MOMMY DEAREST as a Musical ?
MOMMY DEAREST as a Musical ?
#0MOMMY DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:15pm
What if this movie was turned into a musical???
I would go see it.
Bernedette Peters would be GREAT for the main role.
#1re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:20pm
I would be ALL OVER THIS. And given the typical length of stage productions, they could even add some scenes from the book... such as when Joan tries to make Christina go to school in nothing but a coat and panties, when she forces her to wear a stinky dress with holes in it for a week, and when she smacks her on the Andrea Doria for trying to steal her husband!
Updated On: 4/24/05 at 12:20 PM
#2re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:22pmDonna Murphy has to play the title role!
#3re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:24pmYES, YES Donna Murphy would be AMAZING.......think of the GREAT music that would be sung for that role.
#4re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:27pm
Yes it's not great quality. I don't have photoshop. But this is my best rendering of my vision of what the production would be like. I would give my arm to be in that audience. LOL
#5re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:30pmThis would be a fun off-off broadway or late night cabaret thing.
#6re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:56pmThat would be cool if Wildhorn did the music.
Becky
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#7re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:56pm
It would be interesting to hear a rendition of the soon to be popular song, "No Wire Hangers!"
#8re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:58pm
Frank Wildhourn write a Mommie Dearest musical? Hehe, wow.
I'd love to see what Wittman/Shaiman would do with it.
#9re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:02pm
"I'd love to see what Wittman/Shaiman would do with it."
Maybe you will. Marc better be reading this thread.
#10re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:28pm
http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/menupage.htm
I've been doing the research for 30 years
#12re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:31pmAmen - let Marc do it - please (amazing idea!) - but god forbid Wildhorn gets his hands on another project!
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#13re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:55pm
Hmmmm, this could have some GREAT song titles....
ChristiNA!
Christopher......
Damn it
#14re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:56pm
"How many times do I have to tell you? If you're going to polish the floor you have to move that plant?"
"I'm not mad at you, I'm Mad at the Dirt!"
and I can imagine the choreography for the "Boys and the Booze" number.
#15re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:57pmIt wouid absolutely have to be satirical. Fabulous idea.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#16re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 2:03pmA musical of TROG would be more fun.
#17re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 2:04pmWait, it can't be a musical that's fair to Joan. It has to be Mommie Dearest... Joan the villain we root for, Christina the hero whose hair we love to see sheared off...
#18re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 2:04pmIt would definetly have to be satirical, but the actors would have to fully commit to what they were doing to make it work. This could be a fun Rocky Horror type show.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#19re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 2:51pm
I actually did a one wo-man version of Mommie Dearest combined with Sunset Blvd. I called it SUNSET BLVD DEAREST. Faye Dunaway, playing Joan Crawford, playing Norma Desmond.
Example:
"Does this floor look clean to you? I had tiles put in because Valentino said, 'It takes tiles to tango'. Well, we're just going to scrub the floor together!"
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#21re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 2:56pmIt was popular back when Faye was actually up for the role.
#22re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 3:00pmI bet. I love both movies to death (though Sunset is actually good, and Dearest is so bad its good), I think putting the 2 together in a parody is great!
#23re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/24/05 at 4:08pmLove Mommie Dearest ...definitely a (campy) cult classic. They have made far many worse cross over movies-into-musicals. Marc and Scott would have to write it. They have their fingers on the pulse of intelligent, dark, and satyrical humor. I would buy a ticket!
#24re: MOMMIE DEAREST as a Musical ?
Posted: 4/25/05 at 12:44am
I would be so cool if someone saw this and decided to actually try to get this turned into a musical which I would most definately see.
Who would you cast in the roles?
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