Musical based on TV series "The Honeymooners"
Musical based on TV series "The Honeymooners"
#1 Musical based on TV series "The Honeymooners"
Posted: 6/11/12 at 10:48am
Guess they've run out movies to adapt. Hope THAT GIRL is next..
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/166900-Tony-Winner-Michael-McGrath-Will-Play-Ralph-in-Musical-Adaptation-of-The-Honeymooners
#2 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 10:51amAlan Menken had a version he wrote years ago but it never went anywhere.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#2 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 11:36amAh. That explains his remark last night. I was hoping for a musical of Don't Drink the Water.
goodoneinlou2
Stand-by Joined: 5/29/09
#3 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 11:55am
Guess they've exhausted the movie-to-stage catalogue... now they are turning to TV. What's next? "Leave it to Beaver?" Oy...
Never was a fan of the Honeymooners so I'll hold off for "Facts of Life the musical" or "Golden Girls Live!" 
In all reality, I am shocked no one has created an all-new musical based on Ed Sullivan. Seems to me there's a story there ripe for the telling - and imagine the production numbers based on his variety show.
#4 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 11:59am
I'd love a musical based on "The Big Bang Theory" myself.
As for movies, what about "The Fantastic Voyage"?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:06pmI hope they take into consideration that the times have changed. Part of Ralph's character was that he was always threatening Alice "Pow, right in the kisser" or "Straight to the moon." I'm sure somebody will find offense in today's society.
#7 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:51pm
I use to have the demo of Menken/Ashman's take on The Honeymooners. It had some really nice songs, especially a nice one for Alice, "To The Moon" I think it was called, that was very Part of Your World/Somewhere That's Green.
I'm really interested to see what direction they take this in. And I'm SO glad they cast someone like Michael McGrath and not Jim Belushi. Although, and it's going to be said more than once, we all know Nathan Lane would be the ideal choice...
rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#8 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:23pmI really like McGrath's casting! Seems like a great fit.
#9 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:25pmOnce War Horse closes, I hear Joey has "Mister Ed: The Musical" lined up as his next gig.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/11/12 at 4:15pmThe Incredible Hulk with Nathan Lane.
chanel
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/04
#12 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 9:30am
Casting ideas for the other "Honeymooners" parts, including Danny Burstein and Jan Maxwell.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/06/the_honeymooner.php
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#13 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 10:28amSorry, but Alice should be younger, and a babe. After all, The Honeymooners created the "fat/shlumpy guy with a hot wife" sitcom cliche', as seen in King of Queens, According to Jim, Still Standing, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Flintstones (of course) and Family Guy.
#14 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 12:56pm
TV Shows that should be Musicals--
Small Wonder:The Electrifying Musical
Charles in Charles: The Musical
Just the Ten of US: A Musical Comedy
raker
Stand-by Joined: 12/27/08
#15 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 1:59pmThe Honeymooners has already been a musical, sort of. The show was revived in the late 60s, in color, with musical numbers. I have only a faint memory of it. I couldn't find a clip online.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#16 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 2:20pmThat was Gleasons' Variety Show. Each week had a short Honeymooners sketch, as well as Reginald Van Gleason, Joe The Bartender, and other Gleason characters. Art Carney was on hand to play Ed Norton, but the origin al wives were not. Sheila McRae played Alice.
#17 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 3:41pmThey did full one-hour mini-musicals based on THE HONEYMOONERS characters in the later years of THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW. Some of these - a series of episodes following the gang on a trip to Europe - were in syndication until the late 1970s but are apparently no longer available. The songs were written by Lyn Duddy and Jerry Bresler.
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Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#18 Musical based on TV series
Posted: 6/13/12 at 5:33pmIm not so sure that Alice is supposed to be a beautiful babe. The part was originally played by Pert Kelton, who got caught up in the Joe McCarthy nightmare and couldn't be hired for the part when it went full time (she did, however, occasionally play Alice's mother). When Audrey Meadows submitted her photo shot to Gleason, his original reaction was that she was too pretty. Audrey frumped herself up for the audition and got the part. While she's not the schlump that Ralph was supposed to be, I don't think the idea was for Alice to be a beauty contest winner. Somewhat attracitive, yes; great beauty, no.
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