The Hours...?

Besides the fact that this is my favorite movie of all time-does anyone else think that this would make a brilliant translation to the stage?

I think it would be perfection.

I agree it might make an interesting play

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For some reason I like the idea of movies as straight plays less than I do musicals, especially ones like The Hours, where the feeling is very stage-bound. At least if you turn into a musical you have all of the creative possibilities of writing songs to fit in with the existing storyline and such, but with a play I feel like if you don't have an extremely creative and original director it's just a live version of the movie.

Updated On: 8/7/06 at 05:42 PM

I actually re-watched the film not too long ago and thought that if Stephen Sondheim passed on helming an adaptation, then Adam Guettel could do wonders with it. The scene with the three women getting ready after waking up always felt like a musical opening number to me. If it were to be translated to the stage I definitely see it as a musical, especially if Donna Murphy played Virginia Woolf or Laura Brown.

I have to agree, hand it to Guettel or Sondheim and I think it would make a brilliant musical.

Michael Cunninham's book is brilliant.

I agree that Philip Glass' score is perfection. One of my favorite film scores of all times. Actually it'd be interesting to see if he could compose the music for a musical based on the film/book. I've read the novel and though I find it brilliant, I believe David Hare's script is just as good, and it adds some dialogue that create new layers in the characters that are not as accentuated in the book.
A show based on The Hours directed by either George C. Wolfe or Tommy Tune (if he decided to return to Broadway), with a score by Guettel, and a book by James Lapine or Tony Kushner would be simply perfect. Does anyone have any ideas on the casting choices?

It would be best as an Opera, Methinks.