Musical from a novel

[joanlegorreta]

Musical from a novel#0

Posted: 8/29/05 at 2:39am

If you could turn a novel into a musical that has not been done before... Which book would u choose?

I'd personally make Great expectations

[zzannahk]

re: Musical from a novel#1

Posted: 8/29/05 at 2:43am

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=851718#1079173

[joanlegorreta]

re: Musical from a novel#2

Posted: 8/29/05 at 3:08am

Buh! I feel sad now... None of my posts have been successful lol

[zzannahk]

re: Musical from a novel#3

Posted: 8/29/05 at 3:12am

i think the problem with this in the past, is a TON of classics have been made into musicals but not are not well known. every time someone posted a novel someone else would post that it had been a musical.

[stage_door76]

re: Musical from a novel#4

Posted: 8/29/05 at 6:58am

i saw a brilliant adaptation of c.s. lewis' the lion, the witch and the wardrobe done in australia some years ago

it was a masterful piece with a massive budget, and was done predominately with giant puppents (think lion king, but take out julie taymor's 'unfinished' puppets and replace them with completely over the top ones of giants and other creatures)

it was a roaring success. pardon the pun (aslan)

"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending. The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."

[Prisoner 24601]

re: Musical from a novel#5

Posted: 8/29/05 at 9:12am

Richard Peck wrote a novel for children called, A Long Way From Chicago and its already a play, but it would make a great musical.

-Was that a fart?
-My fault, I fear.

[grizzabella]

re: Musical from a novel#6

Posted: 8/29/05 at 7:29pm

Does anyone know if "Watership Down" by Richard Adams has been made into a musical? I know it was turned into an animated movie, and I thought I heard something, years ago, that a musical was in the works, but never heard anything else. Obviously, if it hasn't, this is my answer to this thread.

"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."

[phantom_tenor]

re: Musical from a novel#7

Posted: 8/29/05 at 7:38pm

Count of Monte Cristo!