Pop stars you want to write a show
Pop stars you want to write a show
#1Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 9:30pm
my apologies if there is already a thread on this subject.
I would absolutely love it if Pink wrote a show. I think a beyonce musical is bound to happen.
#2Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 9:31pm
I'd like to hear Alice Cooper and his classic band write a show.
#3Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 9:42pm
I second the Pink idea, and add Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, and Kelly Clarkson.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#4Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 9:57pm
Another score by Gary Barlow would be most welcome.
thirtythirtyninety
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#6Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 10:38pm
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.
Sondheim_Disney1595
Understudy Joined: 1/18/15
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#8Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 10:42pm
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.
#9Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 10:49pm
Not sure if I'd call all of them "pop stars" but I'd love to hear what each of them would come up with if they tried their hand at composing a work for the theatre.
Annie Lennox
Fiona Apple
Florence Welch
Jack White
Drake
Bo Burnham
Alison Krauss
Gotye
Stevie Nicks
Bruno Mars
Adele
Plan B
Lady Gaga
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#10Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 11:09pm
Isn't P!nk writing a musical? Or there's one being written about her life?
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#11Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 11:20pm
Kanye would have the most killer one of all.
#12Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 11:20pm
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.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#13Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/22/16 at 11:58pm
The problem with pop stars writing musicals is that they have no real concept of narrative storytelling. Songs nowadays have lyrics that lean towards the abstract (does anybody even know what The Deep is or how one could Roll in it?). So, that being said, Regina Spektor writes cute and catchy songs that tell fun stories, and can write a really good sad ballad. I know she was working on a musical about Sleeping Beauty a while ago (?), but I would love for her to do something new.
#14Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 12:03am
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
Back Row
Leading Actor Joined: 4/14/12
#15Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 12:06am
Two long deceased folk artists and storytellers , Steve Goodman and Harry Chapin, would have been great choices. I'm trying to think of any living artists who can match that potential, and I'm coming up blank.
#16Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 12:17am
Carly Rae Jepsen's lyrical content is gorgeous. I'd love to see what kind of show she'd write.
sng
Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/15
#17Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 12:36am
Most pop stars don't even write for themselves how could they handle writing a musical. If you mean like a 'biopic' musical. I can see Britney Spears. Her life is fascinating
Ranger Tom
Leading Actor Joined: 7/6/14
Back Row
Leading Actor Joined: 4/14/12
seahag2
Featured Actor Joined: 2/15/15
#20Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 1:31am
I think Joanna Newsom could write a really beautiful score!
#21Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 2:13am
A Great Big World.
#22Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 3:53am
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.
#23Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 6:57am
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.
#24Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 6:57am
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.
#25Pop stars you want to write a show
Posted: 5/23/16 at 7:16am
Not a pop star, but I'd love to see what M.I.A could do with a musical.
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