If they can do "Legally Blonde", what about "13 Going On 30 - The Musical"?

[jacobsnchz14]

If they can do "Legally Blonde", what about "13 Going On 30 - The Musical"?#1

Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:16pm

I was watching "13 Going on 30" right now and I think that it is kinda similar to "Legally Blonde". The movie. It has a lot of music like "LB", and it has a warm chick-flick feeling. Just picture it... "13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL" starring... maybe Kerry Butler or Shoshana Bean as Jenna Rink and Matthew Morrison or Josh Strickland as Matt Flamhaff. What do you think?

[ashbash1990]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#2

Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:18pm

OY-VEY!

What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!

[neddyfrank2]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#2

Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:19pm

Maybe...










you should stop posting.

[ThePinballWizard]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?#3

Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:19pm

Oh god no...and it's already sorta been done with less than stellar results...it's called:

"Big: The Musical"

"Isn't it strange that we spend most of our time learning to do what they put people in asylums for." - Jane Fonda on Acting

[Julian2]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?#4

Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:22pm

Big already did it and

no no no no no no no.

We don't need bad movies being turned into musicals.

I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!

[CapnHook]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?#5

Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:25pm

First off: http://www.mgmonstage.com

Secondly: NO!

Lastly: HELL NO! Let's stop thinking about which movies we like and would be "cool" on stage and let's start a) thinking up original ideas for shows, b) look for lesser known plays or musicals that could work on Broadway, and c) only choose GOOD films if a film MUST be adapted to stage.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Marlene]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?#6

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:00pm

If this ever happens I vote that Jennifer Garner reprise her role in the musical version, and we randomly stick Victor Garber in the cast. :)

[snl89]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#7

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:08pm

haha, I was totally just watching 13 Going On 30 too :P (side note: cute movie, and Jennifer Garner is a REALLY good, or at least really versatile actress because 1)her character is NOTHING like Sydney from Alias and 2)she captured the essance of a 13 year old so well! hehe)

anyway, I really dont think there's need for ANOTHER romantic comedy movie turned musical I mean many of them do have the potential to be cute if given good music and a good cast (*cough*weddingsinger*cough*), but just... another one would be over kill.

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[B3TA07]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#8

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:14pm

No thanks.

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[TheEnchantedHunter]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#9

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:22pm

Why not just abandon any concept of adult theater or entertainment with an idea altogether and just sit home all day watching television, eating junk food and diddling ourselves? You'd get the same result.




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[singtopher]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#10

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:26pm

Better yet, they should make Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen: The Musical.


Edit: Yes, I'm joking.

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Updated On: 1/27/07 at 11:26 PM

[eb412]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#11

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:29pm

why? it wasnt an artistic success nor that popular. and if big (the movie 13 going on 30 copied) could not work than I doubt this could. Im not saying all movies that are turned into musicals need to be a huge success finacially and loved by critics or even a cult favorite...but it should have been one of the three...

[somethingwicked]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#12

Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:51pm

The fact that the "MGM On Stage" site lists fifteen movies they are developing for the stage scares and saddens me.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[purpleprince101]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#13

Posted: 1/28/07 at 10:14am

thought about this the other day. it could work, but very similar to big. Kerry is a good choice for jenna

[Borstalboy]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#14

Posted: 1/28/07 at 10:31am

Why don't we just consolidate them? Like THE HIGH FIDELITY WEDDING SINGER WAS 13 GOING ON 30 AND LEGALLY BLONDE.

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[TheaterAddict7652]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#15

Posted: 1/28/07 at 10:58am

Amen, CapnHook

There's a lot I am not certain of...

[kas]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#16

Posted: 1/28/07 at 11:01am

How about "The Notebook: The Sappiest Musical in New York"

or "Lost: We Will Confuse the S*&% Out of You"

[Night Life Love]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#17

Posted: 1/28/07 at 11:05am

No, we already have Big:The Musical. Two musicals of the same kind that aren't very good would never work.

The one that loves the most...is at the mercy of the one that loves the least.

[HOUFlip04]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#18

Posted: 1/28/07 at 1:33pm

Sutton Foster as Jenna Rink.

This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...

[jacobsnchz14]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#19

Posted: 1/28/07 at 2:53pm

If it has to be MGM, what about UPTOWN GIRLS ?

[TWSFan4Ever]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#20

Posted: 1/28/07 at 2:59pm

I, somehow, cannot see an "Uptown Girls" musical...

[kas]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#21

Posted: 1/28/07 at 4:46pm

ooh - oooh -

i got it.

40 Year Old Virgin onstage.

[theaterkid1015]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#22

Posted: 1/28/07 at 6:17pm

I would love to see a musical about librarians...Kind of like "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" but not.

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[stagegrrrl]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#23

Posted: 1/28/07 at 6:27pm

DEAR GOD NO PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
i for one am way over the let's take a movie and make it a musical phenom. (although i admit that i am looking forward to young frankenstein, but that is the exception because one, that movie is brilliant and two, u r talking about a proven first rate formula with mel brooks and susan strohman.)
other than that i applaud the creativity of something like grey gardens which went the documentary route, and spring awakening which turned to a classic 19th century text for its inspiration.
but enough with the high fidelity, wedding singer, legally blonde crap. we're talking second rate movies here people. not first rate broadway material.

[songanddanceman2]

re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music#24

Posted: 1/28/07 at 7:31pm

legally blonde was a classic teen flick 13 going on 30 was s**t

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