MTI to work on Glee for the Stage

[BroadwayBound062]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#1

Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:44pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/137975-EXCLUSIVE-FOXs-Glee-in-Talks-for-Stage-Development

Genius lasts longer than beauty.

[binau]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#2

Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:52pm

Kill. Me. Now.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[ColorTheHours048]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#2

Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:54pm

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL? What?

[lakezurich]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#3

Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:55pm

As much as I LOVE Glee I am totally against this.

Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical

[rmusic11322]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#4

Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:59pm

Avenue G? Haha, ew.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#5

Posted: 3/19/10 at 12:10am

Wow, they are really hell bent on watering down the market with their own product, aren't they?

[singtopher]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#6

Posted: 3/19/10 at 12:26am

Thank god I didn't decide to become a High School theatre teacher.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[Scarywarhol]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#7

Posted: 3/19/10 at 12:51am

Destroy.

[gvendo2005]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#8

Posted: 3/21/10 at 3:40pm

Frank Loesser must be spinning in his grave. He founded MTI for better things than this.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[jacobsnchz14]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#9

Posted: 3/21/10 at 3:41pm

This was just a rumor and was denied by FOX.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#10

Posted: 3/21/10 at 4:30pm

Why can't this show just disappear?

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

[dramamama611]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#11

Posted: 3/21/10 at 4:43pm

Because gads of folks love it. (I am not one of them...but in a very small minority.)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#12

Posted: 3/21/10 at 5:25pm

I wonder why MTI announced it if it wasn't true. Perhaps it WAS true, but for once logic prevailed with the Glee powers that be and they pulled the plug.

[Will O'Donnell]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#13

Posted: 3/21/10 at 5:47pm

I know this is a HORRIBLE idea, but I can't help but get a little excited anyways. Still, a horrible idea, along with whatever Avenue G is.

[lakezurich]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#14

Posted: 3/21/10 at 8:11pm

The thought of an "Avenue G" actually coming to fruition makes me want to kill someone.

Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical

[darquegk]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#15

Posted: 3/21/10 at 8:12pm

To be fair, the stage versions of High School Musical are MUCH better than the films they were inspired by, as the stage shows are played with a much-more tongue in cheek sense of satire towards the material than the somewhat serious films.

Plus, the music is reorchestrated in sort of a "retro pop" style rather than the techno/hip-hop sounds of the film. This is mild in HSM 1 Live, and almost jarring in HSM 2 Live, which seems to be set more than 20 years before the film.

[romgitsean]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#16

Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:58am

Please tell me this is all a bad dream...

God, I hate MTI. Always have, always will.

Recent Broadway and Off-Broadway:: Carrie, Merrily, Ionescopade
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM

[Brave Sir Robin2]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#17

Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:03am

These are the people who give the rights to perform HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2. All of my friends, theatre nerd or not, hate this idea. Even my hardcore Gleeks/friends loathe the idea. Just do a summer tour each year and we're done.

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[James885]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#18

Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:07am

An absolutely horrible idea. Glad this was debunked. Talk about saturating the market...

"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

[Edna Turnblad]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#19

Posted: 3/22/10 at 3:53pm

You have no idea how glad I was when this was proven false. This is the worst idea ever. I love the show and would hate for it to be ruined by a terrible stage version.

[husk_charmer]

MTI to work on Glee for the Stage#20

Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:03pm

romgitssean-
What do you have against MTI? I've always found them to be a fairly good company to work with, and a lot of their advances (rehearsascores, etc) have really helped school and community productions.

Besides, aren't you 17? How much have you actually dealt with MTI?

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer