James and the Giant Peach musical
James and the Giant Peach musical
#1James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/7/08 at 9:44pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_Musical_Heading_to_the_Stage_20081207
Hmm should be interesting
I'm not too opposed to the idea. Look at how Willy Wanka turned out. I mean sure, they changed its name and some of the plot, but it was still good :)
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/7/08 at 9:45pmWhy has Willy Wonka never come to Broadway? That needs to happen.
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#2re: James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/7/08 at 11:32pmThe stage version of Willy Wonka kinda sucks. Have you heard the cast recording? It's kind of silly.
#3re: James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/7/08 at 11:34pm
oh i bet it does suck
and i think its mainly because the movie musical came first
but i feel that if this was a musical before they made a movie musical ( i mean there is a VERY good movie, but its not a musical) then it would be good
#4re: James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/8/08 at 3:47am
Dahl's stuff is perfect for musical theatre - and theatre in general. It's a shame that the Roald Dahl foundation are very tight with their work (much like the R&H Foundation). There are so many Dahl books screaming out to be musicalised.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - the movie - is an interesting musical. It comes across as extremely dated and, whilst it would be impressive on stage, would need a major re-working as well as many new songs.
James and the Giant Peach is an interesting choice because it's already a (bad) film musical. As this production is not a Disney one, they won't be using Randy Newman's terrible songs - and I hope they use a great songwriter or songwriting team.
I also hope they keep it entirely British.
Will be an interesting show to follow.
Nick Hutson
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#5re: James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/8/08 at 8:16amI'm kind of...not kind of... REALLy excited for this. It will be very cool on stage.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#6re: James and the Giant Peach musical
Posted: 12/8/08 at 8:36am
A musical stage version of 'James' has been touring the UK for many years, I think its approaching 20 years now, and has played the West End for at least 2 seasons.
Although it isn't of the size the Broadway production will end up being it has been incredible successful.
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