Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?

[bwaybabe2]

Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#1

Posted: 7/5/08 at 3:53am

Abraham Lincoln, Columbus, or Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand, for me :)

[TooDarnHot]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#2

Posted: 7/5/08 at 3:59am

No.

[bwaybabe2]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#2

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:04am

Thank you.....next!
Updated On: 7/5/08 at 04:04 AM

[Weez]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#3

Posted: 7/5/08 at 7:09am

Jack the Ripper. There's an empty place in my heart waiting to be filled by a great Jack the Ripper musical.

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[BrodyFosse123]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#4

Posted: 7/5/08 at 10:00am

D.B. Cooper

[Sumofallthings]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#5

Posted: 7/5/08 at 10:11am

I always thought it would be great to have a musical about the struggles to write and ratify the Declaration of Independence.

BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"

[EugLoven]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#6

Posted: 7/5/08 at 11:43am

Justin Timberlake

[NYC_or_Bust]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#7

Posted: 7/5/08 at 11:54am

A gay romp of a musical about Hitler would be cute!

I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2

[oohshizz146]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#8

Posted: 7/5/08 at 12:06pm

hhahahahahaha nyc_or_bust

"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson

[Kalimba]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#9

Posted: 7/5/08 at 12:29pm

No. You're another one whose posts are inane. Are you that starved for attention that you must ask stupid questions on here?

[TooDarnHot]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#10

Posted: 7/5/08 at 12:29pm

For once, we agree on something Kalimba.

[gypsy4]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#11

Posted: 7/5/08 at 12:32pm

Mary Martin they could do a biograpghy musical about her.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#12

Posted: 7/5/08 at 12:56pm

Quentin Crisp

[insertclevernamehere]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#13

Posted: 7/5/08 at 3:12pm

Frida Kahlo

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.

[Mr Roxy]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#14

Posted: 7/5/08 at 3:31pm

Nostradamus

Poster Emeritus

[sally1112]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#15

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:37pm

Edgar Allen Poe

[husk_charmer]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#16

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:40pm

There WAS a Jack-the-Ripper musical in London...it closed in previews.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[EganFan2]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#17

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:46pm

"You're a naughty one, Saucy Jack".

[Scripps2]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#18

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:49pm

History musicals tend not to go down very well (Rex, I and Albert, Thomas and the King, Ben Franklin in Paris, La Révolution Française). Apart from 1776, I can't think of one that has been successful.

[jennyish]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#19

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:54pm

Rose Havock.

I chose, and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.

[Weez]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#20

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:01pm

Jesus Christ Superstar, Scrippsy?

Parade, Floyd Collins, both financial flops but critical darlings, so only half-floppy.

What's that one about the Argentinian bint again? Maybe you won't know it, it was the '70s after all...

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[Scripps2]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#21

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:11pm

Thank you Weez! I stand much corrected! Should I link this to your "things you feel dumb about" thread?

[Weez]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#22

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:23pm

Assassins, Gypsy, The King And I, Sunday In The Park With George. I think I've exhausted all the cast recordings on my iPod that reference real people. :)

I do get where you were coming from though, there's a big difference between a musical that happens to be set in the past and a musical about a historical figure. I still get points for Evita though.

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[brochatkid]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#23

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:31pm

Sigmund Freud would be interesting.

[Scripps2]

re: Is there a historical figure you would like portrayed in a Bway show?#24

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:36pm

Just rub it in, why don't you?

Er

Er

Does A Man For All Seasons sing?

*Scripps tries to regain some dignity*