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#51

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/15/07 at 8:55pm

I'm surprised they haven't made Clueless: The Musical yet. Probably won't happen due to the fact that it would be exactly like Legally Blonde.
I would have loved to see it done, though.

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#52

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/15/07 at 8:56pm

Kind of OT, but I remember around the time when Moulin Rouge first came out a few friends of mine tried to convince me with all their might that it was a Broadway musical before it was a movie.

I've always been a huge advocate for Prince of Egypt as a stage musical. Besides that, I'm rather bored with the whole trend.
#53

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/15/07 at 9:17pm

Americanboy-Devil Wears Prada took a whole thread when someone decided it would make a good musical. I tend to agree with the consensus.
IMO-it would indeed work. (I have my biases as to who should be Miranda, LOL-Ebersole! Fierce in that role.)

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#54

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/15/07 at 10:28pm

I agree that original works seem more worthy, but rehashes can be fun.

I second Bullets Over Broadway. And Little Miss Sunshine could be done with some thought and effort, anything can be ‘done’!

May sound silly, but what about some kind of James Bond musical? I’d also like to see a David Lynch musical, but not on Broadway, an art piece for a small cast or an opera (image that, Lynch to music, crazy). But someone really is doing an opera of Lost Highway in London, but I would want Lynch to actually write it and collaborate with a composer.

How about Dr Strangelove (a comedy!) or The Third Man (incorporating some of the original music perhaps?). The Graduate even.

Strange that I can’t really think of any modern films.
#57

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 12:08am

Funny Face: I thought I was the only one who thought The Prince Of Egypt would be amazing on stage! It's great to know that I'm not the only one.

Oh, and I also thought of another great movie that should be turned into a musical- ELF (The Movie with Will Ferrell in it)!!
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

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#62

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 1:49am

I'm sorry, but any films that require elaborate special effects, such as:

STAR WARS
LORD OF THE RINGS
SPIDER-MAN
ALADDIN

are doomed as musicals. As far as I'm concerned, most of the effects for MARY POPPINS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and LION KING were dreadful. Some ideas just aren't meant for the stage. There are so many good ideas that can be done well.

And so, I nominate WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE. Bring on the rat!
#63

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 2:34am

What about Grease 2? Corny 80's movie just like Xanadu, but look at how great Xanadu is on stage!! It could work...
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#64

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 2:42am

I saw a stage version of GREASE 2 complete with songs at the Yale Cabaret, about 5 years ago. Small space, small cast, creative staging. It was very entertaining, actually.
#65

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 9:08am

Drop Dead Gorgeous. (Off Broadway Maybe)

I watched The Devil Wears Prada again the other day, and I realized how easily it could be musicalized.
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#67

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:53am

Anastasia (animated) wasn't a Disney movie. Think it was Fox...

My picks:

One of the John Hughes teen comedies. I actually saw a musical at the Toronto Fringe last week that lifted its plot from Pretty in Pink. Didn't work, but Sixteen Candles or Ferris Bueller have more energy and might work.

Star Wars is obviously a bad idea, but Mel Brooks should do Spaceballs which enjoys more current popularity than any of his other movies.

I second The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Disney's Aladdin (and I think the effects in Lion King are fantastic, BTW).

The Commitments.

#68

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/16/07 at 3:54pm

Yes, I did enjoy ELF, it had me laughing my A** off!!


Anyway, I thought of another movie that would be fun to see on stage... but there might be a few problems that would need to be addressed before the transfer from Movie to Musical. Anyway, how about Rockadoodle?! One of my favorite movies growing up. Tell me what you think of that one!!
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#69

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/17/07 at 9:07pm

Am I the only one who thinks Gone With the Wind would be great on the stage? Come on, I can even picture the cast.

Scarlett: Lea Michele
Melanie: Sutton Foster
Mammy: Roz Ryan
Rhett: Sebastian Arcelus
Ashley: Patrick Wilson
Aunt Pittypat: Patti LuPone
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#74

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/21/07 at 2:13pm

Valley of the Dolls: The Musical...
Starring Rachel York, Sara Gettlefinger, and Kelli O'Hara
#75

re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals

Posted: 7/21/07 at 3:30pm

Gone With the Wind would work, IMO. But for Scarlett, I think Lea Michele would be so miscast. I think Sutton Foster might be better.
And for Aunt Pittypat-not Patti-she's not diminutive in nature at all. All wrong for the role. I think you need a small, timid type. (don't quite know who-the person in the movie was exactly as described in the book.)
Much of the other casting seems good-you might want someone a little older for Rhett-he's supposed to be older than Scarlett.
But, Sutton would be great for Scarlett, IMO.
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