Movie Version of Any Musical

[ncvalmont]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:39pm

Okay...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]

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. ^_~

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:31am

I 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.

[Attendthetale331]

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.

[jo]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:50am

SUNSET BOULEVARD !

[smiles]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:54am

aida

[d5johnston]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:57am

Follies

[BtMartin25]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:57am

Ragtime.. wow, that'd be amazing.

[EganFan2]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:16am

The Woman in White. I think it just would fit the film medium so well.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:22am

Kiss of the Spider Woman with Catherine Zeta Jones.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:30am

Ragtime would be breathtaking if done right, but Sweeney Todd (It's already planned though) would be great as well.

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:35am

See What I Wanna See. I think it would make an interesting movie musical.

[nodaybut2day2007]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:04am

Either 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?

[AlmostFamous]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:08am

Aida or The Woman in White

[Barnaby12345]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:05am

Miss Saigon

[Sant]

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

[zepka102]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:32am

BARE... all that comes to mind for me. PLEASE! (and hey, i still want to be Jason )

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:34am

Ragtime (if they could improve the book) or Sunset Boulevard (with Liza).

[sondheim78]

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

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 12:24pm

"Aida," "Into The Woods," "Ragtime," and "The Light in the Piazza."

[Necromancer07707]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 3:11pm

I really feel Les Miserables could film amazingly. I would buy it in a second.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

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

[JemimaPearl]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 3:20pm

Even 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.

[catstagestud]

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,

Christopher

[Elphie_Maureen]

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.