Movie that would make great musical adaptation — Page 5

Brooklyn (the Saoirse Ronan film) 

Mystic Pizza. Not sure it would play now that Waitress is a big smash but I think the material is wonderful. A little dated but I think it could (and should) be adjusted to relate to today's audience 

 

The First Wives Club- I know it's been done (badly) but if they did a complete creative overhaul and got Harvey on the book and Shaiman and Wittman on the score (Including "You Don't Own Me" is clearly a must), this could be a lot of fun.

 

The Hours by Tesori and Kron starring Carmen Cusack as Virginia Woolf, Beth Malone as Laura Brown and Audra McDonald as Clarissa Dalloway

 

Spirited Away directed by Julie Taymor. Say what you will about her but I think with the right material, she's a mad genius and this would fit her like a glove

 

Clue. This would be a field day for an ensemble of A-list musical comedy stars. One prerequisite: Jennifer Simard MUST play Mrs White.

Updated On: 5/29/16 at 10:30 PM

I second Brooklyn (with a future Sydney Lucas)

I can see 12 Years A Slave making a beautiful musical with the right creative team. (Brandon Victor Dixon and Cythia Erivo)

Moonstruck starring Laura Benanti (also with Andy Karl, Patti Lupone, and Mandy Patinkin) is all I really need in my life.  Maury Yeston could do a really wonderful job with the subject matter.

I'm not saying that it needs to be based on the film, but One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest would make a stunning chamber musical.  I can see Kelli O'Hara making a great Nurse Ratched.

Honestly though, Frankel, Korie, and Wright should do Carol (Jane Krakowski and Benanti maybe) and It's a Wonderful Life (Steven Pasquale and Danny Burstein maybe).

I can really see Jeanine Tesori doing Fried Green Tomatoes (Victoria Clark as Evelyn and Barbara Cook as Ninny).

Hong Sang-soo movies might adapt well to musicals. Maybe In Another Country with Victoria Clark?

"In and Out."  It's tightly plotted, loaded with scenes that sing; every time I watch it, I see the songs.  The Selleck character, Joan Cusack, and of course, a dance sequence.  It's only 90 minutes, and could probably accommodate music with much of the script held.

Updated On: 5/30/16 at 09:41 AM

Idiocracy

@z5 said: "Boyhood. 

 
It'd be a lot to ask of the audience to come back every year for 12 years.