Musical Ideas for On or Off Bway- Page 2

[broadjay]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:37am

I secong Heybeenfood, waiting for guffman with extreme care taken would be simply hysterical!

[musicalkid]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 6:21am

Walcer, your musical (at least its story) sounds really interesting.
are you writing music/lyrics/book?
I'd love to hear anything from it...PM me if you'd like an opinion or anything...

[DTBG2]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 6:50am

I'm really hoping the MYSPACE MUSICAL takes off someday...
ha ha! but, no...seriously.

http://www.myspace.com/top8musical

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 7:06am

"uhm... "Walk Two Moons" was done last year by Theaterworks USA, and it was fantastic."

Really?

[D2]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 8:20am

Yes. Summer 2005 at the Lortel - I believe it was the first production they did there as part of their new New York season. I saw a press preview and it was a wonderful show. It got a terrific review in the Times and did quite well.

[Nif1025]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 1:59am

These are interesting musical ideas. However, Mattbrain and other thread readers, there has been a musical about a high school reunion- in the 80s. It was called "Is There Life After High School" with music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia. I think it was considered a flop (too intimate for Broadway?)... so I'm not sure that that theme will come up on Broadway again. But the recording is excellent.

-Jennifer K.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 2:18am

I've always liked the idea of "Saint Joan" as a musical...same with "Hocus Pocus"

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 3:12am

I believe there was a musical St Joan by Al Carmines

I may still have the record in my storage space if I did not sell it in one of my LP purges. I remember it was a double LP

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 3:22am

I have two original musicals in the works. I have posted some songs from them around the boards. In fact right now me and one of my collaberators are deep into smoothing out the book for one of them.

There have actually been several musical adaptations of the Joan of Arc story. I remember remember Richard Ouzinian dedicated an entire hour of his radio show Say It With Music to the subject when he was still on the air.

It has always been a story that I loved though...and would be interested in doing my own take on it.

Akiva

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 3:47am

I wish I could discuss my shows, there isn't enough time in a day to go through it all. I know, I know, you're supposed to have your pitch reduced to one sentence... and I've done that, and there are sites explaining it, but I don't want to go into it now lol

The St. Louis project (correct?) sounds positively fascinating and I'd love to hear music from it

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 8:47am

"These are interesting musical ideas. However, Mattbrain and other thread readers, there has been a musical about a high school reunion- in the 80s. It was called "Is There Life After High School" with music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia. I think it was considered a flop (too intimate for Broadway?)... so I'm not sure that that theme will come up on Broadway again. But the recording is excellent."

Think I'm still gonna give it a shot.

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 10:00am

the notebook would make an AMAZING brodway show along with a walk to remember.

i would love love love for miss saigon, guys and dolls, the king and i, or man of la mancha to be revived!

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 10:12am

i'd like to third WAITING FOR GUFFMAN as a musical :) that would be hilarious, and I think could be very succesful off, or maybe on, Broadway