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#1

Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:01pm

So many musicals lose a lot of their magic when they are made into films...in your opinion, what shows did not? (I'm partially looking for some recomendations.)
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being." --Phylicia Rashad
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:02pm

Chicago, West Side Story, Hair, Cats (I'm kidding about that one)
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#3

re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:02pm

I should add that I really enjoyed Fidder on the Roof with Topol. I've seen the show, and as far as i'm concerned, the movie does it justice.
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being." --Phylicia Rashad
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:04pm

Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago and How to Succeed...
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:05pm

i've always enjoyed the little shop movie (changed ending, cut songs and all)
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:09pm

Some of the choices I picked might have lost some magic in the transer but was still able to capture most of it and is able to stand on it's own.

Cabaret (very different from the stage version but I think it got what the show was about even in a different direction)
Chicago
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
The Sound of Music (IMO, actually improved from the show)
Sweet Charity (I'm actually not too fond of the film, but it's still on par with the stage version)
The King and I
Flower Drum Song
Gypsy (yes, the 1962 Rosalind Russell version. I don't care what you guys say, I love it).
Fiddler on the Roof
Little Shop of Horrors (even with the changed ending, I think it's still good enough to be thought highly of)
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Updated On: 3/5/05 at 09:09 PM

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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:11pm

West Side Story
Cabaret
Hello, Dolly!
Funny Girl
Chicago
The Phantom of the Opera
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Fiddler on the Roof
My Fair Lady
The King and I
Carousel
The Sound of Music
Hair
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#9

re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:13pm

i am not a huge fan of the movie version of how to succeed- too many cut songs and the switch of i believe in you and its reprise irks me. loved chicago (even bought it on dvd)
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#10

re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:13pm

Is anyone going to put "A Chorus Line"? :p
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:15pm

My favorite is HAIR...partly because of Treat William's naked body...
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:15pm

Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella... although I'm still not so sure I understand what was going on in the 96 one with the African Queen, White King, and Asian Prince. Adoption?
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:17pm

Hello, Dolly !
Carousel
The Phantom of The Opera
H2$
Oklahoma
Chicago
West Side Story
Bye Bye Birdie
Guy's and Dolls
Little Shop of Horrors
CATS (Not kidding)
Evita (I actually like it.)
Fiddler on The Roof
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Loved Dolly Parton as Mona)
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:18pm

I love the filmed version of CATS, because I love CATS, but it's not really a film...it was taped on stage...
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:18pm

TrulyWicked, that was colorblind casting at it's most extreme...either that or Disney thought white + black = Asian.
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:26pm

AND what was wrong with that?
I'm all for color-blind casting. I thought the Disney Cinderella was really really really good and so did the rest of America cause each time it came on T.V. it had AMAZING ratings.

As long as the story was told right there should be no problem.
Its a fairy-tale .....Cinderella can be black, white, asian, Hispanic and so can everyone else. What if Lea Salonga had played Cinderella?
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:30pm

TrulyWicked was asking how could a white man and a black woman have an Asian son. I just explained that it was color-blind casting.
"I've got to get me out of here This place is full of dirty old men And the navigators and their mappy maps And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes While you stare at your books."
#22

re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:31pm

I was all for color blind casting for that movie. aw man Lea would have been great as Cinderella, but of course they wanted someone more famous...ah well. Is it just me or was the guy who played the Prince Paolo Monatello (sp?) really hot? His voice really made it for me.
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re: Musicals that DIDN'T lose their magic on film

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:43pm

He was in the tour of the show when it came here..and he was good.
What has he been up to lately and when is he coming to Broadway?

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