If they can do "Legally Blonde", what about "13 Going On 30 - The Musical"?
If they can do "Legally Blonde", what about "13 Going On 30 - The Musical"?
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1If they can do "Legally Blonde", what about "13 Going On 30 - The Musical"?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:16pmI 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
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#2re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:18pmOY-VEY!
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#2re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:19pm
Maybe...
you should stop posting.
ThePinballWizard
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/06
#3re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?
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"
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Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#4re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?
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.
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#5re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?
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.
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--Aristotle
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#6re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Musical'?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:00pmIf 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#7re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
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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Updated On: 1/27/07 at 11:08 PM
#8re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:14pm
No thanks.
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TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#9re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
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.
Mayella Ewell
Maycomb, Alabama
Updated On: 4/13/07 at 11:22 PM
#10re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
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
Stand-by Joined: 10/10/06
#11re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:29pmwhy? 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...
#12re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/27/07 at 11:51pmThe fact that the "MGM On Stage" site lists fifteen movies they are developing for the stage scares and saddens me.
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purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#13re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 10:14amthought about this the other day. it could work, but very similar to big. Kerry is a good choice for jenna
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#14re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 10:31amWhy 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
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/06
#15re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 10:58amAmen, CapnHook
There's a lot I am not certain of...
kas
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/05
#16re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
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
Understudy Joined: 11/24/05
#17re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 11:05amNo, 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.
#18re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 1:33pmSutton Foster as Jenna Rink.
This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#19re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 2:53pmIf it has to be MGM, what about UPTOWN GIRLS ?
#20re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 2:59pmI, somehow, cannot see an "Uptown Girls" musical...
kas
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/05
#21re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 4:46pm
ooh - oooh -
i got it.
40 Year Old Virgin onstage.
#22re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 6:17pmI 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
Leading Actor Joined: 1/22/07
#23re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
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.
#24re: If they can do 'Legally Blonde', what about '13 Going On 30 - The Music
Posted: 1/28/07 at 7:31pmlegally blonde was a classic teen flick 13 going on 30 was s**t
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