Mean Girls: The Musical?

[midnightshow]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:10pm

okay so I don't know if this is just a rumor or a true project in the works. some of my good friends within the industry were saying that mean girls is highly being considered for a Broadway musical adaptation?

I can see happiness and grief with this. yes, movies into musicals are getting a bit excessive, but I personally love this movie and am intrigued to see what would happen.

also, they briefly mentioned the devil wears prada as another movie. true or false?

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:13pm

I was hoping for a musical of Clueless before a musical of Mean Girls...

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:15pm

That would be quite interesting and amusing.

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:18pm

They really need to make a musical out of "Bedazzled"

[dramarama2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:40pm

MEAN GIRLS:THE MUSICAL = FLOP!

Apparantley, The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical is in the works, but you didn't hear it from me...

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:43pm

Could we update "Mean Girls" and make them all in their 50s?

Imagine it:

Regina George: Patti LuPone
Gretchen: Donna Murphy
Karen: Christine Ebersole

And, then have some young new person play Cady (ie Leslie Kritzer)

[Ivan the Wonderful]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 9:47pm

Oh my God I would love this to be true.
Stop trying to make fetch happen, Gretchen! LOL
And Saved is being done, too right?

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:15pm

My friend said this after seeing my picture infront of LEGALLY BLONDE:

"Is every movie turning into a musical.
What's next: Mean Girls?"

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:23pm

Yes, Saved is being done off-broadway.

I can't really see this being done, but who knows? It could be great in the right hands.

[Ivan the Wonderful]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:29pm

Cheno could play Regina' mom! Perfect.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:52pm

Wow, that does sound perfect.

Ana Gasteyer could play the role of Cady's mom again...

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:57pm

There are definitely worse movies to adapt.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:12pm

Like Shrek. *Shudder*

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:22pm

How about some musicals that would be better than the original movie?

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:24pm

I personally love Mean Girls, and I think in the right hands it could be great a la Legally Blonde, only a little bit dirtier if you please. I think Clueless would be great too, or Heathers.

[MerMaggieGalinda]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:38pm

I love Mean Girls and I agree, in the right hands it could be great. I could see Cady as a sweet, innocent soprano(in the beginning anyway) and Regina as a loud, brassy belter.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:46pm

What about Kerry Butler as Regina?

[ahmelie]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:48pm

Imagine it:

Regina George: Patti LuPone
Gretchen: Donna Murphy
Karen: Christine Ebersole

I'd see it!

[MerMaggieGalinda]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:50pm

Kerry would be good, but I'd rather have more age-appropriate actors.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 11:53pm

Yeah, it's hard to pre-cast already-known actors since they have to look like/be in high school. But still, I think she looks pretty young.

[bwayboi0101]

Posted: 8/7/07 at 12:17am

I made this awhile ago as a joke between friends, I would love to see it. As stated in the right hands it would work!

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 8/7/07 at 1:31am

I have a secret wish that there will someday be a musical adaption of Heathers. I don't know why, but I think that movie has a lot more potential then Mean Girls.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 8/7/07 at 2:14am

I love this movie and would love to see it musicalized. The only Lindsay Lohan movie worth seeing in my opinion. And by "Lindsay Lohan Movie" I mean a movie where she is the main character.

[Boq101]

Posted: 8/7/07 at 4:42am

The only problem with a lot of movie musicals is that there is really no reason to sing sometimes. In musicals people sing because they need to express a larger emotion that way, it's another way of speaking. I see moe moments to sing about in Saved! and in Bedazzled, just because in Saved! there are people who feel REALLY strongly about certain things, and in Bedazzled you've got fantasy and lots of stuff that just really pops up as musical moments.

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 8/7/07 at 7:32am

You could have Anneliese van der Pol as Cady. She could act like innocent, naive Chelsea (her character on That's So Raven) at the beginning, and then when she turns into a plastic she could be a Bratz doll. And I agree that Ana could still play Cady's mom, but they'd have to give her more stage time. I love the idea for Cheno as Regina's mom!