Musicals that would make nice movies

[jagfkb]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 6:56am

Amoung the list I could see:

spring Awakening (With the same kindda theme as chicago the movie)

Grey Gardens (it'd be interesting)

Wicked (No Idena Menzel (Kristen Chenoweth is ok ))

What're your ideas?

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 9:41am

The Phantom of the Opera could have been great..maybe they'll try again in 30 years...they needed to take some tips from Evita (the best movie-musical of our generation IMO)

[NS]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 9:47am

The Phantom of the Opera needs to be remade, it was a wasted opportunity.

Sunset Blvd, I know already a classic movie, but the show is one of ALWs best

Miss Saigon is screaming out to be made into a movie - I think it could improve on the stage version and be stunning.

Wicked - but without anyone who has played it on stage, people nearer to the age of the characters and who can act on film

I also agree Evita is the best movie musical of the last 15-20 years

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 9:59am

I want to see someone finally attempt Les Miz. I'm not a huge fan, but it's about time!

[Coffered Celing]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 10:03am

I think a Curtains movie could work.

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 10:29am

maybe Chess if they found a really good director and fixed and/or changed the plot slightly... I could even see this as a movie without music if it was done correctly.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 10:46am

I think Curtains would make an AMAZING Law and Order episode.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 12:02pm

Jersey Boys- I think it would be a fantastic movie. I think that whenever JB goes more into the planning stage of being a movie, that they should first offer it to Des McAnuff, and if he doesn't want to do then it should be either directed by Spielberg or Scorese. They should also cast JLY, Daniel, Bobby, and Christian for The Four Seasons and also cast Michael Longoria as Pesci and have cameos from the real Frankie, Bob, Tommy, Bob Crewe, and Pesci.

Spring Awakening- I think it could work as a movie, in the style that jagfkb said kinda like the Chicago movie.

The Drowsy Chaperone- That would be very interesting to see as a movie.

[BroadwayBoy2]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 12:06pm

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[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 12:18pm

ok...so just hear me out lol

yes this has to do with wicked as a movie.

i was thinking, would it be interesting if, for the act one portion of the film the characters (elphaba and glinda) were played by young, up and coming actresses, but their voices were dubbed by idina and kristin (songs only), and in the act two portion of the film (since the characters are supposed to be some years older) idina and kristin played them on screen. the only reason i say have idina and kristin dub their voices is only because most peoples voices dont change that much from college to adulthood. call me crazy lol. i think it could work/be interesting/make everyone happy lol.

[MerMaggieGalinda]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 12:24pm

The Light in the Piazza would make an absolutely beautiful film.

Spring Awakening-only if Bill Condon directed.

Les Miserables: just because.

[jmponstage]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:13pm

Wicked would make a terrible movie. Think about Defying Gravity. It would be so anti-climactic. There would be nothing special about it because you can do anything on film. That scene works because it is on stage and you are seeing it right before your eyes. On film with cg = boring.

(edited for typos) Updated On: 7/1/07 at 01:13 PM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:16pm

"I want to see someone finally attempt Les Miz. I'm not a huge fan, but it's about time!"

Are you kidding? There was a Lez Miz movie made, starring Uma Thurman.

[TapTapTapioca]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:22pm

that they should first offer it to Des McAnuff, and if he doesn't want to do then it should be either directed by Spielberg or Scorese.

They won't offer it to Des but Spielberg is interested in doing it. It would be interesting because that would be the second movie that Spielberg will have directed that was originally directed on stage by Des, the first will be The Farnsworth Invention.

And muscle- That one was not a musical.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:23pm

muscle: read the title of the thread, then go watch the movie with Uma Thurman

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:25pm

I think the world is ready for a Starlight Express movie.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:26pm

I would love to see Ragtime done.


And Evita, in my opinion, is the worst movie musical ever made, next to The Producers.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 1:27pm

Oh c'mon, you're thinking like a Stroman if you're saying 'Wicked' (or any other show, for that matter) won't work on screen. You need to think like a Condon! :P

Updated On: 7/1/07 at 01:27 PM

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 2:45pm

Dubbing has become a "no- no" in musicals these days.

Oddly, some of the most famous musicals had their stars dubbed (SOUND OF MUSIC, WEST SIDE STORY, etc.)

[me2]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 5:07pm

It wouldn't be a big hit, but I'd love to see JANE EYRE as a movie. In about ten years, wouldn't Josh Groban make a PERFECT Rochester?
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[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 5:09pm

Grey Gardens is already being turned into a movie..go to imdb.com

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 5:10pm

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jagfkb

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Musicals that would make nice movies
Posted On: 7/1/07 at 06:56 AM


Amoung the list I could see:

spring Awakening (With the same kindda theme as chicago the movie)

Grey Gardens (it'd be interesting)

Wicked (No Idena Menzel (Kristen Chenoweth is ok ))

What're your ideas?





Nothing says "musicals that would make nice movie musicals"
it says just "movies", I read very well, thanks.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 5:13pm

That movie was based on the book, not the musical

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 5:15pm

Muscle, I think it's pretty understood that when you turn a musical into a movie, it stays a musical.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/1/07 at 5:17pm

Jersey Boys
Ragtime

Updated On: 7/1/07 at 05:17 PM