Movie Version of Any Musical
Movie Version of Any Musical
#0Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:39pmOkay...if you could pick any musical and make it into a movie...what would it be? I'll go first. I think Merrily We Roll Along would make a great movie and they would be able to do things with it that could never be done on stage...like make the time changes in years more visible to the audience. Maybe I'm biased...I played Charley once!!!
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#1re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 12:10am
A new version of A CHORUS LINE, cause we all know the first one sucked. I will direct it - and I guess Bayoork Lee can help. ^_~
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#2re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:31amI just want more filmed stage versions to be released, like the london Oklahoma, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods. I mean, they're filmed anyway. And I doubt releasing them would hurt the marketability of the musicals.
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#3re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:49am"Parade" or "The Wild Party." but they would have to be done well aka not by the directors of The Producers or Phantom of the Opera.
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jo
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#6re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:57amFollies
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EganFan2
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#8re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:16amThe Woman in White. I think it just would fit the film medium so well.
#9re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:22amKiss of the Spider Woman with Catherine Zeta Jones.
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#10re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:30amRagtime would be breathtaking if done right, but Sweeney Todd (It's already planned though) would be great as well.
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#11re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:35amSee What I Wanna See. I think it would make an interesting movie musical.
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#12re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:04amEither Miss Saigon or Les Miserables would be fantastic as movies. Maybe its finally time for Cameron Mackintosh to try his hand in a new medium?
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#15re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:10am
AVENUE Q done the way the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was done.
Also:
SUNSET BOULEVARD
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
RAGTIME
THE LIFE
SIDE SHOW
#16re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:32am
BARE... all that comes to mind for me. PLEASE! (and hey, i still want to be Jason 
)
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#17re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:34amRagtime (if they could improve the book) or Sunset Boulevard (with Liza).
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sondheim78
Chorus Member Joined: 4/18/06
#18re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 12:10pm
I would like to see a movie of the musicals of
Urban Cowboy
Carrie
Dracula
Dance of the Vampire
Good Vibrations
Legs Diamond
I think those would make excellent movies.
Just kidding. My real list:
Once On This Island
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd (already in negotiations)
Wicked (not too far off I'm sure)
Passion
#19re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 12:24pm"Aida," "Into The Woods," "Ragtime," and "The Light in the Piazza."
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#20re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 3:11pmI really feel Les Miserables could film amazingly. I would buy it in a second.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#21re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 3:18pm
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Woman of the Year
and I'd love to see a really quirky movie version of Unrinetown
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#22re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 3:20pmEven though it was less than two years ago, a "Phantom of the Opera" with people who can actually sing. Sorry Gerri Butler fans, but he really couldn't sing. Aida and Miss Saigon would also be wonderful.
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#23re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 4:04pm
first thought was Ragtime; how beatiful could that film be?! In addition I'd love to see Aida, simply because it's one of my favorite shows and with the right three principals the music could be just as moving as it was in the hands of Heather Headley, Sherie Rene Scott, and Adam Pascal... 
Cheers,
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Elphie_Maureen
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#24re: Movie Version of Any Musical
Posted: 4/19/06 at 4:35pm
definitely Wicked, because I would LOVE to have that to watch every day!
I admit.
I'm obsessed.
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