Movies on Broadway
Movies on Broadway
me101
Featured Actor Joined: 10/25/04
#0Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/15/05 at 10:10pmI'm bored and in a post-y kinda mood, so I've decided to pose this question to you all. What movies, musical or otherwise, would you like to see adapted on stage, and who would you like to star in it? My first choice would be the animated version of Anastasia. I think it would make a great Broadway producton if they added more songs and had the right people behind it. I think Emmy Rossum would be great as Anya, and Sutton Foster would be awesome too. I'm also psyched to hear more news about the Legally Blonde and Color Purple musicals, they both sound like wonderful ideas!
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#1re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/15/05 at 10:14pm
None. Can we bring back originality to Broadway???
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#2re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/15/05 at 10:22pmPlease.
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
#3re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/15/05 at 10:28pmActually, pretty much every musical that's been on Broadway or otherwise was based on SOMETHING. I mean, Oklahoma was based on a play, South Pacific based on the book, My Fair Lady based on Pygmalion... all the classics were based on something, what musical isn't based on some kind of pre-existing piece???
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#4re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/15/05 at 11:14pm
"Somewhere in Time"
So - anybody but me think that Hugh and CZJ would be just lovely in it?
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me101
Featured Actor Joined: 10/25/04
#5re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/15/05 at 11:39pm
>>"Somewhere in Time"
Oh, thats a great idea. I definetly see Hugh Jackman in it, not so sure about Catherine though.
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
-Dorothy Parker
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#7re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/16/05 at 12:17am
"Nightmare Before Christmas"
Danny Elfman and Tim Burton- BRING THIS TO THE STAGE! NOW! PLEASE!
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
#8re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/16/05 at 12:23amI would absolutely love to see The Virgin Suicides put onto the stage. I think, under the right direction, with the right actors/actresses, it would transfer really well onto stage as a play. It's one of my absolute favorite books and movies, and think it could work.
VeuveClicquot
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/04
#9re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/16/05 at 3:08am
Sondheim has talked about doing a musical version of "Groundhog Day" for some time. I'd love to see that.
I'd also love to see a musical version of "The Three Faces of Eve," written by Michael John LaChiusa and starring Donna Murphy.
LittleBitRacist
Featured Actor Joined: 12/5/04
#10re: Movies on Broadway
Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:31pmAMEN to Nightmare Before Christmas!! It would be great!
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