Literature Classic You'd Like To See Done As A Musical- Page 3

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 9:23am

"The Grapes of Wrath" is one of my favorite books, so I wouldn't mind seeing an interpretation of that.

Also, to further prove the speculation that Holden Caufield is gay, a musical version of "The Catcher in the Rye." Though that is most unlikely since nobody can even get the rights to adapt it into a dramtic movie.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:28am

I have no idea if it's ever been tried, but I think Richard Adams' "Watership Down" would make a neat musical. I'd also love to see something by Trollope, such as "Barchester Towers."
What fun that would be!

[Bdwyguy30]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:17pm

Re: Dorian Gray
It is actually being done as a musical for the New york Music Theatre Festival. Not the version you saw though. This one is called Dorian Gray The musical and Dorian Gray is a Rock singer, although it is not a "rock" musical. Apparantely the bulk of the play takes place in 1965 during the civil rights movement and it opens and closes in 1999. Dorian is white and Sybil Vane is a black girl. I saw a reading of this version two years ago in New york and it blew me away. The book was great and the score was amazing, it really was. I am looking forward to seeing this incarnation in a staged production. I think the one you saw took place in new orleans or something like that. This is apparantely alot better. We'll see.
Updated On: 9/1/05 at 02:17 PM

[freeadmission]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:25pm

I'm afraid that I would do a desperate outrage if someone produced Pride & Prejudice as a musical. That book is PERFECT as it is and I won't stand for anyone messing with it.

[sanda]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:54pm

Red and Black

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 5:58pm

I have always thought Tale of Two Cities would make a great musical--and it seems like I am not alone! I always envisioned it being a Boublil-Schonberg project. I am glad that it is being made, hopefully it will be well-done. Has The Turn of the Screw been done? That might be an idea...sort of in the vein of The Woman in White.

[Phantomerik15]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 6:07pm

i would like to see:
-Wuthering Heights
-Catcher in the Rye
-and maybe Animal Farm???(not sure about being actually dressed as pigs and all)???

[Lome2]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 6:59pm

- War and Peace (Tolstoi)
- Neverending Story (Michael Ende)

[kate2]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 8:28pm

THE GREAT GATSBYYYYY <3

[Steve2]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:18pm

War and Peace

[Conor]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:57pm

Wuthering Heights definitely! I also loved Mansfield Park and think that could make a great musical, and a Frankenstein that actually resembled the novel would be amazing. I heard that was in teh works with Kristin Chenoweth to star as Elizabeth. is that still being planned?

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:16pm

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE was adapted into a Broadway musical called FIRST IMPRESSIONS, starring Hermione Gingold and Polly Bergen, in 1959. It died after three months.


Mayella Ewell
Maycomb, Alabama

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:27pm

"Our Town" should be adapted to a musical, I believe Kander & Ebb were working on one at some point. Another novel that might be adapted to a musical is "The House of the Spirits."

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:41pm

Count of Monte Cristo would make an awesome operatic musical, but a pretty long one.
I've loved this book since I was 8 years old. And yes, it's almost as long as Les Miserables and with much more action to sing about.

[wickedkiwi]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:52pm

i third pride and prejudice. heck, if austen were alive, i'm sure she'd feel the same way. the plotline is very broadway, i think.

i'd love it if somebody stole and re-adapted taming of the shrew á la kiss me kate. should havve quite a different plotline tho.

i think dracula as a novel had hopes, but after the last fiasco under that title, i may be close to giving up.

i think it may be possible to make a musical out of 100 years of solitude or house of the spirits. lots of special effects. but they havent been able to make so much as a movie out of the 1st and the second did have a film made out of it but it sucked.

they should do the raven or something equally goth by poe.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:10am

I'm not sure One Hundred Years could ever be adapted for a musical because it is too dense and non-linear to be adapted successfully for a Broadway show. If the material from The House of the Spirits was condensed, then it would make a really good show. Wickedkiwi, I had never read the lyrics to "Take Me or Leave Me" in Spanish, I don't like them...

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 1:57pm

I'm all for a musicalization of War and Peace. With the right amount of nipping and tucking, it would make a great musical.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 2:03pm

The Great Gatsby would make a perfect musical if done correctly. There are so many perfect places for songs in the story. In fact, when I was reading it, I pictured songs in my head to go along with the plot.

[Salad_Fingers85]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 2:35pm

I personally think "To Kill A Mockingbird" could be a good show, provided it had a solid score and book. There is a lot of places you can go wrong with that story. Also Lome2, "The Neverending Story" I think would be awesome as a musical! Just my thoughts though!

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 2:40pm

To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite novel, and I'd love to see a musical of it, but the themes are so deep that I feel like it won't convey everything it has too. Harper Lee's syntax is simply breathtaking and having the story without it is so frightening. I'm a huge Lit Buff, but I'd love to see this show on Broadway, even as a play.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 3:36pm

Great Gatsby and Macbeth.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 4:14pm

Macbeth already sings without music.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 5:07pm

I just started reading The Great Gatsby today and I really like it. It does have some musicality to it. I can see someone winning a Tony for his insightful performance as Nick. :)

[waddledee524]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 5:58pm

"Macbeth already sings without music."

Yes, but can you imagine those spectacular tap-dancing witches?

(I'm kidding. KIDDING.)

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 6:29pm

Too late, Macbeth! The Tap Dancing Spectacular. Has now been produced and is rumored for a Broadway opening in a few months .