Looking for some material to write a musical on...- Page 2

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 12:49am

I think your just feeling defensive elphaba cuz you don't have any musical talent. Sorry elphie, that's just the way it works. some get the gift. some dont.


lol, and another child speaks. cuz?
Since you don't know my background, I'll ignore your comment.

The point is......I don't give ideas away.......I work for mine, and so should you......

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 12:53am

But your av looks so friendly!

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 12:54am

Joking and trolling aside, I don't think it's that ridiculous that a piece of music could be written in just two or three weeks, but musicals are a process and a lot of it is done during the development of the entire show. Adding scenes, songs, etc... based on the involvement of the actors, director, everyone. Now because of the politics involved it takes forever to get a musical on its feet (although not always) but sure, I bet an accomplished and knowledgeable musician could just sit down and crank out a bunch of songs and be ready to go with at least something to show in three weeks.

It's especially helpful when you're not really worrying about the words (in the case of Handel and Elton John ;P Now somebody's going to come on and say that Handel worked with the finest of Europe's lyricists or something. The bible?)

[wickedfreak]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:00am

How about writing a musical about the awfulness of this board......it is driving me nuts!!!! especially ELPHABA. That one with the woman in the green avatar...Elphaba is one of the craziest people i have ever talked to....yeah u heard me.....

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:11am

Well, I think we've lost site of the point of this thread. Anyways, since none of you offered to answer my question, I'll move just get over it. Anyways, I think good pieces of material are maybe um...
The Destructors by Graham Greene
Sellevision by Augustin B...(can't spell the last name)

I still stand by that The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe could be a really great musical if it was in the right hands.
Updated On: 12/16/05 at 01:11 AM

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:24am

Watch out, Elphaba is really Sondheim in disguise.

Make sure you have a good book. Really. Maybe even find a playwright to help you with it. It has to tell a story before anything else. All the student-written musicals I've seen have been badly marred by bad books.

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:28am

There is a musical version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. But it's not very good! Cute though.

Student musicals probably suck more because they are student musicals than anything else. Even Sondheim didn't get it quite right until Company when he was what, 40? By get it right I mean find his style and really add a lot to the show (Forum has such a strong book the music is almost superfluous).

Of course we have it easier nowadays because we "know all the rules" about making musicals. But really, it just takes that magic element of everything coming together right, or lots and lots of know how.

[wickedwitchofthechest]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:36am

I think I saw a musical version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as a child, and it was...disappointing, to say the least. All I really remember about it now is the White Witch sweeping around singing "Turkish Delight."

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:37am

Elphaba isn't Sondheim in disguise.

love, carla is Sondheim in disguise.

"Read about it. It's in your bibles."
~BKLYN

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:52am

Yes that's it!

It's very silly. I did it years and years ago (...six or seven years ago). I was Peter and I got knighted at one point. I had a ball.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 1:56am

OKay, well i think it could be done WELL lol. I just have this image in my head about Lucy on stage and then the center aisle door at the back of the theater bursts open and this white light shines down the aisle and in hussles the faun (Mr. Tummlus)and he walks down the aisle and onto the stage. I just like that image.

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 12/16/05 at 2:53am

You should write it then.