The 2015 NBC Live Musical?- Page 2

[Starship]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:37pm

I'd tune in to watch The Wiz, but it'd probably end up being really awkward and uncomfortable. But I'd love to see someone like Janelle Monáe or one of the Destiny's Children play Dorothy!!

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:48pm

Ariana Grande in THE WIZ.

[philly03]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:52pm

Beyonce as Dorothy in the Diana Ross film version. HA I can only imagine..

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:58pm

Somebody should do Annie Get Your Gun with Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton.

[Starship]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:59pm

Country singers are already stiff and uncomfortable to watch so I don't know if America could take 3-hours of them live in a Broadway show.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:59pm

In the interview published earlier today, it was noted that NBC optioned The Music Man, but it was not set in stone as being the choice for next year.

"You have to blame the producers & directors of Peter Pan for its failure tonight as it just did not work on TV. Poor casting choices direction and weirdly filmed camera angles missed the magic & fun."

If this didn't pick up the big ratings it needed to continue this new tradition, then that is exactly what I will blame.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:03pm

The Music Man is for the summer, not the Christmas Broadcast.

Possible:
Annie Get Your Gun
Bye Bye Birdie
Damn Yankees
Fiddler on the Roof
Guys and Dolls
Hello, Dolly!
Kiss Me, Kate
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma!
Oliver!
Singin' in the Rain
State Fair

I'd also love to see:
42nd Street
Mame
Once Upon a Mattress
The Pajama Game
Wonderful Town

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:06pm

I think Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz or Cinderella are all really great options. They should actually put this on a stage next year though with a live audience. It would fix half of their problems.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:07pm

They will never do Beauty and the Beast with Disney/ABC owning the rights. Disney would just do their own broadcast if they wanted to.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:08pm

Here is Aaron Sorkin's comment regarding The Music Man:

Regarding the recently announced live broadcast of Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men," Meron reveals, "A lot of it is cast-dependent. When you have an actor that would want to do it, you have to work out schedules, so it's kind of hard to say what the next one is. And it's not a Christmas show. What we would do next Christmas is another live musical event. NBC has optioned Music Man, but it could be something else."


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[Starship]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:13pm

If Queen Latifah was a big enough name I would've said Queen Latifah in Helly, Dolly! I feel it's an easy show (artistically speaking) with a big female lead that'd be really hard for NBC to screw up. And I mean, Queen Latifah herself is such a big personality who is experienced with both acting and singing so I'd be all for that!

Updated On: 12/4/14 at 11:13 PM

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:15pm

I can tell you at one point they talked to Mary J. Blige about doing "Cinderella."

Updated On: 12/4/14 at 11:15 PM

[Starship]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:21pm

Yeah, I believe it was supposed to be for this year's broadcast instead of Peter Pan. I remember it was supposed to star Jessica Sanchez (American Idol) as good ole Cindy and Mary J. Blige as the Fairy Godmother. I would've watched for Mary J. Blige.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:37pm

@Starship That would've been cool, personally I hope next years is either OKLAHOMA! or HELLO DOLLY!

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:41pm

I would so so so love it to be Hello, Dolly! There is nothing happier on this earth!

[gleek4114]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:47pm

I still want a Halloween broadcast of Little Shop of Horrors, starring Megan Hilty as Audrey, Christian Borle as Mushnik, Billy Porter as Audrey II, and some big name as Seymour (the possibilities of who could work are endless). They could also get stars and/or unknowns as the doo-wop girls. Not to mention there are endless "guest" star opportunities for the few customers that enter the flower shop.

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:52pm

The Music Man is not for a summer broadcast; there is no summer broadcast planned.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:53pm

Correct, "The Music Man" was announced for 2015 so maybe Cinderella could still happen in 2016?

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 12:32am

My Fair Lady would be great. I'd like to see Audra Mcdonald play Eliza with Christian Borle as Henry Higgins.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 12:35am

Audra McDonald is 43 years old...

Christian Borle is 41...

Kind of the point of the musical is that Eliza is so young and Henry is an old bachelor Updated On: 12/5/14 at 12:35 AM

[Feste]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 12:40am

I'd like Bye Bye Birdie with NPH and Nathan Lane

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 12:54am

Fantod
I'm not sure that, that is the "point" of the musical.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 1:02am

I kinda really want to see Queen Latifah as Dolly now.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 1:02am

Um.. yes, the point of the musical is a love story between the two, and the "conflict" to their romance is that Eliza is a young flower and Henry is a "confirmed old bachelor" who thinks that he will never love (see: I'm an Ordinary Man), and he realizes that he doesn't have to be lonely just because he is old, and realizes that Eliza is in love with him and he is in love with her (see: I've grown accustomed to her face). It is set against the backdrop of the royal embassy event to give them a reason to be together. They also do this in Gigi, which is what makes the two so similar (and equally wonderful)

[Starship]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 1:07am

Yeah ever since I suggested Queen Latifah as Dolly I've started calling myself a genius.