Pop stars you want to write a show

I'd like to hear Alice Cooper and his classic band write a show.

Another score by Gary Barlow would be most welcome.

I like the idea of Pink and Ben Folds. I was thinking Bonnie Raitt could have an interesting take.

A lot of pop singers and some mentioned either don't write their own music or have 3-4 cowriters on their songs. I think that would make a musical way too heavy an undertaking.

Taylor Swift? Adele? Ellie Goulding? Florence Welch? Tove Lo? Lana del Ray? Oh Land? Beautiful Small Machines? Fiona Apple? Christina Perri? Sia? Colbie Caillat? Melanie Martinez?

It's difficult to say who would be good at writing a musical not even knowing who might have the inclination to write songs for one.

Isn't P!nk writing a musical? Or there's one being written about her life?

I would like theater music to be written by theater composers who study the art form and understand that writing a pop song is nothing like writing for a character or arc of a story or the sounds a voice can make in the theater.

Just because I can cut a piece of steak it does not mean I am a surgeon. Surgeons prepare and study many years.

Sadly, we are losing the art form with pop music writers and movie actors on our Broadway stages. The producers and theater owners have pretty much won since this is what brings in the masses with their cell phones and sippy cups.

Fun. I feel like there is something inherently theatrical about most of their music. Would love to see what they could do with an original score

Carly Rae Jepsen's lyrical content is gorgeous. I'd love to see what kind of show she'd write.

He's not "Pop" but Tom Petty.

I think Joanna Newsom could write a really beautiful score!

If he were still alive, though not a Pop Star, I would say Lou Reed and John Kale. Their songs for Drella was really quite extraordinary.

Updated On: 5/23/16 at 03:53 AM

I think maybe in a while Taylor Swift could create a good musical score. Her songs tend to depict character eviction and tell stories and she's a particularly strong lyricist. She also seems to have a firm grasp on how to write several genres of music.