Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
#0Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:48pmI was just thinking about this...what musicals have been represented in non-musical movies by performances, etc. The two I can think of are Jesus Christ Superstar in "Along Came Polly" and Sweeney Todd in "Jersey Girl". Oh! And what about TV too? I saw a Simpsons episode based on Evita and a Family Guy where they do The King and I. What else?
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#1re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:49pm
Godspell in "Meet the Parents" and "Wet Hot American Summer."
I'm sure there are more, but I didn't get enough sleep last night.
#2re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:51pmWhen was Godspell in Meet the Parents?
#3re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:52pm
i know theres lots of movies with musical references i can only think of Saved right this second-they sing jesus christ superstar on easter!
not movies but Gilmore Girls makes a lot of musical references ex: 2nd to last show this season Lorali mentions wanting to seeSpamalot and paying a lot of money to get the tickets.
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ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#4re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:53pm
At least I think it was Meet the Parents. Ben Stiller goes into a store and hears "Day By Day" playing on the radio, and then is asked to say grace at dinner and says "Day by day... day by day... oh, dear Lord, three things I pray... etc"
Updated On: 6/28/05 at 01:53 PM
#5re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:55pmOhhh!! I got it!
dietcherryemma
Featured Actor Joined: 6/3/05
#6re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:55pmThey make fun of RENT in "Team America", if that counts.
#7re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:55pmfamily guy also did gypsy, by singing, "I had a dream, i dreamed it for you meg griffin!" quite funny...
To Kill A Mockingbird
#8re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:57pm
Family guy also made fun of Rent...
I think the line was:
"If you want to do a bad play, do Rent!"
Or something like that.
I was offended, but still laughed.
Shilo_Bway
Chorus Member Joined: 6/28/05
#10re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:03pmIf anyone has seen "Oliver and Company" the movie I remember one of the dogs singing a bit of "I could have danced all night" from My fair Lady
#11re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:12pm
Ok, so moving away from TV...CAMP had some good looks at
"Company" "Follies", "Promises, Promises", "Dreamgirls", and "Fiddler"...haha...the Black fiddler on the roof always makes me laugh...same with the white girls doing Dreamgirls.
#12re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:14pm
Family Guy had an episode when Meg, Chris, and Stewie did a rendition of 'So Long, Farewell'. It was quite funny.
Also, this is my first post. Hello!
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#13re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:16pm
Family Guy also did an episde that parodied My Fair Lady. Stewie was trying to the nextdoor neighmore how to speak properly.
"The life of the wife was ended by the knife!"
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#14re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:19pmGilmore Girls referenced Caroline, or Change (far too late to help ticket sales, but still). There was a psuedo-West Side Story sequence on Scrubs. And I think I remember a school production of Cabaret on Veronica Mars.
Eliza0114
Leading Actor Joined: 5/31/05
#15re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:30pmGreg Focker uses "Day by Day" as his prayer...sorry if someone already posted that...I'm too lazy to read all posts.
#16re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:00pmMovies, people! Movies!
#17re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:04pmWell.. sorry one more T.V Will and Grace has a lot of Theatre stuff, I rememer one day one of the guys were saying. "Thats almost as weird as Harvery Firestein playing Tevya on Fiddler on the Roof"
#18re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:06pmCONNIE AND CARLA is filled to the brim with musicals! Very funny movie! Two thumbs way up.
#19re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:08pmOne more obvious TV one: "The Producers" in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#20re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:12pm
Can't think of any that haven't already been posted..
But wanted to extend a warm welcome to Gerogeanne...welcome to the boards!
#21re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:12pmoh i loved connie and carla... gilmore girls also mentioned one of the kids at school being in the broadway revival of Into the Woods.
#22re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:14pm
Will and Grace always has cheeky theatre references. A few of my favorites:
Karen to Jack as he demands 500K and her bustier collection because Rosario wants a divorce: "You ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents from me Rose!"
Jack referring to his genitals as "Master Harold and the Boys"
Jack to Will when Will is becoming addicted to pain pills: "Effie we all got pain!"
arykahmarye
Stand-by Joined: 1/27/05
#23re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:15pm
'Family Guy' is loaded with Broadway references because Seth McFarlane is a Broadway addict. He loves it, he worships it, he has 'Hello Dolly! Karaoke' in his car.
As for movies with Broadway references...well, Mel Brooks has a lot of Broadway in all his films, because, obviously, he loves it. Such as 'Young Frankenstein', soon to actually hit Broadway, with the "Puttin' on the Ritz" follies-esque bit.
My sister asks me to put in that in a Teen Titans episode, Raven was going off with some goth guy, and he asked her "So...do you like showtunes?"
#24re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies
Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:16pm
Can't think of any that haven't already been posted..
But wanted to extend a warm welcome to Gerogeanne...welcome to the boards!
Thank you! 
I also remember the Jesus Christ Superstar reference in Saved!. The movie was hilarious, and that part was hilarious, as well. I think I laughed for ten minutes at some of the comments a few characters made in the scene.
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