Making of musicals?
Making of musicals?
#1Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 10:24pm
Every now and then there’s a film that’s like a “making of” for a different film. Besides Shuffle Along, i can’t really think of any musicals that is about the making of another musical.
Am I missing them or do they just not exist?
If you could create a musical like this, what show would it be about? I think a musical about the making of Spider Man would be interesting.
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#2Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 5:37am
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#3Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 7:52am
The Blu-ray of the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance comes with a second disc containing a "making of" video entitled "The Heat is Back On: The Remaking of Miss Saigon". Unfortunately, the second disc is not region-free so it doesn't play in typical U.S. machines.
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#4Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 8:39am
Every Little Step
Came out a few years back. Documentary about casting the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Really good film!
EDIT - Ooops! I misread the question... 
42nd Street's book is the story of a fictitious musical, "Pretty Lady", and Kiss Me, Kate falls in that category, to a degree. ...and Something Rotten. OH... and [title of show]
(But all fictitious)
#5Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 8:49am42nd Street is about the making of a musical...in a very similar vein, so is Dames at Sea
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#6Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 9:00am
A Broadway Musical (book by William F. Brown, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse) is fictitiously based on the making of the musical, "Golden Boy".
There are plays about the making of plays (I can think of two), but musicals? This is a tough one, Jorge!
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#7Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 9:34am
Say Darling from 1958 based on Richard Bissell's semi-autobiographical book about his experiences during the creation of the musical The Pajama Game (which was based on his novel 7 1/2Cents.
#8Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 10:09am
Lot666 said: "The Blu-ray of the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance comes with a second disc containing a "making of" video entitled "The Heat is Back On: The Remaking of Miss Saigon". Unfortunately, the second disc is not region-free so it doesn't play in typical U.S. machines."
That's not what the OP was asking about.
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#9Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 10:11am
And a Chorus Line is at least about the casting/auditioning of a musical.
And, really, I don't see it being something that is in high demand: a musical about a real musical. Shuffle Along had a lot of social and political things that made its "making of" dramatic. Most shows don't.
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#11Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 10:51am
Curtains is 1/2 murder mystery-1/2 creation of a new musical (Robbin' Hood), although neither half makes a lot of sense...
#12Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 10:54am
LizzieCurry said: "Lot666 said: "The Blu-ray of the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance comes with a second disc containing a "making of" video entitled "The Heat is Back On: The Remaking of Miss Saigon". Unfortunately, the second disc is not region-free so it doesn't play in typical U.S. machines."
That's not what the OP was asking about."
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#13Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 1:37pm
The middle section of Merrily We Roll Along, if that counts.
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#14Making of musicals?
Posted: 12/12/17 at 6:03pm
There are a number of musicals about the making a musical or musicals. In addition to those already mentioned:
R&H's ME AND JULIET
R&Hart's PAL JOEY
Large parts of SHOW BOAT
The "revisal" of R&Hart's BABES IN ARMS
DAMES AT SEA
LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE (IIRC)
Parts of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, et al.
But if the OP is only looking for musicals about the making of another real-life musical, then the only ones I know of have been mentioned: SAY DARLING and A BROADWAY MUSICAL. Both were flops.
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