Next Musical based on a movie?

[Alex Kulak]

Posted: 8/4/16 at 7:16pm

What movie would you like to see adapted into a stage musical? Excluding movies that they themselves were based on other source material.

 

And For Bonus Points, what established composer would you want to write the score?

Updated On: 8/4/16 at 07:16 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/4/16 at 7:23pm

Down with love

is the help based on a book, if not then that.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 1:51am

Id love to see a musical adaptation of Carol written by Sondheim or Scott Frankel and Michael Korie

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 2:15am

^100% agree.  That would be fabulous.  Kelli O'Hara and Cristin Milioti would be stunning in the two lead roles.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind would be quite the challenge to adapt, but it would make one hell of a musical, if done properly.  I could see Jason Robert Brown or Jeanine Tesori writing really beautiful scores for it.  

Shakespeare in Love would make an absolutely gorgeous musical or opera.

[broadwayguy91]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 2:56am

Call_me_jorge said: "Down with love

is the help based on a book, if not then that.

 

"

Yes please. with David Rockwell as the scenic designer

 

 

Updated On: 8/14/16 at 02:56 AM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 7:20am

Yes, The Help was a book first  and pretty wonderful.  

[John Adams]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 9:41am

As Good As It Gets

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 9:50am

Brooklyn. Could be a great property for a folk musician.

[JennH]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 10:02am

Call me absolutely out of my mind, but Walk to Remember. Movie, not book. I like the book well enough, but the way it's written makes these characters out to be sweet "Mary Sue" types with no grit whatsoever. Which makes sense since it's takes place in 1950's North Carolina, but it's just...so saccharine, it gives me a cavity. The book doesn't allow me to believe that/understand why Landon falls for Jamie. I def like its modern take on the film, it actually makes me root for them and care. 

Anyways, aside from how I've always thought this could work as a musical somehow...no idea why, I just see it in my head...It'd be a contemporary pop/rock type obviously, so I thought this would be a mesh of musical styles. Jamie would be the folksy, "faerie like" type of singer/music ala Ingrid Michaelson/Tori Amos/Sara Barailles. Landon and his pals are the harder rock/pop singers ala DeGraw, etc. The adults would be singing slightly more traditional styles but still with a slight contemporary essence (kinda like the adults in School of Rock, while the kids and lead sing the actual rock material). 

Since I envision it as a mesh of styles, I feel like it'd be Yorkey and Kitt with some input and help from Switchfoot since they did write that song plus their songs are the films' soundtrack. But Yorkey/Kitt write more original material anyway (which is obviously just fine) so...even if this pipe dream musical of mine were to happen, it probably wouldn't be Yorkey/Kitt, but I just think their musical aesthetic would be great. 

Heck, if I had any talent for composing or songwriting, I'd write the damn thing myself. Alas, I'm not a creator artist, I'm a canvas artist. 

Updated On: 8/14/16 at 10:02 AM

[John Adams]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 10:33am

Have any film composers written for the stage? His age might be a hindrance (or maybe not?), but I'd be happy to hear what kind of a musical score Dave Grusin might write.

The two Grusin songs I'm aware of that have had lyrics applied (It Might Be You [Tootsie] and What Matters Most [The Champ]) are lovely songs.

...and speaking of Tootsie, that might make a fun musical.

I wonder if John Williams would ever write a musical?

Updated On: 8/14/16 at 10:33 AM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/14/16 at 11:41am

John Williams did write a musical called Thomas and the King that flopped in London in 1975.

[Sertzo19]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 11:05am

Recently re-watched the original Pete's Dragon and although a lot of the songs are quite awful, I think Disney could have polished this one into a magical night at the theater. They could have kept the movie's best songs and mixed in some new ones, something along the lines of Tim Minchkin's work for Matilda. 

[hork]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 11:21am

I'd love to see Bedknobs and Broomsticks on stage. The movie is basically Mary Poppins Redux, but it's got some great songs and could make for a stunning piece of theater.

 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 11:28am

Carol is based on other source material.  Shakespeare in Love is already a stage musical.

John Adams asked "Have any film composers written for the stage?"

Jule Styne, Andre Previn, Elmer Bernstein, Meredith Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Marvin Hamlisch, Marc Shaiman, John Barry, Hugh Martin and Timothy Grey, the Sherman Brothers and Michel LeGrand.  Not counting already established stage composers like Weill, Sondheim, Rodgers, Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Loesser, etc., who have scored movies.  Not counting film composers like Phillip Glass who have written operas.
 

Updated On: 8/15/16 at 11:28 AM

[Valentina3]

Posted: 10/4/17 at 10:57pm

I'm rewatching Miss Congeniality (as one does on a Wednesday night after long day at work). I want this as a musical starring Laura Benanti in the lead, with Megan Mullally playing Candice Bergen's role.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/4/17 at 11:25pm

Reviving two of GeorgeandDot's brilliant ideas that I can't forget:

- A Moonstruck starring Laura Benanti as Loretta and Andy Karl as Ronny.

- Dave Malloy's take on The Great Gatsby with Rachel Chavkin at the helm (yes, duh, it's a literary source material, but still, come on). 

[Renart]

Posted: 10/5/17 at 11:44am

Several years ago in a previous thread on this subject I had proposed any of the Ealing comedies, in particular Passport to Pimlico.

 

I had specifically called out one of them as an exception, however, because it would be too difficult:  Kind Hearts and Coronets, which we all know became A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.  So that's my track record.  Of course I could tell myself that someone read my post and took it as a challenge...

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/5/17 at 8:15pm

Shakespeare in Love is already a stage musical.

Is it?  I thought it was a play.

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 10/5/17 at 8:24pm

Mannequin

Splash

Do the Right Thing

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 10/5/17 at 11:05pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Reviving two of GeorgeandDot's brilliant ideas that I can't forget:

- AMoonstruckstarring Laura Benanti as Loretta and Andy Karl as Ronny.

- Dave Malloy's take onThe Great Gatsbywith Rachel Chavkin at the helm (yes, duh, it's a literary source material, but still, come on)."

 

You truly are insufferable. 

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 10/6/17 at 1:39am

Meet the Parents. 

[CardboardMoon]

Posted: 10/6/17 at 7:37am

I've always wanted to see The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson adapted for the stage - although, some of its more outdated moments are problematic (namely, Jolson's performance in blackface).

 

Or better yet, Metropolis (coincidentally the same year, haha). Such a strong story. I think there's an immeasurable amount of potential there. My imagination goes crazy just thinking about it.

Updated On: 10/6/17 at 07:37 AM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/6/17 at 7:58am

Liza's Headband said: "You truly are insufferable."

Yes, between the two of us, I‘m definitely the insufferable one. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/6/17 at 9:02am

Liza's Headband said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "Reviving two of GeorgeandDot's brilliant ideas that I can't forget:

- AMoonstruckstarring Laura Benanti as Loretta and Andy Karl as Ronny.

- Dave Malloy's take onThe Great Gatsbywith Rachel Chavkin at the helm (yes, duh, it's a literary source material, but still, come on)."



You truly are insufferable."

And you are truly a stuck up witch

[nmlhats]

Posted: 10/6/17 at 6:14pm

Being John Malkovich (LaChiusa), Moonrise Kingdom (Sondheim), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Lutvak or Guettel), Little Miss Sunshine (or is that already happening? Anyway, Yazbek), Lars and the Real Girl (Tesori), Edward Scissorhands (JRB)....

As for composers...all of these movies probably qualify as "quirky" and I could probably swap around some of the composers I listed. But I did try to match-make. :)

Updated On: 10/6/17 at 06:14 PM