Son of a Witch: The Musical

#1

Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:02pm

This is highly unlikely in my opinion... but does anyone think that someone will take the success of Wicked and run with it for Maguire's upcoming book "Son of a Witch" or any of his other spins on classics? I wouldn't mind seeing them ALL as musicals... but that's just me.

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#2

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:06pm

I wouldn't mind. I just hope that if someone does, it's because they think the material is good to musicalize, not to ride the wave of Wicked. And I would want to see something more faithful to the book if it were done again, though I've heard that his other books just don't stand up to Wicked.

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#3

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:08pm

I don't see it. Maybe off broadway but it would ruin it. I mean they kinda butchered the novel of wicked, but i like both storylines.

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#4

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:18pm

It would never work. Never. Never. Never. Fiyaro and Elphaba didnt even have sex in the play, how the hell are they just gonna magically have a 16 year old son?

#5

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:26pm

Spoilers if you haven't seen WICKED and somehow STILL don't know what happens...



It would work, though I don't think they should try it.

Obviously they couldn't cast the same people...but they were both alive at the end of the show...and "in love." Who says they couldn't have a kid?

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#6

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:32pm

Wouldn't that be a kind of mutated half green person/half scarecrow child? That would just be messed up.

#7

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:34pm

oy.

They better home school him.

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#8

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:37pm

Fiyero and Elphaba don't have sex? That is open for interpretation. There are some lyrics and a couple of lines that could allude to it.

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#9

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:43pm

specify?

Apparently, I'm dumb.

ETA: actually, I think I've figured it out...perhaps I'm just taking things far too lightly...

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Updated On: 9/12/05 at 07:43 PM

#10

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 8:42pm

I think it happens.

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HOLD ME TOO TIGHT
I NEED HELP BELIEVING
YOU’RE WITH ME TONIGHT
MY WILDEST DREAMINGS
COULD NOT FORESEE
LYING BESIDE YOU
WITH YOU WANTING ME

JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE
I’VE LOST ALL RESISTANCE
AND CROSSED SOME BORDERLINE
AND IF IT TURNS OUT
IT’S OVER TOO FAST
I’LL MAKE EV’RY LAST MOMENT LAST
AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE…

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#11

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 8:47pm

it would make more sense to see what the book is like first, don't you think?

and Elphaba and Fiyero DO have sex in the book.....sheesh, hasn't anyone read the damn book?

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#12

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 8:53pm

i dont see how ... i mean isnt the main basis of the book that he grows up without a mom ??? (i cnat remember if the dad dies in the book)

Jut seems like it'd be impossible to keeep to the story line unless Elphaba died suddenly after then that would be kinda sad.

#13

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 8:56pm

definately don't see how those lyrics show that they don't have sex.

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#14

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 8:58pm

Ah Elphaba, I think they ment they didn't think they had sex in the musical, not the book. If you can't tell they had sex in the book, you must have skipped the whole Emerald City section. (I believe that was it). I believe with the lyrics in As Long As Your Mine, they do indeed have sex.

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Updated On: 9/12/05 at 08:58 PM

#15

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 9:09pm

Wow... we have just gone to a whole new depth in the Wicked Obsession ocean.

But yea... they definatly had sex. I just hope it happend before he got turned into a scarecrow.. Can you say painful?

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#16

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 9:09pm

I think for me it was just the staging of the scene that made it not click...and how after the song is over she just gets up and runs away...but looking at the lyrics, I would say it's evident that they do in fact boing.

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Some guy: You looked great!
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#17

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 9:19pm

Yes, in the book Fiyero dies as well. At least they say he does. There is no real proof though. There is the part where she thinks that the scarecrow could be him when approaching. Hell, in Son of a Witch, for all I know, they could both pop up from a whole in the floor. Otherwise, a sequel would never work. OT: I don't remember, did they ever mention the color of Liir's skin in the book? With a green mother and a dark skinned father, you would think he would be some random hue.

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#18

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 10:20pm

In the novel Fiyero dies/disappears, Elphaba believes Fiyero is the Scarecrow but then she dismisses the idea unlike the musical in which Fiyero is indeed the Scarecrow. Anyways, this novel should not be musicalized, but Maguire's "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" should be turned into a musical I think.

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#19

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 10:57pm

The musical butchered the book too much for a Son of Witch musical to be a possibility

#20

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/12/05 at 11:14pm

Enough with a possible Wicked sequel (did I really say that?) If there is another Gregory Maguire book made into a musical I would love to see Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister on Broadway.

#21

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:45am

Yeah, I think its safe to say, in the relm of Theater, Sequels don't work - ever.

#22

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:55am

It's like the Hannibal book. They changed the ending so dramatically when they brought it to film, I am not sure they could do another sequal, which was the original plan.

As far as Wicked, it should say that it is very loosly based on an idea and characters created in the book. Other than character names and the general "evil looks different from a different angle" idea, they are nothing alike.

OT: Something I don't get about the musical... Why on earth did they build a smoke breathing Time Dragon Clock if they weren't going to do more than have Glinda mention it as a time reference? I mean, it makes no sense if you never read the book. Was there more about it in there at some point? Anyone have any insight? Other than the standard "most of the musical makes no sense" answer. lol

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#23

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/13/05 at 10:14am

About the Time Clock Dragon: Didn't the book describe the TCD as having a stage were little performances would take place?
I felt in the show the whole thing was done on the stage of the Time Clock Dragon, as if the folks from OZ really did come to were we live so we could see a play on it's stage.

It's not obvious in the show, but if you read the book then you can make the connection. Anyone else notice that?

Updated On: 9/13/05 at 10:14 AM

#24

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:20pm

I guess I was just too oblivious to figure that out. That would make all of the gears and all make sense. They really should explain that. And having Glinda refer to it as a time reference doesn't make sense looked at from that point.

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#25

re: Son of a Witch: The Musical

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:26pm

AC I thought about that too. In the book it says that the plays took place on a stage below the over looking dragon.

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