Musicals that could be animated...
Musicals that could be animated...
#1Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:41pmI always thought that Wicked and especially Bat Boy would be wonderful as animated features. What do you think?
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#2Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:46pmLion King. MAYBE Beauty and the Beast. But that's about it.
#2Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:49pm
The scottsboro boys. Jk.....
Caroline or change
"Don't f*** a baby. I'll get rid of your AIDS. If you f*** this frog."
#3Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:53pmPassion - but only if it was done with claymation
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#4Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:53pm
Cats was supposed to have been done as an animated feature produced by Steven Spielberg at Universal back in the Nineties. Steve Margoshes was production music supervisor on the flick, and actually auditioned the score for Spielberg (funny story about it on his website). Nothing ever came of it, but I kind of wonder how it would have turned out. Felt the same about another Webber piece, Joseph, after seeing RUG put out "coloring book pages" based on the Donny Osmond video on its website several years ago.
On a more serious note, however, especially with the advent of Shrek and other animated "twists" on fairy tales, am I the only one who thinks animation may actually be the best fit for Into the Woods as a film?
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Orangesaretuesdays
Stand-by Joined: 10/8/10
#5Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:55pmLion King? LION KING? That would NEVER work... Geez people can be such idiots sometimes.
#6Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:02pmOk guys I'm just kicking the tyres on this one and don't shoot me down straight away but maybe The Little Mermaid? idk.
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#7Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:07pmHair. I'm totally serious about this.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
#8Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:12pm
Seussical
Aida
Little Shop of Horrors
Finians Rainbow
The Toxic Avenger
Spelling Bee.
#9Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:19pm
Once on This Island
Honk
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#11Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:22pmAvenue Q - that could be great.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
#12Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:23pmWicked would definitely work, and I don't even particularly like it.
PennybankBill
Stand-by Joined: 11/1/10
#13Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:28pmHow about a looney tunes style urinetown with animals instead of people?
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#14Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 12:41am
How about ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, all in black and white? Maybe the medium can help make the plot absurdities seem more appealing. And Donna Murphy could be the voice of Cora.
I also think it would be magnificent as a live-action black and white film (although extremely unlikely to be made).
FlowerChild67
Stand-by Joined: 7/11/12
#15Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 1:01amOnce on This Island, Wicked, and Aida could all be really cool.
#16Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 1:23amNaked Boys Singing.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#17Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 5:59am
Matilda
....but the world goes 'round
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#19Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 10:00am
*deep breath*
Les Miserables. I'm dead serious.
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#20Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 11:09amI was always surprised that Disney never made an animated Aida. Also suessical would work well.
thirtythirtyninety
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#22Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 11:32am
Aida was actually going to be animated in the 90s, but got shelved.
But, tazbear, yeah, I'm thinking that the Acrobat and Escapologist stories could be hand drawn in the movie since Matilda's imagination is huge and colorful!
#23Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 12:22pmI think in the 90s there was a kids TV show based on Little Shop. There is an episode on YouTube. It had almost no musical element except for the plant rapping. And they did a weird time thing with it where Seymour and Audrey were like little kids. And Mr. Mushnik was Audrey's dad. It was EXTREMlY odd and hard to watch, being a big fan of the show myself.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#24Musicals that could be animated...
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:02pm
It would be wonderful to have Matilda's stories animated and the rest of the film live action! Now that I think about it I don't think it would work half as well any other way.
I once read that AIDA was originally going to be a Disney animated feature, but that never happened so they made it a stage musical instead.
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