Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
#1Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 2:33pm
I'm watching this again for the third time and I need to have someone else on this board agree that this would make a wonderful Broadway musical, or atleast a straight play.
It's a fantastic film and seems a perfect fit for the stage.
Anyone? Anyone at all? Bueller?
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 2:37pmI remember thinking that it felt just like a play when I saw it for the first time. If I’m not mistaken, I remember hearing that the rights were obtained for a stage version.
#3re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 2:38pm
care to explain why, Yankeefan?
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#4re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 2:38pmGood movie. But I would not pay to see it as a play. It has potential though.
#5re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 2:38pm
AGREED.
Love love love love love the movie. I think it would work fantastically as a play. As a musical, it would have to be a well-crafted musicalization, of course. It doesn't SCREAM musical but there have been other films that didn't either and some turned out well (THE PRODUCERS, SUNSET BLVD, GREY GARDENS, THE FULL MONTY, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, THE COLOR PURPLE).
--Aristotle
#6re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 2:50pmThe title roll would be good vehicle for Donna Murphy or Beth Leavel and I'd love to see Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Edith, the short, squeaky-voiced woman.
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#7re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 7:31pmI almost flipped when I found out that the short, squeaky voiced woman in that film (Shirley Henderson) was Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films. She had the distinction of being the oldest student at Hogwarts!
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#8re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 8:33pmBeth Leavel would be great as Mrs. Pettigrew!
#9re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 9:21pmI can see John Lloyd Young in the Lee Pace role. Any thoughts on who could pull off Delysia?
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#10re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 9:22pm
Kristin Chenoweth
Erin Davie
#11re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 9:34pm
Delysia would be played by Amy Adams reprising her role on the stage, of course!
If not, I'd personally like to see Kerry Butler do it.
Delysia - Kerry Butler
Miss Pettigrew - Beth Leavel
Phil - Matthew Morrison?
Edythe - Kate Shindle
--Aristotle
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#12re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 10:26pmOff Topic board...
#13re: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Posted: 11/27/08 at 10:42pm
Anyone who plays Delysia (cuz I know there's dozens of other actresses out there who could pull it off) would have to have great comedic timing, be cute as a button and have a good belt and head voice. So of course LaCheno would be an obvious, though she'd be a bit too old for the role I'm sure the stage would take off the extra years.
how is this off-topic? there's hundreds of movie <----> musical threads on this board.
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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