SHREK: The Musical is Broadway Bound - — Page 2

yes, how dare they...why can't they do ORIGINAL musicals...I hate shows that have to resort to using source material!

Like that horrible FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (I'd much rather stay home and read the Sholom Alecheim stories instead of slogging my way through those unoriginal songs),

and MAME (the book AND the play AND the movie AUNTIE MAME all came before the musical...sheesh, like we hadn't had enough!).

HELLO DOLLY was just fine as "The Matchmaker", who needed to hear those terrible songs?

LES MISERABLE was fine as an old book, who wants to hear those characters sing??

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA? 3 movies already, why did they bother??

as stated above, LIL ABNER, YOURE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN and ANNIE were doing just fine with 3 black and white inches in the paper, I didn't need to see all that color on stage!!

WEST SIDE STORY?? pa shaww!!! Shakespeare got it right with "Romeo & Juliet"...like we all needed another Bernstein/Sondheim score

and GYPSY!! I have a beaten up copy of the memoir by Miss Lee, I certainly have no place in my life for all that ingenious staging and fantastic storytelling and all that brilliant music or those staggering lyrics. Those hacks!! Didn't Robbins, Laurents, Styne & Sondheim have an original idea in their copy cat brains??

uh, shall I go on?

Relax kiddos, the proof is in the pudding

Updated On: 10/15/04 at 07:02 PM

The movie was bad, I don't expect that the stage version could possibly be any better.

The animation was amazing.

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I would just like to see how it is staged and the costumes. I wonder if they will go with the theme park style or a more adult (if possible) version.

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what the hell is wrong with this picture?

Im surprised no one made a comment about Elphie having to share the spotlight with another very green character...lol

Sounds exactly like BATMAN. Well, this time, I'm not getting excited. And what's going on with Spiderman? Tarzan? Lord of the Rings? Little Mermaid? Legally Blonde? And all of the other hyped lies from Broadway and Playbill and wherever... It's all junk. It's all hype. It's all crap

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Shrek musical?.........wow. i'm speechless you gotta come up with something better than that. I hope its not just a rumor like lord of the rings and spiderman.

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Incidently, SHREK is not a Disney film.

And as for those other shows in the works, one should note that some shows take SEVERAL years to get to the stage, some are fortunate (or not) to make it quickly. There's a process involved (re: Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, etc).

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I am kinda excited! and plus it is a lot better idea to make this into a musical than Lord of the Rings.

I think it is disgusting that nobody can come up with original new ideas for Broadway. While I loved Millie it used the movie as source material. Wicked used the book. I am not saying that I don't understand the need for source material, (there are classics that used source material) but I can not comprehend why there are no new ideas or why Broadway has to resort to cartoons like Shrek for shows.

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"While I loved Millie it used the movie as source material..."

First of all, the movie was a lot different than the actual show. Second, there have been tons of shows based on films. Some include:

Little Shop of Horrors
Beauty and the Beast
Lion King
Hairspray
The Producers
42nd Street

Those shows have been a success (with the exception of LSOH, which closed early). The films weren't exactly carbon copies of the show. What's wrong with using a film as an idea?

"I think it is disgusting that nobody can come up with original new ideas for Broadway."

Remember that includes you too.

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