Movies to Musicals (Enough already!) — Page 2

I have no problem with movies to musicals as long as the material itself is good. The material must be good though! So much of what is put into movie theatres today is utter muck to appease the masses. If the movie is deep, has meaning, beautifully put together, etc. I have no problem with it being musicalized. We've had this argument already. It boils down to the fact that most movies are 90 minutes. Most musicals are more than 90 minutes. Is it artistry to take a movie and add a bunch of extra stuff to beef it up or not? That is a personal decision everyone has to make for themselves. Also some very beautiful, deep movies would not work as musicals. The material needs to have something that needs to transcend words into music. It needs to have that spark.

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"Kristin Chenoweth could NEVER pass for a UCLA Fashion Student/Harvard Law student. She kind of past that point 20 years ago."

Not unless most Harvard law students are in their mid-teens. Whoever heard of twenty-somethings being played by thirty-somethings? That NEVER happens!

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Darn it Joey you had to go and ruin my smartlookingedness! I'd be mad at you if you didn't have the best firstname in the world! Joe Joey Joe Joe!

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AAAH! I am sick and tired of hearing people ask why those damn writers nowadays can't write an original book. Tell that to the creators of Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, and countless other classic musicals. Adaptation is a fact of life in musical theater, and not a bad one. So. Just. Stop. It.

AAAH! I am sick and tired of hearing people ask why those damn writers nowadays can't write an original book. Tell that to the creators of Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, and countless other classic musicals. Adaptation is a fact of life in musical theater, and not a bad one. So. Just. Stop. It.



There is a difference between adaption, and taking every popular movie that comes out, and adding songs to it and throwing it on a Broadway stage. I dont know about you, but I would almost rather go see the MOVIE than the movie made into a musical.

I cant speak for everybody, but I know alot of people dont want to be walking down in the theatre district and thinking "MMM This looks awefully like a big movie theatre..."

I personally don't care what the source material as long as it supports a stage musical. We wouldn't have "A Little Night Music" without "Smiles of a Summer Night" or "Sweet Charity" without "Nights of Cabiria".

I've always thought the old Shirley MacLaine vehicle, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom would be great material for a stage musical. Mrs. Blossom is the dissatisfied wife of a major brassiere manufacturer and has major frock opportunities. She takes a lover and keeps him in the attic (later under the billiard table). Her husband (played by Richard Attenborough (sp?)loved to conduct old recordings of John Phillip Sousa. It's a really stupid movie that sends me into hysterics every time I see it.

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The process of making is musical is so daunting...that if you choose source material that has already been proven then it somehow makes the process easier...

The task only seem to musicalize it without thinking about plot development etc...

So I have no issues with movies being made into musicals...

Also with a recognizable name...it's advance marketing...kind of like casting a star!

NOW on the other hand... I hate movie musicals that are made into stage musicals... we have already seen it on film.... already seen it on a larger scale... so to see a scaled down version seems idiotic.

As much as I admire Julie Andrew....why did they bring a great film like VICTOR/VICTORIA to the stage or SINGING IN THE RAIN.... MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS