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Plays that were transformed into musicals?
#25re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 7:41amSUNSET BOULEVARD is based on a movie, not another play. And that's an entirely different thread. Several, actually.
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#26re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 9:27am
I don't believe anyone mentioned the musical Let It Ride, based on the play Three Men on a Horse.
Although not fitting this thread and, probably, there wouldn't be enough examples to make a thread, there's this sequence.
The novel "7 1/2 Cents" by Richard Bissell was the source of the musical, The Pajama Game, which was later filmed.
Then Richard Bissell wrote a book called "Say, Darling" based on his experiences involved with turning a novel into a Broadway musical.
The novel "Say, Darling" was then produced as a play with music (music: Jule Styne, lyrics by Comden and Green).
In "Say, Darling" gave a memorable performace as Ted Snow, which was a thinly disguised portrayal of Hal Prince, the producer of "The Pajama Game."
#27re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 9:49amRobert Morse.
#28re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 9:58amAlso, don't forget one of the obvious ones -- Kiss Me, Kate which was based on (and incorporates as the play-within-a-play) Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
#29re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 10:16amTwo Gentleman of Verona was based on the Shakespeare play of the same name -- and Hamlet is the source for the classic Rockabye Hamlet and in many ways the basic plot for The Lion King as well.
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#30re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 10:36amboth versions of The Wild party were based on a poem, i dont know if you want to count that or not.
dramaqueen2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/05
#31re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 12:36pm
"The Awakening of Spring became Spring Awakening. "
the original play was actually called, "Spring's Awakening."
#32re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:04pm
"Don't forget all the Shakespeare adaptations:
Comedy of Errors = BOYS FROM SYRACUSE and OH BROTHER
12th Night = YOUR OWN THING and PLAY ON
The Tempest - RETURN TO FORBIDDEN PLANET "
I'm going to see the latest musical adaptation of one of Shakespeare's plays -- MERRY WIVES, based on THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR -- in Stratford-Upon-Avon in a couple of weeks. Simon Callow is playing Falstaff and Dame Judi Dench is playing Mistress Quickly.
#33re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:12pmLet's not forget about the productions of Carrie and Shogun (books to films to musicals...does that count?)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#34re: Plays that were transformed into musicals?
Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:30pmi think that Miss Saigon was based on Madame Butterfly which was based on Madame Crysanthemum (i think that's how it's spelled)...
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