Maid in Manhattan
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
Maid in Manhattan#1
Posted: 9/19/21 at 3:38pmAnother good 2000's movie that would be a good musical is Maid in Manhattan. Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes were the two leads. It has a winning musical comedy formula with it's modern rags to riches story, Big Apple setting, a Latina female lead and mistaken identity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
Maid in Manhattan#2
Posted: 9/19/21 at 3:53pm
No, we already had Cinderella, just way less tacky, predictable and racially stereotypical.
Maid in Manhattan#3
Posted: 9/19/21 at 5:27pmJesus no. I’d rather someone do a musical of Nomadland.
Maid in Manhattan#5
Posted: 9/19/21 at 5:35pmIf we’re doing a musical about a maid, it needs the be the Ally Sheedy 1987 masterpiece, “Maid To Order”. And yes I’m serious.
Maid in Manhattan#6
Posted: 9/19/21 at 5:49pm
Jordan Catalano said: "If we’re doing a musical about a maid, it needs the be the Ally Sheedy 1987 masterpiece, “Maid To Order”. And yes I’m serious.
Yes and Cheno was born to play the Valerie Perrine role. I hope they keep the song “Clean Up Woman” in the show. I may have the soundtrack.
Maid in Manhattan#8
Posted: 9/19/21 at 6:11pm
I thought that the Broadway League determined that Goonies and Gremlins must be adapted before any JLo film.
Maid in Manhattan#9
Posted: 9/19/21 at 6:14pm
Jordan Catalano said: "^Marry me "
I accept. I forgot about the fairy godmother played by Beverly D’Angelo That would be a really fun part. Not sure who I’d cast.
Maid in Manhattan#10
Posted: 9/19/21 at 6:17pmI’m more focused on who would play Nick, the chauffeur if the pool scene is included in this new stage version.
Maid in Manhattan#11
Posted: 9/19/21 at 6:21pm
Jordan Catalano said: "I’m more focused on who would play Nick, the chauffeur if the pool scene is included in this new stage version. "
Ha. Yes priorities. So many choices
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Maid in Manhattan#12
Posted: 9/19/21 at 6:58pmIf were talking about turning movies into musicals, the 1961 film A MAJORITY OF ONE would make a terrific vehicle for That Streisand Woman playing the role Rosalind Russell did in the film.
Maid in Manhattan#13
Posted: 9/20/21 at 7:52am
Jordan Catalano said: "If we’re doing a musical about a maid, it needs the be the Ally Sheedy 1987 masterpiece, “Maid To Order”. And yes I’m serious."
I'll add another vote to this! LOVE this movie!!!
Maid in Manhattan#14
Posted: 9/20/21 at 8:01amSpeaking of JLo films, I am surprised we haven’t seen a Selena musical.
Maid in Manhattan#15
Posted: 9/20/21 at 8:37amAdd me to the love fest for “Maid to Order” - it’s long overdue for a blu-ray release.
Maid in Manhattan#17
Posted: 9/20/21 at 8:56am
SpiritualGangster said: "Add me to the love fest for “Maid to Order” - it’s long overdue for a blu-ray release."
Yes, bluray is long overdue.
Maid in Manhattan#18
Posted: 9/20/21 at 9:06amThe film demands a Criterion release. At the last horror convention I went to before Covid, I finally got to meet Sheedy who signed my poster for the film that I’ve had since 1987 and she and her assistant were over the moon that I had that.
Maid in Manhattan#19
Posted: 9/20/21 at 11:01am
I think of J. Lo's movies, I'd rather do something based on The Wedding Planner, Second Act, or even The Back-up Plan. Or imagine who they could cast if they did Monster-in-Law!
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Maid in Manhattan#20
Posted: 9/20/21 at 12:06pmIf we’re adapting comedies from that era I’d rather see something like HEARTBREAKERS starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt. I think that would lend itself to a stage adaption really well and could you IMAGINE the castings. I knew her name gets thrown about a lot for various things but this is something I could see Dove Cameron doing and Kristen Chenoweth could be her mom!
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
Maid in Manhattan#21
Posted: 9/20/21 at 12:37pm
jlindsey865 said: "Speaking of JLo films, I am surprised we haven’t seen a Selena musical."
Or a musical based around JLO's life? Like The Cher Show?
I was also thinking of a Spice Girls themed musical.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
Maid in Manhattan#22
Posted: 9/20/21 at 12:40pm
everythingtaboo said: "I think of J. Lo's movies, I'd rather do something based on The Wedding Planner, Second Act, or even The Back-up Plan. Or imagine who they could cast if they did Monster-in-Law!"
The Back Up and The Wedding Planner would make such fun musicals!!!
Also throwing in Ghost (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze) and 27 Dresses.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
Maid in Manhattan#23
Posted: 9/20/21 at 12:42pm
everythingtaboo said: "I think of J. Lo's movies, I'd rather do something based on The Wedding Planner, Second Act, or even The Back-up Plan. Or imagine who they could cast if they did Monster-in-Law!"
Patti Lupone or Bernadette Peters in Jane Fonda's role in Monster In Law?
Maid in Manhattan#24
Posted: 9/20/21 at 12:43pm
Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "everythingtaboo said: "I think of J. Lo's movies, I'd rather do something based on The Wedding Planner, Second Act, or even The Back-up Plan. Or imagine who they could cast if they did Monster-in-Law!"
The Back Up and The Wedding Planner would make such fun musicals!!!
Also throwing in Ghost (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze) and 27 Dresses."
Did you not know that there was already a stage musical (West End and Broadway) of GHOST?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(musical)
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
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