Musicals That Adapt To Their Movie Versions

The 2000 revival of Music Man had similarities with the '62 film version. Although "My White Knight" was still used and not Jones' "Being In Love."

Although, I prefer "Being In Love."

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The 2006 London revival of Evita added 'You Must Love me' into the score, which originally appeared the the film.

Most stage shows that are made into film usually always add a brand new tune. This has happened to Evita, Chicago, and Dreamgirls to name but a few. This is for the AMPAS,as unoriginal songs cannot be shortlisted for an Oscar. Chicago was beaten to the post by Eminem, and Dreamgirls had 3 tunes up for a best song, but lost to Meliisa Etheridge.

Can you believe that Madonna has performed two best oscar winning songs. Now if she could act.........

Madonna did a great job in evita , Dick Tracey, whos that girl and Desperately seeking susan and gave a mind blowing performance in Dangerous Game.

She just also thought Body Of Evidence,Next Best Thing, Swept Away and shanghai surprise were good ideas.

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But she sings everything like it's one of her music videos! I've never not gotten that impression from her performances. And yes, it's because she sings pop music and performs in music videos. That's what she does best. Besides looking so fabulous.

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I know that everyone expects to hear "pretty, and witty,and GAY" during I feel pretty due to the WSS movie... BTW, Evita could have been a better movie if it wasn't made like a Madonna music video...

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Parker is one of the best directors around, and especially for muscials. Who else can have such a varied range of musicals films on his CV Fame, Evita, The Commitments and even Pink Floyds 'The Wall'

Out of interest what awards did Madge pick up for Dick Tracy?

Her comic timing in Whos That Girl was not great, just embarrising. I bet Griffin Dunne was pissed that he came off a Scorsese film and followed it up with this tripe.

If Ferrera had left Dangerous Game as it should have been Madonna would have been amazing, as it stands though she just looks like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

Thanks for the bucket anyway, you can have it back now

Updated On: 4/29/07 at 09:30 PM

I was fine with the direction of the Evita movie. It's Madonna's performance itself that I felt was not showing any theatrical depth.

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R & H STILL liscences "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good," and you can get the re-write for "My Favorite Things" to be elsewhere if you so choose.

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I think Madonna, oddly or maybe this makes perfect sense, CAN act *when she sings*. Which made her pretty good for Evita. Not perfect but it's one of her best movie performances--and she's good in her music videos--I guess they were good preparation. Remove the music though and...

(I'd love to have seen Sondheim making her cry by getting her to rehearse the Tracy songs so much but one thing he did give her was better than average enunciation for a pop star--in ALL her post Tracy stuff you can always really understand her and she has pretty good phrasing--and apparantly Sondheim drilling her is partly responsible)

Anyway--how is Music Man's revival based on th emovie? The movie was directed by the director of the original stage version so I assumed that was simply it...

(And Madonna did perform Sooner or Later, which won best song, at the Oscars in 1990 I believe)

Back to movies--some versions of A Little Night Music (since the RNT version?) perform an amalgamated mix of the film and stage Glamorous Life. Such a great song but I doubt its performance has anything to do with love by audience members for the flop movie...

Cabaret is the best example--What was the first major production to mix movie elements? I know Hal Prince's 1987 20th Anniversary remounting, which was largely exactly the same except for a more sexually liberal book by Masteroff, combined the film and stage Money songs but I don't think anything else--but Mein herr and especially Maybe This Time are in most stage versions and I believe were before 1987.

Have ANY versions of West Side Story used the movie changes--like Cool and Krupke being switched around (which makes sense even if on stage the comic relief of Krupke is great, I agree with Sondheim when he said that a group of teens on the run from the cops wouldn't stop to talk about Krupke...) I actually wouldn't mind mor eversions using the movie America--one of the changes I like best in any movie musical although it might give the guys way too much dancing and not be possible.

(is the Pretty and gay line in I feel Pretty *only* in the movie?? If it is I've never noticed that before...)

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I'll have to compare cuz I never noticed that before! but it would make sense for the change