree?
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timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
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Posted: 11/1/04 at 11:49amYes, definately another song for Fiyero. And yes, that scene transition is somewhat awkward. A little bit of dialogue would be great. However, we all know the book isn't Wicked's strength lol
luvWICKED416
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/04
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Posted: 11/1/04 at 11:55am
Yes, Fiyero and Boq should do a duet about how their roles really don't matter and how the show solely focuses on women... and how JLT and Idina kick ass!
Ahh... i love wicked!
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Posted: 11/1/04 at 12:56pmIn Wicked, create SOME transition (other then a blackout) between The wizard and I and What is this Feeling.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 11/1/04 at 2:02pmnewsieboy-i DEFINITELY agree..i noticed that when i saw it!
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
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Posted: 11/1/04 at 2:05pm
I noticed that too one day during a performance - i said poor Idian has no break between WAI and WITF!
I like it nonetheless!
I also noticed that every thread turns into a Wicked bashing/concentrated thread!
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CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#20re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 11/1/04 at 2:17pmI agree-deepen Cosette's character a little more! She seems a bit fluffy, and I'd love to see a more thoughtful version of her.
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#22re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 11/1/04 at 4:16pmSpeaking of transitions, maybe add something between "Cell Block Tango" and "When You're Good to Mama" in Chicago.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#23re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 11/1/04 at 4:23pmJanki, Y E S ! I totally agree ! ! ! Angel Eyes should be included in MAMMA MIA!
#24re: IF YOU COULD ADD TO A MUSICAL.......
Posted: 11/1/04 at 5:02pm
WICKED - rewrite the entire book and 90% of the lyrics.
AVENUE Q - Just cuz' the puppets are naked does not mean John Tartaglia should get to keep his clothes on. Take em off, buddy! And "Tear It Up and Throw It Away" is one of my favorites so I'd put it back to be sung after "Shadenwhatever"....
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - mmm... I've never bought the whole Jewish girl falling in love with an ugly tailer with a beard and glasses. Make him a tall sexy tailer with a five o'clock shadow and contacts. Also I would move "Matchmaker" to be sung after "Sabbath Prayer". Just becasue I feel "If I Were A Rich Man" is a much stronger lead in to the rest of the show than "Matchmaker" even if it is one of the most popular songs to come out of that show.
DRACULA - Put back "The Invitation" (the sexiest damn song ever!), "You Already Love Me", "Nosferatu", Mina's "The Mist" (reprise), "I Always Know What He's Thinking" and "Please Don't Make Me Love You".
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA - As follows...
Overture
Prologue
“The Sweetest Sounds”
“The Prince is Giving a Ball!”
“The Price is Giving a Ball!” (reprise)
“In My Own Little Corner”
“Your Majesties, Your Majesties”
“The Sweetest Sounds” (reprise)
“Falling in Love with Love”
“In My Own Little Corner” (reprise)
“Fol-De-Rol”
“Impossible”
“The Transformation”
“It’s Possible!”
“Act One Finale”
Entr’acte
“Gavotte”
“The Cinderella Waltz”
“Ten Minutes Ago”
“The Stepsister’s Lament”
“Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?”
“The Staircase”
“Ten Minutes Ago” (reprise)
“When You’re Driving Through the Moonlight”
“A Lovely Night”
“A Lovely Night” (reprise)
“In the Loneliness of the Evening”
“Do You Love Her Because She’s Beautiful?”
“The Sweetest Sounds” (reprise)
“The Search”
“The Stepsister’s Lament” (reprise)
“There’s Music in You” (Finale Ultimo)
Updated On: 11/3/04 at 05:02 PM
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