Literature Classic You'd Like To See Done As A Musical- Page 2

[LuvBroadwayHugs]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:25pm

I'd like to see The Picture Of Dorian Gray as a play. A musical mighty be stretching it though. I'm not so sure how it'd work out,but I love that story.

[Overthemoon6]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:30pm

Gone With the Wind. It could be awful, but it's my favorite book, and I think it would work well as a musical, especially if I got to play Scarlett.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:31pm

re: Dorian Gray...

I saw a large-scale musicalization of it in Los Angeles called "Dorian." It had big cast: Robert Cuccioli, Josie de Guzman and Armelia McQueen were all in it playing roles. Some parts of it worked really well, and others didn't.

After seeing it, I definitely think Dorian Gray could be a musical (although, maybe not the one I saw).

[magruder]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:32pm

Gone With the Wind has already been done. Found some success in Japan and London, but the pre-Broadway tour collapsed on the road in 1974.

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:48pm

I'd love to see a musical of Tom Jones! One of my favorite books.

[magruder]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:53pm

There's a Tom Jones operetta from the early 20th century, as well as a recent musical adaptation that was staged, I think last year at North Shore Music Theatre.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:55pm

There's an even earlier musical of Fielding's TOM JONES.

[Songsstresss]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 4:04pm

I second Pride and Prejudice! And maybe Wuthering Heights.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 4:19pm

Wuthering Heights definately.... but how about A Confederacy of Dunces? That could work...

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 4:34pm

Wuthering Heights has been done as a Broadway play at the Longacre in 1939 and as a musical in a couple of small, unsuccessful incarnations.

A Confederacy of Dunces could be done. The nature of the novel is so many little stories and characters, though, that I think it's tricky. I know there have been attempts at small productions in the New Orleans area numerous times. Repeated ventures into a film version have stalled after attempts at getting a script less than 10 hours long have failed, over and over again. Still, I think Ignatius is a character that just cries out to be musicalized. Perhaps Dan Fogler could do him justice, and "with this hair, and in this body." He'd just the mustache and hat. Yazbek might be a good choice to write the score.
Updated On: 8/7/05 at 04:34 PM

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 5:12pm

Do you mean Dan Fogler from Spelling Bee? Because he is exactly who I thought of to play Ignatius.

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 6:39pm

The French Leuitenants (sp?) woman... that would be superb!!!!

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 7:13pm

Good catch, HumanTorch. I think I mixed in a little of his character's name when I was typing it (it's fixed now), but I do think he would be a good match -- he's the right body type, right age, and right comic style for Ignatius.

We should start a thread with a dream cast for the rest of the characters! Myrna (?) for example....but I digress.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 7:30pm

Cold Sassy Tree. It was already done as an opera, so a musical adaptation is not that far-fetched.

[holdmetouchme]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 7:38pm

Dr. Zhivago

[LuvBroadwayHugs]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 7:41pm

Best12bars, that's awesome! I had a feeling it had been attempted before. I think I'd pay to see them try

[lovinlovett]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 9:15pm

I don't know if this counts as a literary classic but I'd love to see 'Somewhere In Time' as a musical! I love the book and the film....so romantic!

[Danitriniqueen]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:31pm

How about Little Women?

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:41pm

Definitely "Wuthering Heights". I'd also like to see "The Great Gatsby" as a musical.

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:41pm

Oops, sorry, double post.

Updated On: 8/7/05 at 11:41 PM

[leon1489]

Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:42pm

I would enjoy seeing Pride and Prejudice the musical, but only if they do it right. I wouldn't want this classic to be turned into another Little Women... not that Little Women (the musical) was that bad. I would just hope that it wouldn't follow the same path.

[Wormlett]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 1:09am

i would personally like to see some Poirot done, or another form of Agatha Christie. However, I also agree Count of Monte Christo could be really good as well as Sherlock Holmes, and maybe some Ayn Rand because she has such awesome characters.

[aegeusrocks]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:09am

Holdmetouchme - Zhivago was being worked on as a page to stage musical at La Jolla last I heard, w/Lucy Simon doing the music, which made me happy.

I would laugh so hard if anyone tried to musicalize Faulkner or Flatlanders.

[jwsel]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:17am

Faulkner. LOL.

I can just imagine the child singing the "Fish" song from As I Lay Dying.

[BwayBoy25]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:42am

iluvtheatretrash-

my freshman eng teacher and i used to always talk abotu how much we wanted a TOTC musical and im so happy its coming to bway soon...

besides TOTC i would have to say that i think brave new world would be awesome