Movie Musical Revival You Would Like To See Happen

[I<3bway]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:12am

Is there a certain movie musical that is out where you would want to see happen with a different cast or setting?

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:26am

EDIT: I didn't read the word revival in the title...sorry!!!

In that case, A CHORUS LINE

Updated On: 6/8/08 at 12:26 AM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:39am

I didn't realize there was a BARE movie... I <3 Bway was asking about movie musical remakes not musicals that have yet to be turned into movies.
And to be fair, the appropriate term is "re-make" not "revival" :)
And to stay on topic, I'd love to see a re-make of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and THE WIZ.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:44am

Thanks rayandallthatjazz, I wasn't really sure what term to put in the title. =)


I think The Wiz is a really good suggestion. I would also like to see A Chorus Line, but I would like it to be played out just as it's broadway counterpart.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:05am

Yes, A Chorus Line NEEDS a new film.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:06am

I would love a new Cabaret movie.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:09am

Film remakes of:

Brigadoon
A Little Night Music
Mame
The Wiz
Paint Your Wagon
Guys and Dolls
South Pacific
Carousel


Don't ever try to improve it because you'll only fall short:

West Side Story
My Fair Lady
Sound of Music
Chicago
Cabaret
Damn Yankees
Sweet Charity
Jesus Christ Superstar
The King and I
Oliver!

[tazber]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:17am

I agree with besty, except I thnk they could do a good job with a new JCS.

Others IMO -

Remake:
Little Shop Of Horrors
Whorehouse

Don't touch:
The King and I
Cabaret
Chicago

[KrissySim]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:36am

The Band Wagon

No one can outdo Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire, but this one could be updated and made relevant to today's Broadway.

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:56am

Carousel
Show Boat
The King and I
Cabaret

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 1:57am

The "Pajama Game" movie is horrendous- really, really bad.
Unfortunately, there is no reason to remake it, no one would care.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:02am

I agree with The Wiz.

[dayao]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:33am

There are some movie musicals that originated on the stage that, even though they continue to be enjoyed by audiences in stage revivals with new casts, are either so classic (My Fair Lady & The Sound of Music), legendary (West Side Story & The Unsinkable Molly Brown) or perfect (Kiss Me, Kate, The Music Man, Sweet Charity & Oliver!) that to remake them would be an exercise in futility. But the majority of screen adaptations of Broadway musicals, especially in the 1930’s thru the 1960’s, were produced with truncated scores, songs interpolated by other composers and other aberrations which would justify a remake. These include:
CAN-CAN
ANYTHING GOES
SHOW BOAT
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
GUYS AND DOLLS
ROSE MARIE
NEW MOON
ON THE TOWN
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
BRIGADOON
PORGY AND BESS

Some were either ill conceived, overproduced, miscast or just plain bad which definitely calls for a remake:
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
MAME
THE WIZ
HELLO DOLLY
PAINT YOUR WAGON
ON YOUR TOES
SONG OF NORWAY

Some film musicals were excellent for their time but do not hold up well or well remembered enough to be called classics, definitely warranting a remake:
CAROUSEL & SOUTH PACIFIC (provided that the superior expanded film orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett & Alfred Newman for a 65 piece orchestra were retained instead of the Broadway ones for the remakes of these two Rodgers & Hammerstein shows)
KISMET
CHARLEY’S AUNT (with Raul Esparza?)
ROBERTA
LIL’ ABNER

Updated On: 6/8/08 at 02:33 AM

[sondhead]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:56am

I'd love to see a Little Shop shot in black in white and more true to its B-horror flick roots. Or just clean up the Japan Tour taping and release that on DVD, whichever.

I also think The Wiz would make a great ABC remake. Good music, good performances, lots of dancing--what's not to like?

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:16am

FINIAN'S RAINBOW
THE WIZ
THE MIKADO

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:18am

Anika Noni Rose, Sherie Rene Scott, and Brian Stokes Mitchell were all lined up for a TV film adaptation of THE WIZ...it fell through. I can only imagine how precious it could have been with that cast.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:24am

Now that I am thinking about it though, I would also like to see a re-make of Pirates Of Penzance.

[The White Half-Mask]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 11:59am

A Chorus Line
Anything Goes
Cabaret (1998 Broadway Revival style)
Guys and Dolls
The Phantom of the Opera (with a Phantom that can actually sing)

[worrell4077]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:40pm

I like to see a remake of Little Shop of Horrors that's more true to the stage version and has more music in it and actually has Mushnik sing and has the unhappy ending. I can actually see Tim Burton directing it. I actually see Zach Braff as Seymour, Kristen Bell as Audrey, Sacha Baron Cohen as Mushnik, Johnny Depp as Orin, and I can't think of anyone for the voice of Audrey II or the urchins.

I'd like to see The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas remade as well, that again is more true to the stage version and has more of the stage songs in it. I'd like to see Doastey Mae sing and actually have more screen time than she did in the movie, she was very underused in the movie. I think she spoke maybe only a couple of lines in the movie.

[maya5892]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:41pm

Tim Burton directing "Little Shop" would be fabulous!

[cfmiller]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:56pm

Cetainly Whorehouse needs to be redone. I don't find the film version of Kiss Me, Kate to be done well either, though Ann Miller is great.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:09pm

I adored the recent Sweeney Todd. But I'm really curious how the Sam Mendes directed Sweeney with Russell Crowe and Meryl Streep would have been.

Also think of what Julie Taymour could do with Jesus Christ Superstar.


And Phantom should get another chance...with a good cast and good director.

[Muhlethaler]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:16pm

Updated On: 6/18/20 at 02:16 PM

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:17pm

A Tim Burton-directed "Little Shop" could be absolutely phenomenal.

I'd love another "Hair," just because I love that show so much.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 2:19pm

Guys and Dolls, with Ewan McGregor as Sky.
Updated On: 6/8/08 at 02:19 PM