Lizzie Borden

[jackson992]

Posted: 12/26/05 at 6:21pm

This is one of the tracks that came up on my Winamp and it's kind of interesting. Never heard of the musical before.

[MLE]

Posted: 12/26/05 at 8:21pm

Really? I've never heard of that either. I think that would be a pretty creepy/morbid musical.

[jackson992]

Posted: 12/26/05 at 8:28pm

It's very interesting as the police try to bring her to trial.

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 12/26/05 at 8:36pm

A friend of mine's cousin wrote a musical about Jack the Ripper. It was pretty good, especially considering the subject matter.

[MLE]

Posted: 12/26/05 at 10:04pm

So where did you find this again? It actually sounds really interesting too!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/26/05 at 10:22pm

it would certainly be no more creepy or morbid than Sweeny Todd, Dracula, Lestat, or Tanz der Vampire

[jackson992]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 2:32am

I prolly found it on the musicals newsgroup LOL. I usually dl everything they have and filter what I don't like LOL

[IsolatingAge]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 2:43am

Just goes to show that you can make a musical about anything. I would go see a Jack the Ripper musical. i bet i'd be a big hit with sweeney todd fans

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 4:16am

*rollseyes* there have been dozens, probably hundreds, of musicals written on Jack the Ripper. Do a google

Lizzie Borden, the Musical, is known. There is a CD out there that's well worth checking

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 10:11am

There is also a parody (if you can imagine how twisted THAT would be) of the trial of Lizzie Borden as the big finale of the Broadway musical "New Faces of 1952."

They do it as a hoedown/square dance. It was one of those things that audiences KNEW they shouldn't be laughing at... but then cried from laughing so hard at it for that very reason:

'Cause you can't chop your poppa up in Massachusetts
Not even if it's planned as a surprise
No you can't chop your poppa up in Massachusetts
You know how neighbors love to criticize.

Updated On: 12/27/05 at 10:11 AM

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 10:31am

We did the song Lizzie Borden from New Faces of 1952 in my musical theater troupe in high school. It was hilarious. The girl playing Lizzie even had a large (fake) hatchet. It really scared old people when we performed in retirement communities

[timote316]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 12:51pm

Lizzie Borden the musical... that would be set in the next town over from me. Interesting stuff.

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 12:55pm

If memory serves, there was either a cd or New York production with the wonderful Alison Frasier in the title role.

[Broadwaynut81]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 1:09pm

I have actually seen Lizzie Borden the Musical. It had Jayne Paterson from LEs Mis in it as Lizzie. I don't remember the music that well(I saw it I think two years ago), but the story was great. It tells the story from the viewpoints of the people of Fall River, MA, Lizzie, and Young Lizzie. It also showed the volatileness of the relationships with her parents, feeding into why she allegedly axed them to death.

Posted: 12/27/05 at 1:16pm

wow this sounds really interesting lol I would actually really like to see this. I think the music would be pretty different. Maybe I'll have to look into it.

[Broadwaygirl22]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 5:03pm

A theatre near me did Lizzie Borden the musical either last year or the year before. Didn't get a chance to see it though. I heard it was good.