Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:09pm
mikey2573 said: "I've said it before and I'll say it again, "A Christmas Story: The Musical". Right for the season. Built in fan base. Family friendly. HUGE name recognition.
It's a no-brainer! "
Agreed. It's such a fun show, and people would tune in with the name recognition. Bye Bye Birdie with a pop star as Birdie would be a second choice.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 1:11pm
Posted: 11/14/15 at 3:22pm
They should do ZORBA with the City Center cast.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 3:29pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "I would like to see them ruin Camelot.
Didn't PBS/Lincoln Center already do that with Gabriel Byrne, Marin Mazzie, Nathan Gunn, Bobby Steggert and Fran Drescher?
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Posted: 11/14/15 at 4:10pm
My mom said she would rather have NBC do a recent musical like "The Addams Family" because the first two made her feel old. But "The Music Man" is most likely gonna be next,
My cast...
Harold Hill - Zachary Levi
Marion Paroo - Kristin Bell
Marcellus Washburn - Christian Borle
Mayor George Shinn - Kelsey Grammer
Eulalie MacKechnie Shinn - Megan Mullally
Mrs. Paroo - Faith Prince
I would have open casting calls for Tommy Djilas, Zaneeta Shinn and Winthrop Paroo
Updated On: 11/14/15 at 04:10 PM
Posted: 11/14/15 at 4:56pm
"If this tradition continues, despite as bad as theater fans my want it, NBC isn't going to run out and stage a show that the general public has zero or very little familiarity with."
They greenlit Smash. I wouldn't put anything past them. I think they need to figure out the difference between family friendly and for children. The Sound of Music was family friendly. Peter Pan was primarily for a young audience that could not watch in the fall on a school night. Disney/ABC wouldn't do it because Aladdin and The Lion King are still running and they've got their Beauty and the Beast movie coming out and who knows what else in the works but they have the ideal shows for something like this.
"I would like to see them ruin Camelot."
Since we know they don't care about hiring the right talent that would be tedious as hell. That score sung poorly? I don't think I could even hate watch that. I'd fall asleep.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 6:13pm
I think if they cast it correctly, they should do Pippin. But they need to trust the source material too (they mostly trusted Sound of Music, but couldn't keep their hands of Peter Pan or The Wiz). But again, they don't seem to know how to cast these things, which is a significant contributor to the failures.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 7:04pm
^Craig Zadan & Neil Meron are already gonna be producing a feature film adaptation of Pippin for Harvey Weinstein.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 7:28pm
I think it's going to be The Music Man as well. My dream cast -
Harold Hill: Seth MacFarlane
Marian: Laura Benanti, Kristen Bell, maybe Megan Hilty?
Marcellus: Josh Gad
Mrs. Paroo: Emma Thompson
And then any 2 big names for the Shinns
Posted: 11/14/15 at 8:57pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "I would like to see them ruin Camelot.
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Is that possible? It is already so boring to get through.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 10:31pm
Disney has other musicals in their catalog. I know a new movie is coming out, mary poppins would be nice. Also the little mermaid and Tarzan. And maybe they can test frozen or tangled out on television before they get to Broadway.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 10:32pm
Disney has other musicals in their catalog. I know a new movie is coming out, mary poppins would be nice. Also the little mermaid and Tarzan. And maybe they can test frozen or tangled out on television before they get to Broadway.
Posted: 11/14/15 at 11:01pm
I can see ABC doing "The Little Mermaid" heck I think they should also do "Beauty and the Beast" because none of the songs that were written for the Broadway show are going to be used in the new film. If they do it this could be the occasion to use them.
Updated On: 11/14/15 at 11:01 PM
Posted: 11/18/15 at 8:08am
The way Zadan and Meron announced how after the Wiz they will go on Bombshell, I feel that The Wiz might be the last live musical for NBC, unless the duo will be taking a break next year.
Posted: 11/18/15 at 8:13am
My Fair Lady...?
Posted: 11/18/15 at 8:14am
That announcement gave me the same feeling too.
Posted: 11/18/15 at 8:34am
as much as I like to see both happening My Fair Lady & Oliver! will never happen because of Cameron Mackintosh. Also Oliver is going to go back to the big screen next year.
White Christmas would have been wonderful
Posted: 11/18/15 at 9:04am
I'm losing interest to see what show they can destroy and water down next.
Posted: 11/18/15 at 11:25am
One the reasons that I am loosing interest, and I think here is the major problem, is the selection of musicals they are going for.
I enjoyed Peter Pan, all right, but the Sound of Music could have had great follow ups such as Fiddler on the Roof Live, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol to name just a few. They should have known that some people are going to be annoyed watching Peter Pan flying with visible wires. Last but not least, why go for lesser known titles, when they are so many well known shows that could have turned into a good live television musical? And not to put aside the fact that both Pan and Wiz were not the length of time they needed; so to top it all both shows had to be toyed with, which led to another issue which did not go well with viewers.
Reading between the lines about going to Bombshell from The Wiz, it means that they are giving up on live shows. Not sure if NBC will continue without Meron and Zadan.
Posted: 11/18/15 at 12:41pm
^They probably couldn't have done Fiddler on the Roof because of the Broadway revival that was in development, and is now getting ready to start performances this Friday.
Also keep in mind that Zadan & Meron did spend the last three years producing the Oscars while they also had their live musicals in the works at NBC.
Posted: 11/18/15 at 1:20pm
Jeffrey, Fiddler on the Roof was just an eg. And still I do not think that by also producing the Oscars is a good excuse to select a lesser known title.
Posted: 11/18/15 at 1:40pm
^What I meant was that they've had several projects in the works at the same time before. So it is possible that they could still produce another live musical next year.
Updated On: 11/18/15 at 01:40 PM
Posted: 11/18/15 at 1:58pm
I hope they do something that has NEVER had a tv production or a POPULAR movie adaption. This year's The Wiz was a great choice since the movie was nothing like the broadway version. The Music Man already has a movie and a tv version. Why would you want another one? Something new please!
Posted: 11/18/15 at 7:01pm
misunderstanding Jeffrey, and yes I hope they will be able to do another one.
I also hope its not the Music Man, since it was already done. But I guess we have to wait and see.
