The Best Musical Ever (with colaberating Composers)

[Megan Marie]

Posted: 1/1/04 at 5:46pm

Lets just say that for some reason the following composers were given a challenge to create the best musical of their entire carriers and they had to group together in groups of 3 or 4 to complete this amazing musical, who do you think would compliment anothers in their composing skills? And why do you think so? Who would write the lyrics, and who the music? Remember more than 1 person can write both... Here are your choices:

Stephan Sondhiem
George Gershwin (Ira as well)
Stephan Schwartz
Irving Berlin
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Oscar & Hammerstien (you can break these 2 up if you like)
Kander & Ebb (break these up as well)
Lerner & Lane & Loewe (as well as these fellows)
Cole Porter

There ya go, have fun!

[dry2olives]

Posted: 1/1/04 at 10:38pm

You can't begin to create a musical without the book writers.

Sure, you got Hammerstein & Lerner in the mix, but I wouldn't think about writing the world's greatest musical without considering Betty Comden and Adolph Green, George Abbott, Thomas Meehan, Peter Stone, Joseph Stein, George S. Kaufman, Neil Simon, etc.

Posted: 1/1/04 at 10:51pm

Not only that, but first one needs to learn to spell

C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-N-G

Broadway Bulldog

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/1/04 at 10:52pm

depends on what kind of musical.
for a witty/funny one
neil simon as book, betty comden adolph green as lyricist and cole porter as composer
others, um, ill hav to get back to you on that

[MusicMan]

Posted: 1/2/04 at 8:52am

Loewe, Berlin, Gershwin or Porter wouldn't ever do it---they're too busy de-composing.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 1/2/04 at 9:31am

Neil Simon to write an actually funny book to a musical?

Well, there has to be a first time ...

[dry2olives]

Posted: 1/2/04 at 12:29pm

Not even Little Me? (the original 1962 version of the script)

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/2/04 at 1:21pm

yeah and Sweet Charity was funny in parts. Considering so many bad things happened to Charity.

[magruder]

Posted: 1/2/04 at 1:56pm

Promises, Promises has a funny book as well...especially considering the attempted suicide of the female lead.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 1/2/04 at 5:15pm

Three of mine weren't on your list but here goes:

Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Maury Yeston, and William Finn
All 3 work together on music and lyrics.
And my bookwriter....Arthur Kopit.