Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows Register/Login Games Grosses

Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst — Page 2

New Post Search Report Abuse Rules

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#26

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:07pm

I dont know if this is considered as Stage Adaption bec. it only was released on video but Disney's ONCE UPON A MATRESS with Tracey Ullman was pretty bad !

J*
#27

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 12:12am

Best
Cabaret
Hairspray
Chicago
West Side Story
Dreamgirls
Evita was brilliant! I don't care what anyone says!

Worst
Rent
The Producers
Phantom...although I thought the cinematogrophy was beautiful. It was just slightly miscast...
"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason "I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)
#28

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 12:58am

Best:
Chicago (even though I hated Renee)
Cabaret
Damn Yankees
Death of A Salesman
Hairspray

Worst:
Proof
'night Mother
Rent
A Chorus Line
Evita (Madonna is NO Patti LuPone EVER)
Gypsy




Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#30

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 2:03am

"Evita (Madonna is NO Patti LuPone EVER)"

No she isn't; but her specific take on the role and her interpretation of Eva impressed me nonetheless.
"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason "I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)
#31

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 2:18am

She was just being Madonna, as far as I'm concerned....in different clothing.
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#32

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 2:21am

Whatever. No point in arguing any further...neither my opinion nor yours will change.
"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason "I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)
#33

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 2:26am

Best: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Worst: The Wiz
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#34

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 8:12am

Favorites

CHICAGO
The Producers
EVITA
Joseph & Technicolour Coat
CATS (I only liked it because Elaine Paige was BRILLIANT in the show)
HAIR SPRAY (Like the songs and thought Michelle Pfeiffer was fantastic in the film, not a fan of Zac Efron though)
My Fair Lady
Sound of Music

Worst
High School Musicals (Although it's the other way round, film then stage)
Billy Elliot
#35

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 8:59am

First of all Billy Elliot is not a stage to screen it's screen to stage. Second it's one of the best musicals I've seen in years. How anyone can say it's the worst is beyond me.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#36

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 9:00am

Plays tend to have the best adaptations. Some of my favorites are:
Beckett
Lion in Winter
Auntie Mame
Amadeus
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
On Golden Pond
Driving Miss Daisy

Best Musicals:
Oliver
Sound of Music
Chicago
Music Man (Original not the mess with Mannered Broderick)
1776

Unfortunatley , in the worst plays to screen , Tennesee Williams fares the worst. So many times they tried to add a happy ending or water down the material:
Sweet Bird of Youth (Happy ending)
The first version of Glass Menagerie (Happy ending)
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (all mention of homosexuality taken out)

Non Williams plays would be Equus (though we do get to see that Peter Firths part not only loves horses but is hung like a horse too)

Worst musicals:
Brigadoon (They took a singing musical and changed the emphasis to dance, ruining the score)
Producers (Mannered Broderick)
Mame
Hello Dooly
Too many to list them all.
#37

re: Stage to Screen Adaptations: Best and Worst

Posted: 11/28/07 at 12:37pm

Best Play to Film:
Streetcar Named Desire
Glass Menagerie
Steel Magnolias
Proof
Auntie Mame

Best Musical to Film:
Sound of Music
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Wiz (Yea, yea, shoot me)
Dreamgirls
South Pacific
Chicago
Evita

Worst Play to Film:
Deathtrap
Beckett

Worst Musicals to Film:
A Chorus Line
RENT
Producers
Hairspray
Fiddler on the Roof (I hate Topol)
A Little Night Music
Phantom of the Opera
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

← Back to Message Board

BroadwayWorld TV

View all Videos

Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $95
More Hot Shows Discounts
Recommended For You