Ideas for new musicals - based on plays or books- Page 3
Ideas for new musicals - based on plays or books
Barth
Swing Joined: 6/7/08
#50I know it's a bit late...
Posted: 6/7/08 at 3:36pmMacbeth by William Shakespeare was adapted in our primary school recently as a musical and it was a fantastic success.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
Barth
Swing Joined: 6/7/08
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#54I know it's a bit late...
Posted: 6/7/08 at 4:40pm
I'm not sure if there ever was a musical version of it, besides a regional theater version of it, but Great Expectations would make a great musical. Also, perhaps you could make Gone with the wind work...
Also, my absolutely favorite book of all time is The 10th Kingdom, but it is technically a TV movie as well. But still, it's still so well written.
#55I know it's a bit late...
Posted: 6/7/08 at 5:05pm
i havent read the thread so sorry for any repeats.
The Canterburry tales - in a spoof sort of way
the scarlette letter?
the crucible
macbeth might be interesting.
my highschool did a production of as you like it, set it in the 60s, and put music in it and it was actually very good (and yes my highschool's theatre department is quite pretentious :)
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joniray
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/04
#56I know it's a bit late...
Posted: 6/7/08 at 5:10pm
I’ve always thought The Crucible could make a powerful musical, but now there’s been an opera made of it so…
What about The Laramie Project?
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