Movie that would make great musical adaptation — Page 3

I have always thought The Addams Family would make a fantastic musical. It is so stylized and quirky, its just screaming to be a musical!

Some of my other ideas are:
Triplets of Belleville
A Pee-Wee Herman musical (obviously starring Pee-Wee)
Death Becomes Her
Big Fish
A Mighty Wind

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It's funny that someone mentioned Memoirs Of a Geisha because when I read the book I thought it'd make an excellent musical... it's been sometime since there has been any new musical with great parts for Asian performers... I think BD Wong would wet himself! It really could work... if they only are careful about the casting... lol

I don't think Pleasantville would work on stage... Part of the movie is extremely visual and I don't see how that could ever translate onstage! For once we had a movie with visual effects that were part of the story and actually MEANT something... I just don't see how this part of the movie can be just pushed aside for the stage.

It's kinda off topic (thought not really) but I'd really love it if Broadway producers were forgetting about movies and making more original musicals... I don't mind a few ones here and there and I understand how safer it is, financially, because the advertising is easier and because people are more attracted to stories they already know about but I guess I liked it more when plays were regularly turned into movies than the contrary... call me old fashion.

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BEING JULIA.
STAGE DOOR - It was originally a play. About struggling actresses living in a boarding house in the 1930's. 1937 film cast included Katharine Hepburn,Ginger Rogers,Lucille Ball,Eve Arden,Ann Miller and Constance Collier (Mary Testa would be brilliant in her role.)

I don't care if movies are turned into musicals as long as they are well done.

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MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

I'd like to hear The Exorcist with a score that combines Sondheim (Sweeney Todd) to raw heavy metal. I'd pay to see it.

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Music and Lyrics by Jim Steinman

Someone mentioned The Witches, the Roald Dahl film with Anjelica Huston. Don't know how they'd pull off the mice but I'd pay to see it for the Grand High Witch scenes alone :) On the question of that are "witch" musicals successful?

Anastasia, the 20th Century Fox movie, should be on stage because a) phenomenal score and b) it's Ahrens and Flaherty. Would love to see who would play Rasputin

Other than that...

Great suggestions from all

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"Joy Luck Club"....the content, the span of generations, the emotions, and just imagine the costume during flashback, it can be a great musical.

Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet." I know 2G Production has initiated a workshop on this but, I don't know where it stands now.

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