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#1

The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/16/07 at 11:47pm

Yes, I highly doubt it'll ever happen, but it's a cult classic and fun to dream about...

So, if TNBC ever had a Broadway incarnation, who'd be in your dream cast? I'm really feeling Kevin Cahoon as Jack right now.
#2

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:16am

It's been done onstage...Emerson College did it once. Heavy on blacklight.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
#3

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:20am

id love to see it done on stage, but alot has been said in past topics about jack's proportions and how that would work on stage. I could see Kevin doing it.
#4

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:22am

It would make a nice engagement run from like October(maybe September)-January...and it could return each year like I heard the Grinch will be doing....I would hope they would record it if they do ever decide to put it up!
#5

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:27am

I could see it. People would have to put the image of the movie out of their mind though. They couldn't get someone to actually LOOK like Jack did in the movie. That's impossible. I could see Raul Esparza playing Jack though.

The show would have to be REALLY well thought out and a little different from the movie. I would like to see it, but I doubt it will ever happen.

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#6

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 2:03am

Maybe they'll just write it as a movie musical and get burton to direct like he is doing in Sweeney. Oh wait....
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#8

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 6:52am

This would make my life!! I'm trying to make a list of actors and actresses who could play Jack, Oogie, and Sally. I'll report back later if I find write anything interesting.
#11

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:28pm

It would be inspired, the music is brilliant, and if staged correctly, it would be amazing. Casting it would be kind of hard, but they could do something with puppets and it might work.
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#12

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:31pm

I can see Kevin as Jack - Definitely !!

And Seldes, Lansbury, and Stritch as Lock, Shock & Barrel !!

Kidding aside.... Kevin as Jack would definitely work !!
#14

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 5:53pm

Kevin Cahoon - Jack
Harvey Fierstein - Oogie
Anneliese van der Pol - Sally
Tim Jerome - Santa
Jennifer Cody, Mark Price and Howie Michale Smith - Lock, Stock and Barrel

I can't think of any others.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#16

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:41pm

As much as I love Kevin Cahoon, he's on the short side, and I think it's more important that Jack is tall than skinny. The costume can do a lot, and on stage, he'd abviously be more of a ghoul than a skeleton.

Maybe Terrence Mann?
#17

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/17/07 at 11:18pm

"It's been done onstage...Emerson College did it once. Heavy on blacklight. "


Yes, we did it my senior year at Emerson. It actually came across quite well considering it could have been a huge train wreck. Our Jack wasn't too tall nor skinny but his make-up and prostethics are what made him look fantastic.
#19

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/18/07 at 12:23am

Maybe they'll just write it as a movie musical and get burton to direct like he is doing in Sweeney. Oh wait....

I don't get it. Tim Burton didn't direct Nightmare Before Christmas.
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#20

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/18/07 at 12:36am

I just read the credits for the movie on IMDB...i never noticed that was Ken Page as Oogie! lol. Or that Danny Elfman was the singing voice for Jack.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#21

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/18/07 at 12:43am

But Tobiasragg, Burton didn't direct it. He just came up with the story.

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#23

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/18/07 at 1:17am

"Yes, we did it my senior year at Emerson. It actually came across quite well considering it could have been a huge train wreck. Our Jack wasn't too tall nor skinny but his make-up and prostethics are what made him look fantastic."

Yes, and despite the fact that I currently attend said college and know several hard core theatre majors, I have never seen pics of this production, just that it existed.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
#24

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/18/07 at 1:36pm

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
The Musical

Book by MATTHEW BOURNE and CAROLINE THOMPSON
Music and lyrics by DANNY ELFMAN
Additional lyrics by JOHN AUGUST

Cast:
Jack: Raul Esparza
Sally: Laura Benanti
Dr. Finklestein: Jonathan Hadary
Lock: Gerard Canonico
Shock: Sara Kapner
Barrel: Jimmy Walsh
Oogie Boogie: Trent Armand Kendall
Santa: Tim Jerome
Mayor: Lenny Wolpe

Scenic and Costume Design: LEZ BROTHERSTON
Lighting Design: NATASHA KATZ
Sound Design: PAUL GROOTHUIS
Special Effects: GREG MEEH

Musical Direction: TED SPERLING
Orchestrations: STEVE BARTEK
Dance and Vocal Arrangements: GLEN KELLY
Incidental Music Arrangements: STEVE BARTEK
Musical Coordinator: JOHN MILLER

Co-Choreographed by STEPHEN MEAR
Directed and Choreographed by MATTHEW BOURNE
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#25

re: The Nightmare Before Christmas Onstage?

Posted: 4/18/07 at 1:43pm

If you want something amusing go ride the Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland during the holiday season.
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