Musicals that you wish someone else had written

What are some musicals that you wish someone else had written? Who would you have write them?

Next to Normal- Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron or Tony Kushner

Sunset Boulevard- Stephen Sondheim (in fact he almost wrote it)

The Secret Garden- Adam Guettel

THE COLOR PURPLE - I wish someone would actually have written a good score/book for this show. I've said it a thousand times - it can showcase some amazing performances that completely overshadow the fact that the show itself is not that good.

Jordan Catalano said: "THE COLOR PURPLE - I wish someone would actually have written a good score/book for this show. I've said it a thousand times - it can showcase some amazing performances that completely overshadow the fact that the show itself is not that good.



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I watched a clip of the song writers talking about the show recently and they said that different composers were looked at to do the score during the early development period. I wonder who those people were

Marc Shaiman should have adapted the Addams Family based on his score and the film's score. When I think Addams, I think the Addams Waltz almost as much as I think of the "da da da dum" theme.

Adam Guettel for Bonnie and Clyde might have been fantastic (provided someone like Craig Lucas did the book)

Maybe Kander and Ebb or Michael John LaChiusa for Side Show?

Big Fish is another one for me. I love the book and film, but I didn't care for the musical. I think that Lippa was a poor choice for a composer. I think that Jason Robert Brown could've done a better job with the material.

I'm still so sad that Shaiman wasn't involved in the Addams Family. It could've been so great.

I really like the idea of Kander and Ebb doing Sideshow. I can really picture it with Fosse choreography and I'm digging it big time.

Something Rotten! is another show that I would've liked to see someone else write. I enjoy the premise, but I feel like the show would be funnier as a mixture between classic brassy broadway jazz with a slight Renaissance sound. I feel like Cy Coleman or Stephen Sondheim (just think about it for a second) could've made it a big hit back in the 70's.

Agreed on Big Fish; another great example.

"Maybe Kander and Ebb or Michael John LaChiusa for Side Show?"

Ooh. Though I feel like both ideas would result in a darker show I'm not sure it would result in a more realistic show which is kind of what I want. More bio-musical or at least a fantasy version like Evita.

I would like another take on King Arthur (Camelot) and Henry VIII (Rex).

The thing is though, whether or not they succeeded, a show based on a specific property (generally a movie or classic book) is what it is. For example, Do I Hear a Waltz. My brain goes to JRB because of Bridges or Loesser because of The Most Happy Fella but those would kind of be retreads of similar themes and then we wouldn't have the great songs that Do I Hear a Waltz produced, despite not being a perfect show.

Their original NEVERLAND score may not be say as good as GREY GARDENS where they left it but it was a work in progress with some gorgeous melodies leagues above the Broadway version. I would love to have seen where they ended up.

PopAria said: "Spider-Man: Turn off the dark by Frank Wildhorn







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Huh, actually I bet that the musical would have been better received if Wildhorn had written the score, but that's not saying too much...

Were there any demos of Frankel and Korie's 'Finding Neverland'?

I would have loved Kander & Ebb to have written La Cage aux Folles. Maybe it would have captured more of the original movie's anarchy. I don't dislike Herman's score- it's just a little too much candy floss- with the obvious exception of the iconic 'I Am What I Am'.

PopAria said: last wish- Spider-Man: Turn off the dark by Frank Wildhorn

SOOOOO much yes to this!

I seem to remember someone posting here that Jeremy Jordan sang the Frankel and Korie version of Finding Neverland's title song in his cabaret show last year. It's kind of surprising that hasn't shown up somewhere on the Internet.