Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#0Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:14pm
Ok, maybe this has been said before (or, done - i dunno) but just based on Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, South Park, etc. I think the two could make an unbeatable musical based on a movie.
What do you all think? What movies do you think they could do - based on movies that they've made into musicals already?
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:25pmF' that! They are both wildly talented and can surely come up with something totally original.
#2re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:28pmDitto that to the Nth power!
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#3re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:31pm
Oops, I ment to ask that too - like what ideas of shows?
They also turn movies to the stage so well.
Just thoughts of musicals they could do and such.
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#4re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:47pm
Come on people!
Get creative!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#5re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:50pm
I want to see South Park on stage. They could create an ice path around the theater (ala Starlight) for Boitano to do his "two Salchows and a triple Lutz, while wearing a blindfold!"
I think a music version of Ruthless People would be great! It would have to be very different than the movie, but I love the story.
"What the hell happened to you? You look like a Make-A-Wish Kid. You know, I just knew you were gonna bring shame on this new family of ours, and it just figures you had to go make yourself over into some heroin-shootin skate board chic on the only day E! could interview you!" - Cherry Cherry, on her daughter Mary Cherry
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#6re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:51pm
Thanks, Loge.
By the way, did you get my PM - it hasn't been working right lately.
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#7re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 8:14pm...
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#8re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/1/04 at 8:15pmYes I did.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#9re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 9:20pmMarc?
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
VeuveClicquot
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/04
#10re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 9:30pm
I don't get it.
Yazbek and Shaiman (who are both wonderful) are both COMPOSERS. Unless they split a score in half and both composed half of it (which would most likely end up disjointed), the only other way for them to collaborate is for one to compose the music and the other to write the lyrics. Which are you proposing to do which?
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#11re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 9:32pm
Why can't they compose and write together?
Two heads are better than one and two great composers equal a Tony sweep.
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#12re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 9:34pmUm...it's not that easy for composers who write songs on their own to just start collaberating all of a sudden.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#13re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 9:35pm
Well w/e. One can write lyrics and one the music.
I'm just saying what movies/ideas would be good shows?
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
VeuveClicquot
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/04
#14re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 9:39pmHistorically, that's never happened. And for a reason -- it's impossible to collaborate that way. As a composer, you can't make a collaborator hear your musical ideas in real time in a way that allows them to effectively contribute to the collaboration. Lyrics are a different story altogether, and it is possible to successfully collaborate in that regard. Not so when it comes to the mechanics of composing music. It would be so frustrating that they would kill each other before the opening number was written.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#15re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:17pm
It's hypothetical.
Dumb ass!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#16re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:26pmWhat the hell is up with you, jmaclover? Quit tossing around insults just because someone disagreese with you.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#17re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:27pm
Who's disagreeing?
My question was simple...what movies would be good to turn to stage?
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#18re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:35pmOh, then I must have been misreading the part where you called VeuveCliquot a dumbass. My mistake.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#19re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:39pmThat's me calling him/her a dumb ass - NOT disagreeing!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#20re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:41pm
Oh, okay. So you toss out insults for no particular reason?
I just want to make sure I'm understanding, here.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#21re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:45pm
i toss out insults when ppl insist on being difficult. this is just suppossed to be for fun!
I think Sister Act!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#22re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:46pm
Insist on being difficult? But that's not the same as disagreeing with you, huh?
Well, I have to say this thread really casts you in an endearing light, jmaclover. Nice talking to you.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#23re: Marc Shaiman and David Yazbek
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:48pm
Anytime...ladada
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
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