Pop Composers: Should & Should Not

With all the Rock stars on Broadway, who do you think will be the next? You're opinion on should or should not.

Should Not:
Jimmy Buffett (The musical will be "Margaritaville", no doubt, with Pat Birch as a likely choreographer)

Bruce Springsteen (His songs would follow the same old musical theatre format, but with songs that were never meant to sound like showtunes.)

Paul McArtney (The Beatlemania thing is overdone and embedded into our heads like bricks on cement)

Willie Nelson (although we'd be surprised at all the songs he actually wrote)

Should:
Carole King (She wrote some really fun upbeat numbers that would work well onstage.)

Dolly Parton (still waiting for her ALL ORIGINAL music for her supposed show)

Tori Amos (in an absurd, avant garde sorta way - but there'd have to be a choir, as long as Twyla Tharpe is NOT the choreographer - it would probably be a show about her rape.)

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Updated On: 12/25/04 at 03:50 AM

Jimmy Buffett already has a musical called "Don't Stop The Carnival" based on Herman Wouk's novel.

And as for Paul McCartney, let's not forget the Jukebox Musical "Beatlemania" which ran for over 1000 performances starting in 1977 and ending in 1979.
Buffett's CD

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I DONT THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY MORE REVUE MUSICALS. The only ones I like, or would be happy to see done are "Lies & Legends" & "Ain't Misbehavin'." Other than that, for any producers out there, STOP. These kind of revues are like thinking about your parents having sex... You know they did it, but that doesn't mean you want to see it! Luckily for us, fads & trends STOP eventually, so I say for all you MISERABLY HORRIBLE REVUE SHOWS IN THE FETAL STAGES OF EXISTENCE, legwarmers wore off so you should, too!

Updated On: 12/25/04 at 04:53 PM

Maybethistime, there's a difference between taking a pop artist's pre-existing catalogue and making a revue or jukebox show and said pop composer deciding to write for theater. I'm all for different kinds of composers writing musicals. If pop composers show an interest, I think it reflects well on the health of the art form.